- Isa Guha appeared to make a racially sensitive comment on live television
- English cricket commentator reflects on Jasprit Bumrah’s form
- Australia finished the second day 405/7 after an excellent batting performance.
Cricket commentator Isa Guha has come under fire after appearing to call Indian star Jasprit Bumrah a “primate”.
The bowler took five wickets during the second day of the weather-affected third Test in Brisbane between Australia and India.
But after the first hour of play on Sunday, Guha and Brett Lee paused to reflect on Bumrah’s excellent series so far as the 31-year-old took 12 wickets in the first two Tests.
‘Bumrah, today: five overs, 2-4. So that’s the tone, and that’s what you want from the former captain,” Lee had said after Bumrah sacked Usman Khawaja and Nathan McSweeney.
Guha later responded: ‘Well, he’s the MVP, right? The most valuable primate, Jasprit Bumrah.
Guha took 29 wickets in eight Tests for the England women’s team during her 10 years with the national team.
Isa Guha appeared to make a racially sensitive comment about Jasprit Bumrah while live streaming Fox Cricket’s coverage of Australia’s third Test against India.
It came as Bumrah (left) took five wickets during Sunday’s game at the Gabba, as Australia finished the day 405/7.
After ending his international career in 2011, he pursued a career in broadcasting and joined ITV in 2012 for their coverage of the Indian Premier League.
The moment has gone viral online, with The Times of India comparing it to the ‘Monkeygate’ scandal during the 2007-2008 Border-Gavaskar Series.
It came after Andrew Symonds alleged that Indian star Harbhajan Singh called him a “monkey” during the second Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Harbhajan received a three-match ban but was denied any racist language.
He was later acquitted and the ban overturned following an appeal to a New Zealand High Court judge.
The couple would later hold hands when they shared a dressing room while playing in the IPL in 2011.