Celebrated commentator Harsha Bhogle asking Indian cricketers Hardik Pandya, Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma, and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi about their respective cricketing idol at last Sunday’s BCCI Awards moved us to look at idols of famous cricketers from another era from what they revealed in their biographies, autobiographies,and intimate interviews

Sivaramakrishnan, 60, was known for expressing his views candidly for more than two decades inside the commentary box.