“Kya bakwaas kar rahein hain yaar aap JosD92? (What nonsense are you commenting JosD92?)” If you have tuned in on the cricket side of the Internet in the past few days, you might have come across a mystery account that is happily emptying their wallet to have their concern about IPL 2025 raised and heard during YouTube livestreams. JosD92’s modus operandi is simple. JosD92 joins cricket livestreams including one organised by a YouTube channel called ‘Sports Yaari’ routinely. There, the mystery person buys YouTube Super Chat to have their comment read by the host of the IPL livestream. The content of the comment? Hindi commentators and Dhoni.
What Is Super Chat?
Super Chat is an option on YouTube for the viewers attending a livestream to comment and stand out. A user can tap on the dollar sign in the live chat and send their purchased message across. The paid, customised comment appears on top of the live chat feed, making it visible for all, including the host of the livestream. It enables YouTubers to monetise through YouTube Partner Program. These highlighted comments are non-refundable.
JosD92
JosD92 uses the YouTube Super Chat feature to its maximum potential. The comments are usually crude jokes, each one unique from other, tailored in a way that eventually lead up to Dhoni and Hindi commentary in IPL 2025.
The mystery critic (or troll) has featured on two individual YouTube channels namely Sports Yaari and Sports Tak that discuss and analyse cricket and sports in their respective livestreams.
Sensing they are onto something, JosD92 started uploading videos on their personal channel. Guess the name of the YouTube channel. JosD92.
Since then, JosD92’s zingers have become wildly popular, especially on ‘X’ (formerly Twitter). The videos are clipped segments from the said cricket-analysing YouTube channels reading out JosD92’s highlighted comment before realising the joke was, in fact, NSFW.
Others simply flocked to Google to know more about JosD92.
JosD92 doesn’t want to stop here, though. The YouTube commenter is accepting donations to stay on their unique, yet costly endeavour.
Hindi Commentary
JosD92’s critique, however, is far from unique. Hindi commentary panel, in the ongoing season of Indian Premier League (IPL), has come under severe criticism from all quarters owing to its quality or lack thereof.
Shayaris, old stories, double-meaning jokes have become the integral part of the commentary while cricket has taken the backseat, opined many users on ‘X’ while expressing their displeasure to drop in quality of cricket narration during the Hindi broadcast.
Another reason that has left even MS Dhoni fans exhausted is the exaggerated and over-the-top praise for the former India captain and current Chennai Super Kings player. Fans have found the supposed obsession with the 43-year-old player rather tacky and tiring.
Viral Rant
Before JosD92 found their shtick to convey their disdain about the Hindi commentary, a cricket fan’s humble plea to bring changes and improvements in the quality of broadcast resonated with one and many. Harbhajan Singh, part of the panel that is currently facing backlash, acknowledged the fan plea.
“To all the cricket broadcasters, IPL is going on right now, some days ago Champions Trophy was taking place, I humbly plead you to improve Hindi commentary. It has increasingly become difficult to tune in to a match running Hindi commentary,” the fan said in a now-viral video.
“In our childhood, we got to listen to Arun Lal, Maninder Singh, Sunil Doshi – we got to learn a lot about the game. There was a focus on the technical aspects of the game.”
Reactions to Hindi Commentary
There are endless posts on ‘X’ hammering Hindi commentators and their work in IPL.
Here’s one:
“I request Star Sports to replace their Hindi commentary team. Imagine a team needing 18 runs per over, yet these “Thala lovers” are still getting overly excited the moment Thala arrives. The first person who should be removed from the commentary team is Ambati Rayudu. How can a commentator openly admit that his favorite team is CSK and that he’s supporting them? Commentators may have personal preferences, but when they are on duty, they should remain neutral,” wrote one irked fan.
