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March 13, 2021: We talk about the first T20 between India vs England and preview the 2nd T20 while discussing the following: Do Indians have the right intent but the wrong personnel? Did Virat do anything tactically wrong in the 1st T20? What changes should India make for the 2nd T20? Do England need to change anything at all?  Where do SKY & Ishan fit in? How do India give a chance to SKY given Iyer's performance?

We preview the T20 series between Ind and England starting on March 12. We discuss India's approach to batting in T20s and the fact that they are planning to change it.

CricVidya Team discusses the latest happenings in the cricketing world. We start with the news abt cancellation of the Ranji Trophy season, move to Indian Womens Cricket, tall abt the Andrew Tye incident and finally talk about two series happening in India's neighborhood i.e. South Africa vs Pakistan and England vs Sri Lanka.

Jan 16, 2021: We invite Dr. Ajay Khinchi to discuss the first 2 days play of the Gabba test. We discuss India's bowling performance, the pitch and the way forward.

Jan 12, 2021 We review the 3rd Test between India and Australia with Gurkirat  Initial reactions on India's determined effort at SCG Pujara's importance and is criticising him justified?  Should India play Bumrah at Gabba even if he is not fully fit? Bowling combination for 4th Test: 5 Bowlers or 4 Bowlers?  Nitin Patel and his contribution to India saving the 3rd Test. Racism in Sports / Unsavoury incident at Sydney  4th Test: Australian Opening Combination and Australia's Problem Advice to Indian Bowlers

Dec 28, 2020: We discuss India's performance on Day 3 of the Boxing Day Test. We talk abt Steve Smith's form, Indian 5 bowling strategy paying off, Jadeja's contribution, India's problem with the tail and importance of Mayank to remain unbeaten tomorrow.

Dec 28, 2020: We discuss India's performance on Day 3 of the Boxing Day Test. We talk abt Steve Smith's form, Indian 5 bowling strategy paying off, Jadeja's contribution, India's problem with the tail and importance of Mayank to remain unbeaten tomorrow.

Dec 27, 2020: We review the second day of the boxing day test. Importance of backbone Rahane, Patient Pujara/Vihari and momentum changing Pant. And not to forget Sir Jadeja.

Dec 27, 2020: We review the second day of the boxing day test. Importance of backbone Rahane, Patient Pujara and Vihari and momentum changing Pant. And not to forget Sir Jadeja.

Dec 26, 2020: We review the Day 1 of the India Australia Boxing Day test. We discuss days play, Siraj's Bowling, Rahane's captaincy, Mayank Agarwal and Shubhman Gill's batting.

Dec 26, 2020: We review the Day 1 of the India Australia Boxing Day test. We discuss days play, Siraj's Bowling, Rahane's captaincy, Mayank Agarwal and Shubhman Gill's batting.

We review India's performance in the 1st Test and do a detailed preview of the 2nd Test. WE cover the following topics: 

• 0:40  36 all out. Do India need to introspect or just move on? 
• 3:10 What can a coach tell their batsman before the second test? Ravi Shastri's motivational skills 
• 4:30 Discussing Team Changes: Shaw, Shami, Kohli 
• 6:25 Does it make sense to replace Vihari with Jadeja? 
• 7:28 Saha for Pant? Why suddenly the talks about Saha's age and end of career? 
• 12:00 Who should replace Shami? Siraj or Saini? 
• 13:35 Should India go with 2 spinners and 5 bowlers? 
• 17:00 Batting order 
• 21:55 Should Vihari be asked to open? 
• 23:08 Should Vihari be dropped? 
• 23:48 Fielding Standards? Reasons for low standards? Who to blame? 
• 31:03 Should Shaw go play domestic cricket? or benefit more from staying with the team? 
• 32:20 Will a County Stint for Shaw help? Also for all red ball specialist?  
• 34:55 Memories of MCG over the year? Evolution of the pitch? 
• 40:00 Ideal bowling combination? Is 3 seamers a good strategy?  
• 41:58 Spin Strategy? 
• 42:40 Factors contributing to MCG being a result oriented ground? 
• 44:50 Win the toss and bat first? 
• 45:40 What are India's chance if they get to bowl first? 
• 46:50 Recalling Indian victories at MCG in 1978 and 1981? 
• 49:50 Reason for spinners effectiveness in 70s & 80s? 
• 50:55 Bharath's Most memorable and exciting match at MCG?  
• 52:05 Which Indian Batsman is likely to succeed at MCG? 
• 53:14 Will Nathan Lyon be a threat at MCG?  
• 54:21 Should we expect to see high run rate? 
• 56:30 Who goes out if Warner is fit?  
• 1:00:59 Do warmer summer effect the pitch, strategy and conditions?

Dec 16, 2020: We discuss the history of Adelaide Oval, 

1. How the pitch has evolved over time? 
2. How does it change for pink ball test? 
3. Pink Ball and its intricacies for a spinner & pacers
4. Why is Nathen Lyon more successful that other spinners?
5. Bowling strategies while bowling first as well as in the third session
6. Memorable Games at Adelaide

Dec 14, 2020: We preview the first test (pink ball) with Bharath who is an editor with Cricbuzz.

Dec 13, 2020: We discuss India's performance in the practice game and what it means for the pink ball test and India's best XI.

Dec 13, 2020: We discuss India's performance in the practice game and what it means for the pink ball test and India's best XI.

Dec 11, 2020: We discuss the first day of the pink ball practice match, India's bowling lineup for the first test, openers/wicket keeper and increasing number of concussion cases.

Dec 11, 2020: We discuss the first day of the pink ball practice match, India's bowling lineup for the first test, openers/wicket keeper and increasing number of concussion cases.

Dec 9, 2020: We pay our Tribute to Parthiv Patel, discuss the DRS/Broadcaster Controversy and also whether switch hit shud be banned.

Dec 9, 2020: We pay our Tribute to Parthiv Patel, discuss the DRS/Broadcaster Controversy and also whether switch hit shud be banned.

Dec 8, 2020: We discuss the last T20 and what went wrong there, specially the catching. Also, we talk about the last day of the practice game.

Dec 8, 2020: We discuss the last T20 and what went wrong there. Also, we talk about the last day of the practice game.

Dec 7, 2020: We discuss the cancellation of the Eng-SA series, whether prompting from analyst should be allowed and day 2 of the practice match with discussion on Umesh, Siraj, Tyagi & Ashwin

Dec 6, 2020: We discuss the 2nd T20 and 1st day of the practice match.

Dec 6, 2020: We discuss the 2nd T20 and 1st day of the practice match.

Dec 5, 2020: We review India and Australia's performance in the first T20 and discuss changes in Strategy and playing XI for the 2nd game

Dec 5, 2020: We review India and Australia's performance in the first T20 and discuss changes in Strategy and playing XI for the 2nd game

In Part 2 of the interview, Bharath talks about Indian Cricket, Changes in Domestic Cricket, Impact of IPL, Lack of All Rounders and on the Rohit Sharma Controversy. 

• 0:50 Domestic Cricket 
• 5:01 Bharath talks about how culture impacts development of all-rounders 
• 17:45 Bharath talks about Indian Team across various formats 
• 24:03 Are the selectors failing to chose the right T20 players? Or is it the captain asking for these players 
• 27:13 The Rohit Sharma Controversy  
• 31:43 Are selectors looking at KL as the next captain instead of Rohit?

We Talk to Bharat Ramaraj (Editor / Writer) @ CricBuzz to understand the life of a sports journalist and also ask him to give advice to all the budding sports writers.

Dec 3, 2020: We preview the T20 series and pick the ideal XI for both teams

Dec 3, 2020: We preview the T20 series by picking the ideal XI for both teams.

Nov 30, 2020: We discuss the reasons why India is not able to produce all rounders. Also why are batsmen cant bowl and bowlers cant bat.

Nov 30, 2020: We review the first 2 ODIs of the India vs Australia series with a special focus on the bowling and why it is failing to perform.

Nov 29, 2020: We review the 2nd ODI between India and Australia. We particularly discuss whats wrong with Indian Bowling and their approach.

Nov 28, 2020: We preview the second ODI of India vs Aus along with discussion on what went wrong for India in the first ODI.

Nob 26, 2020: We discuss what the captains said on the match eve. Virat clarifies on the Rohit Sharma situation.

Nov 25, 2020: We discuss the interviews given by KL Rahul and Justin Langer and a few comments made by Hasha in his Cricbuzz video.

CricVidya hosts (Suneet & Yasir) are joined by Manjunath and Balaji to discuss the upcoming ODI series between India and Australia. We touch on the following topics: 1:20 - Indian Batting 5:30 - Indian Bowling  8:00 - Australian Batting 10:46 - Australian Bowling 13:30 - Who has the stronger Batting  15:28 - Who has the stronger Bowling 16:50 - What to do if you win the toss? 23:14 - Where does Mayank fit in when Rohit comes back? 24:15 - What are the Predictions 3-0, 2-1, 1-2 or 0-3? 25:28 - Who will the highest run scorers for India and Australia?

Nov 24, 2020: We discuss who said what regarding the Indian Tour of Australia including Sachin, Steve Smith, David Warner and Micheal Clarke.

Nov 23, 2020: We discuss the demise of Mohd Siraj's father, Siraj's background and how his teammates have supported him through the tough time. We also discuss the needless controversy around Virat's decision to return for his child's birth.

Nov 21, 2020: We discuss what India needs to do to qualify for the finals of the World Test Championship under the new rule system. We also discuss the various scenarios and how it impacts India's chances.

Nov 19 2020: We discuss whether India will miss Kohli the Captain and Kohli the Batsman.

Nov 18, 2020

We discuss 2 news regarding India's Tour: 

1. Fitness update on Ishant Sharma and his importance to Indian Red Ball campaign. 
2. Pink Ball Test may get cancelled/postponed due to Covid

November 17, 2020: We discuss the 3 new rules introduced for the upcoming BBL.

Recorded on Sep 4, 2020 CricVidya re-invites guests from Twitter to have a freewheeling discussion on the third week of the CPL i.e. matches 17-26. Our 2 guests for this episode are :  

1. Manjunath (Twitter handle: @thefallingsweep)  

2. Abhaye (Twitter Handle: @CricPundits)  

Post discussion of the matches,  

23:50 we also discuss reasons for failure of Barbados Tridents. 

And finally we discuss IPL players who have not been performing as well as expected in the CPL. We disucss 

28:10 Rashid: Is Rashid losing his touch? 

32:12 Cottrell. We also discuss whether Cottrell can be the first choice foreign pacer for KXIP 

35:29 Has Rutherford and his below par performance   

39:15 Ups and Downs of Keemo Paul.

Part 1 Record Date: August 16, 2020 

We look at the entire squad of Chennai Super Kings and analyse various options they have for a playing XI. We also discuss their chances of making the playoffs and which player are critical if they want to achieve the same. This part was recorded prior to the news of Suresh Raina pulling out of IPL.   

Part 2: Recorded on September 1, 2020, we re-look at the CSK team and the various combinations possible post exit of Suresh Raina.  

TIME STAMPS

6:19  Bravo and his impact  

7:37  Ngidi and his role by Billu  

8:15 Why Billu wants Chawla ?  

8:55 What is SLA ? Why is it vital?  

9:15 Harbhajan and Chahar as new ball 

10:05 A spin attach sans Harbhajan and Chawla is it possible?  

10:50 why @cricvidya  wants an additional batsman  

11:20 Bala on why MS Dhoni is a good reader of the game  

19:57 ( remember Kanhai?)  Shardul Thakur and his role  

20:15 Instagram model Monu Kumar and his chances

20:43 Realistic chances of Kerala lad KM Asif  

21:13 R Saikishore as an SLA  

22:40 Can there really be a back-up for dhoni  

33:32 PART 2

36:56 Why is @deep_extracover  so gracious??  

38:10 (Kris Srikkanth?) Pandemic changes to Billu squad by @yasirrizvi 

40:03 Yasir brings in the Old Monk  

40:25 A bespectacled left arm spinner added to the mix  

40:46 Can we play him as a leg spinner ?  

43:13 A trusted player for MS Dhoni .

Part 2: Recorded on August 29, 2020 

CricVidya invites guests from Twitter to have a freewheeling discussion on the second week of the CPL i.e. matches 7-16. 

Our 2 guests for this episode are :  

1. Manjunath (Twitter handle: @thefallingsweep)  

2. Abhaye (Twitter Handle: @CricPundits) 

After reviewing the matches in Part 1, we also discuss the following questions in Part 2: 

1. What is making STZ click?  

2. What can GAW & BT change to start winning? 

3. Is Spin Bowling at Death a new trend? 

4. Shpageeza Cricket League 

5. Should be expect UAE pitches to behave in a similar way? 

6. Performance of IPL players

Recorded on August 29, 2020 CricVidya invites guests from Twitter to have a freewheeling discussion on the second week of the CPL i.e. matches 7-16. Our 2 guests for this episode are :  

1. Manjunath (Twitter handle: @thefallingsweep)  

2. Abhaye (Twitter Handle: @CricPundits) 

After reviewing the 10 matches in this podcast, we also discuss the following questions in Part 2: 

1. What is making STZ click?  

2. What can GAW & BT change to start winning? 

3. Is Spin Bowling at Death a new trend? 

4. Shpageeza Cricket League 

5. Should be expect UAE pitches to behave in a similar way? 

6. Performance of IPL players

We look at the entire squad of Royal Challengers Bangalore and analyse various options they have for a playing XI. We also discuss their chances of making the playoffs and which player are critical if they want to achieve the same.  

Time Stamps 

20:34 Umesh Yadav 

22:45 Udana  

25:15 Siraj 

25:50 Pavan Deshpande 

27:00 Shivan Dube  

30:00 Josh Phillippe 

34:45 Finishing Role  

35:45: Will RCB qualify for the play offs?  

36:18: Why does Kohli change his team so often

We look at the entire squad of Mumbai Indians and analyse various options they have for a playing XI. We also discuss their chances of making the playoffs and which player are critical if they want to achieve the same.