"I'm wondering who is this smart dude and bewitching damsel in South Africa."

Endorsing fours and sixes seems to have got to the Set Max presenters as well. Saba Karim greets his on-field colleagues, Gaurav Kapoor and Mandira Bedi with fulsome praise, IPL style.

"Superman's here tonight as well." "...He took that catch flying like Batman."

Ever mindful of potential comedy-tag-team opportunities, Ravi Shastri chips in with a witty description of a Suresh Raina catch immediately after Alistair Campbell remarked on a spectator in fancy dress

"He has managed to clear the deep long-off"

Further proof of how revolutionary the IPL is: Ranjit Fernando invents a new fielding position

"Irfan Pathan... knocked the Citi moment of success over. The building... the building went down."

Jeremy Coney produces that rare creature that all commentators strive for - the moment of inspired, total incomprehensibility

"Shades of that triple-hundred from Chennai a few years ago."

Danny Morrison provides a fine illustration of the phrase "jumping the gun" as soon as Virender Sehwag hits his first ball of the innings against Deccan Chargers. Sehwag was dismissed for 20

"That was a serious shot."

Pommie Mbangwa can tell the difference between a lofted drive which means business and other strokes that are just looking for a good time

"He-he-he's a very, very, very strong boy."

Mark Nicholas successfully parodies Mark Nicholas as he attempts to describe a Yusuf Pathan six

" I don't think... I don't think... I do think... I do think"

Mark Nicholas makes half a damaging confession as he watches Yusuf Pathan send one to the fence

"These are crucial times, the last 10 overs"

Laxman Sivaramakrishnan casts the net rather wide

"He's got to pick up wickets, he's got to be economical"

Laxman Sivaramakrishnan explains, for the benefit of the blind, the ignorant and the bored senseless, just what it is that Anil Kumble needs to do