If there is one strong message that the world of sports sends across time and again or at least strives to live up to is the world of unity. It's a common phenomenon to see one sportsperson share respect and admiration for the other. Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, despite being rivals for the longest time, continued to be great friends off the tennis court. In other similar cases, contemporaries may not be the best of friends but still share mutual respect and regard much like Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
When two are the legends of different sports but come together to share an admiration of the other's work, it's a different ball game altogether. While Sachin Tendulkar was in awe of John McEnroe, Kohli has time and again shown his admiration for Ronaldo. But with the cricketing world's attention firmly shifting to the ICC World Test Championship final set to be played between India and Australia in London, a legend of football commentary will meet the man who is often as the Voice of Cricket in India.
Bhogle and Drury, the two stalwart commentators of their own respective sports, will meet in UK next week when India play Australia in the summit clash. When Drury was on air during the Europa League final broadcast, he confirmed that he will meet his 'hero' Bhogle in the coming week. Later, the cricket commentator also tweeted on the matter.
Talking about the WTC final, this is India's second straight appearance in the summit clash after they were up against New Zealand in the final of the inaugural cycle of the competition. The Men in Blue had lost that fixture and would be desperate to end their drought of ICC titles across formats since 2013.