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.  Follow us on X, formerly known as One-Day cricket, whose death...

What connects the England team to your grandma's Godrej Almirah? Is Hardik Pandya's injury a ligament of our imagination? Is this pod calling the Kettleborough black? Join Murali, Sandeep, Max, Bisi, and Sameer as they delve into yet another epic week of the world cup. Follow us: B&P on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bnp_cricket Murali: https://twitter.com/muralisatagopun Sandeep: https://twitter.com/sandeeplanjewar Max: https://twitter.com/maxdavinci Bisi:...

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. Follow us on Twitter Bits & Pieces: https://twitter.com/bnp_cricket Tony:...

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...

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...

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. Follow us: Bits and Pieces podcast on Twitter - https://twitter.com/bnp_cricket Srinath -...

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...

Join Tony, Nitin, Max, Tareque, Vaishnavi, and Sameer on ep 89 of the friendliest cricket podcast as they get together with the cup of joy overflowing in Asia, hope of ploy growing for Ash na, the mush room of the Asia cup, the mushrooming of fungi in Dharamsala, fun guys in the Indian dressing room, run up to the world cup and the ODI boom, Shubman Gill's year of centuries, updates on the fear of injuries, and much more. Follow us: Bits and Pieces on Twitter:...

The conscience keeper of Indian cricket joins the gang on Episode 88 of Bits and Pieces, for a wide-ranging chat on the heavy-handedness of the BCCI and what that means for Indian cricket in particular, and world cricket at large. Nitin, Prashant and Vipul dive deep into Sharda's recent BCCI magnum opus on the Caravan, the ticketing and organisational fiasco around the World Cup, India's curious relationship with Pakistan cricket, the IPL, the tamatar that binds the Indian cricket curry and...

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...

Big Cricket scenes are upon us again with the Asia Cup, the Asian Games, the ODI World Cup scheduled for the near future. This week's podcast has the five friends still feeling unsure about the ODI WC schedule and thinking about first world problems related to which credit card is better for which event - that conversation Ark is as "deluge-ional" as a certain Noah's jokes. They wibble endlessly about Mankading and Womankading yet again and they plan to construct a church in the honour of...

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...

Writer, Podcaster and all-round pop culture connoisseur Ahmer Naqvi joins the Bits and Pieces gang for Episode 84, where they exchange notes about growing up on either side of the border, Imran and Javed to Wasim and Waqar, why Bombay and Karachi are worlds apart, and briefly even entertain the fantasy of a reunified India - Pakistan XI.Follow us on twitter.com/bnp_cricketAhmer: twitter.com/karachikhatmalSrinath: twitter.com/srinathsripath Prashant: twitter.com/prashantdptweetTareque:...

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...

Vinayakk and Nishit make their pod debuts and join pod regulars Murali, Sameer, Tareque and Srinath to discuss all things from Bazball, Pakball, the circumstances surrounding Harmanpreet Kaur's outburst, and wonder if tickets to the 2023 Men's ODI World Cup will ever be released to the public.A big shout-out to Harini Kannan for our fab new logo! Follow her on https://twitter.com/kannanharini4Follow us:Bits and Pieces - https://twitter.com/bnp_cricketVinayakk -...

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...

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!Follow Us:Bits and Pieces: https://twitter.com/bnp_cricketMohan: https://twitter.com/mohankBisi: https://twitter.com/bisibelebhaatMurali: https://twitter.com/muralisatagopunVaishnavi: https://twitter.com/vaishbhaskaranTony: https://twitter.com/notytony

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. Find us on Twitter: 1. Bits and Pieces: https://twitter.com/bnp_cricket 2....

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...

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. Follow usBits and Pieces on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bnp_cricketVipul: https://twitter.com/sporty_babaPGK: https://twitter.com/peegeekaySandy ji: https://twitter.com/lanjewarsandeepSrinath: https://twitter.com/srinathsripathTony:...

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...

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...

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,...

Moments after Ravindra Jadeja flapped Mohit Sharma to the fine-leg fence to signal CSK's fifth IPL title triumph, the Bits and Pieces gang assembled to discuss the most engrossing final in the world of cricket this year. That's right! Tune in for a detailed preview to the World Test Championship final between India and Australia.  Hehe, kidding. We talk till the cows come home about Chennai Super Kings' vexing title triumph, MS Dhoni's coronation not being a causation for their success,...

Moments after the final league match of IPL 2023, Max, Sandy, Murali and Nitin assemble - completely coincidentally, in the colours of the four teams that finally made the playoffs - for another episode of batshit banter and questionable gyan. We take a close look at the leading runs and wickets charts of the IPL and are astounded to note the complete (Naveen-ul) lack of players from Lucknow Super Giants in it. The group jumps from IPL to WTC to Ashes to ICC rule changes with the sort of deft...