“POLISHED.” That’s the word many used to describe All India Radio (AIR) cricket commentator Anant Setalvad, who passed away after a prolonged illness at 84 ON Sunday.

Setalvad did commentary in an age when the great opening batsman Vijay Merchant too lent his voice to listeners in the 1960s and 1970s. He even commentated in the 1990s and his commentary when Vinod Kambli reached three figures in the Mumbai Test against England was featured in a documentary on the 1992-93 series called Bombay Brownwash.