India, Oct. 12 -- Former Pakistan captain and PCB chairman Ramiz Raja sparked controversy on Day 1 of the first Test between Pakistan and South Africa with an off-microphone comment. It was about the star batter of the team, Babar Azam, that was picked up by the broadcast audio and spread rapidly across social media.

The incident occurred on the first ball of the 49th over at the Gaddafi Stadium when Babar Azam was batting on just 1. He was given out caught behind off Senuran Muthusamy. As the batter immediately signaled for a DRS review, Raja, part of the commentary panel, was heard saying - "yeh out hain, drama karega." (This is out, now he will be doing drama)

The remark by Raja was not on the commentary feed but was audible to the a...