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Talking cricket with Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

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    Picking a T20 XI from the 1980s and '90s

    Picking a T20 XI from the 1980s and '90s

    T20 started in the early 2000s but what if the format was invented 15 years earlier. Who were the players who would have excelled in the shorter format? We decided to pick a T20 side from the era before the IPL and debated how Aravinda de Silva and Brian Lara might have changed their game for T20s. And if players like Ricardo Powell and Adrian Kuiper would have had more illustrious careers than they did.

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    Talking Points:


    The evolution of ODIs and T20s - and how both took about 20 years ago mature
    Would players like Sunil Narine have been as big a star if not for T20s?
    The West Indian legacy in terms of accelerating the T20 evolution
    Which players from the past would have thrived in this format?
    Would you have heard much more of Alistair Brown and Michael Di Venuto had T20s been around earlier? 
    Would Aravinda de Silva have continued his Mad Max avatar in T20s?
    Ricardo Powell, Atul Bedade, Robin Singh - the superstars who could have been
    Players like Lance Klusener who rigorously practiced range-hitting 
    The value of a good googly bowler in T20s

    Participants:

    Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee)

    Mahesh Sethuraman (@cornerd)

    Ashoka (@ABVan)

    Deepauk Murugesan (@complicateur) 

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    Related:


     Ijaz Ahmed's 84-ball 139 v India in Lahore in 1997 - YouTube
    When Surrey smashed the 50-over World Record thanks to Alistair Brown's 268 - YouTube
    When Kapil Dev hit four sixes in a row to avoid the follow-on at Lord's - YouTube
    Atul Bedade's big day in Sharjah - YouTube

    • 1 hr 18 min
    India dismantle England in lop-sided finale: India v England, 5th Test review

    India dismantle England in lop-sided finale: India v England, 5th Test review

    We review the fifth Test between India and England in Dharamshala – where India stamped their authority with a win by an innings and 64 runs.

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    Talking Points:


    A one-sided – and thoroughly expected – end to a Test series in India
    The Bazball delusion 
    England's inadequate bowling resources thoroughly exposed
    Kuldeep the genius - a wristspinner with both variety and control 
    R Ashwin caps off his 100th Test with signature spells
    The first morning - when Bumrah and Siraj made the ball talk
    The challenge against spin for Duckett, Pope, Stokes, and Bairstow 
    Did England Bazball enough or too much? And why it doesn't matter
    When Shubman Gill was at his fluent best
    The problem with England playing Anderson and hardly bowling him
    England not replacing the injured Leach and Rehan - and over-bowling Bashir

    Participants:

    Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee)

    Mahesh Sethuraman (@cornerd)

    Ashoka (@ABVan)

    Kartikeya Date (@cricketingview) | Substack | ESPNcricinfo page

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    Related:


     IND Win By An Innings In Dharamsala, Finish Series 4-1 - Kartikeya Date - Cricketingview
    On Ravichandran Ashwin - India's greatest matchwinner - Kartikeya Date - Cricketingview 
    Just sit back and get ready to marvel at R Ashwin, for the 100th time - Karthik Krishnaswamy - ESPNcricinfo
    Joe Root on facing Ashwin and Lyon - Sky Cricket podcast - YouTube
    How India Bazballed England - Himanish Ganjoo - X (formerly Twitter)

     

    • 1 hr 8 min
    A win for the ages: India v England, 4th Test review

    A win for the ages: India v England, 4th Test review

    We review the fourth Test between India and England in Ranchi – where India sealed a series with a magnificent five-wicket win. 

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    Talking Points:


    The third-innings bowling that capped another brilliant third-day fightback
    India's forced accelerated transition - with a team full of youngsters
    Dhruv Jurel's expert batting with the tail
    Ashwin, Jadeja, Kuldeep - an undecipherable trio 
    Bazball sucking all the oxygen out of the England media
    Did England miss a trick by not bowling Anderson and Robinson enough?
    How England's statements often ran opposite to their actions
    Could England have done better in India if they shelved Bazball?
    Akash Deep's dream first spell

    Participants:

    Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee)

    Mahesh Sethuraman (@cornerd)

    Ashoka (@ABVan)

    Kartikeya Date (@cricketingview) | Substack | ESPNcricinfo page

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    Related:


    Ranchi win epitomises current era of India's Test team with promise for the next one - Karthik Krishnaswamy - ESPNcricinfo
    India Pull Off Sensational Heist Against Negative England In Ranchi - Kartikeya Date - Cricketingview Substack
    Fog of post-truth Baz-chat obscures England’s progress under Ben Stokes - Barney Ronay - Guardian
    England lose series in India - Sky Cricket Vodcast - YouTube

     

    • 1 hr 3 min
    India hand England a right royal thumping: India v England, 3rd Test review

    India hand England a right royal thumping: India v England, 3rd Test review

    We review the third Test between India and England in Rajkot – where a terrific all-round performance helped India go 2-1 up. 

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    Talking Points:


    India's magnificent bowling on Day 3
    How the flat pitches in this series are neutralizing Bazball
    India's spinners - turning the ball more with greater control
    Why England's batting tactics are actually a tribute to India's great bowling
    Why India are actually relentlessly attacking while England are highly defensive
    Why England should have played an extra seamer in all three Tests
    The problem for England's spinners in India - lack of control
    Sarfaraz Khan's old-school method of lofting spinners 
    Shubman Gill's tweak to his technique
    Ashwin's 500th, Jadeja's stupendous Test
    Mohammad Siraj - non-stop relentless 



    Participants:

    Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee)

    Mahesh Sethuraman (@cornerd)

    Ashoka (@ABVan)

    Kartikeya Date (@cricketingview) | Substack | ESPNcricinfo page

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    Related:


    Craft Kuldeep undoes Bazball - Karthik Krishnaswamy - ESPNcricinfo
    India win by 434 runs - Kartikeya Date - Cricketingview Substack
    What next for Bazball after India crush England - Sky Cricket Vodcast - YouTube
    R Ashwin: the 5D chess master of modern cricket - Jarrod Kimber - YouTube

    • 1 hr 17 min
    Awesome Bumrah helps India draw level: India v England, 2nd Test review

    Awesome Bumrah helps India draw level: India v England, 2nd Test review

    We review the second Test between India and England in Visakhapatnam – where Jasprit Bumrah powered India to a 106-run win. 

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    Talking Points:


    A celebration of Test cricket
    A series with echoes of the 2016-17 home series v Australia 
    Are England really playing Bazball?
    India's decision to play five bowlers even with an inexperienced batting line-up
    Does anyone think of drawing a Test match these days?
    Jasprit Bumrah: an artist operating on a different plane to the rest
    James Anderson's spell and the mystery around how little he bowls in India
    Did England pick one spinner too many?
    Yashasvi Jaiswal's crackling double-hundred
    Shubman Gill making the most of his luck to a fine Test hundred
    Do these pitches give India the best chance v England?

    Participants:

    Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee)

    Mahesh Sethuraman (@cornerd)

    Ashoka (@ABVan)

    Kartikeya Date (@cricketingview) | Substack | ESPNcricinfo page

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    Related:


    Jasprit Bumrah press conference after Day 2 - BCCI.tv
    Sky Cricket podcast with Michael Atherton and Nasser Hussain - YouTube
    India Beat England By 106 runs- Kartikeya Date - Cricketingview Substack
    Jasprit Bumrah's spells in West Indies in 2019 - Antigua, Kingston - YouTube

    • 1 hr 18 min
    Pope, Hartley, and a remarkable win: India v England, 1st Test review

    Pope, Hartley, and a remarkable win: India v England, 1st Test review

    We review the first Test between India and England in Hyderabad – where India lost a Test match at home after gaining a first-innings lead of 190.  

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    Talking Points:


    One of England's greatest wins
    Ollie Pope's freakish 196
    India's approach to facing left-arm spin
    Why England choose to sweep and reverse-sweep India's spinners
    Bazball and the approach to risk-taking
    India's batters getting out to unforced errors after being set
    Jasprit Bumrah's astonishing range 

    Participants:

    Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee)

    Mahesh Sethuraman (@cornerd)

    Ashoka (@ABVan)

    Kartikeya Date (@cricketingview) | Substack | ESPNcricinfo page

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    Related:


    Sky Cricket podcast with Michael Atherton and Nasser Hussain - Sky Sports
    How England cracked the risk-reward equation in Hyderabad - S Rajesh - ESPNcricinfo
    England begin their series in India with a win... Again - Kartikeya Date - Cricketingview Substack
    Jasprit Bumrah interview with Ali Martin - Guardian
    Bharat Arun interview - 81allout podcast

     

    • 1 hr 16 min

Customer Reviews

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51 Ratings

Cactustrees ,

Love the analysis

The only cricket Pod that truly analyzes Indian cricket by the numbers without buzz words.

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The only cricket podcast with analytical flair

Have checked out the vast majority of cricket podcasts. There’s a lot of decent ones but only a couple of outstanding ones. This is one of them. (Usually) Three Indians who have a global and historical awareness of the game beautifully bring it together in a sharp analytical arguments.

There is one issue though.

It's not frequent enough.

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A great podcast

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