BCCI - Beardos Cricket Chat and Insight – Details, episodes & analysis

Yellow everyone and welcome to the latest seeti maar episode of the BCCI podcast. The Beardos are very excited as there is no post-IPL void in our lives this time around. As always, we have a bunch of questions we look to answer – 1. Who handled the pressure of the knock out stages better than the newly-wed from Indonesia? 2. Will Hardik Pandya be ready to bowl by the 2023 World-Cup or will Virat Kohli take over that role? 3. Why ABD and MSD may not be retained by their respective clubs? 4. Who will be the Big-Hits at the World T20 and why is your answer India? All this and much more banter on the latest episode that builds up to the upcoming World T20!!! Hosted by – Amlan Sengupta Sameer Dohadwala Dipen Kothari Special Thanks To – Chief Of Marketing – Shraddha Mukul Head Critic – Siddhi Sengupta #IPL2021 #CSK #Whistlepodu #DC #KKR #RCB #MI #PBKS #RR #SRH #TeamIndia #WorldT20

In a celebratory mood, the Beardos cherish the successes of the 4 qualifiers and the young Indian talent that the IPL keeps throwing up. We discuss the key highlights leading up to the knock-out stages of the the IPL such as –

How the 4th spot is reminiscent of the Rimi Sen from Deewane Hue Paagal and was MI really the Asrani in this horse race?

Can Hardik pandya bring the Caribbean flavour to Team India at the T20 World Cup?

Will MS Dhoni continue to play for the Team in Yellow or will he be a threat to Justin Langer’s job?

Is world-cup-tying-Captain Morgan the custodian of the the Spirit of his team and the game of Cricket?

All this and much much more on this latest episode of the Beardos Cricket Chat and Insight.

Hosted by the 3 Beardos –

Amlan Sengupta (Happy Birthday!!!)

Sameer Dohadwala

Dipen Kothari

Special thanks to –

Chief of Marketing – Shraddha Mukul

Head Critic – Siddhi Sengupta

#IPL2021 #MI #RCB #CSK #DC #RR #PBKS #KKR #SRH #Pandya #Chahar #CaptainMorgan #Ashwin #Harshal #Sanju

It's the 14th edition of the IPL and with every season  the tournament gets bigger and stronger, and so do the teams. In this  episode we preview the teams in our very own way and discuss the  following -

1. Will Sanju replicate his success at model college to change RR's fortunes?

2. Will CSK surprise everyone with their performances once again?

3. Will Punjab Kings' players stand up and say "Main hoon na"?

4. Is it true that ab ki baar #KKRhaitayyar ??

5. How many openers will SRH play?

6. Will this year finally be RCB's year? (Ths is the same question we ask every year)

7. Will DC and Pant be on fire this IPL?

8. Who will stop MI from completing a threepeat??

A complete analysis of what's to come this IPL by the 3 Beardos -

Amlan Sengupta

Sameer Dohadwala

Dipen Kothari

Sincere Gratitude to -

Chief of Marketing - Shraddha Mukul

Head Critic (yes, she's back) - Siddhi Sengupta

#IPL #IPL2021 #CSK #RR #PK #RCB #KKR #MI #DC #SRH

With the end of the ODI series between India and England, the Beardos are excited about the new beginnings. But while that journey towards the IPL might be exciting, it will have to wait. Why? Well it’ll have to wait simply because we need to find out a few things before we move on. What things you ask? Well I’m glad you asked because take a look at this –

1. Is India’s slow-and-steady costing them matches?

2. Is someone being a liar the reason behind Pant being on Fire?

3. Is it time to begin the search for a “Toss Specialist” in Indian Cricket?

Further to this, with almost every series having a “DRS controversy” we seek to clear the air of the confusions in the Umpire Decision Review System. We explain to you the history of the DRS, the technology behind the DRS protocol, its impact on the game and much more. While the umpires have largely been right on a majority of the occasions, we imagine that maybe a Tablet would help them be better!!! Except for Nitin Menon of course, because you cannot improve perfection, can you?

Hosted by the 3 Beardos –

Amlan Sengupta

Sameer Dohadwala

Dipen Kothari

Special Thanks to –

Chief of Marketing – Shraddha Mukul

Head Critic (Will she ever return?) – Siddhi Sengupta

Majority of our research on DRS was from the following sources –

Red Inker podcast by Jarrod Kimber – S1 E48 – Umpires Call with Kartikeya Date

On Umpires Call – Kartikeya Date - https://cricketingview.substack.com/p/on-umpires-call

DRS, The Story so Far - https://redballdata.blog/2020/12/28/drs-the-story-so-far/

Decoding the DRS: Quantifying the impact of umpire’s call - https://medium.com/kishan19/quantifying-the-impact-of-umpires-call-f00f7d1c80e0

Hawk-Eye - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawk-Eye

Television killed the umpiring star - https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1058822/kartikeya-date-on-the-new-requirements-under-the-drs

#INDvENG #INDvsENG #Kohli #DRS #NitinMenon #OyeMenon #RishabhPant #TossSpecialist #Hawkeye #Snicko

Survival of the fittest - A term made famous in the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin, suggested that organisms best adjusted to their environment are the most successful in surviving.

Now put that in the context of the recently concluded T20i series between India and England -

1. Did the fittest team thrive?

2. Are Ishan Kishan and SKY most suited to the T20 environment?

3. Can Gabbar and Ash evolve to stage a come-back into this side?

In addition to this, the Beardos look at the modern-day fitness tests in sports. It’s debatable whether the Yo-yo fitness test should be a primary criterion for selection in Cricket, after-all why would you expect cricketers to rap like Honey Singh??

All this and much much more…on this week’s lean, mean episode!!!

Hosted by the 3 Beardos –

Amlan Sengupta

Sameer Dohadwala

Dipen Kothari

Special Thanks to –

Chief of Marketing – Shraddha Mukul

Head Critic (Still in Hibernation) – Siddhi Sengupta

Let us know if the episode ‘Fits’ your taste –

Instagram - @bcci.podcast

Twitter - https://twitter.com/BcciPodcast?s=20 

Reference material - 

How the Yo-Yo test became a selection standard - https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/nagraj-gollapudi-on-how-the-yo-yo-test-became-a-selection-standard-for-international-teams-1127970

Yo-yo norms - https://www.theyoyotest.com/norms-yyir1.htm

Yo-yo Calculator - https://www.theyoyotest.com/calculator-yyir1.htm

Players who score higher than Kohli on the Yo-Yo - https://en.100mbsports.com/5-international-cricketers-who-have-better-yo-yo-test-score-than-virat-kohli-eng/

#Yoyo #HoneySingh #INDvENG #INDvsENG #T20 #FitnessTest #IshanKishan #SKY #Ashwin #Gabbar

As is always the case, our minds are full of questions after the recently concluded Test Series …

1. Did NASA need to spend so much money in search of extra-terrestrial life or would it have been enough to just watch Rishabh Pant reverse sweep Jimmy Anderson?

2. What did Mr. Sundar tell Washington’s team mates?

3. Would England stand a chance if they were to include 30 batsmen in their Playing XI?

4. Why do we always resist Parivartan like Amitabh Bachchan?

5.  What is a poor pitch? And who decides that?

For the last answer, in particular, the Beardos have scoured the internet and become overnight experts on everything related to the Pitch. We break down ICC’s framework of pitch assessment for you, so that you can decide whether the pitches in the India v/s England test series were Good, Bad or Ugly!!!

All this and much more in this info-taining episode of the Beardos Cricket Chat and Insight!!

Hosted by the 3 Beardos –

Amlan Sengupta

Sameer Dohadwala

Dipen Kothari

Special Thanks to –

Chief of Marketing – Shraddha Mukul

Head Critic (Currently missing) – Siddhi Sengupta

Research Links -

The Bias against spinning pitches - https://wickets.substack.com/p/the-bias-against-spinning-pitches?s=08

Somerset's points deduction revisited in wake of County Championship - https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/somerset-s-points-deduction-revisited-in-wake-of-county-championship-rejig-1248728

ICC Pitch evaluation system - https://cricketingview.substack.com/p/on-the-iccs-pitch-evaluation-system

ICC Pitch ratings - https://www.icc-cricket.com/about/cricket/rules-and-regulations/pitch-ratings

#INDvENG #RishabhPant #Axar #Washington #Sundar #Pitch #ICC

The historic stadium at Ahmedabad has always been one for records and landmarks, now known as the Shri Narendra Modi-G Stadium (or that’s what we hope it’ll be called) it threw up a further few landmarks. Amongst them was the record for the shortest test match since the World War 2, while the Test match was Short and Sweet (any reference to any beardo is purely incidental), we decided to discuss it in-length because unlike the 3rd umpire we aren’t in any hurry. Now we know what you’re thinking – “How much can one discuss about a test match that got over in two days?” … well think again!!!

· Think about how a thin man from Gujarat can cause so much trouble for British

· Think about how a fast bowler from India managed to reach the milestone of 100 tests

· Think about how stunning a feat it is to take 400 wickets in just 77 tests

· Think about how Joe tried to up-Root the Indian batting line-up

We also take a deep-dive into the Pink ball, the history, the stats and how its different from the Red cherry.

All this and more in its insightful episode!!!

Hosted by the 3 beardos –

Amlan Sengupta

Sameer Dohadwala

Dipen Kothari

Special Thanks to –

Chief of Marketing – Shraddha Mukul

Head Critic – Siddhi Sengupta

#PinkballTest #IndvEng #Ashwin #Ishant #Axar #Bapu #Pink #Rohit #NarendraModiStadium #Motera #Ravibhai #DryState

Yeh humara episode 12 hai, yeh hum 3 Beardos hai… aur yeh humara cricketing analysis ho raha hai (read that in #burger accent)

Just like the Chennai test was for Team India, this episode is no less than a #Pawri … And just like Shweta, we never turn off our mics while revealing the following secrets -

1. How Rohit Sharma’s majestic innings brought back some childhood fears for Sameer Dohadwala

2. What were Bob Dylan’s views on the Chennai pitch? – The answer my friend is turning in the pitch!!

3. Did Elon Musk spark the rise in the prices of overseas fast bowlers at the IPL auction?

4. Sachin Baby or Sachin’s baby are they the same guy?

In our favourite part of this episode we look at the “Young guns of India” and give you some insight on what to expect from the IPL first timers … From Chetan Sakariya to Lukman Meriwala, from Azhar to SRK … we discuss which of these gems will shine bright!!!

Hosted by the 3 beardos –

Amlan Sengupta

Sameer Dohadwala

Dipen Kothari

Special thanks to –

Chief of Marketing – Shraddha Mukul

Head Critic – Siddhi Sengupta

#PawriHorahihai #ElonMusk #Sachin #Azhar #SRK #IPL #IPLAuction #Ashwin #Hitman #Rohit #Kohli

After the fantastic Victory down under, the spirits were high!! The Morale had been boosted!! And the warm glow of Gabba still lingered when we got to Chennai. The stage was set for India to spin a web around this English team, but it didn’t quite go as per plan.

Ab Joe hogaya so hogaya… but we thought we must discuss the Root cause of this defeat.

Along the way we stumble across a few difficult questions -

· Did Joe Root really say “Kabhi kabhi lagta hai apunich bhagwan hai”??

· Is the Pant-Pujara partnership better than the partnership of Guddu and Bablu from Mirzapur??

· What is the real reason behind Washington’s Sundar name??

· Did Deepika Padukone really predict India’s loss in the first test??

In the end the Beardos sound out an SOS to one Rahul Dravid and ask him to repeat the advice he gave to Kevin Pietersen so that our boys do not repeat their mistakes against Bess and Leach and Kohli doesn’t feel any FOMO. After-all, this is our internal matter.

All this and much more high-spirited talks in this week’s free-flowing chat

Hosted by the 3 Beardos - 

Amlan Sengupta

Sameer Dohadwala

Dipen Kothari

Special Thanks to - 

Chief of Marketing  - Shraddha Mukul

Head Critic - Siddhi Sengupta

#KuchhbhikarloBunny #GudduBablu #WashingtonDC #Cricket #IndvsEng 

The 3 of us have been on the wild ride called Indian Cricket for decades, as so many of you have been. And together all of us have been through a myriad of ups and downs. From the 81 all out while chasing 120 in an away test 1997, to the glory of Kolkata 2001. We've witnessed the gloom of the match fixing scandal, we've seen the bright sunshine of 2011 World Cup. An Indian cricket fan is an optimist. An Indian cricket fan is resilient. An Indian Cricket fan never counts his wins beforehand *Cough... Chennai... Cough*

So... this episode is not us reviewing the test series. We're no experts. This one is about us reliving the magic of Melbourne, the Stoicism of Sydney and the battle of the Gabbattoir. It is about you and us, and the emotions we have felt in the past, and the ones we feel now!!!

This one... is straight from the Heart!!

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Hosted by the 3 Beardos –

Amlan Sengupta

Sameer Dohadwala

Dipen Kothari

Special Thanks to

Chief of Marketing – Shraddha Mukul

Head Critic – Siddhi Sengupta