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Max, Tony and Nitin bring to you Episode 138 of Bits and Pieces, covering uncoverable cricket from Pakistan (which was not televised), at uncoverable grounds in Canada (that had soaked, zigzag outfields), and other things that did not happen - such as Sanju Samson's transfer to Chennai Super Kings. Stay tuned to learn about the vagaries of Duke's balls, Shreyas Iyer's satirical sartorial sense, and filmic philanthropic nonsense, Jay Shah's ascension to cricket's (second) biggest job and much more. This podcast is Shakib Al Hasan's get out of jail free card, and is free to listen, thanks to the glories of Moore's Law. Please write to us with your most outlandish conspiracy theories around the IPL. The best conspiracy theorists will be awarded with an English county. Please send in your comments, don't be lazy and say Mississauga Missus aayega. Follow us on X: 1. Bits and Pieces: https://twitter.com/bnp_cricket 2. Tony: https://twitter.com/notytony 3. Max: https://twitter.com/maxdavinci 4. Nitin: https://twitter.com/knittins

On episode 15 of the friendliest cricket podcast, we break a record by not recording a break. Nitin, Kaus, and Tony got together on Saturday to bring you this early episode to talk about the revival of SRH, the Bits and Pieces jinx, Ashwin's innovations, Rayudu's biriyani, gully cricket rules, the upRooted English team and Sreesanth's slower ball that exists only in memory. Join us on the bantz stand and chill along. Listen, share, subscribe, write to us. We'd love to hear from you.

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*Notes

SRH victory song - https://twitter.com/SunRisers/status/1513076139828596741

Original song from Richmond Tigers - https://twitter.com/mohank/status/1514462107005120516

Ash retires out - https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ipl-2022-r-ashwin-on-retiring-out-were-late-but-this-will-happen-a-lot-1310618

Rayudu's wonder catch - https://twitter.com/Shaun81172592/status/1513945950141632512

Rayudu Dhoni and Biriyani - https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/gloves-off-dhoni-snubs-hotel-for-not-allowing-biryani-from-rayudu-s-residence/story-M3u2oHkYqYiBp6dbhjeCyK.html

Root resigns as captain and Ollie Robinson's ppt - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2022/04/15/inside-story-joe-roots-reign-england-captain-unravelled/

West Indies shudder to a series defeat against South Africa, collapsing spectacularly from winning positions. Bits and Pieces asks the tough questions - why are we so nostalgic and sympathetic to a team that has broadly disappointed for over two decades? Discussions on the 100, strange officiating in the India Sri Lanka tie where the Super Over was 'forgotten', a colourful discussion on balls that will tickle you pink, lots of chuntering on the Duleep Trophy Squads, and the status of internet in Pakistan - all coming to you fresh on Episode 137 of the friendliest cricket podcast.

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This week, Bits and Pieces goes deep into contract law and HR practices, and quite fittingly, we do this without the lawyer or the HR professional in our gang joining the pod. Our group randomly sympathises with Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer, randomly ridicules the Dharamsala 100th Test darlings Ashwin and Bairstow. And somehow foretells Shardul Bedex Thakur's incredible Ranji semifinal performance. Murali's Bedex rap and PDP's David Attenborough impression of the Bairstow Migration are worth the entry price for this episode, which by the way is 0.

Come for the bantz, stay for the hot-takes, and give us 5 stars, or else we'll terminate your contracts. Thank you.

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Show notes:

1. The Bairstow Migration Ft. David PDP Attenborough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1PHtndb5jE

2. What’s happened at the central contracts: https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/129667/shreyas-iyer-ishan-kishan-excluded-from-bcci-central-contracts

3. That Kane Williamson run-out: https://twitter.com/ESPNcricinfo/status/1763423873838490032

4. McGrath spotted Wagenaar/Wagner/WagonR before the world did: https://twitter.com/ESPNcricinfo/status/1224640238355566595

5. The PE teacher from Wayanad who’s changing WPL: https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/wpl-2024-sajana-minnu-mani-asha-sobhana-wayanad-cricket-elsamma-baby-mumbai-indians-delhi-capitals-news/article67890682.ece

On Episode 63, we discuss cricket et cetera with the renowned Australian cricket (and beer) writer Peter Lalor. Peter has been coming to India for 30 years, and has seen more of India than most of us, and his outside-in observations on the country's cricket, politics, infrastructure, economy, and yes - beer - should make for interesting listening. Should Australia have come earlier to acclimatize to India ahead of the BGT? Will Cricket Australia convince Cameron Green to get a strategic niggle to withdraw from the IPL ahead of the WTC final? Tune in for the answers.

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Show Notes:

1. The Eureka Stockade Peter Lalor who is credited with the “birth of democracy” in Australia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Lalor

2. Paying $100,000 for one glass of beer. Peter Lalor talks about how it happened: https://amp.triplem.com.au/story/cricket-journo-peter-lalor-explains-how-paid-100-000-for-one-beer-in-manchester-last-night-147213

3. Great Australian Beet Yarns, Edited by Peter Lalor: https://www.booktopia.com.au/great-australian-beer-yarns-peter-lalor/book/9780733333279.html

4. Peter Lalor won the Peter Frilingos Award for Outstanding Sport Reporting at the 2018 Kennedy Awards for his work on the ball tampering scandal. https://www.mediaweek.com.au/australia-heaps-of-trouble-peter-lalor/

5. Have we seen the last of David Warner? Gideon Haigh and Peter Lalor discuss: https://twitter.com/plalor/status/1627080436655747074?s=46&t=BP6z-GMFsPstzYqZZLg6bw

6. R Ashwin, explaining pitches etc. on his latest Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrmBOGlRWVM

7. Puff of Dust ft. Ashwin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr7Vec_fH1k

8. David Boon's 52*: https://www.thefanatics.com/web_blog.view.php?web_blog_ID=169

9. Bagsunath in McLeodganj: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhagsu

10. Bagsunath Shiva Temple: https://www.alamy.com/bagsunath-lord-shiva-temple-near-dharamsala-himachal-pradesh-india-image5626191.html

Following India's stirring 3-1 series win over England in Ranchi, the gang assembles for take 112 of trying to explain Bazball. And we have two equally reliable takes on this pod - one delivered by Swami Nithyananda (voice acted by Mimicry Marauder Prashant DP), and one from our own Night-hawk Iman Pande, who joins the panel from under a blanket in a hotel bedroom in Bellandur to decode Bazball through Product Management analogies. Stay tuned for our usual Ash-Bash segment, a detailed breakdown of Hanuma-gate, and the Mumbai Indians Imbroglio, and a rip-roaring quiz on T20 franchise names.

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2. Who was MS Dhoni's first Test wicket? https://www.iplt20.com/video/88781/m2-rps-vs-mi-player-mic-d-up-manoj-tiwary

Episode 25 of Bits and Pieces is all about sibling revelry as Mithun Sundar tells us about si bling in Goa (does Bumrah have a restaurant?!), cricket rules growing up, how nurture can turn the knob very differently for two brothers, and the family that keeps this pod going. The panel for this week is rounded off by Krt, Mohan, Nitin, and Tony who are beleaguered by the ICC super league. The gang also talks about the 6ixty, mystery free hits, recall dismissals on dismissal recalls, RCB chants at Silk Board Junction, and the Australia tour of Sri Lanka.

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Notes:

Bhai aap yahan reference: https://twitter.com/wasimakramlive/status/780363226596929536

6ixty: https://twitter.com/ESPNcricinfo/status/1539596111245107202

Henry Nichols bizarre dismissal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmf0IkSZOro

Symonds freak dismissal off Clarke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFZM0OkJxG4

Ganguly run out & recall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kw3Bo7p-pHc

Karnataka v MP 1999 final scorecard: http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1998-99/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/KNTKA_MP_RJI-FINAL_19-23APR1999.html

Chandrakant Pandit: High priest of ranji coaching - https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/chandrakant-pandit-high-priest-of-ranji-coaching-7980737/

Chandrakant Pandit - redemption montage: https://twitter.com/pRAJwal_c05/status/1541032513329434625?t=Awh3Da2jItskKDWYuMTlIQ&s=19

Andrew Fidel Fernando on Sri Lanka in a parallel universe: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/in-a-parallel-universe-sri-lanka-offer-a-glimpse-of-normal-happier-times-1320893

Bharat Sunderasan in Sri Lanka: https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/122721/ground-reality-sri-lanka-cricket-strives-to-hold-onto-its-smile-cricbuzzcom

Pat Cummins on Insta - Aussies wait for power in SL: https://www.instagram.com/p/CfLd-n0pb8o/

Sri Lanka thanks Australia: https://www.instagram.com/p/CfOFj-Hp9aG/

It's the auction episode. Which means, we say Zinta hoon yaar kaafi hai and let AI do the edit. Join Max, Varun, and Sandy as they discuss the bids and teams thread bare.

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Is Shreyas Iyer injured? Is he dropped? Is he rested? Is he acting? Is Kaviya Maran the greatest T20 franchise owner in history? Who is Ollie Robinson? Why does he have a podcast that's rated so poorly that it resembles a puff-of-dustbowl pitch? Why is Rehan Ahmed allowed near a microphone? Does Quentin Tarantino own a T20 side called the Deadly Vipers? Is Chattisgarh a Ranji team? Are Vijaykanth Viyaskanth and Vyshak Vijay Kumar the same person? Is there a Potchefstroom franchise in the SA20? Tune in for all these questions in Episode 110, and let us know the answers. You can tweet us:

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Why will the next big T20 innovation come from the Women's game? Is Manchester Originals the lamest cricket franchise name ever? What does Shardul Thakur have to do with the change of ends at the end of each over? Is Sourav Ganguly the biggest social media whiz going around? Get answers to all your burning cricket questions on Episode 35 of Bits and Pieces, featuring our biggest panel ever!

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Show notes:

Show Notes

1. A date with Date (I'm in love with the shape of a T20 contest): https://www.81allout.com/2022/08/30/hitting-v-batting-the-choice-that-dictates-the-shape-of-a-t20-contest/

2. Rahul LMFAO Dravid and four letter words: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ind-vs-pak-asia-cup-2022-wit-wisdom-at-rahul-dravid-saturday-laughter-club-1332419

3. The Hundred and Fanbase Diversity: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/the-hundred-2022-it-s-not-only-about-the-cricket-as-lord-s-lays-on-a-tuesday-night-party-1331929

4. "MEESHO THE MONEY!" ft. Dada: https://www.hindustantimes.com/trending/when-dada-hits-meesho-reacts-to-sourav-ganguly-s-social-media-error-that-went-viral-101662188045041.html

After a high profile episode featuring Gideon Haigh, we are back to the giddy highs of our own indulgent banter, this time on the roads of Ahmedabad, the rains of Christchurch, the age of Neil Wagner, the dear leadership of our dear leaders, the humble-pie eating ability of our Ashwin-dissing panelists, the wicketkeeping skills of KL Rahul, and the jersey-launching skills of Lucknow Super Giant supremo Gautam Gambhir. We review the BGT, preview India's squad for the WTC final (roughly 748 games before we should be doing so) and stare agape at the pageantry that preceded the Ahmedabad Test. Follow us on Twitter: 1. Tony: https://twitter.com/notytony 2. PGK: https://twitter.com/peegeekay 3. Prashant: https://twitter.com/prashantdptweet 4. Mayur: https://twitter.com/maxdavinci 5. Nitin: https://twitter.com/knittins Show notes: 1. Gideon Haigh on Day 1 at Ahmedabad (paywalled): https://www.theaustralian.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=TAWEB_WRE170_a_GGL&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theaustralian.com.au%2Fsport%2Fcricket%2Fcrickets-modi-question-why-are-we-tolerating-the-intolerant%2Fnews-story%2Fddab7df8738fc3cb89535493e04eb41d&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&v21=dynamic-groupa-test-noscore&V21spcbehaviour=append 2. Sharda Ugra on Day 1 at Ahmedabad: https://mojostory.com/pov/the-modi-stadium-metaverse/ 3. Never go full retard, and get hoist by your own petard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6WHBO_Qc-Q 4. A Ranji Final that you want to forget: https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/ranji-trophy-elite-2011-12-522928/tamil-nadu-vs-rajasthan-final-522988/full-scorecard

70 is that odd phase in an innings, the period when you’re trying to change gears but can you? In Ep 70, we have Sameer from The Brokenhearted Boys Club of RCB and Chops from the 1940s and debutant Varun Murali as President of his RWA’s IPL Debating Society exchanging non-existent notes and reviewing non-newsworthy pieces of news as the IPL juggernaut rolls on in a strangely traffucked sort of manner, especially in the middle of the points table (no, not the one for Fairplay). They also talk about India’s injured and dying prospects in the WTC final and Pujara’s success at Sussex and round it up with two retirement announcements that made them nostalgic.

 

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Show Notes

The path to Rohit’s heart goes through his tummy: https://twitter.com/cloudwhine/status/1654098079921090560?s=20

Non playing captains is an idea whose time has come: https://twitter.com/Oam_16/status/1654823967323197443?t=N_hyb2KCDUN_oGUsxdTR3A&s=19

Steve Smith has to suck it up at Sussex: https://twitter.com/LePinchHitter/status/1654451914514235394?t=av7SqvbYBgiI1G1Hmt2NGA&s=08

Ireland are a Little caught up, between a rock (white ball) and a hard place (red ball): https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/paul-stirling-picked-josh-little-rested-for-ireland-one-off-test-against-england-1373775

Katherine Sciver-Brunt says goodbye to the madness: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/england-women-katherine-sciver-brunt-retires-when-you-re-giving-everything-you-have-all-your-emotions-are-raw-1373509

The Fast Times with Shabnim Ismail will continue but not in the Protea Greens anymore: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/south-africa-speedster-shabnim-ismail-retires-from-international-cricket-1373081

On Ep 39 of the friendliest cricket podcast, Tony is joined by Srinath, Mohan, Chops, and Sameer to round up the discussion around the run-out at the non-striker's end, India's chances at the world cup, and more - including a special appearance by Sebastian Kochukudy - Tony's Dad. 

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1. Sid Monga explains the stigma around that kind of run out: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/sidharth-monga-why-is-there-stigma-involved-in-running-out-a-non-striker-because-its-all-about-power-1337221

2. Sanju Samson brings his A game to Chennai: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ind-a-vs-nz-a-2022-chennai-joins-the-sanju-samson-fan-club-1336848

3. Boom's gone but hopefully India has (Arsh)deep pace reserves: https://youtu.be/dJQsumWZgtI

4. Have your thoughts about Underarm 1981 changed in all these years?: https://twitter.com/ovshake42/status/1356097930092941314?t=RD_IfJISQkeE8usicx3Liw&s=19

5. Sarah Waris and Nikesh Rughani pay tribute to Jhulan Goswami on their podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7LuGPL7Rc4XrRCmHrorEXl?si=mRQOB6oZRfGr0kfb5s6KHw&utm_source=copy-link

6. Rand sends our brethren at Caribbean Cricket Podcast to Twitter Jail: https://twitter.com/CaribCricket/status/1575569425092464642?t=Ip8pUszQvAwclixxn8rusQ&s=19

7. Overthrows off the batter's bat? Ashwin and Stokes agree!: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ipl-2021-dc-vs-kkr-deflected-overthrow-causes-tempers-to-flare-in-capitals-kkr-match-1280555

8. Wasim Jaffer talks about Bumrah's workload management: https://www.espncricinfo.com/video/jasprit-bumrah-injury-do-extended-breaks-do-more-harm-than-good-to-bowlers-1337384

9. Cricketers and Films - a match shot in heaven: https://odishatv.in/news/entertainment/irfan-pathan-in-action-a-flashback-into-indian-cricket-stars-dalliance-with-tinsel-town-184665/amp

10.PhD Thesis by Dean McNamara on "Cricket fast bowling monitoring and workload management" https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/download/2a6fdf9ebd765b44e851349cf40d44e10ea5b693d16cdfe5a97e35de32ce9e4e/7945124/McNamara_2016_Cricket_fast_bowler_monitoring_and_workload.pdf

11.  Several scholarly articles on cricketer "workload management" including this: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34892782/

12. Managing Cameron Green: https://newsroomodisha.com/green-could-be-vulnerable-ca-should-manage-his-workload-pat-cummins/

13. Pat Cummins saying 'you can't blame Cam Green' for going after easy-money in the IPL: “You can’t really blame anyone for going in IPL” 🙂

14. Pat Cummins saying "don't burn out Cam Green" https://www.cricket.com.au/news/pat-cummins-dont-burn-out-cameron-green-australia-allrounder-test-odi-t20/2022-09-30

15. Son of Bosey - Rexona to sponsor underarm world cup - https://www.sonofbosey.com/2007/03/rexona-to-sponsor-cricket-underarm.html

In the very depths of hell, they say you find the ashes of the greatest sinners and their spirits left to wander. Quite the contrast to the last two weeks, where we have seen the very depths of hell in the Ashes while the greatest sinners are wandering instead quoting spirits (of cricket) after having lost every session, day and game with complete abandon.
Bashball is the take English media won’t write because they are.. after all English, and the Indian media won’t do because they are too busy screaming for TRPs. Hence we at BNP decided to do you that favour of surgically ripping apart the travesty that was ‘Bazball’ and the ignominy that is the Ashes.
Oh, and we also discuss the Women’s Ashes in detail, the West Indies debacle and the resurgence of Associate cricket too.
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Abhishek Chopra - https://twitter.com/el_chopernos
Vaishnavi Bhaskaran - https://twitter.com/vaishbhaskaran
Sameer Mohan - https://twitter.com/sleepyhead148

Episode 19 - The one where PGK, Srinath, and Nitin talk about everything except actual cricketing action. Ft. Brendon McCullum's elevation to England coach, Ambati Rayudu's latest retirement comedy, a deep-dive into the best and the worst ads that we are being subjected to during the IPL broadcast, Virat Kohli's tragi-comic season, Pakistan's Haal and RCB's Haalath.  Follow us on Twitter: Nitin: https://twitter.com/knittins PGK: https://twitter.com/peegeekay Srinath: https://twitter.com/srinathsripath Notes: The bails brouhaha ft. Chahal, Shaz and Manjrekar: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ipl-2022-no-need-for-bails-anymore-yuzvendra-chahal-advocates-rule-change-after-david-warner-non-dismissal-1314810 Ishant Sharma's award-worthy Rupay ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvW53goM9PM Ranveer Singh doing Ranveer Things: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eydy-nCvmKU Garam foods Idli Dosa Batter ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNey-e-vGYI Osman Samiuddin on the Haal of Pakistan: https://wisden.com/stories/archive/the-nightwatchman-features/the-haal-of-pakistan-osman-samiuddin-long-read

In this episode, Bits and Pieces takes guard afresh after completing a fine 100. We ponder the metaphorical implications of Mushfiqur's soft-handling the ball, Buttler's disastrous run as ODI captain, and Pakistan's comical preparation for their next hammering in Australia. Also, lots of banter on the WPL Auction, and a cool rundown from Rachana Ramchand, and a review of the Englnd v India T20s. This episode also unveils the real reason why CSK doesn't pull off a Mumbai-Hardik and buy every single IPL superstar, and identifies the one remaining likeable person from India's 2011 World Cup squad. This week's giggles featuring Mayur, Tony, SpamMo, Nitin and Chops, with SandyJi desperately trying to maintain discipline.

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Shownotes:

1. Hey guys! Unveiling the Bits and Pieces website, a quasi-tribute to a women's cricket legend: https://deandra.in/ (Did we say humour is our domain name?)

2. ICC WTC table, where front-runners Pakistan are set to thrash mid-table stragglers Australia... Hehehe. (Link in our website above)

3. Few auto drivers ... or conductors. One bad apple. Two low-hanging fruit. Mayhem... Presenting: Nutgraf.gif (Link in our website above, and hope you enjoyed our episode art)

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Tony, Chops and Nitin chat about the latest happenings in the unending IPL, and cast their deep focus on the strange edge-case that was witnessed at the end of SRH v RR, where Bhuvneshwar Kumar pinned Rovman Powell lbw, with two runs needed to win off the last ball. And now that the Indian team for the World Cup has been selected, our friendly panelists wonder wistfully about the glorious past weeks, when we could all still play selection predictions. Alas. Come for the banter, stay for Prashant DP's latest impeccable impressions, this time, of the CSK coach Stephen Fleming. Follow us on Twitter: 1. Bits and Pieces: https://twitter.com/bnp_cricket 2. Chops: https://twitter.com/el_chopernos 3. Nitin: https://twitter.com/knittins 4. Tony: https://twitter.com/notytony 5. Stephen Fleming: https://twitter.com/prashantdptweet

Iman Pande hosts (and refuses to edit) his first ever episode of Bits and Pieces. As expected, it is an incoherent trainwreck featuring discussions on Gambhir's masterplan to play 12 instead of 11, headaches in the knee for Rohit Sharma, undue attention to Middle Eastern dew factors, uncalled-for patronage for the poorly made cashgrab Ind v Pak Netflix documentary, an alternative name for the Gaddafi Stadium, and magic carpets that will help New Zealand win the Champions Trophy, just as they helped Sri Lanka win the 1999 World Cup (no shit). Also featuring a well-informed and detailed review of Australia's Galle-maul of Sri Lanka that is being keenly followed by Aussies... By the way, who is Australia's captain?

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Kookaburras in England, Kiwis in Pakistan ... and Ducks in India. As the IPL moves into mid-season madness, our knowledgeable friends assemble to kill many birds with one stone. We ruminate on Travis Head's special liking for opponents in shades of blue, the strange week in the life of Rishabh Pant, Jos Buttler's remarkable 100 v KKR, and a deep-dive into the unforgettable game between Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings which, strangely, we all have forgotten. Will Ajit Agarkar follow the policy of Last In First Out (LIFO) when he picks India's squad for the T20 World Cup? Is Abdul Samad actually the Chennai martial arts mischief-maker Shihan Hussaini? Why bowlers? Answers to these vexing questions here.

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In this post-preview, "why not preview this gig once again" preview episode of Bits and Pieces, host Tareque Laskar and CSK apologist, Max delve into the ongoing IPL season, discussing team performances, standout players, and the dynamics of the matches. Their conversation highlights the unpredictability of the IPL which seems to suggest that a coin toss would be much more exciting.

• The IPL season has started with unexpected results.
• RCB's strong start is surprising to many.
• Sunrisers Hyderabad's performance reflects their past struggles.
• Mumbai Indians are known for their slow starts but often recover.
• Rajasthan Royals lack a solid bowling strategy this season.
• Impact substitutes are changing the dynamics of games.
• Punjab Kings are under new leadership and face challenges.
• Gujarat Titans remain an enigmatic team with unpredictable performances.
• Standout performances are emerging from unexpected players.
• The fact that RCB is leading with a NRR of 2.2 just goes to show that this is all totally pot luck...

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Two bouncers per over, TV umpires sitting with directors, bright AF stumps, and some ridiculous cricket. As the IPL clown car drives past the first round of matches, you see the bits and pieces gang waving out of it.

Join Nitin, Srinath, Chops, Varun Venkatesh, and newest panelist - ex Cricinfo guy, and current writer of shows such as Family Guy, Farzi, Guns and Gulabs and more - Suman K, as they potter around pointlessly while laughing way too much.

Prashant, Rachana, Bisi, Chops and Nitin gather around for a chat on England's bounceback in the men's and the women's Ashes, the latest goings on in Indian cricket, and on Tamim Iqbal's career that has become a matter of diplomatic importance in Bangladesh. Join us for high quality love for Mark Wood and Steve Smith, some de rigeur Stuart Broad bashing, and a quick gander at the World Cup qualifiers.

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In episode 80, Mohan, Bisi, Murali, Vaishnavi and Tony have a point of view on the end of West Indies cricket, preview potential AI applications, renew the ashes, review the women's Ashes and more. Jump in!
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This week on the friendliest cricket podcast, the hosts are excited by the beginning of the IPL, the end of test cricket, and the fantasies of what could be. Join Tony, Nitin, Srinath, Krt, and Madan as they get into the mechanics of the fantasy league, ticketing for cricket, test cricket draws, the women's world cup, and of course an update on friend of the podcast - Lucknow Super Giants. Join us as we explore the contours of the game with tongue firmly in cheek.

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- Khwaja mere Khwaja tweet - https://twitter.com/krtgrphr/status/1505933514138652675

Like the Nagpur Test which featured three debutants in Todd Murphy, SKY and KS Bharat, Episode 58 of your favourite cricket podcast features three smashing debutants - Mayur Narasimhan, Sandeep Lanjewar and Vaishnavi Bhaskaran. The gang assembles to discuss Australia's strangely underwhelming performance in the first Test, the hand-wringing around the pitch, selection headaches and absolute Indian dominance led by Rohit Sharma and the spinning trinity. We wonder if we accidentally passed on the BnP jinx to Australia via our good friend Bharat Sundaresan, whose pitch pic triggered a collective meltdown amidst Aussie media and the team thinktank. We also chat about the Women's World Cup, the WPL Draft, the various pointless T20 leagues around the world featuring Tom Moody as coach, and re-register our annoyance at Pakistan's continued cold-shouldering by the BCCI. 

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Sandeep Lanjewar: https://twitter.com/sandeeplanjewar  

Show Notes: 

1. DisappOINTMENT: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/feb/12/ravi-jadeja-fined-by-icc-for-ointment-on-finger-but-cleared-of-ball-tampering

2. BeastieBoy for Nagpur BGT Test MoM: https://twitter.com/beastieboy07/status/1622931080637734912?s=20&t=08dr-9ERYaoGKXry7l6bhw

3. Women's Premier League Player Auction List: https://www.bcci.tv/articles/2023/news/55555984/women-s-premier-league-2023-player-auction-list-announced 

4. 99% invisible: https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/a-sea-of-yellow/ 

5. Sohail Khan, Youtube legend: https://youtu.be/CfzCPfdlrOo

6. Mogali Kirkket Stadium: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K8fASGWshc

7. Rohit Sharma's milestone problem: https://www.latestly.com/socially/sports/cricket/ravindra-jadeja-ravi-ashwin-are-difficult-to-manage-rohit-sharma-shares-funny-anecdotes-in-post-match-interview-after-win-against-australia-4827772.html 

Bits and Pieces somehow continues into its 134th week on the trot, and Sanju Samson must be quite miserable about this. The pod was recorded just as Samson made a rare appearance in the India XI, and in our extreme excitement for the man, may have ended up jinxing him into a first-ball duck a few hours later. From Joylord Gumbie, Joyless Gambhir, Sumaar Joseph, and Chamari Athapattu, we have all the major cricketing heroes of the week covered. We marvel at SKY's versatility, and Max talks about more T20 leagues than you knew existed. This podcast features a vicious Adam Zampa googly, a logical puzzle that isn't quite first-class, and casts wild aspersions on Mike Atherton's prowess as a player.

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Join Max, PDP, VaMu, Bisi and special guest (who does not appear) Krt as they bring you all the latest from Gambhir era, Ash na veri, and Puducherry.
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Hello and welcome to the only IPL preview you will ever watch, because it's possible you will self-destruct within 5 seconds of this wonderful episode. Hank, Max, Nitin, Iman, PGK and Vishal come in and go out with random thought streams, and at the end of it all, we declare that the Gujarat Devils will most definitely win this season of Formula 1. Quietly whisper it to your punter friends... Kahiso.. Kahiso.. Kahiso.

Max, Adi and VaMu usher in the BGT which begins this week - two of them hiding behind a couch and sneaking a peek through the gaps between their fingers, while another predicts a winning result for India. Also, wibblage on Kamindu, the extinction of the Sachin-era bowler (#SoLongSouthee) and Alzarri's comedy rage.

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In an unexpected turn of events - much like an Ash na carrom ball - the Bits and Pieces gang is caught unawares by the surprise retirement of R Ashwin. Join Srinath, PGK, PDP, Kaus, Max, Bisi, Chops, and Murali as they try to find the right balance between a tribute to Ash and good ol' fashioned B&P NIBbing.

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SUMMARY:

TWELVE games in, the latest edition of the 50-over cricket World Cup, WC23, was finally a go. With a star-studded line up of top Indian singers like Arijit Singh, Sukhwinder Singh and Shankar Mahadevan and a marquee clash of India and Pakistan, the new Motera resembled a colosseum. Which it truly wasn’t.

Join Zainub, Murali, VaMu, Bisi, Iman and SamMo as they dive into the damp squib that was the game. They then dive into their predictions on who makes it to the semis; on why Bumrah is the G.O.A.T bowler to Pakistani fans and a heady cocktail of takes with the panel being at different levels of sobriety.

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SHOW NOTES:

Shownotes that are best enjoyed with free RO water (or Kinley if you’re in Chepauk):


1. Join BnP’s fantasy league here: https://icc.dream11.com/login?ru=/season/contest/join/340W0106@1

2. He returned only to be injured again: https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/128077/the-imperfect-return-of-kane

3. A stat overview of weeks 1 and 2: https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/128046/rohit-overtakes-tendulkar-for-most-world-cup-hundreds

4. Bumrah’s hall-of-fame slower balls: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/icc-cricket-world-cup-2023-ind-vs-pak-the-jasprit-bumrah-slower-ball-that-bent-time-1403330

5. Colosseum, what: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/india-vs-pakistan-an-atmosphere-like-never-before-but-it-could-have-been-so-much-more-1403343

6. Daniel Brettig on that ball to Alistair Cook: https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1232509/the-balls-of-the-century--no--1--ryan-harris-to-alastair-cook

This episode was recorded minutes after England won the final of the T20 World Cup, which now means that an Indian-origin Prime Minister now holds both the ODI and T20 gongs. We subscribe to the 'Anybody But England' school of thought, but in Episode 45 our main question is 'Can anybody beat England?' Tony, Murali, Sameer and Nitin once again relive the agony of India's horrendous defeat in the semi-final, and Pakistan's much more spirited effort in the MCG final, where Jos Buttler and co. reigned supreme. Along the way, in addition to our love for hating England, we talk about India's love for middle-aged anchors, Mt. Manganui's love for being mispronounced, MS Dhoni's love for aviation, Sanju Samson's love for parottas, Australia's love for Prime Ministers and Ilayaraja's love for wordplay.

(Note - Our joy at England's win translated to a higher than normal frequency of F-Bombs in this episode. And hence the Tarantino-esque title to the show)

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Show notes:

1. The Sports Gene: https://www.amazon.com/Sports-Gene-Extraordinary-Athletic-Performance/dp/161723012X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3OY4QPURR52EP&keywords=The+Sports+gene&qid=1668376961&sprefix=the+sports+ge%2Caps%2C468&sr=8-1

2. 22 Yarns ft. Robin Uthappa Part 1: https://open.spotify.com/episode/719UIH79o6i162Ux40IKjn 

3. 22 Yarns ft. Robin Uthappa Part 2: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0BBZQ8tVdAI4Y4fPhZAVzE

As the dust settles and the tears subside, Bits and Pieces looks back wistfully at India's glorious decade in Test cricket that culminated with the BGT loss in Australia. Join PDP, Tareque, Hank, Nitin and Vishal as they relive the biggest highs of the era, and get so overwhelmed by the enormity of the moment that they also start looking at stats and all that.

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Tareque Laskar aka the Econormist joins Tony, Srinath, Chops and Murali to chat about his unique storytelling style using sport (and pop culture) to explain economics. The gang get meta about early Twitter's impact on building strong, like-minded communities among sports fans, playing club cricket in England and Europe filled with plenty of tea, scones and biryani. As always, there's a wrap-up of the week's action, from the SKY fall in Rajkot to the skyfall in the dusk twilight in Karachi.

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Show Notes

1. The Oeuvre of Tareque Laskar

1a. The Useless World Cup Previews series: https://twitter.com/tarequelaskar/status/1594257622907359232

1b. The Messi Little Concept of Incentives: https://www.instagram.com/p/CfLNWt0Fb7y/?igshid=MDM4ZDc5MmU=

1c. The Holy Trinity of Brother T, England, and village cricket: https://twitter.com/tarequelaskar/status/1414155429140066315?s=46&t=bXTPz-5WUC_0qApEs90aCQ

1d. In which Brother T partakes in the common wealth of games: https://scroll.in/field/1030091/birmingham-diaries-from-cricket-to-hockey-the-the-little-things-in-between-my-week-at-cwg-2022

1e. Brother T is also Sporto-Graphael Nadal: https://twitter.com/hashtag/sportograph%20from%3Atarequelaskar?t=hRl7ij9hm42_GX5Gdi5lNw&s=09

2. Choppy feels the feels watching live sport after the forever pandemic: https://cricketwithpohejalebi.substack.com/p/are-you-richard-stokes-in-disguise

3. World Men's Test Championship final scenario is a much easier LRDI problem set now: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/wtc-final-scenarios-the-road-ahead-for-australia-india-sri-lanka-and-south-africa-1352822

4. Pakistan laid the perfect trap at home and then tripped right into it themselves: https://twitter.com/OsmanSamiuddin/status/1611342365838516225?t=0EN87-_nrmTN-SwvDjVX7g&s=19

5. A stats-salad on how Head has been a home bully and away chicken: https://twitter.com/DanielCherny/status/1611965147433828356?t=QtSP0VaVY31VTxIZ8tm5Tg&s=19

6. Skyfall and SKY rises (under lights): https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/how-india-batter-suryakumar-yadav-does-what-he-does-ind-vs-sl-3rd-t20i-1352799

After 4024 days, India end their ICC tournament drought in incredibly dramatic fashion in Barbados. An ending that you could not have scripted, for Rohit, Kohli and Dravid. A redemption arc for Hardik that no one saw coming. A reaffirmation of Bumrah's legend status. A SKY moment whose magnitude will be felt for years. We are still pinching ourselves to confirm that we didn't dream this whole thing up. What a World Cup! What a finish!

Fittingly, it is a Royal Rumble of a Bits and Pieces episode featuring Hank, Tony, Nitin, Nishit, Prashant, PGK, Iman, Varun Murali, Varun Venkatesh, Max da Vinci and Murali Satagopun. We are almost certain we have left someone out... Please watch the podcast and let us know in the comments!If you love the Indian team, give us 5 stars and hit the Bell Icon!

Why is Aaron Finch the Australian Shikhar Dhawan? What is KL Rahul's favourite colour? What kind of bats work best? And why are Australian camels the reverse Marnus? 

In episode 4 of Bits and Pieces - the friendliest cricket podcast - Sandhya joins the gang to talk about some science in Cricket. Nitin has a special quiz for everyone, Murali meets MSD, Srinath educates us about the Big Bash comedy, and Tony has unearthed content on KL Rahul. Come join us, don't sit tight, take it light.

*Notes

Virat retires - https://www.firstpost.com/india/virat-elite-horse-of-presidents-bodyguard-retires-a-look-at-what-happens-to-animals-of-indian-armed-forces-post-service-10324181.html

Robin Uthappa on 22 yarns (Dhoni story at around 32:45) - https://open.spotify.com/episode/0BBZQ8tVdAI4Y4fPhZAVzE?si=83c791698e894cc0

Ravi Shastri talks to Shoaib Akthar - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECorLMYJ_vc 

KL Rahul's page on Red Bull - https://www.redbull.com/in-en/athlete/rahul-k.l

The original IPL horn song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHw4C2nQeWs 

Steve Smith tweet - https://twitter.com/stevesmith49/status/1486952665753874432

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PDP, Max and Tareque assemble after India demolish Pakistan in the much hyped league fixture of the Champions Trophy. The gang acknowledges the irony of Pakistan getting eliminated early from their home tournament after playing an away game. Lots of chatter around Aus v Eng, Afg v SA, Ban v Ind and other games from the first week of the tournament.

Does anyone read these words? If so, let us know if you need us to continue to plug our twitter handle. (or just go to the previous episode, and get the details there while also increasing our view count :-)

We originally wanted to record this episode on the weekend, since we expected Semifinal slots to be decided well before India played Australia. But as it transpired, we ended up recording in multiple installments on Monday, after India defeated Australia, and again on Tuesday following Afghanistan's magical sprint past Australia on the points table, dumping them and Bangladesh out of what is, arguably, the greatest World Cup ever!

Join us as we review the action as coherently as possible. Do listen till the end for the post Afg v Ban coda, and do share this episode with your friends. Please also let us know if you too are experiencing the strange Jay Shah gif bug that is afflicting our Whatsapp group.

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The Great War has well and truly ended and miraculously, we have five scarred survivors who look back on the Great War and look forward to a battle of a different kind to be fought on an almost circular battlefield. After gazing wistfully at the credits and debits of the War, they shift their attention to the Final which probably doesn’t feel like one. They are hoping for the best but fearing the worst. They are looking at battle formations and weather conditions, jinxes and reverse jinxes, experts and punters. They are eyeing the opposition with brows furrowed and eyes narrowed. They are holding their collective breaths for a battle that’s been a long time coming.

 

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Show Notes

• Hardik Pandya ft. Nana Patekar for Gujarat Krantiveers: https://twitter.com/BishOnTheRockz/status/1662318566648041473?t=bEkWgdao5qwb8yqgC696Yg&s=19
• It’s time for Cryptic Clues in the Jadeja household: https://twitter.com/Rivaba4BJP/status/1660246115428761601?t=vCaimICSy1q6pN0u7Mg9og&s=19
  Prithvi Shaw off-the-field randomness: https://youtu.be/rbxNen8W2tc and https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/off-the-field/prithvi-shaw-attacked-by-fans-with-baseball-bat-after-bitter-row-over-selfies/articleshow/97981611.cms
• Steve Smith takes a blinder in the slips for Sussex: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZEwNmU-rjZM
• Shastri with the last piece of the jigsaw puzzle for India ahead of the WTC final: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/wtc-final-2023-ravi-shastri-ks-bharat-vs-ishan-kishan-could-hinge-on-bowling-combination-1379371
• New Adidas India team kits blessed by Drone-acharya: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/icc-world-test-championship/team-indias-new-jerseys-unveiled-ahead-of-wtc-final/articleshow/100682596.cms
• Rayudu vs. Hyderabad Cricket Association: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/unhappy-with-politics-in-hyderabad-cricket-ambati-rayudu-skips-ranji-trophy-1207394 and https://kochipost.com/2019/09/01/the-curious-case-of-ambati-rayudu/
• World Cup 1983 team issues statement. Binny doesn't Roger that: https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/bcci-president-roger-binny-legends-sunil-gavaskar-and-kapil-dev-disturbed-by-manhandling-of-wrestlers-8642447/

An unedited video version of this podcast can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/@bitsandpiecesthefriendlies7100

In Episode 83, our enthusiasm is undimmed by India's supremely sub-par showing in the Caribbean. As the BCCI continues to muck up the 2023 ODI World Cup, we remember previous better conducted cricket events, such as the Cognizant office tournament. We start talking about Mukesh Kumar, and end up making as many detours as possible, and finish by talking about Kuldeep Yadav, whose run of rotten luck continues thanks to the terrible puns we subject him to. In between times, a full week after the Rashomon Ashes ended 2-2, we try to decipher who actually won it, because everyone, their uncle and the ICC has their own take on the matter. Hardik Pandya may or may not feature in a future episode of Bits and Pieces. (If he does, he will be unique.) This podcast is brought to you by Dileep Jajodia's Duke Balls (2018 version available in matte finish and gloss finish). Remember the name - Dileep Jajodia... Because, it just rolls off our Josh Tongue.

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Show notes:

1. Khawaja, Wasim Khan and over-rates: https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/127215/khawaja-reveals-role-in-amendment-of-over-rate-penalties-cricbuzzcom

2. Hardik's uniqueness: https://www.crictracker.com/cricket-news/wi-vs-ind-hardik-pandya-trolled-for-good-to-be-unique-remark/

3. Jajodia's balls cause Ashes furore: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ricky-ponting-oval-test-ball-change-investigated-1390303

4. Pat Cummins' missed opportunities: https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/missed-opportunity-cummins-laments-series-draw-as-ashes-era-ends-20230801-p5dssq.html

5. Kishore-da on Mukesh-da: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/how-new-delhi-capitals-fast-bowler-mukesh-kumar-made-it-from-small-town-bihar-1351426

It's one-all in the BGT after Australia smash India in less than half the duration under lights at the Adelaide Oval. Bits and Pieces completes 150 episodes (How cool is that!), and for a change, we wander into technical discussion, and change our muse from Ashwin to Kohli. Abhishek Chopra declares that Kohli has always been a limited batter. That's right! Kohli Army, please make us go viral, and Rohit Army, you know you want a rare something to celebrate this horror week, so please inundate our comments with some love.  Bits and Pieces is on Twitter, find us at https://x.com/bnp_cricket

On episode 5 of Bits and Pieces: the friendliest cricket podcast, we expand the podcast host list to North America as Krtgrphr joins PGK, Kaus, Mohan, and Tony to talk about India's win in the U19 world cup, Lucknow Super Giants' LOLgo... er logo, India's 1000th ODI and how the venue was preordained, Ravi Shastri's chance to ensure a definitive victory in the England series, the return of KulCha, and MSD in his latest avatar.

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Episode 34 of Bits and Pieces was recorded minutes after Sanjay Manjrekar asked Ravindra Jadeja on air, "You will talk to me won't you?" The podcast features a blow-by-blow review of India's victory against Pakistan in their first game of the Asia Cup game in Dubai, and a review of England's series-levelling win against South Africa. Also featuring a detailed explanation of the WTC table by our in-house expert Tony Sebastian. And plenty of giggles around the pronunciation of Hardik Pandya's name.

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Show Notes

Road to Resurgence for Hardik Pandya by Amol Karhadkar, Jarrod Kimber: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6OhLNy7OgX1JPFHXk8YhFv?si=ycd1NsV2S0ugGSuwdqDm5A&utm_source=copy-link

Chennai '99 is Pain Forever: https://www.sidvee.net/cricket/india-pakistan-chennai-1999

Pant, Open: https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/rishabh-as-opener-in-t20-wc-wasim-jaffer-gives-his-verdict-on-whether-pant-becomes-backup-for-rohitrahul-101654773042968.html

Ben Stokes the Hardik within him at Manchester: https://www.skysports.com/cricket/news/12173/12683420/james-anderson-calls-england-captain-ben-stokes-absolute-machine-after-big-win-in-manchester

How many India vs Pak matches does it take to make an Asia Cup?: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/2022-asia-cup-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-biggest-international-tournament-outside-icc-events-1329634

The funda"mentals" of ViKo Vajradanti: https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2761961

What has more crunch than a KL Rahul innings these days?: https://food.ndtv.com/food-drinks/congress-bun-masala-recipe-karnatakas-famous-crunchy-bun-masala-for-tea-time-indulgence-2611593/amp/1

Conclusion: Shared Memories >> Loss Therapy

Post mortem of The BGT Boxing Day Test, 2024. Many of us from BnP saw and lived every ball of this amazing Test match and . In this episode, we review the loss, shed a tear or two and celebrate friendships...

Mohan, PGK, Iman, Bodhi and Vishal discuss the Boxing Day Aus v India Test match and recollect their memories of an incredible match that they all watched live...

SHOW NOTES:

1. Nitin's Viral Tweet on the MCG: https://x.com/knittins/status/1872953963890524373?t=i2eZ6vuWk0e2rQkj0RDnpQ&s=19

2. Shruti Kapoor's NOTES: https://mohankaus.blogspot.com/2025/01/shruti-kapoors-boxing-day-test-2024-day.html

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In Episode 6, Bits and Pieces becomes the latest podcast to host Deepak 'Chuck' Gopalakrishnan, the Podcasting Universe Boss, since he's in every show, much like Chris Gayle is in every T20 league. 

In this episode, we unsuccessfully try to unearth team strategies at the IPL mega-auction, take wild swings at some deep cricketing trivia questions from Chuck, and express our appreciation for Pat Cummins' statesman-like stance on l'affaire Langer.

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Fun quiz starts at 21:40 in this episode

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Another ICC final, another Indian defeat. The stoicism of the Bits and Pieces panel is tested to the limit, but they show up again (unlike India's Test side) for Episode 75, which spans the soap opera that is India selection, Ashwin's omission, Umesh's inclusion, Shardul's protrusion, Kohli-Pujara-Rohit-Gill's enduring irritation, Rahane's resurrection, Head's accumulation, Starc's excretion and the MCC manual's arbitrary catch arbitration. Who do we end up pinning the blame on for India's repeated defeats in ICC events? Listen on to find out. 

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Show notes:

1. "Aaagghh, you faaking cunt!" : https://twitter.com/itzz_rohan/status/1667763900069326849

2. Ae Vedya... Bat ka grip nikaalke Sachin ka match tweet review pado na: https://twitter.com/sachin_rt/status/1667904416316522497

3. Shami biryani kidhar bhi khayega: https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/mohammed-shami-was-having-mutton-rice-ravi-shastri-said-bloody-hell-will-you-satiate-your-hunger-here-itself-or-ex-ind-coach-101675729571359.html

4. Gandhi doesn't Kettle-borrow: https://www.beyoung.in/beyoungistan/gandhi-and-the-kettle/

Join Max, Tony, Hank, Chops, SamMo and Sandy as they bring their ranting A-Game to the ICC World Cup ticketing and scheduling mess that doesn't seem to have an end in sight. The group gets serious wondering whether Hardik is a good captain, until they realise that he's not even the captain any more. They also lament Indian cricket's lack of structure, unlike Australia and England. And they identify the man who may solve India's problems as team director - Ilayaraja. Hehe. Kidding. That would have been an actually coherent choice.

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The shownotes are being rescheduled since the Hyderabad police will not be able to provide adequate security.

From book cricket to stick cricket to cheat mode, the scoring rates in IPL 2024 continue to soar out of the realms of anything we could have imagined. Max, VaMu and PDP come together in Episode 121 to explain how we are reacting to this nose-bleed inducing run-flation, and also 'why' we are reacting this way. This is a rare, reflective episode of Bits and Pieces, and aptly, we kick it off with Srinath Sripath mimicking Harsha Bhogle in a rare moment of frank self-reflection.

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Tony Sebastian makes a timely return to the podcast to share his euphoria over Sanju Samson's record-breaking 100 as India bury Bangladesh under an avalanche of sixes. Max, MuSa and VaMu complete the panel, as England mete the exact same treatment to a hapless Pakistan in Multan. 

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It's time for the semi circle. With the 4 qualifiers decided, the gang is now ready to take a 180 degree turn on all of their pre world cup qualifiers. What happened when Angelo's metal Helmet met mental hell outside Bank of Baroda, Maxi's pickle juice blitzkrieg and much more - on the latest Bits and Pieces 'Time Out' with Sandy, Srinath, Chops, Knittins, and Tony.

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Show Notes:

1) Peace plus the Hooting - Tony writes about his Wankhede experiences this world cup - https://whereisbillwatterson.substack.com/p/peace-plus-the-hooting

2) Shakib v Angelo IRL in Bank of Baroda - https://x.com/amritpradhan63/status/1722978834021339546?s=20 3) Kohli or Lenin, you decide - https://twitter.com/mufaddal_vohra/status/1721008655884312865

Sidin Vadukut joins us in episode 8 of Bits and Pieces: the friendliest cricket podcast to put the whee in a freewheeling chat. PGK, Kaus, Srinath, and Tony hang out with Sidin to laugh along with his hilarious memories of growing up in the UAE and more.

This conversation goes from SASTRA to Sharjah, Sultan to Sukumaran, and metallurgy to the metaverse. Listen and share widely!

* Notes
Sidin's hilarious pieces for Cricinfo:  https://www.espncricinfo.com/author/sidin-vadukut-339

Sidin is hiring for Clarisights: https://clarisights.com/

War Minus The Shooting [Paperback] Mike Marqusee https://www.amazon.in/dp/9811833540/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_i_T8FK2HVDX48RQ7WSYQ3A

Kurup - https://www.netflix.com/in/title/81332317?s=a&trkid=13747225&t=cp&vlang=en&clip=81465312

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This week on the friendliest cricket podcast, Srinath, Chops, and Tony round up the CWG finals, the Boult from the blue and the future of cricket, Insta nonsense from Russell and RP, India's squad to Zimbabwe, Ross Taylor's revelations and more. Also on the pod, what's the difference between the Aussie women's captain and India's bowling strategy in the Border Gavaskar Trophy? If England's A team is called the Lions, what should the alpha team be called? And more. Come, grab a seat and join us at the friend's table. And do tell another friend. 

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Notes:

Rajesh Chauhan has played the most Tests without ever losing one: https://www.espn.in/cricket/story/_/id/22108170/fast-hundreds-batting-month

WIPL 2023, maybe?: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/womens-ipl-bcci-earmarks-march-2023-window-for-inaugural-edition-1328890

Slow Tahlia and The Return of the McGrath: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/aus-vs-ind-cwg-2022-tahlia-mcgrath-plays-final-despite-testing-positive-for-covid-19-1328212

Dre Russ is keeping quiet: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/i-know-this-was-coming-andre-russell-responds-to-phil-simmons-on-non-availability-for-west-indies-1328862

BBL and privatisation pains: https://www.theage.com.au/sport/cricket/privatisation-the-billion-dollar-question-at-australian-cricket-summit-20220814-p5b9pi.html

RIP Rudi, keep trolling batters up there: https://youtu.be/-3Iqvkl8bSE

Trent Boult and cricket's tipping point: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/rise-of-t20-leagues-ilt20-and-csa-league-trent-boults-choice-a-landmark-moment-in-crickets-fast-evolving-landscape-1328584

Rishabh Pant nonsense: https://www.dnaindia.com/cricket/report-rishabh-pant-shares-another-cryptic-post-on-ig-after-urvashi-rautela-s-chotu-bhaiya-remark-2976523

Ross Taylor on NZ dressing room: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ross-taylor-reveals-racial-insensitivity-in-new-zealand-cricket-1328742

Ross Taylor on Rajasthan Royals: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ross-taylor-rajasthan-royals-owner-slapped-me-1329045

In the aftermath of a deflating loss in the WTC final at the Oval, the legendary Hank Philharmonic Symphony descends to the recording and delivers potential Grammy-winning introductions for those on the panel in this episode, thus lifting their hurt spirits. But once the spirits exit the elevator, the friends see Bazball and they see Ashes and meditate a bit about the first Bazball Ashes without realizing that their uncledom is on full display. Then they turn their attention to the Duleep Trophy – would it be enough to get you listening if we tell you that their final suggestion is to rename it as the Duleep Mendis Trophy? And of course, the R Ashwin interview on stoicism and the R Ashwin double review invoking stereochemistry are topics on which they also give up.

 

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Show Notes

• The amazing musical introductions in this episode: https://soundcloud.com/mohank2/sets/bits-pieces-musical-intros

• The R Ashwin interview after the WTC Final 2023: https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/r-ashwin-opens-up-on-the-wtc-drop-and-on-being-traumatised-in-the-past-8665087/lite/
• Duleep Trophy selection shenanigans – Jalaj Saxena, Dinesh Karthik have their say: https://twitter.com/jalajsaxena33/status/1669974045348225025?t=c9X0u4L22aLtRmbTjIQNYQ&s=19 and https://twitter.com/DineshKarthik/status/1668963918960795648?t=tJ7q_CWAOhxXfdxKXheeyg&s=19
• The history of foreign teams in the Duleep Trophy: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/no-foreign-team-for-duleep-trophy-381544
• R Ashwin reviews the review at the TNPL: https://twitter.com/CricCrazyJohns/status/1669003784612368385
• Cricket book recommendations from the panel:

• Martin Crowe’s For the Love of the Game: https://amzn.eu/d/dXyz6pE
• Nicholas Brookes’ An Island's Eleven: The Story of Sri Lankan Cricket: https://amzn.eu/d/5mWeZzk
• Tony Lewis’ Summer of Cricket: https://amzn.eu/d/fS5D8Bq

As the cricketing world went into a collective meltdown following Deepti Sharma's run out of Charlie Dean for backing up too far, we convened to ask the important question - what exactly is the Spirit of Cricket? Is it that peg of Old Monk that makes bad Bollywood cricket movies go down easy? It is the pissy smell you get in the poorly maintained toilets at Indian grounds? Is it the spit that's been permanently banned from ball-shining services? Is it... well... tomato chutney? Find out the answers in Episode 38, where we also take a punt on India's chances at the World Cup, and bid Jhulan Goswami a fond farewell.

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Show notes:

1. Mithali pranks Jhulan! https://youtu.be/a993Fj1ytXg

2. A promo for Chakdaha Express, the Jhulan biopic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WriyhHlM0Z0

3. El_Chopernos does a Yuvraj on Stuart Broad: https://twitter.com/El_Chopernos/status/1573722433210961920

4. Mike Gatting, Chris Broad (and Stuart Broad) during the England rebel tour of South Africa: https://twitter.com/PakCricPodcast/status/1573737670509035521?s=20&t=pNMN19GuaBjhDuhZATAC9A

On episode 30 of Bits and Pieces, your friendliest cricket pod gang gets together to round up all the cricketing action from the week that was. Join Tony, Srinath, Abhishek, Thejaswi, and Vikas as they discuss the shift of power centre from Lord's to Landlords,  and fumble through some fun trivia. From Rent to SPENT, we've got you covered. Listen in, and tell a friend.

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Show Notes

1. David Warner vs CA - https://www.theage.com.au/sport/cricket/warner-tests-twenty20-flexibility-ahead-of-pay-talks-20220729-p5b5mg.html

2. Gideon Haigh on David Warner vs CA - https://twitter.com/abcsport/status/1553581957598294018?t=m-Vr66-EFC7951qz1iR5Cw&s=19

3. BBL 2022 draft English contingent - https://twitter.com/BBL/status/1552111750857625601?t=p4WP6IgZJf-Bn6jZk4KFYA&s=19

4. SA's Next Big Things in Reliance XI - https://cricxtasy.com/news/dewald-brevis-112-for-mumbai-indians-second-XI-england-tour/cid8094054.htm

5. UAE International League T20 in early 2023 - https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/uae-t20-league-announces-early-2023-window-set-for-clash-of-dates-with-bbl-bpl-and-csa-league-1318608

6. International cricket on satellite TV for the first time in India - https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/sport/story/20030818-1993-bcci-puts-a-price-on-telecast-of-its-cricket-matches-792084-2003-08-18

7. Crowdfunding for Barabati Stadium, Cuttack - https://www.cuttackonline.in/city-guide/barabati-stadium-cuttack

8. England's heroic bank clerk - https://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/597148.html

9. Wicket off the first ever ball of the first Test ever in a ground - https://www.espn.in/cricket/story/_/id/22487186/score-2-3-wessels-family-double

Can a nightmare leave you nostalgic? Yes - if you are an India cricket fan whose formative years were the 90s! That glorious decade that continues to hold us to ransom in its thrall, subjecting us to the sporting equivalent of Stockholm Syndrome. In Episode 81 of Bits and Pieces, the gang is fittingly joined by Sidvee, who is the founder and host of the 81 all out podcast, in addition to all the other awesome things he does. This episode is a break from our regular programming, as Tony, PGK and Nitin relive the 90s alongside Sidvee. From Srinath lengths to Sidhu's strokelessness, Sachin's haplessness to Sanjay's hopelessness, Kumble's pace to Prasad's lack of it, Javed's six and the enduring Sharjah hoodoo, Sourav's eyesight, the one-stop solution to every problem dogging Indian cricket from the openers who can't keep batting, to openings for keeping (ie Mongia), from Azhar's wristwork to his hazaar wrist watches - no holy cow is spared. Grab a drink and tune in for the nervous 90s.

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In a week in which New Zealand reigned supreme, Prashant, Chops, Iman and Tony train their sights on everything mockable in the world of cricket. No prizes for guessing who makes it to the list.

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Our friendly bunch of friends record this week's episode right after the India vs. Pak match in the Asia Cup ended as a damp squib. They waste no time in likening the proceedings in the first half of the match to a time and place they know in their bones. There's also some synchronized jaw-dropping when they realize that yet again, Pak pace is haal 100% in and of itself, and the Indian lower order is 'haal behaal'. Collective cheering also happens at the recent results in the international women's cricket and the prospects of more twists and turnsin the ongoing Asia Cup.

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SHOW NOTES:

1. SL Lionesses with a historic win in England: 

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/sri-lanka-women-in-england-2023-1336069/england-women-vs-sri-lanka-women-2nd-t20i-1336081/match-report

2. Pak Women with a glorious last ball win: 

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/south-africa-women-in-pakistan-2023-1381903/pakistan-women-vs-south-africa-women-1st-t20i-1382160/match-report 3. Some Wasim-Sachin camaraderie at the height of Ind vs. Pak tensions in 1999: 

https://www.facebook.com/CrickeTendulkar/videos/rare-wasim-akrams-special-gift-to-sachin-tendulkar/1756103081102824/

4. An unforgettable Indo-Pak Holi celebration at Bangalore in 1987: 

https://twitter.com/OaktreeSport/status/1376387994731511808?t=8WFJMF_9L00lyuFvHduPfA&s=08

5. And they meetcute again, the India and Pak teams in 2023: 

https://twitter.com/TheRealPCB/status/1697651052701782485?t=gHtHDSes7eT-UPWwclimnA&s=19

For the first time in 59 episodes, we have a female/male gender ratio greater than 1! And for the first time in our history, we also have a former player on the panel - Ananya Upendran joins the gang for this special episode. Not entirely surprisingly, even though we recorded this on Day 2 of a very interestingly poised 2nd Test of Border Gavaskar Trophy, we discuss the WPL auction, the Women’s World Cup, the structure of the women’s game in India, the might of the Australian women’s team and much more. 

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4. Sameer Mohan: https://twitter.com/sleepyhead148

5. Ananya Upendran: https://twitter.com/a_upendran11

6. Rachana Ramchand: https://twitter.com/thethingygirl

Show notes:

1. Rachana’s WPL auction tracker: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1byKLWSs-Fte9sljbp0MOD7kNdxl-tmxZ_e1rVap2yrM/edit#gid=592092697 

2. Shikha Pandey’s journey: https://scroll.in/field/1041240/shikha-pandey-interview-from-wanting-to-quit-to-finding-joy-again-a-journey-via-goa-and-australia

3. Sneha Deepthi’s second innings: https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/cricket/2022/jul/22/sneha-aims-to-become-first-cricketer-to-make-india-comeback-after-pregnancy-2479570.html

4. Ananya Upendran’s blog: https://diary-of-a-cricketer.blogspot.com/?m=1

5. Similarity between India V Australia 2013 played in Delhi and the 2023 2nd test match at Delhi: https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/australia-tour-of-india-2012-13-598808/india-vs-australia-4th-test-598815/full-scorecard

6. Sania Mirza’s interview as mentor of RCB: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qju_GVJLRTM

7. Panga trailer (streaming on Disney+Hotstar): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDP6tCC8zTo

8. First time in Tamil cinema: https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/first-tamil-cinema-only-women-centric-films-release-over-new-year-weekend-171560

Episode 29 is all about nostalgia about ODIs by Rachana, Sidin, Chops and PGK. Find out what it was like to watch Shabash Mithu in an empty theatre in London with a bottle of Old Monk. Plus the most memorable (and painful) ODIs watched, what bizarre rule changes can be made to make ODIs relevant and why Atul Bedade is the greatest ODI player ever.

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Show notes

Atul Bedade four sixes - https://youtu.be/XZGkHCRJmiU

NZ vs India Max Cricket match - https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/india-tour-of-new-zealand-2002-03-62325/new-zealand-vs-india-112812/full-scorecard

Ijaz Ahmed goes bonkers at Lahore - https://youtu.be/aHhy-qRGKMY

Sneha Deepthi's post-pregnancy comeback attempt - https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/cricket/2022/jul/22/sneha-aims-to-become-first-cricketer-to-make-india-comeback-after-pregnancy-2479570.html

Aayush Puthran's new book on Pak women's cricket - https://twitter.com/aayushputhran/status/1546698966871703552?t=jTGlyofb1yDB5Rqjis3txA&s=19

Shabaash Mithu trailer - https://youtu.be/FLd_ZeEe9pc

Chakda Express announcement - https://youtu.be/WriyhHlM0Z0

This week, the Bits and Pieces gang is in conversation with S Giridhar and VJ Raghunath, two amazing cricket romantics who talk about their wonderful book called "Mid Wicket Tales: A Century and More of Cricket" which has been recently released. The indomitable duo holds court on a whole host of topics, ranging from Madras and Bombay cricket in the 60s and 70s to the ODI World Cup final 2023. They astound us with their memory, delight us with anecdotes aplenty and have us smiling ear to ear at how they've so lovingly retained their affection for the sport.

Varun Murali: https://x.com/varunmurali43
Chops: https://x.com/el_chopernos
Prashant DP:
https://x.com/prashantdptweet
Tony: https://x.com/notytony
S Giridhar: https://x.com/midwickettales
Mid Wicket Tales latest edition on Amazon: https://amzn.eu/d/c9naoc8
Well Caught, a new podcast by Giri and Raghu: https://open.spotify.com/show/26UIRDatCj4LcpBX7LBioE
Giri and Raghu's second book, titled "From Mumbai to Durban: India's Greatest Tests", on Amazon: https://amzn.eu/d/0ChNogT

It's been a glorious week, one in which Sanju Samson has scored a scintillating century to win India an ODI series in South Africa. So, Max, Varun, and Tareque get together to discuss everything else. From Punjab Paddlers' Shashank redemption, to Hyderabad's Hyper bids, we've got you covered. Join us this holiday season for all the action from the world of cricket, and a deconstruction of the IPL auctions and teams, that's as long and entertaining as the IPL itself.

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On the day after RCB poured sambar all over the sweet strawberries of CSK, the gang get together to cry/celebrate about the outcome of the best match of the season and the qualifiers to the IPL playoffs. Let's dive in with Max, PGK, Prashant DP, Tareque Laskar, Tony, and Varun Murali.
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In the last episode, we had bid a fond and wistful farewell to Pakistan, only to welcome them right back into the World Cup this week! Zainub, Srinath, Nitin, PGK and Chopernos come together to marvel at the jigra, the jazba, the dileri and just the 'haal' of Pakistan, and their stunning entry into the semis following a series of incredible events, aided by tbe bumbling Proteas and Bungle-a-Desh. Mohan K reports from the MCG after witnessing India v Zimbabwe alongside 92,000 other people. SKY or Moin Khan - who is the better gum-chewer? If 2022 is a repeat of 1992, who is the new Inzamam, and is Babar Azam reprising Rameez Raja or Imran Khan? Is the Scene on for Pakistan again? Will it be India v Pakistan at the MCG again? Which is that one team that no one can stand anymore? (Hint: It's not England) Tune in to find out.

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2. PGK: https://twitter.com/peegeekay

3. Zainub: https://twitter.com/zainubrazvi

4. Chopernos: https://twitter.com/El_Chopernos

5. Nitin: https://twitter.com/knittins

Show notes:

1. Pak v WI, 1992: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r9Piqz-XDc

2. Moin Khan chewing up gum and Australia, 1999: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTkn4nE6RAg

3. "Tweaker, darter" Shadab that's what you need: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG4si85mxyk

4. The Haal of Pakistan: https://wisden.com/stories/archive/the-nightwatchman-features/the-haal-of-pakistan-osman-samiuddin-long-read

5. The Scene is on for Pakistan (2019 edition): https://podcasts.apple.com/ae/podcast/is-the-scene-on-for-pakistan/id1386771685?i=1000442908343

6. "Jeetendra bhai, Jeetendra!" Origin Story: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/sidin-vadukut-watching-india-v-pakistan-in-basel-508877

7. Best World Cup ever? https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/sports-trends/t20-world-cup-2022-has-the-tournament-been-the-best-ever-yet-9443181.html

8. Sleeping at the wheel were the Proteas: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/t20-world-cup-2022-ned-vs-sa-south-africa-and-the-tag-we-will-carry-that-monkey-on-our-backs-temba-bavuma-1343596

9. The Dutch walked the talk and then talked the talk to Pak: https://twitter.com/grassrootscric/status/1589139693995950080?t=JLxoKmez9n2Qqytpi3Fz0g&s=19

10. Bertus de Jong's epic thread on the qualification rules for men's T20 World Cup 2024: https://twitter.com/BdJcricket/status/1583414735457787905?t=LUsFkf3YM4x4f8bceOf9Fw&s=19

11. What semi-final? Shaheen is ready for the final! https://www.instagram.com/reel/CknIs2_JAha/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

As the World Cup leaps into the final round of league games, Mohan, SamMo, PGK, Prashant and Nitin come together to laugh at England, applaud India, sympathise (and hope) with Pakistan, be wary of Australia, and evaluate multiple variations of Mohan NRR calculators. Along the way, comments on Steve Smith's beautiful statue at the Wankhede, Ajay Jadeja's mentorship of Afghanistan and the Naagin Derby in a poisonous environment. 

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Show notes:

1. When England launched the 1999 World Cup song a little late.

2. Thug Life ft. Ajay Jadeja, Afghanistan's team mentor.

3. Mohank's scenario excel looks a bit like this.

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Zainub Razvi joins Kaus, MohanK, Krt and Srinath to review the Asia Cup, preview the T20 World Cup, wonder whether the Melbourne weather forecast will allow the India v Pakistan game to happen and discuss all the epic memes from the captains' photoshoot. Also contains your weekly Dada's brand endorsement update, and good old BCCI political drama. 

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Srinath: https://twitter.com/srinathsripath

Show notes: 

A sampler of Pakistan memes: https://twitter.com/karachikhatmal/status/1355063074793926657?t=Gv2RVLXA-PIDha3n4DJqQw&s=19

Osman Samiuddin's Final Word on Pak cricket birthdays: https://twitter.com/OsmanSamiuddin/status/1581247606805516290?t=cT7qAIPRL55u2IMO2j3ERw&s=19

Pakistan in India, 1999 - A classic documentary: https://youtu.be/VWE9qr5gjyE

The venue for the Men's T20 World Cup Captains event looked... familiar?: https://twitter.com/UdaySRana/status/1581452001447026688?t=vs67wTxy6co9WV5a0_8NsQ&s=19

Asia Cup 2022 - A run-out-at-the-non-striker's-end that wasn't - Part 1:

https://twitter.com/ghosh_annesha/status/1576495611184304134?t=YEUsOWUaaS_4prSaPdIG7Q&s=19

Asia Cup 2022 - A run-out-at-the-non-striker's-end that wasn't - Part 2: https://twitter.com/imfemalecricket/status/1580811307564945409?t=GL5TRZgLVNFLIYJo6EhvvA&s=19

Dada is taking a cab to CAB: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/outgoing-bcci-president-sourav-ganguly-set-to-contest-for-post-of-cricket-association-of-bengal-president-1340077

A recap of the last global men's tournament in the southern hemisphere (2015), including parallels to another one of the same type (1992): https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/world-cup-highs-and-lows-1992-parallels-kohli-s-statesmanship-and-the-afridi-award-for-retirement-1195118

On Episode 28th of the friendliest cricket podcast, the gang admit "Gorilla Gothilla". Join Tony, Srinath, Krt, Nitin, Chops, and Kaus as they launch into peak bantz, and bring up concepts such as the Umpire Empire, Podwin's Law, Fleming's middle finger rule, and all the fun cricket news from around the world. Also includes Ash anna striking back against the umpires for the Dindigul Dragons.

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*Show notes:

1. Blast last-ball drama - 

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/t20-blast-final-2022-lancashire-argue-final-ball-umpiring-error-cost-them-t20-blast-title-1325115

2. Gorillas and the mist - https://twitter.com/Cricket_Ali/status/1548410824082878468?t=2z25Z2rbtzmgzjY8StI-2Q&s=19

Gorillas IN the Mist - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorillas_in_the_Mist?wprov=sfla1

3. Nitin's Chemistry Mnemonic puzzle: https://twitter.com/notytony/status/1548783896279470080

4. Super League/FTP - https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/icc-ftp-2023-27-india-and-australia-to-battle-for-border-gavaskar-trophy-over-five-tests-in-next-ftp-cycle-1325060

5. Fake IPL in Gujarat - https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/with-a-harsha-bhogle-mimic-rs-400-a-day-gujarat-villagers-con-russian-betters-with-fake-ipl/articleshow/92822344.cms

6. Dane Vilas https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/dane-vilas-the-man-who-played-white-lightning-533958?platform=amp

7. Fake SL T20 league - https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/may/12/the-t20-cricket-tournament-that-wasnt-how-fixers-fabricated-the-uvat20-league

The world cup has somehow not started yet, but the Bits and Pieces gang is not holding back any punches on preparations and reparations. Join Srinath, Adi, Bisi, Nitin, Tony and debutant and youngest adult voice on the pod - Rahul as they round up the teams and let out streams of consciousness - a Tedx Lasso if you will. Also featuring a short world cup quiz from Adi.

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What do you get when you combine mangoes, hot debates, hot takes, IPL bantz, wrong facts, and questions with no answers? That's correct - you get Naveen-ul-Haq's Instagram feed. But you take all of that, and you add in a panel as passionate as this one, confabulating like bosses over four successive Zoom conference calls, attempts at Sachin mimicry, an intense debate on the BCCI's balance sheet, and a detailed discussion on what cricket should learn or unlearn from NBA... and you get Episode 71 of your favourite cricket podcast. Join Tony, Sameer, Bisi, Sandy, Prashant and Adi on a rollercoaster discussion that covers everything from Jofra Archer's employment status to the idea of Impact Substitutes in Test cricket - only for the discussion to tragicomically veer towards the possibility of Test cricket itself getting impact substituted out of existence. Plus, golden nuggets from Sanju Samson's press conferences, brought to you with love and care by Tony Sebastian, who is watching all the Sanju Samson press conferences, because someone has to.

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Show Notes: Has been left as an exercise for the listener.

The IPL is back, and all kinds of knowledge and nuance has gone out the transfer window. Phew! It's our time now, join in for good ol' Bits and Pieces Bantz & Pizzes with Sameer, Krt, PGK, Nitin, Sandy, Tony, and Tareque as impact sub as we make the IPL interesting with the B&P jinx, The Ashwin Opening, the Prithvi Shaw Gambit, and Coda, Ghoda, and Veliya Poda. Don't stand on ceremony, jump right in to the trial ball episode.

Show Notes

1) Join our fantasy league, Friends of Bits and Pieces - https://fantasy.iplt20.com/season/contest/join/675N5A0107@1

2) Virat Kohli interview with Mr Nags - https://twitter.com/RCBTweets/status/1643093490308644866

3) Ee saala cup nahi - https://twitter.com/Trend_VKohli/status/1642148086951874560

4) Gautam Gambhir can't forget - https://twitter.com/musafir_hu_yar/status/1642377736357552128

5) Hrithik Roshan horse Romania ad - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIbrXKU7NX4

6) Ep art - Rinku sportograph by Tareque - https://twitter.com/tarequelaskar/status/1645478432619528193

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Ep 11: On a road to nowhere with hero uncle Episode 11 of your friendly neighbourhood cricket podcast is about pitches: National Highways in Pakistan and West Indies and on "dust bowl" pejoratives. The trans-continental gang talk about the Women's World Cup, Abdul Hafeez Kardar, Karunaratne and other matters cricket. Tony Sebastian, who was in KSCA for the 2nd India-SL Test eloquently narrates an episode where uncle becomes an unwitting hero. Listen, share, subscribe... * Follow and send us feedback! Mohan: https://twitter.com/mohank Murali: https://twitter.com/muralisatagopun Krt: https://twitter.com/krtgrphr Kaustubh: https://instagram.com/_kaus Tony: https://twitter.com/notytony * Show notes 1. Pitch Invasion Story: https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/pink-ball-test-pitch-invader-takes-a-selfie-with-virat-kohli-before-being-chased-away-by-police-in-bengaluru-1925051-2022-03-14 2. How the idiot fans climbed over the fence at Bengaluru: https://youtu.be/oXFXrBjZrRY 3. Uncle Ji and why Indian Cops can’t chase: https://youtu.be/Ovkq9Vv2YGM 4. Jarvo: https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/india-vs-england-2nd-test-day-3-pitch-invader-jarvo-69-video-7453960/ 5. Jarvo: https://youtu.be/3-H9REgWLOI 6. On “Dust Bowls”: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/sport/bengaluru-pitch-rated-below-average-after-three-day-test-2575866 7. AH Kardar featuring in CBS’s #ToTellTheTruth -- https://twitter.com/hached/status/766979647481327616?s=20&t=X-JbjIDiI-7xw0OtUYiBJQ 8. AH Kardar: “White On Green” -- https://twitter.com/hached/status/1256613089241415683?s=20&t=EBwNc4aL0yOxQ-sajmzgTg 9. AH Kardar: “White On Green” -- https://twitter.com/hached/status/1256612720415293440?s=20&t=LI3bmxPylD8bTSpc2Gr7oA 10. The Mike Cooward intgerview with “81 all out” -- https://www.81allout.com/2022/02/07/a-lifetime-in-cricket-writing-mike-coward-interview/ 11. We did not talk about KL Rahul, but what is a Bits & Pieces episode with a KLR reference? So take this: https://twitter.com/forwardshortleg/status/1504789965783273477?s=20&t=v_rwO3MkCntfhGbhFYjD7w

Bits and Pieces assembles to survey the train-wreck that is the Indian cricket team discipline policy document leak, including the strange luggage stipulations, spousal visitations, team bus situations and domestic cricket directives. Nitin, Murali, PDP and Tareque catch up at 1 30 AM outside a kebab joint and stay clear of yellow journalists, where they also review India's 2-0 lead in the England T20s, Motie-ji's amritkaal for West Bharat, and effectively jinx Aqib Javed's masterplan for the next WTC.

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Episode 17 of Bits and Pieces is also episode “83”, as the gang get together to discuss the recent movie on India’s first-ever cricket World Cup win in 1983. PGK, Krt, Srinath, Kaus and Rachana talk about the best parts of the movie, the smart casting choices, Ranveer Singh’s portrayal of Kapil Dev, and quibble about some of the more over the top bits. There’s lots of chatter on the multiple PR Man Singhs in the plot, and which one made the great David Frith eat a piece of paper.

Notes: 

83 trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHdkC6Kn0Io 

83 launch event feat. Kapil and Co - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U25pekKqazE&ab_channel=Viralbollywood

The cast - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/83_(film)#Cast

PR Man Singh and the David Frith myth - https://twitter.com/sidvee/status/1509030559556653065 

The real letter: http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~schopra/FrithWCM83.pdf

http://eye-on-cricket.blogspot.com/2014/01/of-editors-eating-their-own-words-and.html 

22 Yarns episode feat. PR Man Singh - https://open.spotify.com/episode/3VNXodKIIqS6TcVTxbhXAM?si=lLvEZCfDT1SYwtB4PWpRIg&utm_source=copy-link 

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Why is Prithvi Shaw? How is Mohit Sharma? Why are spinners bowling at the death? Is Rohit Sharma the first-ever non-playing non-captain? How good is Virat Kohli's strike-rate in balls bowled after he gets out? Did Herschelle Patel Mankad-miss the IPL, mait? Is Ricky Ponting the most unlucky guy at the tournament? How unfollow-worthy is Sourav Ganguly's Instagram account? Can L Siva please come as a guest on a podcast with zero Test caps?

This and other important non-questions answered by your non-panel of friends in Ep 67 of the friendliest cricker podcast.

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5. Max: https://twitter.com/maxdavinci

6. Bits and Pieces: https://twitter.com/bnp_cricket

Show notes:

1. Ganguly Kohli handshake gate: https://twitter.com/Sense_detected_/status/1647242820800090115

The friendliest podcast completes one full year of uninterrupted weekly podcasts as the world steps into 2023. Join Srinath, Nitin, Mohan, Choppy, Sameer, and Tony as they round up the action from the week, and a look at the Bits and Pieces jinxed year for Indian cricket. The gang also reminisce some of the favourite moments from the 52 episodes from 2022 and give you a hint of perhaps what lies ahead for your friendliest cricket podcast in the new year. Hop on and ride along!

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Show Notes

1. Dhoni reminding disgruntled fans that cricketers don't do tit for tat, circa 2011: https://www.cricketcountry.com/news/dhoni-urges-fans-to-control-emotions-964

2. Babar Azam makes cute request for more reviews: https://twitter.com/notrophiess/status/1608406322910990337?t=HL7n70NhDZMIj8OEg7Oj_A&s=08

3. The Googly Declaration - Babar explains the inexplicable: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/babar-azam-on-unexpected-declaration-we-took-a-chance-you-never-know-1351688

4. The Good Samaritans who rescued Rishabh Pant: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/rishabh-pant-car-accident-bus-drivers-eye-witness-account-of-crash-1351697

5. India and Pak up top in a Test record filled with ignominy: https://twitter.com/michelappleton/status/1608915506324729856?t=t9yJvkjj3ICr38SFVDVzmA&s=19

On episode 48 of the friendliest cricket podcast, we have 50-50 India Pak representation as Samee Siddiqui joins the Bits and Pieces stable with Zainub, PGK, and Tony. Join in to find out what Pakistan really thought about the Indian team growing up, our collective disgust of Bazball, and the therapeautic white noise space that helps you get through life like a KL Rahul innings.

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On Episode 60, we are (sadly) back to being a sausage fest. Chops, Tony, Max, Sameer, Bisi and Nitin join to dissect Healy's sweeping masterclass and glean meaningful takeaways from it. They ponder Australia's trainwreck of a tour, and their disastrous handling of their spin resources. There's chuckles and sympathy in varying measures for Ashton Agar and KL Rahul. The gang puts Dr. Strange to shame by painting out elaborate scenarios around how Bazball is likely to fare in the Ashes and when England next tour India. The manel also discusses the state of Indian women's cricket following the Harmanpreet heartbreak in their World Cup semifinal.

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6. Nitin: https://twitter.com/knittins

Show notes:

1. Ian Healy keeps things sweepingly simple… perhaps too simple?: https://youtu.be/lg_1jO4pm_I 

2. Aston Agar’s sorry fate: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/how-ashton-agar-s-test-career-was-stalled-again-in-india-aus-vs-ind-1360503 

3. Travis Head and robust conversations: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/travis-head-had-robust-conversations-with-selectors-after-first-test-1360682

4. KL Rahul – The Question: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/india-vs-australia-the-ladders-have-gone-and-snakes-lurk-in-kl-rahuls-test-path-right-now-border-gavaskar-trophy-1360044 

5. When Virat Kohli speaks, we listen: https://youtu.be/rkBx3gYcbNw 

6. World Test Championship final – latest scenarios: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/wtc-final-india-almost-through-after-beating-australia-in-delhi-1359905 

7. World Test Championship final – latest scenarios: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/wtc-final-india-almost-through-after-beating-australia-in-delhi-1359905  

8. Kimber on Bazball batting: https://wickets.substack.com/p/the-bazball-shuffle 

9. Don Harry Bradman Brook: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/nz-vs-england-2nd-test-wellington-believe-the-hype-harry-brook-is-heading-where-few-have-gone-before-1360352 

10. India’s 2023 heartbreak at Cape Town: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/the-anatomy-of-india-s-heartbreak-aus-vs-ind-semi-final-women-s-t20-world-cup-2023-1360490 

11. A fairytale season for Saurashtra: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ranji-trophy-final-how-jaydev-unadkat-and-saurashtra-became-indias-dominant-first-class-team-1359889 

12. Behind the brilliant Aus-W team is the brilliant WBBL and behind WBBL is something called the WNCL: https://twitter.com/_hypocaust/status/1629456396830793728?t=1JFiqcAPvH5nehaWvVV-wA&s=19

A few days before the glorious Border Gavaskar trophy takes off, we dream of a Borderless India that could play our neighbors, while discussing the ignominy of India’s megalomania in choosing not to travel to Pakistan for the Asia Cup. We also dissect the beauty of bowler-friendly T20 wickets, the fabulous U-19 Women’s WC win, spare some kind words for Joginder and Monk on their retirement and lots more, in this rollicking episode. Listen away!

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Show Notes

1. Heads and Tales, a new cricket podcast by Knittins and El_Chopernos: https://open.spotify.com/episode/61mfLytUK2YJMORR3tN0US?si=CgUomKp0Q02lpJKt4mOmXQ

2. India say no to Asia Cup in Pak, will Pak say no to World Cup in India?: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/will-pakistan-host-asia-cup-2023-final-decision-expected-in-march-1357337

3. Hanuma brings the Mountain of Courage to Indore: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/hanuma-vihari-interview-i-play-to-win-even-if-batting-with-one-hand-or-leg-1357201

a. The experience, in his own words - https://twitter.com/Hanumavihari/status/1620782137476800512

b. The indescribable Hanuma sword shot: https://twitter.com/Tejatanush1/status/1621088861228273664

c. Wait, what’s Moeen up to, playing a similar shot?: https://twitter.com/SaiyamiKher/status/1621012620982779904

4. Low scoring T20Is can make you lose your job!: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/lucknow-curator-sacked-for-shocker-of-a-pitch-for-second-india-nz-t20i-1356634

5. The sun sets on two India careers:

a. Joginder Sharma: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/joginder-sharma-announces-retirement-from-all-forms-of-cricket-1357097?platform=amp

b. Murali Vijay: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/former-india-opener-murali-vijay-retires-from-international-cricket-1356529?platform=amp

6. The day women's cricket changed forever in India: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/the-day-womens-cricket-changed-in-india-under-19-t20-world-cup-1356718

7. England will tour Bangladesh soon but a few of them will be elsewhere: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/england-in-bangladesh-odi-series-t20-franchise-commitments-leave-england-short-stocked-ahead-of-world-cup-1356791

8. Knittins can’t stop gushing about Shubman Gill and neither can we: https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/cricket/the-rise-and-rise-of-shubman-gill-9991531.html

9. Keeping your ears peeled for BGT commentary? Think again: https://twitter.com/mufaddal_vohra/status/1621058799120547841?t=wzW1r8uiTOO42909vH8hJw&s=08

Join Tony, Bisi, Prashant, and Chops for an Oral Examination of the world cup as they pose important questions such as are voltage fluctuations a good thing? Is Hardik Pandya a stabilizer? Do you really need lush green outfields? And if a choke is so bad, why does your motorbike have it? Possibly includes some cricket content midway through the league stage of World Cup 2023 as well.

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Rachana Ramchand makes a smashing debut on the podcast alongside regulars PGK, Srinath, and Krtgrphr to celebrate women's cricket! The gang looks back at Australia's title run at the World Cup and at India's heartbreaking pre-semifinal exit. But it was a fantastic World Cup, featuring close games, closely matched teams, and showcased the best features of the women's game. The gang also comments on Sunrisers and Chennai Super Kings' sobering starts to the IPL and reviews Australia's tour of Pakistan where there were shared series wins, and great draws, but the greatest draw - was Alyssa Healy's husband!

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*Notes

https://www.ecb.co.uk/be-involved/volunteering/ecb-city-programme - (dream big desi program)

https://fairbreak.net/ - The Fairbreak Invitational women's tournament

In this episode of your friendly neighbourhood cricket podcast, the gang comes together for a fond farewell and a celebration of Shane Warne, following the legend's untimely and shocking death. Through the recording of this episode, we came to realise just how much Warne meant to all of us. Gone too soon... It is our good fortune that he graced our sport.

Notes: 

SHANE, the documentary - Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0e9kEF3uOA (Documentary now streaming on BookMyShow Stream in India)

On Warne, by Gideon Haigh - https://www.amazon.com/Warne-Gideon-Haigh/dp/147110110X

Jiggery Pokery, by The Duckworth Lewis Method (A hilarious song that relives Mike Gatting's 'Ball of the Century' dismissal by Warne) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muc25lM_Y3I 

Memories... Some of Warne's greatest wickets - https://www.instagram.com/reel/CauTB_Qppmu/?utm_medium=share_sheet

Shane Warne's poker grind - https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/andrew-miller-shane-warne-the-showman-who-could-do-hard-graft-1303734

Interview with Harsha Bhogle - https://youtu.be/-lQ0tecb2UQ

Satish Acharya's cartoon - https://twitter.com/satishacharya/status/1499759122207895552

Sachin on Shane Warne - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5so5EsDtlfw

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If an auto-rickshaw in Bangalore were a player in Indian cricket, who would it be? And why? What is the connection between a former Indian cricketer, an African nation, and a large temple in South Asia? Did ChatGPT select the Indian cricket teams for the South Africa series? And what's with the utter weirdness of the IPL (retentions)? NitinS, KartikT, SandyG, SrinathS, and MuraliS discuss these and much more in the 100th episode of Bits & Pieces...

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SHOW NOTES:

1. Teams for the SA Tour: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/bumrah-rahul-and-shreyas-back-in-india-test-squad-for-south-africa-1411122

2. The anatomy of an IPL trade: https://m.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/128605/the-anatomy-of-an-ipl-trade-cricbuzzcom

3. PCB withdraws Butt's name as selection consultant day after appointment https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/pakistan-news-pcb-withdraws-salman-butt-s-name-as-selection-consultant-day-after-appointment-1411390

4. Dominica does not wish to host World T20 matches: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/mens-t20-world-cup-2024-dominica-pulls-out-as-host-venue-1411178

5. Aussie players leave India one by one: https://www.outlookindia.com/sports/australia-tour-of-india-t20is-steve-smith-adam-zampa-fly-back-home-glenn-maxwell-to-leave-after-third-game-news-333379

India began their series against New Zealand with a 3-0 scoreline predicted. As expected, the scoreline read 1-0 after the first Test, at which point experts predicted a 2-1 result. That prediction didn't change after the result of the second Test. However, at the end of three Tests, we got exactly what we originally predicted - a 3-0 result.

If the above paragraph made no sense, wait till you listen to this podcast where Nitin, Chops, Iman and VaMu lose their marbles completely.

Let bygones be bygones, we look ahead to the IPL auctions, and to the BGT (Bavuma-Ganguly Trophy).

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Despite the ICC's best efforts with messed up pitches at strange venues, ticketing faux-pas, scheduling gaffes and comical broadcast deals, the first week of the T20 World Cup has been a low-scoring blockbuster featuring upsets, reversals and box-office Pakistan. As England, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Pakistan lick their early - potentially tournament-ending - wounds, Hank, Chops, Tony and Nitin join the pod to review a memorable week.

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PGK, Adi, Murali and Nitin bring you Episode 139, which is a post-mortem of Pakistan's worst series, Rahul Dravid's ascension to Rajasthan coaching, Duleep Trophy updates, some rare bits of Bangladesh appreciation, not-so-rare bits of Ashwin apprehension, and funnies from the week in the lives of Pant and Rohit. Tune in to find out who makes up the best quizzing team in the IPL.

It's only fitting that the latest edition of the ODI World Cup kicks off in week 92 of the podcast! Five games into the tournament, Tony, Max, PDP, Nitin and pod debutant Iman Pande assemble to talk about mosquitoes, fungus, sheep, pigeon droppings, Kiwi allrounders and other interesting creatures like Blaze and Tonk, the official mascots of the mismanaged World Cup... Also ft. KL Rahul's origin story, the impossibility of Ifty Chacha being a spinner, some Rachin Ravindra love, Dutch name puns and other inanities that will make you bleed blue, groan green and cringe Orange.

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Shownotes that are best enjoyed sitting far away from a pigeon poop-stained stadium seat:

1. It's game on! Think you can beat us in the ICC Men’s CWC 2023? Tap on the link to join our Private Contest & show your skills! https://icc.dream11.com/season/contest/join/340W0106@1

2. Last click attribution model: https://support.google.com/searchads/answer/6268786?hl=en

3. England don't defend: https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/jos-buttler-england-jofra-archer-new-zealand-india-b2424056.html

4. KL Rahul's vexing origin story: https://crickettimes.com/2017/06/kl-rahul-reveals-two-contrasting-stories-regarding-his-naming/

5. A Needle in Banana video that has no relation to the NIB we discuss on the pod: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD4AADjmc0A

6. If you have time to kill, randomly refresh this page and you may still be able to buy tickets to World Cup games that are already completed: https://in.bookmyshow.com/

7. Salman Khan has been consuming Revital from before the brand was even launched: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asxpwst9Omk

8. "You are paffom well, wadisappening": https://twitter.com/allaboutcric_/status/1676914390225006593?t=9Va2H8GWelAIDOqM_tZ2hA&s=08

PGK, Sameer, Tony, Murali and Nitin assemble soon after India's World Cup defeat against South Africa at cold and bouncy Perth. Does Pakistan still have a chance of making it? Which of the many gaps in the Indian team can Rishabh Pant plug? Inzy was a run out expert, but would he have ever gotten Mankaded? What are Joe Rogan, Bam-Bam Bigelow and Akshay Kumar doing in a cricket podcast? Stay till the end to find out answers to all these questions, and to see whether these guys are capable of doing a single episode without an Ajay Jadeja reference.

Show notes:

1. A ragged finish at Kochi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40dlxW0xN0U

2. The Pak Bean story: https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/cricket/send-real-mr-bean-zimbabwe-revel-in-revenge-over-pakistan-in-bean-derby-1157413.html

3. Joe Rogan checks out Kohli's Insta following: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADC3ErCdu6g

4. AshAnna X Inzybhai https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-IHFHVv1i8

The gang this week decides to put on their combinatorics hats to work out multiple combinations for India in the upcoming World Cup, set to the sound of a million boxes being ticked at once. They are at sixes and sevens while trying to figure out the 7s and 8s for each team. There is incessant propping up of Ashwin but in kutti doses only. There is something interesting happening in every single team and ICC is listening in to this episode with intent since it might have the answer to the question of making ODIs interesting. There are new diktats being issued about the extent of wrath teams invite when they drop captains. All in all, there are bits & pieces of logic and large chunks of laughter, just like every other episode of B&P... but you already know that, don't you?

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Shownote Jayasuriya:

1. One of the lower order headaches for India:

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/mohammed-shami-vs-sharul-thakur-the-india-world-cup-debate-that-never-was-1399631

2. It's a changed Rohit from the previous ODI World Cup: https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1397584/the-burdens-of-being-rohit-sharma

3. Keeping track of all the WC squads: https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-cricket-world-cup-2023-24-1367856/squads

4. Shubman in the "most ODI runs in a calendar year" race: https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/most-runs-in-a-calendar-year-282854

In which, we go back to the era when MS had Do Knees, and wonder if Umar Gul's Bowl-out inspired Digvesh Rathi, who signs off autographs for Travis Head to distribute to eager fans in supermarkets, and for Abhishek Sharma to flaunt after hitting match-winning 100s. In which Shreyas Iyer inspires order to the proceedings, and in which KL Rahul and Krunal Pandya follow in the illustrious footsteps of Anil Kumble, in two entirely different contexts.

If nothing in the above paragraph made sense, don't panic - CSK's season is making even lesser sense.

It's time for that flagship, marquee cricketing event ... that happens every year. No, we aren't talking about the IPL anymore (and so thank you god) - It's time for a World Cup, in the oddest corner of the world, at the oddest times of the day. As you reset your body clocks, here's a rare episode of Bits and Pieces that doesn't mention Ashwin or Rahul or Shardul or Dhoni... Join Hank, Adi, Max and Vikas as they blunder their way through the team rosters and make random predictions about the semi-finals. The only thing they seem to get right are Adi's softball quiz questions. Can you crack them? We are on Twitter at 1. Bits and Pieces: https://twitter.com/bnp_cricket 2. Max: https://twitter.com/maxdavinci 3. Hank: https://twitter.com/mohank 4. Vikku: https://twitter.com/donquicksort

On Episode 26, the bits and pieces assemble for a deep-dive into the latest from women's cricket, Pant-Jadeja magic, Shami-Bumrah sorcery, Stuart Broad schadenfreude, and a total takedown of BazBall ft. Ben Stokes. The group loses count of the number of India captains in the last 12 months (roughly 13), looks back at the tenure of Eoin Morgan, looks forward to the Mithali Raj biopic, and chuckles wildly at David Warner's misfortune with a bail at Galle. Follow us: 1. Abhishek Chopra: https://twitter.com/El_Chopernos 2. Srinath Sripath: https://twitter.com/SrinathSripath 3. Rachana Ramchand: https://twitter.com/thethingygirl 4. Murali Satagopan: https://twitter.com/MuraliSatagopun 5. Nitin Sundar: https://twitter.com/knittins Show notes: 1. Shaz on Sky talking about Yuvi 36 and the Bumrah 35 - https://youtu.be/hQ4rwZVS8Po 2. Rishabh Pant and the sensible hundred - https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/eng-vs-ind-2022-5th-test-edgbaston-sensible-rishabh-pant-still-leaves-edgbaston-feeling-giddy-1322776 3. Women's Test cricket and the ICC - https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/an-icc-for-women-it-might-be-the-only-way-to-save-womens-test-cricket-1320803 4. Maccabiah Games: https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/maccabiah-games-2009-414786 5. Katherine Brunt and Nat Sciver #goals on social media: https://www.instagram.com/p/CfYjlg0jd3C/?igshid=YTgzYjQ4ZTY%3D 6. Trailer of Shabaash Mithu - The upcoming Mithali Raj biopic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLd_ZeEe9pc

The Bits and Pieces gang takes full credit for breaking Virat's century jinx, and guarantees two 100s every week from The King from now on. Also, a blow-by-blow reliving of the wonderful Asia Cup final, that capped off a top-notch tournament with a well-deserved Sri Lankan win. Which commentator should be working with the fire department? Who is the LinkedIn of the commentary world? These, and other important questions answered in jest, along with some surprise movie scenes and song interludes.

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Show notes: 
1. Play of the week: Never before seen scenes, as Steve Smith smashes a six and then signals no-ball: https://twitter.com/GemsOfCricket/status/1568892282467917824
2. Oh wait, we saw that back in 2001, from, Stephen Fleming: https://www.youtube.com/clip/UgkxMHX1U8R6wjr4lk62S2sY2pI6yFxB0eTq
3. Bloody hell, he copped a fine for it. #GhorKalyugIn2001: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/fleming-charged-with-dissent-116037 
4. Crowd behaviour, and Dhoni logic: https://www.news18.com/cricketnext/news/fans-should-control-their-emotions-dhoni-571962.html
5. Shoaib praising Mohammad Asif, the rattlesnake:  https://youtube.com/shorts/LuDcqIQDFj0?feature=share

In a week where he generated runs, wickets and sound-bytes like only he can, Bits and Pieces turns its focus fully on its favourite muse. It's an Ashwin bonanza on the pod, following his allround awesomeness against Bangladesh in Chennai. Max tries to keep it civil, but there's only so much he can manage in PGK's absence, as Chops, PDP and Nitin do what this podcast is best known for.

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In the immediate aftermath of the greatest T20 match in recent memory, the Bits and Pieces gang get together for some emotional catharsis. Join Murali, Vikas, Sameer, Chops, Tony and some friends at the stadium for some raw thoughts that lay the smackdown on the royal rumble that was India taking on Pakistan at the MCG. 

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*Show Notes:

1. Travis Basevi tribute by Jarrod Kimber: https://twitter.com/ajarrodkimber/status/1583463271004110848?t=URnOxhJNWtIZGdRmUe7GTA&s=19

2. Ashwin's running between the wickets - a theoretical treatise by Sidin Vadukut: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/sidin-vadukut-three-things-you-didn-t-know-about-ravichandran-ashwin-544072

3. Anushka Sharma's spouse played a handy knock at a cricket match today: https://www.instagram.com/p/CkDnA-npJi9/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=

This week on the friendliest cricket podcast, the Bits and Pieces gang talk about the CWG semi finals, the beleaguering leagues of T20 and follow the money created by the monopsony of cricket. Also, what is India's ideal T20 side? And how does it differ from the probable one? The conclusions of these thought starters are left as an exercise for the listener. Join Murali, Mohan, and Chops for all the fun this week.

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Show notes -

1. The UAE T20 league is the cat among the pigeons: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/full-members-concerned-over-idea-of-nine-overseas-players-per-xi-in-uae-league-1327749

2. Zampstagram is a BBLoyalist(?): https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/adam-zampa-overseas-franchise-leagues-in-uae-south-africa-are-not-in-my-calculations-1327933

3. CA pulling out all the stops to keep Warner at the BBL: https://www.theage.com.au/sport/cricket/warner-on-course-to-sign-with-thunder-this-weekend-20220805-p5b7ma.html

4. Mo Ali latest to diss ODIs: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/the-hundred-2022-moeen-ali-becomes-latest-player-to-predict-demise-of-odi-cricket-1327939

5. Spot the missing cricketer: https://twitter.com/M_Raj03/status/1555913855355629570?t=vWM0TlfnrhyVc7DDnes0Tg&s=19

After 16 years, Royal Challengers Bangalore are champions. We lived to witness this fine day. Whodathunk!

Nitin, Max, VaMu and Brother T assemble soon after RCB's victory, to review a memorable second installment of the Women's Premier League. And with one week to go for the IPL, we wonder if the RCB boys will follow suit.

Also in this episode - Rachana Ramchand, who recently completed a two-week stint coaching rural school children in Nepal as part of the Cricket Without Boundaries initiative, narrates her heart-warming reflections via several stories of joy and hope.

Show notes:

1. Cricket Without Boundaries - a blog capturing the journey of the Nepal coaching stint: https://cwbblogs.com/nepal24/

2. Rachana's own post in the blog: https://cwbblogs.com/nepal24/2024/03/03/week-1-team-reflections/

3. Rachana's post on LinkedIn, with her reflections: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rachanaramchand_cricketwithoutboundaries-sportsfordevelopment-activity-7175543993676517376-78Xz

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Join the friendliest podcast with Tony, Vipul, PGK, Srinath, and Sandy as they break down the first Ashes test, the world cup schedule, and the new Indian team. Feat: The BazBall Cage Match between Praveen and Srinath. Grab a chair, and hit someone with it.
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Notes:
1) Barney Ronay on Bazball https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/jun/24/bazball-a-cult-of-bruised-masculinity-where-you-win-even-when-you-lose
2) Andrew Miller with the counter view https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ashes-2023-forget-the-frivolous-narrative-bazball-is-a-hard-nosed-winning-strategy-1382773?platform=amp
3) Ponting sideswipes KP - https://twitter.com/BuzzConway_/status/1670778298778132480
4) Billy bakes Ollie - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEl0kxVH8Ic
5) Sunil Gavaskar on selections - https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/stop-playing-ranji-say-it-s-of-no-use-gavaskar-scathes-through-india-selectors-for-snubbing-sarfaraz-khan-101687596847066.html

Episode 10 of your friendly neighbourhood cricket podcast is a pronunciation masterclass, where Yash Dhull and Nkrumah Bonner get their names Labuschagned. The gang ponders the flatness of the National Highways rolled out for Australia's Test tour of Pakistan, and their stark contrast to the #PeakBengaluru pitches India are tormenting Sri Lanka on. And we contemplate Sreesanth's eclectic India career. Show notes: 1. Andrew Fernando on Sri Lanka's tragi-comedy: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ind-vs-sl-2nd-test-relentless-india-make-mockery-of-pitch-conditions-and-sri-lanka-1305158 2. Ritesh Banglani on the spectacle of India's fast bowling:  https://twitter.com/banglani/status/1502713854614073344 3. How not to prepare to bat on pitches in Pakistan: https://twitter.com/marnus3cricket/status/1494158645462200320?s=20&t=Ip_spE2HMSu49Dbv3mtiXg 4. What not to eat when you're in Pakistan: https://twitter.com/marnus3cricket/status/1502216672253739010?s=20&t=Ip_spE2HMSu49Dbv3mtiXg 5. How not to walk by a swimming pool in Pakistan: https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca61u88rc4q/?utm_medium=twitter 6. (A slim) Rangana Herath unveils the carrom ball on debut in 1999: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blW-tBOsRuU * Follow and send us feedback! PGK: https://twitter.com/peegeekay Mohan: https://twitter.com/mohank Murali: https://twitter.com/muralisatagopun Nitin: https://twitter.com/knittins Krt: twitter.com/krtgrphr

Here's Episode 21, and it's still the 21st century, though IPL 2022 seemed to go on for aeons. PGK, Tony, Kaus, Murali, Krtgrphr and Knittins come together minutes after Gujarat Titans' title win, to wrap up a season where nothing made sense - be it the garish CGI eagle, the Guinness-record breaking jersey (poor Dwayne Leverock), the team anthems, or the eventual champions, whom no one was backing. At the end of the day, Ashish Nehra was the winner. And KL Rahul continues to plumb new (Mundhe Baaro) lows da.

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Samanth Subramaniam on India's obsession with records: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/25/magazine/why-is-india-so-crazy-for-world-records.html

Jamie Alter's epic closing Cricinfo commentary lines for the IPL 2009 final: https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/indian-premier-league-2009-374163/deccan-chargers-vs-royal-challengers-bangalore-final-392239/ball-by-ball-commentary

The crazy nesting bird that scared the bejeezus out of Harbhajan Singh and us (watch at 2hrs 41mins) https://www.hotstar.com/in/sports/cricket/indian-premier-league/gujarat-titans-vs-rajasthan-royals-m705457/match-clips/replay-gt-vs-rr-final/1540014339

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In episode 16 of the friendliest cricket podcast, PGK, Kaus, and Tony round up the bits and pieces of the IPL - the jinx is still alive, but the comedy is alive and well with Delhi Capitals and co. It is Aamras season, but also Amre's season, Powell refuses to throw in the towel, Watson asks Pant "What Son?" and more. Listen along to this and all of the other fun stuff that happened with the IPL this week. Come, come, sit down and listen.

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