Welcome to the PCI podcast. This is Part 2 of our mega IPL
preview for the season 2026. A season that might not even
happen thanks to the events in West Asia.
As Professor Sayed Muhammad Morandi says, you should not
call it Middle East. So coming back to reality, we
are starting with the preview of the first IPL winners, that is
the Rajasthan Royals, who won the IPL in the inaugural season
in 2008. They have since made only one
more IPL final. That was in 2022, in which they
lost to the Gujarat Titans. And they're a very, very, very
good 2024, if I remember correctly, where they won like 8
out of their first nine games and then they were set for a top
two finish. And then they didn't finish in
the top 2. And then they crashed to
Sunrisers in the Eliminator. And they had very, very fishy
games last season as well where they lost like games where they
should have fun. So what they have decided is
that they should trade who is now the hottest currency in
world cricket, Sanju Samson out of their team to already the
hottest currency in IPL Chennai Super Kings and say here take
our biggest player who can be your biggest player and have fun
with it guys while we take our franchise 3000 kilometers away
to Guwahati and give the captaincy to Ryan Parak.
Over to you, Richa. Oh, with that amazing start, I
think first I will start with the Sanju thing.
I think dropping Sanju was the biggest mistake of last year and
probably will be like within this decade, one of the biggest
mistakes that an IPL franchise has made because already Sanju
is such a popular star. You know, Kerala cricketers are,
you know, they have, they're very few, they're very rare and
there's very few in between who get that status.
So that itself was a huge problem.
He was a captain and what an amazing captain, OK, Like this
man who used to open the batting, he dropped himself down
to #4 just so that other players could take the opening spot.
And really, he's just like, he was the Talisman for RR.
You know, they would always be one game in the beginning of
each Rajasthan royal season where Sanju Sampson scores the
most amazing century or almost century, you know, almost
centuries are his thing, I think.
And he would just hit the ball so beautifully.
You're like, man, this guy, how is he not in the Indian team?
And then he would explain, you know, by his lack of consistency
towards the end of the season, why he's not in the Indian team.
But just a fantastic player overall.
I loved Sanju Samson and it was really stupid.
Like last year. We all knew what was going on.
He was very upset that Josh Butler had not been retained,
and he was. He had a huge fight with then
head coach Raul Dravid, who's no longer head coach, Surprise,
surprise. He he had an injury then as a
captain, he wasn't travelling with the team.
And they're like, what what what was happening?
What what's going on? It was a, you know, it's what we
call shit show at the fuck factory.
This is another succession reference.
I think this entire mega IPL preview is designed to subwardly
get everybody to watch Succession.
I would also want to, I also want to add that this is how
propaganda should work. It's not how the movie that
you're going to watch this weekend or the next weekend.
I have no idea which movie I'm talking about, but you know
which movie I'm talking about. So yeah, Yeah.
What? Succession, guys?
HBO if you're in India. Disney Hotstar, guys.
OK, so now that we've, you know, caught the unthinkable horse
franchise, let go of their captain, released him and of
course, like CSK is a very smart customer.
They I think he was traded even before he would never really
went made it into the auction, right?
He was it was a pre auction trade.
So let's go to Ryan Parag. So it's very interesting.
Ryan Parag actually had a pretty good IPL last year.
And 24 as well. Yes, he's had two consecutive
good IP LS after, you know, being given a really, really
long rope so much that he he was told a lot by the fans and they
were quite upset with him. I don't like him as a captain.
I think he will struggle in a team especially if he loses form
considering a kind of batter he set himself up for.
He has two other extremely like already an Indian star Yashash
Vijay Aswal in the team who definitely wanted to be a
leader. Considering, considering the
other moves that he's made in the domestic leagues in India,
you know that he wants to lead the team and they will have to
find their way to keep him happy.
And also there's an there's an upstart coming through, right,
Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who's already a big box office star in
this team. You're going to have to deal
with a lot of like kind of brash egos.
I don't know if he's old enough. To be able to, I'm like, yeah,
yeah, yeah, you're absolutely right.
Because. Because Vaibhav is what Ryan
Para thinks he is. And and and two but two, Rianne
Parag's credit. Rianne Parag was in the under 19
team at 16 in that famous 2018 batch of 19 players.
Rianne was there. He was like, I think 15 or 16 at
that point in time. So I think Rianne has an idea of
of what like super stardom could look like or all looks like, but
I have a feeling like leading an IPL team would be a little
little more difficult than anything that he's come across.
These are the kinds of things that destabilize teams.
And we remember in 2023, towards the end of the World Cup,
actually after the World Cup got over, Hardik was announced as
the cap. He was moving as a captain to
Mumbai Indians, taking over from Rohit.
And that really annoyed the team.
And it it really upset the balance of the team.
And it took them a year to get over it and to get back.
You know, it's, I don't know if this is a good idea, but you
know, Jayaswal, I'm looking towards Jaswal for this season.
Jaswal has been overlooked. He's talked about, he's been
overlooked a little bit on the T20 side of things.
I was surprised that, you know, Gil was actually pushed ahead of
Jaswal after Jaswal quietly has had like a fantastic season.
Last year, he scored 559 runs at a 43 average and 159 71 strike
rate. Considering Rajasthan also don't
always play at the most at the best surfaces, that's pretty
good. And that should be taken into
context on the surface that they play on when they look at these
figures. So one thing that was
interesting is that he actually edges out Abhishek Sharma in
batting impact per innings. So there's there's that
consideration. And I think he was more
important for his team. You know, Webhub actually edges
him out in bowling him back. So he batting him back on the
innings. Even though he played, he played
only seven matches. He didn't play the whole IPL.
He scored 250 odd runs and he had a strike rate of something
ridiculous like 206. And he scored 36 runs per game.
What's more interesting is what he has done since then, right
since then. Last year he scored one.
There was that crazy innings in the IPL itself, which was his
third, where he scored 101 of 38 balls while chasing no less.
And in the final, in the under 19 final against England, I
mean, it was a different format, but this man scored 175 runs off
80 balls. And if you look at him and such
clean hitting, it's almost like like is, did he play hockey?
Like what is this like what this crazy speed and bat swing.
I I really like watching him play like he's, he's fantastic.
And these are the two stars for RR.
We are going to it's really important that RR score like 300
runs per game pretty much and these guys have to score like
150 or 200 runs, which considering they're at the
grounds that they're going to be playing and I don't know if
that's really a good idea. Let's let's see, but.
They are playing some games in Guwahati also.
I've good, but I think like I mean from what I look at their
their squad, I see runs, I mean runs are there.
The question is who do they pick in their 11 and OK I also.
Go ahead, complete your. Segue segue.
Beautiful segue. 4 fixtures for this team have been announced
because that's how the IPL works.
They play their first game in Guwahati on March 30th, then
they travel all the way back to Ahmedabad to play one game
versus GT, and then they go back to Guwahati to play two more
games. Like, yeah, hey, like what is
this scheduling and why would you do this to your players?
Like the flight to Guwahati is 4 hours.
It is a it is a international flight and it takes, it takes a
day like that. Like travel day is done.
Like you're done. And, and now you'll see what
like, so let's say they are already in, in Guwahati.
I see like what, 2, two and a half, three days of three travel
days now just randomly like OK, God help them with their
recoveries or whatever. Yeah, I think so.
Their top 2 openers are set right?
Jaiswal and Suryavanchi. They're not going to be too
affected by where they're playing #3 I think Rian Tarag
has tried himself at #3 last year, but I think he's a number
four more than a #3 if you play #3 I don't.
I'm excited if they play the play Luandre Pretorius.
Yes. That would that would have been
the other interesting thing. Luandre Pretorius.
He's. He's he's a.
Good idea, I think. But The thing is he's he's also
considered a prodigy like Suryavantry.
He's not coming in with good form.
His essay 20 was not very good. So I'm not I'm not sure if
they're going to play him right away or maybe they bring him in
later on. Drove Jarrell should be playing
five at the earliest, but I would rather keep Shimron Head
fire at 5 and the road at six. I don't know.
I. Think they can play Shimron at
three? I mean parag.
I agree Parags parag is like really good at #4.
The thing is Parag he's he's at least sold on the idea that he
should hit whenever he comes in. It took like 5 years to like for
that to come off and then it did in 2024 very, very nicely for
him. I think that will continue.
But their worry is like if if they stack up, yes, yes.
We just well Surya when she Shimran had Meyer, Ryan Parag at
the top 4, then you are left with like who man Dhruv Jurail
and Ravindra Jadeja for your middle order.
Then you have to start going into your overseas resources
because Karan is out of the season, so they'll end up
playing Donovan. Donovan Ferreira, maybe?
Exactly. Yeah, that's what I was
thinking. I think they'll end up playing
Donovan Ferreira because he balances them.
I think honestly, adding Ravindra Jadeja, I thought about
it, as much as I dislike in the 20s, I think he balances the
team. Like if he bats at #7 perhaps
you know that. No, you don't think he's going
to I. Think I think he's going to end
up batting much higher, like just because of how this team is
set up yeah, because. He's.
Going to do the Ashwin roll and horribly so.
But but to his credit, like I saw some somebody send me a
video where he started bowling the carom ball Like Jadeja has
started bowling the carom ball. Ashwin spoke about it I think in
one of his videos, one of his hazard videos that he publishes
that Jadeja doesn't experiment. So maybe I think CSK is and I
and I say this casually, this is not a controversy.
Maybe CSK is a stifling place to be.
I mean it never allowed him to prosper.
I have long held the opinion that if Ravinder Jadeja was at
any other IPL team outside of CSK, he would have been a
bonafide superstar. T20 bonafide superstar.
That's what he was at Rajasthan Royals before he left Rajasthan
Royals and under the shadow of an uncapped player, he probably
never got his due. If that one CSK fan who's
listening is angry, then we will talk.
He's he's still got his fitness. I feel like they're going to get
a couple good years out of him at least, if not more.
He's I don't mind him in the squad.
Like I feel like he makes sense, especially without Samkar.
And like both Ferreira and Jadeja need to play like the
central six, number six, number seven role or perhaps higher if
they need to, you know, settle things down.
You might send Jadeja ahead, right?
So I don't, I don't mind their batting the top three.
If Shimron Hitmaier is #3 that's mouth watering.
What a great top three line up. Like I would be scared to be an
opening bowler against these or I would be really scared to be
the first spinner that comes on. Actually not so much I mean
because like, I mean, I would be scared but it makes bowling
plans easier because just like SRH, they'll have 3 left handers
in the top three. So yeah, welcome back Jayanti
Yadav or any other right arm off spinner like.
Yeah, I think that that is the one.
Worry, that is the one worry and and if Sanga has that in mind,
then probably they keep sending Parag at 3 and not at 4:00.
And I think 3 is too early for Parag, 4 is too late for Shimran
Hetpath. Shimran Hetpath had a great
World Cup at 3:00. It's true, he did.
We haven't talked about their coaching structure.
So they have Vikram Rathore who was famously the Indian team
batting coach as well as a batting coach and he's I've
rarely seen him make too many wrong decisions.
So I think he's he's going to be good.
They also have Shubham Dube who did well last year.
He's some middle order bat. So if they want just some pure
batting down the order and this guy Ravi Singh is also
interesting. He did really well in SMAT and
he bats pretty, pretty fast. He hits at 173 and he scored
like 218 runs in seven matches. So I, I like, I like this guy.
I think they should try him a few like in a few games because
what they really need is a middle order bat more than
anything else. Aman Rao is the opening batter
who have who they have as a sub. I don't think he's going to get
to play because they have just enough opening.
I don't think they'll have they'll have a slot there.
So I think batting or all rounders.
OK bowling mate. They got Jofra ultra back now.
Jofra has bowled pretty well. Like speed wise he's up there.
In the World Cup, he only took wickets towards the end.
He actually didn't take a lot of wickets in his opening overs.
So I don't know if he's still at if he's yet at his peak.
But yeah, he he could get there. Like it would be good to have
Jofra and he's he doesn't give a crap about conditions there in.
But yeah, they will feel Sam Curran's loss, I think, in this
team in. Big 2026 like it is a big loss
for them. I think more than Jadeja,
Samkaran was helping them balance the team.
And I'm I'm OK with their fast bowling.
Like Arsenal, if at all you can call it that because they have
that. They have Sandeep Sharma also
Kuldeep send Nandre burger, Tushar Deshmah burger.
Is a left-hander and he takes a decent number of wickets.
Actually, like Burger Tushar Deshpande?
Yeah, he goes for too many runs like that man.
Just helps. Just he buys wickets so that's
fine. You always need one fast bowler
who can buy wickets and and not be ashamed about it.
I think Tushar Deshpande is that fast bowler I have.
I have a lot of respect for such fast bowlers because the
inherent like nature of fast bowling is the moment you get
hit, narrow show aggression. Tushar is like Nitu Marna.
Big hearted, yeah, big hearted, big hearted.
If you get somebody like that when you're playing like in
gully cricket or like any, any like street cricket and all like
it's, it's crazy. They will frustrate the hell out
of you, but they'll take 5 wickets in like 3 overs
randomly. But it's damn good fun.
I I love, I love such bowlers. And that's why he was working
well also at CSK. Like who we just said, probably
is a stifling experience, but maybe it allowed Tushar
Deshmande to bloom and and Ravindra Jadeja not to.
Yeah. Yeah, that's probably.
Fair. I think so.
Fast bowling I'm not super worried.
They also have Adam Mill who hasn't done a lot in a while.
They have Mufaka who all he's pretty fast but he's not the
finished deal yet, but they they have a really good coach.
Just to burden though, I play this say Wordle K time pen as a
cricket type of Wordle. We should go get the words are
right. So I still have.
So there's this thing called stumble.
So it's not really Wordle. So it's not Wordle.
You are not guessing a name, you are guessing the whole player.
But I guess was actually Adam Mill and I was surprised.
So I was able to guess it, but I was surprised.
He like how much he has he played like, I mean, Kabir
Diktani is already like 33 now, I think, Yeah.
But it's New Zealand, right I. Know I know he's only played 70
odd although I think uncle stats are maybe like an year old or
something but last year we can't so but yeah I would like Jesse
Merezath I wanted to see admire and Kuran together for the West
Indies, which never happened. We see locky or milnavi Muslim
New Zealand Kilika videsh anyway, so because the yeah I.
Think feels. Sadati and I would love 2150 KS
in their prime. Madajati.
But anyway, yeah. Do you think MIL bowls bowls at
that speed now? Anymore I don't.
I don't. Think so?
Seen him? I don't think so.
Yeah, Yeah. I don't think so.
Yeah. But they do have.
Fast bowlers, right, Because they have Jofra, who was he was
hitting 148 in the World Cup. I don't know in case speed guns
casted at them, but yeah, he was hitting 148.
Mafaka can hit 145, I think even faster.
Bergera Patani, I think he's a little slower, but yeah, if
that's that's a good speed battery.
What's even more interesting is their spin.
So Ravi Bishnoi, I think great pick up.
I'm surprised that they were able to pick him up and someone
released him. I wonder how smart the team must
have been that released him or if.
The. Owner.
Has even like the slightest amount of brains at all.
Who Who knows really who? Released it.
Vignesh Puthar. Also should not have been
released because MI sent him to to MI Cape Town for training
with the MI team there and they have Rashid there.
He got they tried to get him really good exposure and then
they released him. I don't understand this either.
Like why would you develop a player and then release him so?
I I want to ask an important question again, is that have the
Rajasthan Royals replaced Sanju Samson for their Kerala fan base
with Vignesh Putur? That's the important question.
Like to go? On a rant again.
Tumhare pass Puragapura, Kerala plus Gulf plus every other
corner of the world may ache. IPL fanta.
You are a nondescript city in North India called Jaipur.
Tumko milre fans tumne Bola Ki nai humna isko Chennai clowns.
And I need some fans, you know, like it's not like they have a
rabbit fan base or anything. You know, they're, they're very
sorted and they have their heads screwed, screwed on right.
You know, they're not like illogical about things at all.
It's a very calm and composed fan base, right?
I will say this again, I said this in the CSK preview.
I saw two grown men crying at the toss in the last IS.
It just recording previous like this is like 730 whatever. 7:00
in the evening and like randomly like too grown and crying like
the toss. Like, no, that's fine.
So that was Dhoni's return as Captain Toss for.
A reason toss. For a reason.
All right. What is our verdict on RRZ?
They they have a good team, but I don't think they're going to
do anything in this season. I think they're mid table like I
think having Ryan Parag lead this team is just it's just so
strange. I I don't know how that's good.
Like they will they will be either amazing or just really,
really bad. Maybe mid table is like that's
me trying to find the mean of both of these ends at this.
Point in time, I think in our IPL previews, we have 8 teams
who are mid table and RCB who are going to qualify.
So I think it's going well because DC is mid table
according to the Capitals blood boys, the KKR definitely mid
table. I I mean my personal opinion,
they should not be allowed to play the IPL with Ajinkya Rahane
as captain Manish Pandey in the squad.
What and? They released and they released.
They released. Fizz.
Yeah. They released Fizz Richard's.
I mean, for Fizz is just like, I had even forgotten Kal preview
me randomly. She's like, should they have
bought Fizz? I was like, Oh my God, this is
so good. Yeah, like LSG mid table.
Who else's mid table carry a gamut table which means one of
these mediocre teams is going to qualify and ensure that.
Eventually, yeah, and eventually get beaten by Mumbai, your RCB.
Yeah, yeah, that's that's the right.
So coming to the Gujarat. Or something Rajasthan every
single time you know they will lose three matches right at the
end. This not every season with it's
the last. One but to.
But to match continuously but. But I was starting K matches
because was Samsung used to be crazy.
Yeah, yeah. Exactly, exactly Samsung.
Used to be like, so, so whatever Samsung had a run like whatever
run, team run, team match run. He had the World Cup at the end.
That used to be at the start, right?
Like like you could meet a random like this year I'm like
Abhi like like yeah, like don't you know the script by now?
But yeah, I'm I'm hoping, I'm hoping like I like I see this
every year. I think now last few years, if
RR win the title, it'll be like a new winner and like yeah,
that's true. I I'll be happy.
New winners always. You both OK Yeah.
KKR or the CSK or MI or the important question needs to be
answered so that we can give more money to Mukesh Ambani.
OK, fine, you already know, but buckle up.
OK, so Rajasthan Royals are owned by Manoj Badali and the
Royals group, OK. One of the owners who has a 13%
stake is Lachlan Murdoch. You know of the Murdoch fame.
The Murdoch family inspired HBO's hit show Succession, and
the Roy family within that group is supposed to represent the
Murdoch family. Kendall Roy Within the Roy
family, he sees a lot of early success only to stumble and
struggle with extremely low points including coke residue on
his kids iPad and being in a car that crashes into a lake.
And you know, the guy sitting next to him dies and you know,
he goes through a lot of trauma. He has to check into rehab.
Major deals are falling through all around him.
He gets removed as CEO of the company.
Basically, he's stumbling through life.
Not so different from RR, you know, spot fixing bands, letting
go Sanju just before he explodes into world fame.
You know, it's there's so much like Kendall Roy on succession.
And then there's another layer, which is that Jeremy Strong, who
plays Kendall Roy is basically like a method actor and he takes
it to the next degree. Like he doesn't talk to his, you
know, the other people on set. He doesn't talk to anyone that
Kendall Roy wouldn't talk. He's basically just a greedy
asshole on set and he loses the Emmy every year to he's less
famous. Culkin Kiran every single time
I. Mean and that's.
RR for you, yeah. He's a more famous Culkin now.
He has an Oscar. Yeah, like he.
Would still say Home alone. Macaulay Culkin, I mean.
Yeah, yes, yeah. Yes, that's basically RR like
just fall flat on their faces every time.
It's it's almost sad now, just like Kendall.
Kendall didn't have a Kendall didn't have a happy ending at
the end of succession. So while we have just said we
like new winners, we have assigned Rajasthan Royals with
Kendall Roy. Yeah, not this year.
I don't know. Not this year.
I think EQ can enable that. Not this year, cricket football
fans. This is our year, Bolte.
Some should be realistic like. Not this year, Sir.
I have that team which? Is a good segue to bring on
Nishant to talk about Kings 11 Punjab or as they are now
called, Punjab Kings PBKS? So I said, so these boys said,
OK, if we, I said, but if you win really well, I'll make it.
So I said OK. Yeah.
Finally. But nothing.
Can be. I am so IPLOG level continuously
Kings 11 Punjabi and Rich has been like correcting me in the
charts and you know, it's actually PBKS now and I was
like, yeah, PBKS but. Yeah.
Punjab Kings of Comedy Punjab Kings of Comedy have reached the
IPL finals 2 times if I remember correctly.
Yeah, 2 times. Twice. 2014 they lost to KKR and
2025 of course they lost to RCBRCB.
But they have a good squad and to discuss that and how that
good squad is going to fuck it up all over again, they do.
I don't think so. They have a good squad.
Yeah, like compared to the other squirts that I saw, I haven't
seen. I need to.
Tell you something very important about Punjab.
Sorry. Yeah.
The most important thing about Punjab is that they have, they
have this annoying little spinner, and he's his.
He has a really long, ridiculous name and he wears strange
T-shirts. But he's stopped drinking, guys.
He has stopped drinking since last year.
And it's all to build up his body and his health for but.
Donald Trump, but he's. 81 Yeah sorry.
So how so As I was saying he how how can how can any team so KKR
was able to get Tim Seyfert and Finn Allen together for a total
of 3.5 crores in the auction. Or hamare Ponting bhai sapne
Dean Carole dear Cooper corner legally akele just the photo
winning IPL give website to and kiss called me I'm looking at it
right now. Yeah, by the way, Yeah, last
year we like a lot of photos. May you remember we had gotten
all the players vote. So what's the local?
Yeah, this is a feature, not a bug, OK.
OK. And by the way, like through
some sheer genius, Cooper and David Bartlett in the same IPL
team, how did that happen? Hardly national team like this.
Must be some crazy coincidence. So like domestic numbers in the
batting case. But somehow when I looked at
specially because I was looking at Mumbai and Punjab more.
Yet the Indian. Batters in the Mumbai Indians
11, They strike fear in the opposition.
I don't think this Punjab batting lineup does that.
So they might still surprise us and perform, but it's just that
I don't see where the runs are coming from.
Really. To be honest, I think.
They have. Like.
Hey, take care they. They might.
They might have when they have good days.
Matlabo. Cough me in like, because,
because, like. Priyansharia exactly when these
guys are bawling in front of you like the audio, cough me.
Remember that, Don't you cough me cough.
Who opens for MI? Rohit Sharma, how do we know he
opens for MI? Because everywhere you go on the
Internet, there is a Reel or a Instagram short or whatever.
YouTube. No.
Yeah. Priyank Sharia.
But Rohit Sharma has, despite having very mediocre numbers for
MI come on, he's he's proven like last season he did well,
but I. Remember like like Prabhsimran
Kukon, they appear by pocket rocket Chota recharge full talk
time. Like he can score as many runs
as he wants, but like that level of PR is never going to come.
I think. They're fairly decent it's just
that he will cost me better but I think they are very efficient
and I hope that continues because the very rare left right
opening combination don't know go for it.
Even though prob is a little slower than pre hunch but they
go for it. Not a lot.
Prob's. Numbers.
They're equivalent to Jaswal almost last year, so he had
almost a 550 run season, 160 strike rate.
You know, he's playing on flatter pitches.
So yes, he's a little slower than Jaswal and his average is
32. So they're almost always off to
decent starts. And Priyansh Arya is actually
better. He's the better of the two.
Yeah, that's. What?
I said So he's put. Fewer, yeah.
So if Arya is going at let's say 18190, prob probably goes at
114150 in the middle and then again there is a acceleration,
OK. I mean, yeah, that's.
Right. But yeah, there's a lot too,
right? Yeah, I mean then you have
Shreyas support I think and Nehal Batera he I remember he
was in MI at one time and he was he was kind of doing OK, but I
haven't really seen do we know who they who did they let go of
someone before the auction or? Yeah, research do.
I have in my format who they bought but I didn't know who
they let go. I know.
Too many. I don't see any unfamiliar
names, so I don't think they let go of any big names.
I don't know if they had a very big purse for the auction.
They had maxi. No, Ashutosh went, he's in
Delhi. Maxi of course left Josh Inglis,
Kuldeep Sen and Pravin Dube. Aaron Hardy.
Also basically Australians. Australian school.
Yeah, like, but all Australian coaches have done this since the
start of the IPL or yeah, like what a Thailand, New Zealand,
get out of Kabir. That was just so I tried making
the playing 11 for Punjab. So again, like it's just the
maybe decency bias, but even if Priyansh and have excellent
seasons and then like, but also like Kaffee stops me, I don't I
don't really know. So that's why I felt Keith well,
Shashank and Jansen again, like he is probably their best
bowler. He has to be their finisher as
well. That literally about that 2004
this is. This is the Pornstar 11 Part 2.
Like I don't know why did they buy them?
I have no idea. Yeah, I think they did well in
BPLBBL. So both I think I looked into
this. In the world.
Cup, right, Deutsches does well. Deutsches will be like, you
know, he's tall. He's lefty though, unless they
know how. Like maybe they have seen him do
some absolute magic somewhere. So yeah.
But my worry is only key. Too much yance and dependency.
Here and then. Shreyas has to have like Kohli
level, 2016, Kohli level tournament for them to do well
with the bat. Just a doubt.
Because he's coming back from the surgery.
Actually, you might be. Right.
Because I looked at Nehal's Vaderas numbers, they weren't
that great last year, although I remember him doing some a couple
of rescue jobs pretty well. To be really honest, I thought
he was. People are going to come at me,
but I thought Nehal should not have been released by MI.
It should have been Tilak who was released.
I think Nehal was better, according to me, looking as a
batter than Tilak technically. But yeah, now.
After the World Cup, yeah. I I'm not the biggest Tilak fan,
but I feel like there's there's other players who can go down
but. Yeah.
Yeah, he's his numbers are better than Nehal Vadhera right
now for sure. So you know, can't argue with
that logic. And also.
I mean, he's he's done it in much more pressure situations
like Asia Cup Mickey after World Cup Mickey.
So he has the form behind him. Also Locky is also he sometimes
close or sometimes close. So they're.
Both hit or miss, right? The answer and Locky.
Yeah, actually Jansen also we saw in the semi final.
So it's not but I think those one of things like that was just
a completely. I think that's just that that
game should not be taken into, you know, while while doing
analysis. That's South Africa's New
Zealand semi final. But again, yeah, so again the
same Jared Weller point. So in at least when I try to
make they're playing 11 Jansen Komes 7 can reach a knee.
So I don't know again, like 7 Jansen and seven is too high.
Like I don't underrate his batting as much as dad does, but
still considering you Uber says Taunus Vadera 7 is still too
high for him and I and I'm honestly not sure how how useful
is Mitch Owen? I haven't looked up his numbers.
Mitch. Oven had one BBL final May 100
and and then after that 100. Is BBL, he's an all rounder,
right? But he's an all rounder.
So he's not like, you know, the open bigger letter.
I don't, I don't know. I think it was a 39 ball 100.
OK, Yeah. And then we have Shashank Singh,
who's also technically a all rounder, but Shashank Singh has
rescued them a few times. He's.
Rescued them a few times but yeah.
So he will definitely be 5 or 6, but so so is is Oven a better
bowler than Omar Zai? No.
So then.
How do you even? Fit both of them together.
So that's my point. So then Oven might not even play
he barely. Selected Omar Zai last year.
I was really mad at them. No, but.
We'll be here. Yeah.
No, no. So that's what I'm saying, Omar
Zai will say. But Oven might not play.
Yeah. You were upset with Punjab.
What? Yeah, I.
Was upset with Punjab because they there are two really
favorite players of mine like I'm AI really like homers.
I have a soft spot for him. I have a soft corner for him and
also her pre bra and they just yeah refuse to set teams and
select her pre bra. Like he's literally like such a
cool bowler. Or to select like.
Considering. They only have two, two like
main spinners. I I think they will pick the the
T-shirt guy over him again. What about Mushir Khan, Sarfaraz
Khan's brother? You think he's going to get a
game? Doesn't get a game, I think
unless like there are injuries to what they are or he's done
something crazy in this their intra team match yoga.
I think all of those things are there, but I doubt it because
that looks like despite not like being so fearful of them, but
like they're, they're like top five, top six look settled like
Priyank Sharya and Prabhsimran open.
Then you have a combination of Shashank Singh Shreyasayer and
Nehal Vadhyaya and. And.
And that actually is, is really good because they have a strong
Indian core. And then they can focus on
getting, let's say, a strainers in Cooper Connolly, who might
just play. Yeah.
And and and then Marco Jansen is nailed on and there's.
Still. There is.
Still a scope for one more foreigner and that could that
foreigner could very well be an impact player in this case.
So let's say then Mushir Khan has a chance.
So then Mushir can step out and that foreigner comes in as the
4th, 4th foreigner and the impact player.
I mean, that could be interesting, but let's see,
yeah. Yeah, I think, I think for.
Fast bowling, I say. I mean.
It's steep hair, locky, steep Locky Bartlett, Gracias, Jansen,
but without without impacts of they only have 5 bowlers, I
think so I mean impacts of hair. So they they will have that
sixth option, but but then because otherwise, like you're
looking at 2-3 of us from Stoinis and bowling at.
Like Ahmedabad? Or Mumbai like it's good that
impacts they can probably get get some get an extra bowler
otherwise would probably be their 6th bowler.
Yeah. How did Vaishakh do last year?
I don't remember but they. Didn't play him well because he
played in that one. He played, he played I think a
few games. But like in that one game versus
Shimran Admire, if you remember, he will continue bowling those
wide line yorkers and he bowled them really well.
But then he wasn't used as much. He had he by the way, like side
note, bowled very, very well in that Ranji final AB that just
recently got concluded. Of course the wickets column
doesn't show it, but he was just like, really, really good.
OK, Where? Yeah, I like.
Him. I liked him for RCB also.
I thought he was. Yeah, he has good potential.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Very, very hard working and
looks like he like again one of those players then you have no
stress with regards to your plans failing.
If you have somebody like this in the team and especially fast
bowlers again and again I'm saying fast bowlers because you
fast bowlers like 8 ball then they are gone like but this guy
does it well. All right then which up to?
The bottom like I don't know, I mean they.
Have to guys, we are finally A-Team which.
Is bottom of the table. We have 8 teams who are mid
table Shreyas and have to have massive tournaments.
I I don't see them because he had all the other teams.
Other. Squads come here with money and
no, no but. Is it though?
Because other teams to me look
like they have players who can if they're getting charged so
they can get at twice as a quick, like twice at quicker
rate than what these batters can is what I feel.
I mean. Because Kuch to I said last two
years, Kuch to I said change where in I mean Kuch catching.
I mean, we have seen how India plays T20 though and not just
India like everybody is moving towards that.
Wolf is scored say is top top six they basically.
I agree feeling but like I'm always biased towards this type
of a setup. Yeah, like Sr. team.
That was that. The bottom line is it will be
perfect if they I'll be very happy to be proven wrong and
they made us go and, you know, demolish everybody.
That would be the true thing of comedy thing to do, actually.
And shares and Ponting have done it before.
But I think Ponting sees something in shares he and
shares. Doesn't get his flowers for the
IPL performances like the way that he should pick his
performances should and his leadership should.
He's a good captain. He's he's been injured recently,
so his own form may take a dip, but he's a good like he's a good
captain. But she has Kelly soft corner to
her, especially after how he reacted to Mr. Prime Minister on
November 19th 2023. So always master of.
The universe. Yeah.
That's right. Yeah, I.
Yeah. Your voice is broken.
I cannot hear you, Andy. No.
Can you hear him? No, I can't hear him either.
Yeah. So.
So there is only one IPL captain who has reached the finals with
two IPL teams, that is Shreya Sayer.
There is again only one IPL captain who's reached the finals
with three different teams, that's also Shreya Sayer.
So Toronto Flowers is Dina Bante, hopefully.
But one was with KKR, one was with KKR, right?
OK. DC 2020, KKR 2024 and Kings 11
Punjab 2025 Punjab Kings PBKS IPL.
PBK Yeah. Imagine you win the IPL with the
team and then you get released. Yeah, Which team was it?
Which team was it? Like it's a yeah.
I would Love Actually, I'll tell you why, why that happened.
Because KKR wanted to destroy Superstar culture as well, guys.
KKR wanted to destroy Superstar. Culture.
No idea, I think 2024 final at the Madras Cricket Club TK.
So which brings us to why we have selected Nishant for this
preview and why Nishant has selected BBKS for this preview.
But then. When I when I looked at the
score, but. Because you've always called
them kings of comedy. Because what is this like I just
scored the key. What the hell?
And then when I looked at the people that they bought and what
others were able to buy, I'm like, he cared.
So I mean, based on that, again, I don't like equating stress to
this guy, but overall, this team is George Costanza for me.
And say the team which had last year, I know, but the team which
has Cooper, Conley, Savior, Bartlett and Ben, I don't know.
So, but see, George Costanza also eventually got a job at the
New York Yankees. So who knows, they might also
surprise us and, you know, do something.
But yeah, seriously, if if, if this team does it, then it will
be like that. MATLAB, that's how I feel.
I don't it's just based on this. It just doesn't give me any
confidence. I also want to share key as soon
as George Costanza joined the New York Yankees, they won three
World Series in a row 9899. 2000, yeah, so.
Yeah. So maybe Shreyas is George
Costanza, maybe. Maybe, maybe, maybe.
So yeah, I mean, it would it will be great if they do it.
I'm I'm not against them. I don't hate but it.
Just doesn't give me. Any other feeling at the moment,
maybe after the first, other than hate me?
It's like, like you tell me like man to man.
You compare this with any other squad and simulate it like a
proper data boy. No idea.
Yeah, so I don't. Form mostly what happens is to
manage arbash players for me again, so then you have a really
good season. Yeah.
And it's it's about that pretty much like Usizada, if you, if
you try to overthink, like last year, we thought, actually we
thought Punjab Kings was the most exciting team coming in
last year because they also had the biggest auction purse and
they changed a lot. Yeah, puryunky Team Husseini
Team Decree Plus, you know, without Maxi, it just looks a
little worse, right? Without Glenn Maxwell in this
team so. I mean, it doesn't matter if
yeah, even if Maxwell hasn't scored a single run in the IPL
in 10 years, it doesn't matter. The team looks stronger with
him. So no, this is not a.
This is not a joke like. This is Brown's a full
seriousness. Brown's a boy first, say again.
But like I told us, I disagree on this and I am happy to be
proven wrong. I think like it IPL Toras has
the other data research research like.
Which team will you read above them?
Which team will you read about them?
Rate above them. Which squad or which playing 11
is better than or below them? Below them, sorry.
KKRLSG at some level, SRH, DC, DC and SRH.
Really. Yeah.
I mean, start is not that. Not again.
Again. Yes, exactly.
Retirement leader in fact IPL Mejaldi Rohit ke dar sebos DK.
That's him comments is not there in the beginning like but again.
How are you saying KKR is weaker than them?
Yeah, KKR has two many people in form right now as well.
Camden. Greens.
They made a huge mistake with him, but that.
Will be the problem because they've been so much but.
That brings us to the end of the preview for the Punjab Kings.
There are very, very few teams left, so let's see how that
goes. The Boeing 737 needs a runway to
fly. The next team we are reviewing
is the Kolkata Knight Riders, who have a habit of winning
titles very very, very randomly and then like disappearing into
the oblivion, which is what they did in 2025.
Despite I think a mid table odd finish.
This year they are somehow allowed back into the IPL.
I think they should with KKR is just tell you can leave for Four
Seasons or five seasons in the middle.
Once you've figured out something you please come back.
Otherwise like mid table mediocrity that keeps going on.
But then again they'll just randomly win titles.
I know KKR fans, whoever is listening might be thinking yeah
but genuinely I mean think about it like KKR has reached the
finals 4 times, won the title 3 times but aside of that like
pretty much. Like.
Very forgettable, very forgettable seasons, right?
And to talk about KKR, we have Watsal from Calcutta joining us.
Hi everyone. Yeah, we've been a long.
Time KKR supporter from the start and been to a lot of games
and yeah, been on this roller coaster journey.
For like the past 1516, whatever years it's been going on for.
And 18, like not 18. This is the 18, yeah, 18.
I think this is the 19th IPL, I think, yeah, yeah, 19th IPL,
yeah. So we're all old and getting
older as we speak and. The Squad.
Yeah, we'll talk about the. Squad, but it doesn't like fill
me with a lot of confidence. So let's get started.
But you know, face is the great, he's a great bowler.
I think he'll do really well this IPL, right?
Yeah, we. Should have gone for him in the
auction. Yeah, most of his word I think.
Left arm option bowls cutters into the pitch.
Also bowls a good pace up ball. Yeah, I should very.
I don't know. How much money did KKR have in
the auction? Probably about forty, 4243 CR,
right? Like something like that.
Some some ridiculous amount. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I mean, I don't know, bad option, I guess, yeah.
But I think I mean. Jokes aside, I think what I
would like to say is for for somebody like Mustafiz, I think
it's good. Only he's not come yet because
we're already set, right? He we can't guarantee your
safety. So it's a security situation.
Yeah. And even I'm pretty sure it's
not good for him. Not, not financially, not good
for him. But again, I mean, problems in
India in general. You can blame it either on
Shahrukh Khan or Jarlal Nehru. I guess this time it was
Shahrukh. Maybe it's all the things going
on all around. Oh yeah, yeah, you.
Oh man, like Richa is Richa has remembered the great Devjit
Saikiya's great words that when when asked why is Mustafizur
removed from the IPL, said you can see all the things that are
all the things are going on. I'm like, yeah, man, I.
Guess all. Around I think banana republics
have better communication strategies than this.
Like yeah, I don't want to talk about Mustafizur.
For if you want to listen about our views on Mustafizur Rahman,
we have recorded podcast with Sharda Ugra, Amar Naqvi and
Muhammad Assam. The episode is called Project
Mila. You can listen to it if you
would like. So it's one of our most loved
episodes despite all the hate around this, this topic, so to
speak, from fringe elements. I might add guys, fringe
elements only have ensured that Mustafizur Rahman is not playing
the IPL but he his exit is is basically an easy way to induce
a dad joke here that his exit is a blessing for Muzurabani.
So blessing. Muzurabani has joined KKR and I
leave the rest of the preview to WhatsApp before I let my
internal KKR feelings take over. And more importantly.
We ditched the PSL to come here. That's the most important thing.
Oh yeah. I think very Karara Jawab.
I think that's, that's the that's the other.
That's all that matters. Yeah, but I, but I was listening
to Hassan Chima again, friend of the friend of the port, a good
friend of Emma. So I guess eventually our good
friend as well. And he said that one of the
things that that's that's happening this year in the IPL
is that a lot of players are ditching the PSL and joining the
IPL. That actually speaks well for
the recruitment strategies of the PSL is that they've been
they've been doing it well. And PKB or Kisi Orko, naturally
the market is such that that that's how it that's how it will
end up being. So yeah, shout out to Hassan
Chima and and not to the fringe elements who think this is some
gotcha movement for the IPL versus the PSL.
It's basically. There have been just too many
injuries. That's why it's happening.
Yeah, man, this is this is the Neeta Injury Premier League at
this point in time. Injuries, injuries.
Actually a good segue to talk about Gautam Gambhir's favorite
child. Harshit.
Rana who is also out of the IPL. What are your thoughts on
Harshit Rana not playing the IPL?
I. Mean it depends who we get as
replacement like we we've not we have like I I read that there
are three or four bowlers who are like currently in trials.
So. We'll see I I felt harshit last
year had a very. Leverage.
OK, IPL, he was not that effectful.
I think teams have now started to see what he brings and.
Usually. When even when he's played T 20s
for India also he's been expensive.
He's been good in the ODIs, but T 20s he's not been that good.
But. His batting has come has.
Improved a bit. I would say so that is that all
round element maybe? Not even. 10% of Russell, but
like he could have had that kind of an impact if.
If like persisted with. And you know, promoted up the
order kind of that is where that that all round element is.
With a bowler like, I don't think.
Any of the other options they offer that to get there right
now so I. Think overall.
Of course he'll be a miss, but. I.
I don't think it'll be as big a miss as, you know, people are
making out to be. Yeah, Yeah, I agree.
I agree on that. Like in general, I think Harshit
gets a bad Rep because he was gonna be his favorite child, but
yeah. He.
Was he was pretty OK in the IPL? In fact, even in the season that
KKR won in 2024, there was some really, really important
wickets, including the controversial Virat Kohli wicket
in that KKRRCB game at Eden and that crazy final over where he
got Henry. Yeah, that was the first game of
the season. So that's just.
Yeah. Yeah.
So. He had his.
Moment so he definitely did but. Like.
He's not, he's not like a Narayan or not like a Varun.
He's not that important to the team.
Yeah, right. So what are the strengths of
this or or who did they buy and and how was their auction they
had like I think they. I think they.
Yeah, they they were basically the only people who had any
money to spend. And I would say they did a
middling job of it to be. Honest the Cam.
Green buyer just seems worse. As each day.
Passes. I mean, his record in India has
not been the greatest and apparently he's.
Has. He like, did he bowl in the
World Cup? I'm not sure.
I don't remember. But I don't think he's been
bowling much. He didn't bowl in the Ashes a
lot. That much I remember so.
I don't know how much, how much, how much KKR can count on him
from the from a bowling perspective, from the batting
perspective. The problem with KKR is that
they have too many top order battles.
Like you have. Siphered you have Finn Island,
you have Cam Green, you have Rahane, you have Ankrish
Paguenshi as well. All.
Of them want to bat in the top four at a minimum.
So how are you going to fit all this in?
Top. Three if I if I exactly.
Yeah. So I mean.
Anything. Below that is.
Anything below that is catastrophic.
It's just a waste. And you've not replaced Russell
in anywhere like that that. That is a.
Position like number six and four over with the.
Ball, you can't. Replace.
Him, I know, but like Rothman Powell is not like he was there
last year as well, but like I don't think he's an adequate
replacement for that. Nobody.
There in that role and even Harshit is gone now potentially.
Russell is not replaceable at all either.
You remember that season they tried getting Carlos Brathwaite
for Russell 1, yes? Yes, yes, yes, yes, yeah, I.
Mean none of that has ever worked.
Yeah, again, I mean we spoke about this in the RCB preview as
well is that 14 games is just too less and and teams are just
too busy making reels before the IPL.
So they should just figure out practice games with other IPL
teams before like a couple of games and then that should just
set the tone but. Yeah, where is the time where?
Is the time in the schedule. Yeah, no.
There is enough time, right? There is enough time like I mean
you can play, you can play your all the players who are not
going to play in the 11 Yeah, you can play those teams right
instead of having those intra, intra games that you keep having
richer Yeah, did they? Buy Cameron Green thinking that
he's a long term Russell because he can bowl 140 and he can, he
has those long levers that he could eventually from a batting
perspective, like I feel like he he may, he may get closer than
he would from a bowling perspective because I don't
think he has the skills to develop his bowling enough to be
good at T20. But do you think that that's
what they were thinking with Cameron Green?
That's it. I would say.
I would say Cameron Green is a different kind of a.
Player to Russell. In the sense that he needs to
bat in the top. Order.
That's the biggest. Difference Like he's not a
finisher like Russell. Like Russell.
Russell. You.
Pass certain entry points like
after the 12th or the 13th over or when the space on you can you
can send Russell in but with Cameron he either.
He needs to have that certainty. That I'm going to come out in #3
or like number or open the batting or maybe at #4 at
maximum. So in that regard, I do bowling,
yes, bowling, I think, I think he has a higher ceiling than
nothing. Maybe eventually, but.
In terms. Of batting, I think there are
just two different batters who you cannot like position in the
same way. Yeah, the so it's very
interesting. They also is Rajan Vipindra new
this time in this auction? Did they get him this time
around? I think.
CSK released him and then. We got him like CS.
He was in CSK earlier. Again, that's another.
Interesting point and another. Point I think they just bought
them because there are too many right handers and they just
thought, OK, we need a left-handed as well.
Like the entire. Batting line, I can just see
right handers, there are no left, so they've gone completely
against the Indian. Coaches philosophy.
Anything you say against Gambir for KKR is absolutely
blasphemous. He has an online PR machinery
ready. Jared made a video about that
the other day. I was so interested.
Yeah, right. So batting is right-hander
heavy, very right-handed heavy and and opener heavy.
Top is very, extremely top heavy.
I do not see any lower order backs in there.
And maybe maybe Anukul Roy, who had a very good smack.
He, he, I think he can be a surprise package.
I think they're counting on him a lot this season.
Because he, he was, he had a. Great all round tournament as
far as I remember. Wrinkles.
There as well, yes, first wrinkles there, so maybe.
Maybe they are going to balance it out a bit more, but I.
Don't. Know how they're going to pick
their overseas like in the form that finale is in I think he's.
He's. Nailed down, he's definitely
going to play and especially after that North and he's
definitely. Going to start.
To start with, he's going to. Definitely be there, but who do
you pair him off it and? Who?
Keeps wickets and. There are a lot of.
Uncertainties right now with the bowling, I think.
They did a. Good job by getting Patirana.
I think Patirana was a goodbye. Death bowling has been something
that has really played KKR. I I'm really not.
I've never ever been happy with their deaths.
Dead bowling that PPR is. In the.
Roster that KKR have for the dead bowling.
So this time it was a real surprise that they went for
Patirana and they got him as well.
But again, I mean, there is uncertainty there as well.
Like he's apparently he's not getting the NOC.
So if he doesn't, no, no, he got it.
No, no, apparently he got it. I think he got it.
OK. Oh, that's great then.
Yeah, that's great then. But.
Is he fit? He fit to start and I'm not sure
about that as well so. This is the.
Injury Premier League. So if he's not there, then if
he's not there, then I'm not sure how.
They manage the death, but the. New ball new ball bowling is.
Potentially really good they have.
They have they have three good new bowlers, new ball bowlers
with Blessing and Akash depend about.
So I think. These three should do.
Well, at the. Top and in the middle, of
course, I think that's the biggest strength with Varun and
Narayan. Not sure about Varun.
I mean, Varun has been hit a bit and maybe teams have started to
figure out how to. Get after him a bit.
I will say, I will say one thing I mean about Varun and and, and,
and it surprised me as well is that in the in, in what was his
probably a very, very middling or mediocre or, or even like bad
World Cup, He ended up being the highest wicket taker that World
Cup. Yeah, yeah, exactly.
So, So I, I guess you take that on on most days.
I have a feeling. I have a feeling Narayan helps.
Narayan around always helps. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I mean. Yeah, so.
What is there? Sorry, go ahead.
So like I feel, I feel Narayan, I feel Narayan, of course, you
know, creating pressure from one end and then you know it
materializing in the other. Of course it will.
It will help Arun and of course Narain will guide him through a
lot of things as well. So that is definitely there.
In terms of batting with Narain, I think he's going to be a non
entity now from going. Forward I don't.
Think they're going to count on it too much?
I think he's going. To be in the lower order at
best. I don't.
I don't see him opening now. We have too many openers and any
anywhere else apart from opening is.
Really. You shouldn't be counting on
that, and that's the only place you can play.
Apart from that, I think. Apart from that, I think
Ankrish, again, big season for him.
He's been in the IPL for two years now, so.
He has. To like, live up to his
potential. I mean, he's.
He's been here for three. I think this is his third year,
right? Oh, yeah, yeah, two years.
Correct. Correct.
Yeah, so. So he's.
Shown potentially he's played a you you pretty looking knocks
but you've got to turn it into substance.
But again, you have to give him this slot, you have to give him
the position, consistent backing, so.
That is how it's done. Question.
Marks on the leadership as well. I mean, I'm not sure.
How, how they will, how they will, how they will make it.
Work with Rouhani? I mean, where are we going to
bat? How?
How is it going to work? I can really see him feeling for
3-4 games and then there'll be serious question marks on.
His. Place in the team because.
He's. There basically if he's like 2
captain, he's the might be really right now the IPL.
That's how I look at it. And the funniest?
Thing is, he's not that great of a captain either.
So I mean the trade off is that I.
Don't know how it works. I have no.
Idea. But.
Yeah, I. Mean that's that's the KKR way
it's always been that way. It's always been chaotic.
Nothing ever makes sense. But then you know, certainly we
are in, we are in May and we are celebrating a title that that's.
That's how it happens. I agree.
Yeah.
So I I think mid table, I don't see anything above that.
Anything above that means like every it'll be like that 2024
season stock Co Carida is like rubbish all season, but suddenly
is great. Salt is like in the form of his
life, Naran like form of his life.
Greatest. Yeah, yeah.
Greatest ever season in the IPL bar Russell's 2019.
And and like Ramandeep is like scored like some 3030 runs in
four balls every game he comes in taking A1 spectacular catch a
match as well. So yeah.
Or doing some crazy stunts on the field.
He's the like. While I watch him field, you
know he. Go for it.
Go ahead while. I'm watching Rahane make this
team. If he's not captain like what
is? What is that one slot for
Rahane? What is this?
What sort of a team still continues to play Rahane?
The same team that that makes Manish Pandey relevant in 2024,
guys, and pays 20 crores for Venky a year, 23 if I'm not
wrong. 2023 crores, yeah, 23 out of the 24 they had in that
option. So Venky.
Mysore. Is less said about them, the
better. Well, yeah, school title
randomly or February even. That 2021 season, that 2021
season is just so randomly. They went to the final like the
worst first half. Yeah, yeah, the worst first half
of the season ever, and then the best second-half of the season
ever types. Yeah, right.
Then the important question which TV show character do they
best represent? So I've gone for a character
from The Wire. His name is Avon Barstill.
So. I've gone for him like.
Like I've pictured him in Venky Mysore's.
Venky. Mysore.
'S image. Very.
Loyal, very loyal to his buddies.
And very loyal to his. Core Group resistant.
To change and resistant to the changing times and this is great
This is great. Yeah.
Just very territorial and yeah, you can be nasty when he wants
to be. Yeah, man, I think I think
that's a great call I mean, which people should go and watch
the wire? The wire?
Yes, they should. They should.
I mean that it's the. Greatest show ever watched.
It can't be tough for me. Yeah, just just for the writing
and like the dialogues, and I mean the dialogues and
everything. I mean, I mean, what seller?
I could probably do a one hour long podcast just on why you
should watch The Wire, but that's a different matter
altogether. But A1 box tail, superb call.
Absolutely smashing call. All right, that brings us to the
end of the review of the Kolkata Knight Riders.
Thank you so much for joining. In.
The. The next preview is of the
Mumbai Indians. Mumbai Indians have won the IPL
how many times? Five times they've made the
final 6 * 2010 2013 20/15/2017 2019-2020 but parts also and the
captain coffee bar change but finally 2026 may what does it
look like is chief score discussed Karnikali hamari
saath's Reliance Industries and Mumbai Indians enthusiast
Nishanth join what saath me geopansky Malik saathak be join
thanks for having me, I'm the geopolitical expert on this.
Geopolitical, yes. Go ahead, listeners.
Must not forget this. That Geopan is what God Sushant
irritated on a live podcast. Very.
Stop it Sartak. Yeah.
Anyway, let me get this off by putting Nishant QDK versus
Rickleton. Why slash Rickleton?
Rickleton so may have to in fact because when NV had asked top
top auction wise and bottom auction wise so Mumbai Indians
have got 4 uncapped players and QDKI still think QDK is the
bottom auction buy so no doubt Rickleton.
NV and I had a phone conversation three months before
the T20 World Cup, I think last year.
This is last year's conversation and we're just discussing the
random sports cricket this time and we're discussing South
Africa because obviously South Africa A and I was, I've been
bullish on recruiting for a long time.
And after that 250, I think in Pakistan, he scored that 2:50.
I was like A and I told them they should play Rickleton above
QDK in the T20 World Cup which they didn't and they still
played QDKQDK did how decent? But yeah in in given the options
MI have it has to be Rickleton. Yeah, I think.
QDK at best is Rickleton injury backup.
Yes, but I would think so I'll. Not play him above Rickleton I.
Have a feeling he Mumbai Indians QDK not because it's Rickleton
versus QDK but because it's Mumbai Indians.
Please correct and in fact give the proper meme usage.
But we can go for, we can go for forever.
So no, I just don't know. I think QDK and his prime
probably deserved an IPL win. And he and he wasn't.
Am I? Yeah.
Great. Player.
Great player. But.
You can't give us like we, we were discussing this offline.
Now going forward you have Sherfin Rutherford, Will Jacks,
Cobin Bosch, Trent Bolt, Mitch Sapner.
The moment you play both Rickleton and QDK, you can only
play 2 out of these five and all these 5 in different degrees
deserve to have my question then my question why?
Would you even why would you even play like they're aren't
they technically identical players top orders for a foreign
sport? With that I have wicket, keeper,
be and plus. 3 has to be Tilak. You have to play Tilak at three.
OK, then my next question is Ski.
Do you foresee a situation where I would?
Play rather. For like the Champions League
T20 and now because of the injuries in the Indian Premier
League, there is a chance that MI can just play 5 foreigners.
They were able to do it in Champions League T20.
Yeah, baby, because we are. Forgetting about the biggest
trend. OK my it is not the top order or
the middle order or the bowlers. It is the Vantara watch.
Great reference, Nishan, of something that we just told you
about 10 minutes. No if I I love QDK but if I were
to even play 5I still don't think I'll play makes.
Sense after the top two top two say like A7 tuck, pretty much
depending on the situation, anyone can bet anywhere like go
yeah, Sky jacks, they luck and Rutherford.
You just play them according to whatever you want.
And all of them, not all of them, not all of these specific
people, but I think Joe Manning the playing 11, but pretty much
#6 to 11. Yeah, you.
You're getting almost 4 overs, 4 overs good day with the Savi
Dal, right? Or two to three to Dali day.
So that's that's it. And I don't know, but maybe
finally, if Rohit decides he tell finally, I might tell you.
So it's a pretty. Strong team.
I think he will. He's had two half decent
seasons. Last two couple of years he's
had 400 plus, yeah, which he hadn't had for a long time.
And also Hardik used to sometimes bat 3 and 4 for
Gujarat. So.
He's capable of doing that as well if need be.
I would go as far as saying Mitch Santner can also bat up if
need be. Just do a role.
They're very versatile. Yeah, not.
Bosch be here, so they have. It's just that I don't see how
Santen and Bosch are playing because Bolt will play.
Yeah, so. I don't think I don't see them
getting in other than maybe spinning Bosch Kato, I don't
think I I hardly maybe but yeah, I don't know.
But non spinning tracks. I.
Think, I think they're going to use.
I think Jax is going to play all.
I think Santner in the best spinner.
No, no, he is. He is.
It's just like how just because he also takes up a foreign port
and he's a spinner. But again, Jax is a better bat
and also much better form with the bat.
So I don't know, like again, favorable yoga.
You play men at the top. You don't play Rickleton, but.
That's a little bit too risky because as he bat, yeah.
By the way, Lord Thakur is also. In the squad so.
I think he plays. I think he's a second Indian
Seymour, so it will be. Charlie, hey.
Pandya is the second ID. He's not played much Chahar
Pandya Pandya, but Chahar has. Pandya, but yeah, but.
Chahar hasn't played much in the last year or so at any cricket.
Not just like IPL over there, but in.
This 11 like in the squad they have, Yeah.
I would probably play Chahar over Thakur if he's fit.
Yeah, yeah. I mean, any day Shardul doesn't
have great IPL starts or like yeah, great IPL starts to back
and maybe. Like problem again, like every
time they start so slow that they have to play full strength
for the last leg. But again, if they win 707 then
they might rest. But Brian, yeah, then.
They'll start then they'll ration yeah and and I think, and
I think am I anyways do it is that they don't bowl Bumrah up
top anyways. So middle overs, yeah.
Fifth over, 6th over. And then again, one over, middle
over. And then death overs.
Because death overs, they don't have any death bowling.
Any you you don't have one. That's why I want them to have
Corbin Bosch. Difficult, but for who?
Then bold want to play for who? No bolt to kill, Sir.
It's Rickelton, Bolt, Corbin, Bosch, Santner for me.
But. Santner will only be the
spinning tracks and how can you not be jacked slash jacks
Santner slash jacks Ray a sub options Hey slash jacks she can
like maybe get an approval for it, but neko definitive bull in
can just. Who's who's more?
Indian out of Saturn and Jacks more.
Indian Jacks. Jacks, whoever.
Whoever reached Bombay and and was the 1st to go and watch
Durander Sattner Premier League most another Premier League for
multiplayer. Sorry Mitch, but no, I'm with
you. Jax is in better form.
He's a better bat, he's more versatile as a bat.
I wouldn't nearly the player of the tournament, World Cup May
and. I think there would be 3. 3
towards Jax 9993 will be Tilak. 4 will be Sky Tilak.
Tilak I think World Cup may it's already unlocked so they can
even push Namandi red three. They can even push Namandi red
three if required. Which is what?
4 Sky. 4 Sky. 5 Tilak. 6 Harvick.
That's long. So if if Namandhi plays instead
of Rutherford, then yes, then Santneria Bosch.
Namandhi 3. Namandhi.
So then 44 Sky 5 Still up 6 Hard Day.
Yeah, yeah. 7 Jacks, 8 Bosch. Then IF8IS Bosch, then Bolt is
not playing. Why not?
No, Bolt can still play. OK.
Huh. So Bosh.
Yeah then. OK, then Santa is not playing.
Huh. And on a on a like a road at
Uppal or a road AT1K day early season.
I think Santner doesn't play early season.
He'll come in late season when the pitches start wearing out,
when you might need 2-3 spinners.
Because in all of Mumbai's reserve bowlers, there are very
few. Indian spinners raining.
It's just Mike. Markand is their option.
Yeah so I I see second leg miss Santner and Jax both playing.
Santner is too good man. Yeah, I like Rutherford.
That's why I picked them. But I think, yeah, if Rutherford
is like an Amanda, then yeah, then Bosch or Santner can fit in
because. Bosch does so much like with the
ball. He fills so many roles.
He can bowl in the 8th, 10th over Ish.
He can bowl 13th, 14th over time, pay a couple of overs.
He can finish, he can hit. He's a great fielder.
He can do a couple of Bollywood movies for Jio Studios.
He has the body. By the.
Way Hilton is also 29. Seventh 29 is 29.
I think he was kept as a QDK clone for a long time then.
He's like an identity high. Listen, if you gave me three
shots to tell you his age, I wouldn't have arrived at 29
only. I also didn't know that that
he's 29. I'm like what?
No, no, he's opening. He and Rohit's having a good
season. He's because now, because all
other cricket is done, he's achieved everything that he has
to achieve. He's.
Going for it and that's all he's needed to do.
He just let it go hit. Yeah, and not.
To kind of bring another franchise and another player I
had I've for a long time had the same base from that guy in the
other franchise. He Maria, you don't have to
score 50 or 40 balls it if you start just going the hell for
weather. First of all, you you are
perfectly capable of doing that. Yeah, Janta, look, Figure Curry
make you bowl. The guy with the short hair
along long hair the. Guy with the short hair.
Yes, I agree. Yes.
You have it.
Yeah, offline conversations online.
What is a podcast if not just that Men with a mic but Marnachi
has a. Rohit.
He should just go for it. I mean, Rohit will do it.
Rohit has been doing it, so will do it I think.
For Rohit, I will go through a wide in terms of the gamut key.
For him, the IPL is very important to stay relevant
because there are there aren't enough ODIs to continue being in
the public sphere to your World Cup major say World Cup mascot
and all is great. Like for him, I'm not saying any
any there's no shade on him as a player, but I'm saying the news
cycle is such key. You need to be relevant all
through and the IPL. So most definitely we'll last
IPL memo both real Bhanwalia Matlab, but I think run and he's
perfectly capable. That's the other part rhythm.
I mean, not that he's lost rhythm, but to keep up the
rhythm. Like you said, very few ODI's in
the pipeline for him. So, and the one of the anxieties
of being the short haired guy and Rohit is that right now is
that you, you only have one format and that is the least
plate format in the international calendar.
So you kind of have to keep churning out your performances
because every day you're an audition.
But talaq got their problem name.
Why? Is he's young uncap player.
No, I mean, I'm just. It's.
OK man just why are you sticking with only ODI like see people
doing leaving white ball cricket all together to elongate their
test carrier is totally understandable, but only playing
ODI? Especially for people who have
pretty much won everything. I mean, only has won everything
they are. Doing it, it's just that cause
of that heartbreak at that had having.
That they've gone their way. They have would have left
audience like. I marry another company or like
they're only, I don't know, like no.
It's a internal closure. I am, I am certain about this
because you are because of what the point you just made, but.
Isn't it too risky? Like not risky as in not risky
risky, but like obviously there is more probability that you
still don't get to win, right? Yeah, then so then it's what is
it like? And also it's not a home
tournament. It's not.
Actually. Not a home tournament, maybe
might even work in their favor without less pressure.
So plus. Without having the anxiety of
doing it for like 3-4 format, 2-3 formats, you're seeing the
effect it has had on them and like liberated them.
I feel these two are are playing as well as they are because
they're so. No, no, yeah, he chilled by
Abigail. Probably.
Huh. ABI karo magic karo ABI pelo.
The way that guy hates South Africa and New Zealand, The
short haired guy I am. Look man, all of us are fans of
his batting, but this freedom is something we've been wishing he
egged in as a Kelegaki. It will feel like he doesn't
have a fuck to get and now he's playing like he doesn't care.
I've achieved everything. I think it's just for internal
he also. Has he has age on his side as
well relative to Rohit I mean, and fitness, though he can
probably go on for more a. Lot, no.
But Rohit also has like what, lost 1012 KGS and it's a
phenomenal effort to lose that much and clearly very
organically with time and not sudden, no, I think those two
look good. And I get it.
They don't want to leave cricket and they were really shitting
the bed in Tests. So they had very few options.
Which brings me to the important question key Where will Mumbai
Indians end up on this in the IPL talk to?
Well, they're qualifying definitely for the bare.
Minimum, Yeah. And which TV show character do
they represent? I had chosen Larry David from
Curb because someone support, because I want to support some
people, but I don't want to support.
The zoo so. That's why I think this.
Is a good case for Logan Roy. Logan Roy, Yeah, Not Logan Roy.
No, I mean I know Succession. Just easy now.
I actually should have just said succession characters
succession. Character Logan Roy was Logan
Roy. Miracle.
Am I killing me? Sympathy.
No. I.
Mean in what? In what aspect?
Like at least I see, you know, Bumrah.
I would like them to succeed and do well.
Bold. Hair.
Anyways, with that TV show name but Doctor Hammond, I was
thinking it plays into the zoo, it plays into Rich, it plays
into. But.
Again, Doctor Hammond also was after the first intro scene was
Matlab. How is that not playing in with
Aarti? Yeah, actually.
Yeah, makes sense. Yes.
Bhatiwadiya. So that brings us to the end of
the Mumbai Indians preview. Like he, I don't think he's
getting to play, but. OK, so we are here to do an IPL
2026 review of the team Gujarat Titans.
Now Gujarat Titans I think quietly had a Goodyear last
year. They were third and we have Asad
here with us to discuss what are his perceptions of the Gujarat
team, how they line up this year.
So I will turn this over to you, Asad.
What are your early thoughts? Yeah, Gujarat Titans I think
very successful side, very well run.
They are very consistent coaching and player backgrounds.
So, and they always, the one thing about Gujarat Titans is
they always keep their core. So they started off winning the
season in the first year or second year.
They lost out on the last two balls.
They had a very terrible, terrible third season.
But they bounced back last year and nobody was really expecting
them to finish #3 but if you really look at the last season,
they were dominating the lead. So they were top of the table
for up till I think about game 12 and they needed to win one
out of the last two games to finish top 2.
But I think RCP sneak past them and one of the major issues why
that happened is because they their bowlers conceded 220 plus.
So they were there was a side that was built, their batting
was built to score up till 200. But they struggle all the
battles struggle when the asking rate goes past 10.
So that's what happened to them last year.
They lost the opposite the opposition score 230 plus and
their battles couldn't go up with them.
So and the major reason for that was because all the heavy
lifting was done by top four. I mean, there's a belief that it
was only top three, but I but but in my opinion it was top 4
because Shuff and Rutherford was also giving them 40s and 50s
last year. And also they promoted
Washington Sundar and he also they gave them.
Good starts. So now and then the batting, it
falls off. So they from the from the top
four, they go to Shahrukh Khan and they were there.
So that those are the only two guys that they have.
So that's where, yeah. And it, those are like really
bashes. They're not like batters.
So you can't expect Balkan from them.
You can expect like a couple of sixes here and there.
So. That was one major issue last
time which I think they have successfully tried to plug the
gap this year. OK, so.
How do you who did they get from the auction to help plug this
gap? OK.
So starting off, I think one of the major mistakes they've done
is they've traded shelf in Rutherford from last year and
they've traded to Mumbai Indians just like they traded Hardik
Pandya in the second season, so. Again.
Yeah, I mean negative. Trade again.
Yeah, and they did him for cash, so they didn't get any players
back. Out there, but.
They've used that cash in the auction to get in Jason Holder,
who I think is why it was a very smart buy they got.
They got him for seven pros so it was fairly cheap and for an
all rounder who in the last year I feel has really risen up his
game so. Both.
In batting as well as bowling, he's kind of a death over
specialist now for all the team that he plays in.
So he's I think in the batting he's turned himself into a bit
of a six hitting machine because of the long reach and he's
hitting them consistently. So Jason Holder at 5.
And this year I feel they're banking big on Washington.
Sooner to come. Good at #4.
Washington's Wonder at 4:00. Yeah, I'm not.
Super happy with that because I don't know because.
Only only that can explain them giving up.
Rather four at #4 And yeah, the only other option is Glenn
Phillips, but then he only plays if they give up Rabada if Rabada
doesn't play. Yeah, I think they struggle.
Did they play Glenn Phillips even once last year or?
I don't? No, he was.
He was unfit, so he was. He was safe.
OK, Yeah. But yeah, it does seem like
they're going to struggle with their four overseas players,
right? And trying to get the right
balance there. Yeah, so I think overseas
players, I feel they've they will start with Josh Butler,
although his form is a big, big concern.
So Josh Butler, Rashid Khan and Jason Holder, these three are a
lock and then they have a choice to make between Rabada and Glenn
Phillips. OK.
So you said one of their weaknesses was conceding a lot
of runs last year. Have they done anything to
address that with the bowling? Yeah.
So Jason Holder again helps there with the dead bowling.
So he's not like elite here. So he bowls a lot of yorkers.
His strength is his yorkers are very accurate.
So they're not lethal as a Bumrah.
They are a bit floaty, but then batters find it difficult to get
under it under them and he's very accurate.
OK. How about Luke Wood?
Have you? He's new, right?
This year, yeah. Luke was good, but I don't see
him in the plate 11. He's kind of a backup.
Yeah. What do you think is Robada's
form coming in? Because I think he's he's bowled
a little bit. I feel like he's bowled a little
better even in the World Cup. I I kind of like his bowling as
well, do you think? Yeah, yeah.
Yeah, I think he's bowled better than people made him out of B.
So he was a bit overshadowed by NGD and Marco Jansen, but I
think the earlier was the first the power player was I think he
was getting a lot of movement and he trouble even the even in
the final, in semi final versus New Zealand, he troubled the
battles. They got it on a lot of runs of
the edges. Yeah.
So I think that's interesting because South Africa again
played a lot in Ahmedabad. Gujarat's going to play in
Ahmedabad. You know, that might be a place
where about that as well. They do like to have their.
I think that did they do last minute swap for Kajolia?
Yeah, he is back, I think I yeah.
I saw that. That was interesting.
And they have they have Ishan Sharma in their lineup.
They were, I think battery of pieces.
So I think. Ishantar was just there to hang
out with Ashish Nehra so they can have fun and get paid.
He might become a bowling coach, you never know.
That's true. Yes, next two years they also
have Jayant Yadav by the. Way, of course, they have Jayant
Yadav. That's funny.
So what do you think are their strengths overall?
It looks like you think it's their batting, right?
No. No.
I actually believe their strength is their bowling
because even last year for most of the season they were
successful in restricting teams below 200 and that was like that
enable the batters to chase down the target.
So they they have the weaknesses.
Yeah, the weaknesses actually the back end that cannot go
upwards or to 1. So they don't have, they don't
have this here. They're all 15160 striking
players. OK, so OK, yeah, 'cause they
have a great Indian bowling lineup, right?
So they have Krishna who I really like, Siraj who I like
most of the time and then they have how how are they going to
line up in their bowlers other than that psyche so.
Yeah, he's good in the middle overs.
So if they start with Rabada, then Rabada and Siraj to bowl
the bubbly overs, the top 4, then one, one from Prasid and
one from Jason Holder, and then in the middle overs, Rashid and
Psyche, should they handle the middle overs?
Although so now again, Rashidthan is a big concern.
He's kind of, I feel he's kind of coming back into form in the
World Cup. He's decent.
He was decent. He bowled.
Decently well in the World Cup, Yes, I agree.
Yeah, last year was terrible. I think it was his worst year in
IPL. Do you think one of the
disadvantages of using Sundar at 4 is that you probably will be
tempted to use his bowling less? Because I actually like his
bowling a little bit more than I like his batting.
I think they'll, if they will, they'll use it in the power
play. OK, one or two overs.
So they'll. Have the option of one or two
overs for him. OK, How do you think they're
going to open? Like you said, they have a
weakness with the batting, so yeah.
This is the batting because so last year their top or the top
three, they were scoring big runs 5060 seventies at 150 plus
strike rate. And the big issue is all three
are due a big failure this season.
It's you can already see it in Josh Butler.
I'm going to make a big prediction.
I I see Josh Butler getting replaced mid season with Tom
Banton take. With Tom Banton Tom Banton.
I like, I like Tom Banton. I think he's the game for IPL
and he's improved this the last season.
Yeah, Gil, Gil Showman Gil has a big point to prove.
I mean, the way he was treated in the TTW I set up.
So you he almost he he went, he went on a Euro trip.
He left India. So, like a jilted lover, he left
the country. Whenever I hear Shubman Gill, I
think I can't get this out of my head is I think Shubman Gill,
License to Thrill, which is the great cricketer team.
Oh, really? Yeah, yeah, the IT it just
echoes in my head. But yeah, I think Shubman Gill
really has a point to prove. I don't hate his strike rate,
right. He's playing for the team he's
in. He's not necessarily playing the
situation and I think he's good enough to bring it up if needed.
And we have to put like these strike rates into context,
right? Like what are the pitches they
played on? What are the scores they chased,
you know, and what were the like in in general, like what is a
match situation? You have to take all of these
things into account. In a bowling heavy team that
doesn't have much of A middle order, the way you bat would be
very different. Yeah.
But I still think like Butler, Shubman size, Sudarshan, that's
a very solid top three. Very solid part.
They are very similar players, so they don't have the highest
get. Yeah, that's right, when they
need it. So that is the.
Big issue for them and size. Sudarshan did really well last
year, but in a lot of games their problem was size.
Sudarshan went a little too deep into the inning, so like into
the 16th or 17th over, and he's one.
He's the kind of player that will probably give you only one
or two boundaries in here, but he can't really maximize those
last over. OK, So that was a issue for
them. Isn't that more of a mindset
issue? Like the ability to think like a
10 run over is good versus A20 run over.
Try to make it into a 20 plus run over.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. But then if you're chasing 2:30,
so for example, in the early minute they were chasing 235,
they just didn't have those battles, who would provide them
20 plus tons in the end, the 15th and 16th of all?
That's. It so they lack they lack a bit
of a firepower in their top 4. I think with Holder that might
improve. I think he strengthens their
lower order batting because they still have the same combination
of Tewatia and Shahrukh Khan. And I think like they're not
very high ceiling players. And I, I think Dewatia, how was
Dewatia season last season? I actually don't remember.
I don't. Think, I think he got to bat
about four or five games. OK.
And he failed in the big eliminator game versus.
So he had a decent number of balls to play and couldn't come
up because it's. You can understand that.
So, yeah, Dewatia, Shahrukh Khan, I believe only one of them
might play this time. Yeah, in the playing level.
Yeah, and I think it may be Shahrukh Khan because Taylor
Taylor doesn't bowl anymore. Yeah, he doesn't bowl.
Yeah, he hasn't. Bowled for years.
The GT also have one exciting talent, Kumar Kushagra.
He did really well in this match.
So he's but also he's not that Bashor.
He's not like the one one or two hit up player.
He needs like 9/10/12 balls to get into the innings, so he
might only play at #4 #5 and he gets into the side if they're
not playing Glenn Phillips and they're going to get a butter.
OK, so. The real question is because
everyone who is refuted aside has said that their side's going
to be a mid table team. Yeah.
What is your prediction for GT? My prediction is if Shubman Gill
has anywhere close to the second season for GT that he had three
years back where he score 9900 plus runs then they'll probably
go to then. There's no question they'll
finish off too. Otherwise mid table OK.
So top 2 with clauses. Yeah, top 2 with Shuman, Gill
and Washington soon. They're coming off because with
the bowling, I'm confident they can like they can restrict teams
to under 200. That shouldn't be a problem.
The odd games where they will go above 2220, Schumanville or
Washington, Washington, since they're stepping up, that should
help them. But realistically I don't see
them finishing above top 56. OK.
I I feel it's gone. It's going to come flashing down
this season. Yeah, I think it's, it's built
on a brittle frame. I don't know, like a House of
Cards. Speaking of House of Cards,
we're coming to the most important question, which is
what? What TV show character do you
think you can use to describe GT and why?
So. GTI always feel like they're
like the hero's best friend and and the heroes and my so they're
always helping and my with their recruitment like Hardik or even
for this time. So.
They'll they'll like Doctor Watson or Circuit.
Doctor Watson or Circuit? OK, well, Circuit's not
technically ATV show character, but not Doctor Watson.
That's very interesting. Doctor Watson has all of the
smarts, all of the, you know, the ability to interact with
people. But so.
So does it matter? So does matter.
And also this is a team that likes to stay under the radar.
So they don't, they're not like very started a teams.
Yeah, they're not. Talked about much and people are
always surprised when they do well.
Yeah. And I.
Think I heard on a very meddling analysis on Cricbuzz that Nehra
doesn't like to talk in the public too much or make the team
about him, but he does wear his baseball cap backwards which I
think is a horrible style. And I feel like you're a you're
a grown ass man. Come on, just wear a wear a cap
normally. And Naill Bali on the sidelines.
Who is that? I'm not familiar with them.
Yeah. So that's there's a famous
issue. Oh, Nariel.
Pani, Nariel, Pani. Sorry, yeah, that's true.
So from ATV show character perspective, I think Doctor
Watson is a good one. They they eventually, they're
not the ones who solve the crime.
They're not the one who gets all the credit.
And I think I think we underestimate GT as a team
because they came in new along with LSG and LSG has just gone
from bad to worse and, you know, made a horrible name for their
owner. So there is something to be said
for GT to come into this ecosystem, win and contest, like
have a top three finish in three out of The Four Seasons they
played so far. Yeah, that's pretty good.
All right. Well, thanks for coming on,
Asad, and thank you. Thank you for having me.
Hope to have you back soon for another analysis.
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