1 00:00:25,980 --> 00:00:31,580 Welcome to the PCI podcast. This is Part 2 of our mega IPL 2 00:00:31,580 --> 00:00:36,840 preview for the season 2026. A season that might not even 3 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:44,400 happen thanks to the events in West Asia. 4 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:48,240 As Professor Sayed Muhammad Morandi says, you should not 5 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:53,680 call it Middle East. So coming back to reality, we 6 00:00:53,880 --> 00:01:00,760 are starting with the preview of the first IPL winners, that is 7 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:05,080 the Rajasthan Royals, who won the IPL in the inaugural season 8 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:09,120 in 2008. They have since made only one 9 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:12,680 more IPL final. That was in 2022, in which they 10 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:20,360 lost to the Gujarat Titans. And they're a very, very, very 11 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:25,080 good 2024, if I remember correctly, where they won like 8 12 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:28,960 out of their first nine games and then they were set for a top 13 00:01:28,960 --> 00:01:31,040 two finish. And then they didn't finish in 14 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:34,840 the top 2. And then they crashed to 15 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:41,560 Sunrisers in the Eliminator. And they had very, very fishy 16 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:45,600 games last season as well where they lost like games where they 17 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:50,040 should have fun. So what they have decided is 18 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:56,200 that they should trade who is now the hottest currency in 19 00:01:56,200 --> 00:02:02,440 world cricket, Sanju Samson out of their team to already the 20 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:09,000 hottest currency in IPL Chennai Super Kings and say here take 21 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:12,960 our biggest player who can be your biggest player and have fun 22 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:17,840 with it guys while we take our franchise 3000 kilometers away 23 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:22,000 to Guwahati and give the captaincy to Ryan Parak. 24 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:26,960 Over to you, Richa. Oh, with that amazing start, I 25 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:29,080 think first I will start with the Sanju thing. 26 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:34,480 I think dropping Sanju was the biggest mistake of last year and 27 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:38,280 probably will be like within this decade, one of the biggest 28 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:43,080 mistakes that an IPL franchise has made because already Sanju 29 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:48,000 is such a popular star. You know, Kerala cricketers are, 30 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:51,720 you know, they have, they're very few, they're very rare and 31 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:54,920 there's very few in between who get that status. 32 00:02:54,920 --> 00:02:58,360 So that itself was a huge problem. 33 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:04,360 He was a captain and what an amazing captain, OK, Like this 34 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:08,520 man who used to open the batting, he dropped himself down 35 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:12,400 to #4 just so that other players could take the opening spot. 36 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:20,400 And really, he's just like, he was the Talisman for RR. 37 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:22,760 You know, they would always be one game in the beginning of 38 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:27,480 each Rajasthan royal season where Sanju Sampson scores the 39 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:33,120 most amazing century or almost century, you know, almost 40 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:34,600 centuries are his thing, I think. 41 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:38,720 And he would just hit the ball so beautifully. 42 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:42,240 You're like, man, this guy, how is he not in the Indian team? 43 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:45,880 And then he would explain, you know, by his lack of consistency 44 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:48,440 towards the end of the season, why he's not in the Indian team. 45 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:51,360 But just a fantastic player overall. 46 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:56,720 I loved Sanju Samson and it was really stupid. 47 00:03:56,960 --> 00:03:59,280 Like last year. We all knew what was going on. 48 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:03,200 He was very upset that Josh Butler had not been retained, 49 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:07,480 and he was. He had a huge fight with then 50 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:10,880 head coach Raul Dravid, who's no longer head coach, Surprise, 51 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:16,839 surprise. He he had an injury then as a 52 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:19,000 captain, he wasn't travelling with the team. 53 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:21,600 And they're like, what what what was happening? 54 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:26,080 What what's going on? It was a, you know, it's what we 55 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:28,000 call shit show at the fuck factory. 56 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:32,840 This is another succession reference. 57 00:04:32,840 --> 00:04:39,680 I think this entire mega IPL preview is designed to subwardly 58 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:42,880 get everybody to watch Succession. 59 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:47,800 I would also want to, I also want to add that this is how 60 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:53,640 propaganda should work. It's not how the movie that 61 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:57,200 you're going to watch this weekend or the next weekend. 62 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:01,040 I have no idea which movie I'm talking about, but you know 63 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:04,600 which movie I'm talking about. So yeah, Yeah. 64 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:06,360 What? Succession, guys? 65 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:11,360 HBO if you're in India. Disney Hotstar, guys. 66 00:05:13,280 --> 00:05:18,840 OK, so now that we've, you know, caught the unthinkable horse 67 00:05:18,840 --> 00:05:22,520 franchise, let go of their captain, released him and of 68 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:25,640 course, like CSK is a very smart customer. 69 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:29,160 They I think he was traded even before he would never really 70 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:30,880 went made it into the auction, right? 71 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:32,840 He was it was a pre auction trade. 72 00:05:33,840 --> 00:05:38,000 So let's go to Ryan Parag. So it's very interesting. 73 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:41,600 Ryan Parag actually had a pretty good IPL last year. 74 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:46,480 And 24 as well. Yes, he's had two consecutive 75 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:50,600 good IP LS after, you know, being given a really, really 76 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:55,520 long rope so much that he he was told a lot by the fans and they 77 00:05:55,520 --> 00:06:00,400 were quite upset with him. I don't like him as a captain. 78 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:06,440 I think he will struggle in a team especially if he loses form 79 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:10,120 considering a kind of batter he set himself up for. 80 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:17,240 He has two other extremely like already an Indian star Yashash 81 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:20,520 Vijay Aswal in the team who definitely wanted to be a 82 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:22,760 leader. Considering, considering the 83 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:26,600 other moves that he's made in the domestic leagues in India, 84 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:30,840 you know that he wants to lead the team and they will have to 85 00:06:30,840 --> 00:06:32,480 find their way to keep him happy. 86 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:37,160 And also there's an there's an upstart coming through, right, 87 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:40,920 Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who's already a big box office star in 88 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:43,160 this team. You're going to have to deal 89 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:47,720 with a lot of like kind of brash egos. 90 00:06:48,280 --> 00:06:53,600 I don't know if he's old enough. To be able to, I'm like, yeah, 91 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:55,280 yeah, yeah, you're absolutely right. 92 00:06:55,280 --> 00:06:58,720 Because. Because Vaibhav is what Ryan 93 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:04,920 Para thinks he is. And and and two but two, Rianne 94 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:08,160 Parag's credit. Rianne Parag was in the under 19 95 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:15,520 team at 16 in that famous 2018 batch of 19 players. 96 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:18,800 Rianne was there. He was like, I think 15 or 16 at 97 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:24,960 that point in time. So I think Rianne has an idea of 98 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:31,720 of what like super stardom could look like or all looks like, but 99 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:37,160 I have a feeling like leading an IPL team would be a little 100 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:43,240 little more difficult than anything that he's come across. 101 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:46,360 These are the kinds of things that destabilize teams. 102 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:51,000 And we remember in 2023, towards the end of the World Cup, 103 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:54,400 actually after the World Cup got over, Hardik was announced as 104 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:56,920 the cap. He was moving as a captain to 105 00:07:56,920 --> 00:08:00,520 Mumbai Indians, taking over from Rohit. 106 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:03,160 And that really annoyed the team. 107 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:06,560 And it it really upset the balance of the team. 108 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:10,400 And it took them a year to get over it and to get back. 109 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:15,520 You know, it's, I don't know if this is a good idea, but you 110 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:18,960 know, Jayaswal, I'm looking towards Jaswal for this season. 111 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:22,720 Jaswal has been overlooked. He's talked about, he's been 112 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:25,360 overlooked a little bit on the T20 side of things. 113 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:29,880 I was surprised that, you know, Gil was actually pushed ahead of 114 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:35,200 Jaswal after Jaswal quietly has had like a fantastic season. 115 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:44,000 Last year, he scored 559 runs at a 43 average and 159 71 strike 116 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:46,520 rate. Considering Rajasthan also don't 117 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:50,960 always play at the most at the best surfaces, that's pretty 118 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:52,680 good. And that should be taken into 119 00:08:52,680 --> 00:08:55,960 context on the surface that they play on when they look at these 120 00:08:55,960 --> 00:08:58,400 figures. So one thing that was 121 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:01,520 interesting is that he actually edges out Abhishek Sharma in 122 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:06,920 batting impact per innings. So there's there's that 123 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:11,120 consideration. And I think he was more 124 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:14,560 important for his team. You know, Webhub actually edges 125 00:09:14,560 --> 00:09:18,440 him out in bowling him back. So he batting him back on the 126 00:09:18,680 --> 00:09:21,160 innings. Even though he played, he played 127 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:23,920 only seven matches. He didn't play the whole IPL. 128 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:29,960 He scored 250 odd runs and he had a strike rate of something 129 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:35,360 ridiculous like 206. And he scored 36 runs per game. 130 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:39,160 What's more interesting is what he has done since then, right 131 00:09:39,560 --> 00:09:43,120 since then. Last year he scored one. 132 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:46,720 There was that crazy innings in the IPL itself, which was his 133 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:53,000 third, where he scored 101 of 38 balls while chasing no less. 134 00:09:53,880 --> 00:09:57,680 And in the final, in the under 19 final against England, I 135 00:09:57,680 --> 00:10:02,440 mean, it was a different format, but this man scored 175 runs off 136 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:05,080 80 balls. And if you look at him and such 137 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:10,520 clean hitting, it's almost like like is, did he play hockey? 138 00:10:10,520 --> 00:10:14,880 Like what is this like what this crazy speed and bat swing. 139 00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:19,680 I I really like watching him play like he's, he's fantastic. 140 00:10:19,680 --> 00:10:22,280 And these are the two stars for RR. 141 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:28,480 We are going to it's really important that RR score like 300 142 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:33,280 runs per game pretty much and these guys have to score like 143 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:37,200 150 or 200 runs, which considering they're at the 144 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:39,600 grounds that they're going to be playing and I don't know if 145 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:43,640 that's really a good idea. Let's let's see, but. 146 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:45,800 They are playing some games in Guwahati also. 147 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:57,080 I've good, but I think like I mean from what I look at their 148 00:10:57,080 --> 00:11:00,840 their squad, I see runs, I mean runs are there. 149 00:11:01,320 --> 00:11:09,480 The question is who do they pick in their 11 and OK I also. 150 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:15,160 Go ahead, complete your. Segue segue. 151 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:20,640 Beautiful segue. 4 fixtures for this team have been announced 152 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:23,080 because that's how the IPL works. 153 00:11:23,520 --> 00:11:29,720 They play their first game in Guwahati on March 30th, then 154 00:11:29,720 --> 00:11:33,600 they travel all the way back to Ahmedabad to play one game 155 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:38,240 versus GT, and then they go back to Guwahati to play two more 156 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:42,760 games. Like, yeah, hey, like what is 157 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:46,760 this scheduling and why would you do this to your players? 158 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:49,840 Like the flight to Guwahati is 4 hours. 159 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:55,560 It is a it is a international flight and it takes, it takes a 160 00:11:55,560 --> 00:11:58,840 day like that. Like travel day is done. 161 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:01,800 Like you're done. And, and now you'll see what 162 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:05,880 like, so let's say they are already in, in Guwahati. 163 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:09,400 I see like what, 2, two and a half, three days of three travel 164 00:12:09,400 --> 00:12:15,040 days now just randomly like OK, God help them with their 165 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:18,760 recoveries or whatever. Yeah, I think so. 166 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:21,560 Their top 2 openers are set right? 167 00:12:21,560 --> 00:12:24,960 Jaiswal and Suryavanchi. They're not going to be too 168 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:31,680 affected by where they're playing #3 I think Rian Tarag 169 00:12:31,680 --> 00:12:35,080 has tried himself at #3 last year, but I think he's a number 170 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:39,440 four more than a #3 if you play #3 I don't. 171 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:44,160 I'm excited if they play the play Luandre Pretorius. 172 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:46,880 Yes. That would that would have been 173 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:49,760 the other interesting thing. Luandre Pretorius. 174 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:52,440 He's. He's he's a. 175 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:56,040 Good idea, I think. But The thing is he's he's also 176 00:12:56,040 --> 00:12:58,200 considered a prodigy like Suryavantry. 177 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:00,440 He's not coming in with good form. 178 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:04,920 His essay 20 was not very good. So I'm not I'm not sure if 179 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:07,240 they're going to play him right away or maybe they bring him in 180 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:10,320 later on. Drove Jarrell should be playing 181 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:14,880 five at the earliest, but I would rather keep Shimron Head 182 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:18,160 fire at 5 and the road at six. I don't know. 183 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:20,880 I. Think they can play Shimron at 184 00:13:20,880 --> 00:13:22,280 three? I mean parag. 185 00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:26,600 I agree Parags parag is like really good at #4. 186 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:32,640 The thing is Parag he's he's at least sold on the idea that he 187 00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:38,120 should hit whenever he comes in. It took like 5 years to like for 188 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:43,160 that to come off and then it did in 2024 very, very nicely for 189 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:45,240 him. I think that will continue. 190 00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:48,280 But their worry is like if if they stack up, yes, yes. 191 00:13:48,280 --> 00:13:51,840 We just well Surya when she Shimran had Meyer, Ryan Parag at 192 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:58,400 the top 4, then you are left with like who man Dhruv Jurail 193 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:00,520 and Ravindra Jadeja for your middle order. 194 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:03,840 Then you have to start going into your overseas resources 195 00:14:03,840 --> 00:14:09,120 because Karan is out of the season, so they'll end up 196 00:14:09,120 --> 00:14:11,480 playing Donovan. Donovan Ferreira, maybe? 197 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:13,960 Exactly. Yeah, that's what I was 198 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:15,640 thinking. I think they'll end up playing 199 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:18,400 Donovan Ferreira because he balances them. 200 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:23,920 I think honestly, adding Ravindra Jadeja, I thought about 201 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:28,480 it, as much as I dislike in the 20s, I think he balances the 202 00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:31,600 team. Like if he bats at #7 perhaps 203 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:34,560 you know that. No, you don't think he's going 204 00:14:34,640 --> 00:14:36,080 to I. Think I think he's going to end 205 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:39,960 up batting much higher, like just because of how this team is 206 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:43,360 set up yeah, because. He's. 207 00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:46,960 Going to do the Ashwin roll and horribly so. 208 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:53,320 But but to his credit, like I saw some somebody send me a 209 00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:58,640 video where he started bowling the carom ball Like Jadeja has 210 00:14:58,640 --> 00:15:03,240 started bowling the carom ball. Ashwin spoke about it I think in 211 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:06,360 one of his videos, one of his hazard videos that he publishes 212 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:13,760 that Jadeja doesn't experiment. So maybe I think CSK is and I 213 00:15:13,760 --> 00:15:16,880 and I say this casually, this is not a controversy. 214 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:19,520 Maybe CSK is a stifling place to be. 215 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:22,400 I mean it never allowed him to prosper. 216 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:26,360 I have long held the opinion that if Ravinder Jadeja was at 217 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:30,520 any other IPL team outside of CSK, he would have been a 218 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:34,120 bonafide superstar. T20 bonafide superstar. 219 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:38,280 That's what he was at Rajasthan Royals before he left Rajasthan 220 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:44,080 Royals and under the shadow of an uncapped player, he probably 221 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:47,880 never got his due. If that one CSK fan who's 222 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:50,640 listening is angry, then we will talk. 223 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:55,040 He's he's still got his fitness. I feel like they're going to get 224 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:59,120 a couple good years out of him at least, if not more. 225 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:01,800 He's I don't mind him in the squad. 226 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:04,640 Like I feel like he makes sense, especially without Samkar. 227 00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:08,240 And like both Ferreira and Jadeja need to play like the 228 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:13,480 central six, number six, number seven role or perhaps higher if 229 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:16,480 they need to, you know, settle things down. 230 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:18,400 You might send Jadeja ahead, right? 231 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:22,080 So I don't, I don't mind their batting the top three. 232 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:25,960 If Shimron Hitmaier is #3 that's mouth watering. 233 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:31,200 What a great top three line up. Like I would be scared to be an 234 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:37,160 opening bowler against these or I would be really scared to be 235 00:16:37,160 --> 00:16:43,800 the first spinner that comes on. Actually not so much I mean 236 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:48,560 because like, I mean, I would be scared but it makes bowling 237 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:55,320 plans easier because just like SRH, they'll have 3 left handers 238 00:16:55,320 --> 00:17:00,560 in the top three. So yeah, welcome back Jayanti 239 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:05,200 Yadav or any other right arm off spinner like. 240 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:09,319 Yeah, I think that that is the one. 241 00:17:09,319 --> 00:17:14,119 Worry, that is the one worry and and if Sanga has that in mind, 242 00:17:14,119 --> 00:17:19,200 then probably they keep sending Parag at 3 and not at 4:00. 243 00:17:19,599 --> 00:17:23,560 And I think 3 is too early for Parag, 4 is too late for Shimran 244 00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:25,480 Hetpath. Shimran Hetpath had a great 245 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:27,960 World Cup at 3:00. It's true, he did. 246 00:17:28,480 --> 00:17:30,280 We haven't talked about their coaching structure. 247 00:17:30,280 --> 00:17:35,320 So they have Vikram Rathore who was famously the Indian team 248 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:41,200 batting coach as well as a batting coach and he's I've 249 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:44,280 rarely seen him make too many wrong decisions. 250 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:46,160 So I think he's he's going to be good. 251 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:50,640 They also have Shubham Dube who did well last year. 252 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:54,480 He's some middle order bat. So if they want just some pure 253 00:17:54,480 --> 00:17:58,680 batting down the order and this guy Ravi Singh is also 254 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:03,600 interesting. He did really well in SMAT and 255 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:08,560 he bats pretty, pretty fast. He hits at 173 and he scored 256 00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:13,880 like 218 runs in seven matches. So I, I like, I like this guy. 257 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:18,480 I think they should try him a few like in a few games because 258 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:21,960 what they really need is a middle order bat more than 259 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:26,160 anything else. Aman Rao is the opening batter 260 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:28,840 who have who they have as a sub. I don't think he's going to get 261 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:32,400 to play because they have just enough opening. 262 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:35,040 I don't think they'll have they'll have a slot there. 263 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:38,160 So I think batting or all rounders. 264 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:42,960 OK bowling mate. They got Jofra ultra back now. 265 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:46,600 Jofra has bowled pretty well. Like speed wise he's up there. 266 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:50,720 In the World Cup, he only took wickets towards the end. 267 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:54,280 He actually didn't take a lot of wickets in his opening overs. 268 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:58,680 So I don't know if he's still at if he's yet at his peak. 269 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:02,840 But yeah, he he could get there. Like it would be good to have 270 00:19:02,840 --> 00:19:08,080 Jofra and he's he doesn't give a crap about conditions there in. 271 00:19:08,760 --> 00:19:12,560 But yeah, they will feel Sam Curran's loss, I think, in this 272 00:19:12,560 --> 00:19:17,880 team in. Big 2026 like it is a big loss 273 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:21,760 for them. I think more than Jadeja, 274 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:24,920 Samkaran was helping them balance the team. 275 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:30,440 And I'm I'm OK with their fast bowling. 276 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:34,360 Like Arsenal, if at all you can call it that because they have 277 00:19:34,360 --> 00:19:36,280 that. They have Sandeep Sharma also 278 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:41,560 Kuldeep send Nandre burger, Tushar Deshmah burger. 279 00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:44,560 Is a left-hander and he takes a decent number of wickets. 280 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:47,920 Actually, like Burger Tushar Deshpande? 281 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:50,560 Yeah, he goes for too many runs like that man. 282 00:19:50,560 --> 00:19:54,080 Just helps. Just he buys wickets so that's 283 00:19:54,080 --> 00:19:57,200 fine. You always need one fast bowler 284 00:19:57,200 --> 00:20:00,760 who can buy wickets and and not be ashamed about it. 285 00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:04,680 I think Tushar Deshpande is that fast bowler I have. 286 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:08,040 I have a lot of respect for such fast bowlers because the 287 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:12,120 inherent like nature of fast bowling is the moment you get 288 00:20:12,120 --> 00:20:15,160 hit, narrow show aggression. Tushar is like Nitu Marna. 289 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:23,200 Big hearted, yeah, big hearted, big hearted. 290 00:20:27,360 --> 00:20:30,680 If you get somebody like that when you're playing like in 291 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:34,280 gully cricket or like any, any like street cricket and all like 292 00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:37,880 it's, it's crazy. They will frustrate the hell out 293 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:40,480 of you, but they'll take 5 wickets in like 3 overs 294 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:42,880 randomly. But it's damn good fun. 295 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:46,960 I I love, I love such bowlers. And that's why he was working 296 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:52,200 well also at CSK. Like who we just said, probably 297 00:20:52,520 --> 00:20:55,800 is a stifling experience, but maybe it allowed Tushar 298 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:59,640 Deshmande to bloom and and Ravindra Jadeja not to. 299 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:01,240 Yeah. Yeah, that's probably. 300 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:03,080 Fair. I think so. 301 00:21:03,080 --> 00:21:05,040 Fast bowling I'm not super worried. 302 00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:08,040 They also have Adam Mill who hasn't done a lot in a while. 303 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:14,160 They have Mufaka who all he's pretty fast but he's not the 304 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:18,240 finished deal yet, but they they have a really good coach. 305 00:21:18,760 --> 00:21:23,320 Just to burden though, I play this say Wordle K time pen as a 306 00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:25,200 cricket type of Wordle. We should go get the words are 307 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:27,680 right. So I still have. 308 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:29,520 So there's this thing called stumble. 309 00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:36,160 So it's not really Wordle. So it's not Wordle. 310 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:38,000 You are not guessing a name, you are guessing the whole player. 311 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:42,960 But I guess was actually Adam Mill and I was surprised. 312 00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:45,680 So I was able to guess it, but I was surprised. 313 00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:49,920 He like how much he has he played like, I mean, Kabir 314 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:53,800 Diktani is already like 33 now, I think, Yeah. 315 00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:57,520 But it's New Zealand, right I. Know I know he's only played 70 316 00:21:57,520 --> 00:22:02,440 odd although I think uncle stats are maybe like an year old or 317 00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:09,280 something but last year we can't so but yeah I would like Jesse 318 00:22:09,280 --> 00:22:13,520 Merezath I wanted to see admire and Kuran together for the West 319 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:17,280 Indies, which never happened. We see locky or milnavi Muslim 320 00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:21,480 New Zealand Kilika videsh anyway, so because the yeah I. 321 00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:24,320 Think feels. Sadati and I would love 2150 KS 322 00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:25,800 in their prime. Madajati. 323 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:29,000 But anyway, yeah. Do you think MIL bowls bowls at 324 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:32,000 that speed now? Anymore I don't. 325 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:32,680 I don't. Think so? 326 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:33,640 Seen him? I don't think so. 327 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:35,320 Yeah, Yeah. I don't think so. 328 00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:37,520 Yeah. But they do have. 329 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:42,120 Fast bowlers, right, Because they have Jofra, who was he was 330 00:22:42,120 --> 00:22:46,080 hitting 148 in the World Cup. I don't know in case speed guns 331 00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:49,080 casted at them, but yeah, he was hitting 148. 332 00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:53,200 Mafaka can hit 145, I think even faster. 333 00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:58,600 Bergera Patani, I think he's a little slower, but yeah, if 334 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:01,000 that's that's a good speed battery. 335 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:03,560 What's even more interesting is their spin. 336 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:06,120 So Ravi Bishnoi, I think great pick up. 337 00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:10,600 I'm surprised that they were able to pick him up and someone 338 00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:13,400 released him. I wonder how smart the team must 339 00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:15,880 have been that released him or if. 340 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:17,240 The. Owner. 341 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:20,080 Has even like the slightest amount of brains at all. 342 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:23,360 Who Who knows really who? Released it. 343 00:23:23,360 --> 00:23:25,240 Vignesh Puthar. Also should not have been 344 00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:31,480 released because MI sent him to to MI Cape Town for training 345 00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:34,000 with the MI team there and they have Rashid there. 346 00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:37,280 He got they tried to get him really good exposure and then 347 00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:40,640 they released him. I don't understand this either. 348 00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:44,200 Like why would you develop a player and then release him so? 349 00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:49,560 I I want to ask an important question again, is that have the 350 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:56,640 Rajasthan Royals replaced Sanju Samson for their Kerala fan base 351 00:23:56,640 --> 00:23:59,600 with Vignesh Putur? That's the important question. 352 00:24:00,360 --> 00:24:02,400 Like to go? On a rant again. 353 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:07,000 Tumhare pass Puragapura, Kerala plus Gulf plus every other 354 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:09,520 corner of the world may ache. IPL fanta. 355 00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:14,760 You are a nondescript city in North India called Jaipur. 356 00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:23,000 Tumko milre fans tumne Bola Ki nai humna isko Chennai clowns. 357 00:24:24,320 --> 00:24:27,560 And I need some fans, you know, like it's not like they have a 358 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:30,880 rabbit fan base or anything. You know, they're, they're very 359 00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:34,080 sorted and they have their heads screwed, screwed on right. 360 00:24:35,120 --> 00:24:39,360 You know, they're not like illogical about things at all. 361 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:43,160 It's a very calm and composed fan base, right? 362 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:48,400 I will say this again, I said this in the CSK preview. 363 00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:53,400 I saw two grown men crying at the toss in the last IS. 364 00:24:55,480 --> 00:25:04,880 It just recording previous like this is like 730 whatever. 7:00 365 00:25:04,880 --> 00:25:10,640 in the evening and like randomly like too grown and crying like 366 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:15,200 the toss. Like, no, that's fine. 367 00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:24,680 So that was Dhoni's return as Captain Toss for. 368 00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:27,080 A reason toss. For a reason. 369 00:25:30,360 --> 00:25:36,320 All right. What is our verdict on RRZ? 370 00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:41,000 They they have a good team, but I don't think they're going to 371 00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:47,640 do anything in this season. I think they're mid table like I 372 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:53,440 think having Ryan Parag lead this team is just it's just so 373 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:57,600 strange. I I don't know how that's good. 374 00:25:57,920 --> 00:26:02,560 Like they will they will be either amazing or just really, 375 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:05,520 really bad. Maybe mid table is like that's 376 00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:10,440 me trying to find the mean of both of these ends at this. 377 00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:13,960 Point in time, I think in our IPL previews, we have 8 teams 378 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:17,240 who are mid table and RCB who are going to qualify. 379 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:24,120 So I think it's going well because DC is mid table 380 00:26:24,120 --> 00:26:28,640 according to the Capitals blood boys, the KKR definitely mid 381 00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:30,560 table. I I mean my personal opinion, 382 00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:34,280 they should not be allowed to play the IPL with Ajinkya Rahane 383 00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:36,520 as captain Manish Pandey in the squad. 384 00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:40,280 What and? They released and they released. 385 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:42,440 They released. Fizz. 386 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:47,000 Yeah. They released Fizz Richard's. 387 00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:52,520 I mean, for Fizz is just like, I had even forgotten Kal preview 388 00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:55,280 me randomly. She's like, should they have 389 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:57,520 bought Fizz? I was like, Oh my God, this is 390 00:26:57,520 --> 00:27:01,720 so good. Yeah, like LSG mid table. 391 00:27:03,280 --> 00:27:07,720 Who else's mid table carry a gamut table which means one of 392 00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:11,520 these mediocre teams is going to qualify and ensure that. 393 00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:14,960 Eventually, yeah, and eventually get beaten by Mumbai, your RCB. 394 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:20,000 Yeah, yeah, that's that's the right. 395 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:27,000 So coming to the Gujarat. Or something Rajasthan every 396 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:31,560 single time you know they will lose three matches right at the 397 00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:34,200 end. This not every season with it's 398 00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:35,840 the last. One but to. 399 00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:40,880 But to match continuously but. But I was starting K matches 400 00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:42,960 because was Samsung used to be crazy. 401 00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:45,000 Yeah, yeah. Exactly, exactly Samsung. 402 00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:48,840 Used to be like, so, so whatever Samsung had a run like whatever 403 00:27:48,840 --> 00:27:53,480 run, team run, team match run. He had the World Cup at the end. 404 00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:55,600 That used to be at the start, right? 405 00:27:55,600 --> 00:28:01,800 Like like you could meet a random like this year I'm like 406 00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:08,560 Abhi like like yeah, like don't you know the script by now? 407 00:28:09,120 --> 00:28:14,840 But yeah, I'm I'm hoping, I'm hoping like I like I see this 408 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:18,120 every year. I think now last few years, if 409 00:28:18,120 --> 00:28:26,160 RR win the title, it'll be like a new winner and like yeah, 410 00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:28,520 that's true. I I'll be happy. 411 00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:31,400 New winners always. You both OK Yeah. 412 00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:39,280 KKR or the CSK or MI or the important question needs to be 413 00:28:39,280 --> 00:28:43,680 answered so that we can give more money to Mukesh Ambani. 414 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:48,760 OK, fine, you already know, but buckle up. 415 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:55,840 OK, so Rajasthan Royals are owned by Manoj Badali and the 416 00:28:55,840 --> 00:29:01,800 Royals group, OK. One of the owners who has a 13% 417 00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:06,760 stake is Lachlan Murdoch. You know of the Murdoch fame. 418 00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:12,560 The Murdoch family inspired HBO's hit show Succession, and 419 00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:15,160 the Roy family within that group is supposed to represent the 420 00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:18,760 Murdoch family. Kendall Roy Within the Roy 421 00:29:18,760 --> 00:29:23,960 family, he sees a lot of early success only to stumble and 422 00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:28,440 struggle with extremely low points including coke residue on 423 00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:35,360 his kids iPad and being in a car that crashes into a lake. 424 00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:39,960 And you know, the guy sitting next to him dies and you know, 425 00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:42,840 he goes through a lot of trauma. He has to check into rehab. 426 00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:45,480 Major deals are falling through all around him. 427 00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:47,640 He gets removed as CEO of the company. 428 00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:49,720 Basically, he's stumbling through life. 429 00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:55,560 Not so different from RR, you know, spot fixing bands, letting 430 00:29:55,560 --> 00:29:59,160 go Sanju just before he explodes into world fame. 431 00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:05,040 You know, it's there's so much like Kendall Roy on succession. 432 00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:09,040 And then there's another layer, which is that Jeremy Strong, who 433 00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:12,720 plays Kendall Roy is basically like a method actor and he takes 434 00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:17,320 it to the next degree. Like he doesn't talk to his, you 435 00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:20,200 know, the other people on set. He doesn't talk to anyone that 436 00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:24,040 Kendall Roy wouldn't talk. He's basically just a greedy 437 00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:29,840 asshole on set and he loses the Emmy every year to he's less 438 00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:33,200 famous. Culkin Kiran every single time 439 00:30:33,560 --> 00:30:34,640 I. Mean and that's. 440 00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:38,280 RR for you, yeah. He's a more famous Culkin now. 441 00:30:38,640 --> 00:30:40,720 He has an Oscar. Yeah, like he. 442 00:30:40,760 --> 00:30:43,800 Would still say Home alone. Macaulay Culkin, I mean. 443 00:30:45,160 --> 00:30:49,240 Yeah, yes, yeah. Yes, that's basically RR like 444 00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:52,400 just fall flat on their faces every time. 445 00:30:52,400 --> 00:30:55,960 It's it's almost sad now, just like Kendall. 446 00:30:56,680 --> 00:31:01,360 Kendall didn't have a Kendall didn't have a happy ending at 447 00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:04,920 the end of succession. So while we have just said we 448 00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:08,440 like new winners, we have assigned Rajasthan Royals with 449 00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:11,320 Kendall Roy. Yeah, not this year. 450 00:31:11,320 --> 00:31:12,800 I don't know. Not this year. 451 00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:18,760 I think EQ can enable that. Not this year, cricket football 452 00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:20,440 fans. This is our year, Bolte. 453 00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:24,120 Some should be realistic like. Not this year, Sir. 454 00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:34,760 I have that team which? Is a good segue to bring on 455 00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:41,720 Nishant to talk about Kings 11 Punjab or as they are now 456 00:31:41,720 --> 00:32:14,000 called, Punjab Kings PBKS? So I said, so these boys said, 457 00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:21,680 OK, if we, I said, but if you win really well, I'll make it. 458 00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:28,600 So I said OK. Yeah. 459 00:32:34,760 --> 00:32:42,400 Finally. But nothing. 460 00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:51,600 Can be. I am so IPLOG level continuously 461 00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:54,960 Kings 11 Punjabi and Rich has been like correcting me in the 462 00:32:54,960 --> 00:32:58,040 charts and you know, it's actually PBKS now and I was 463 00:32:58,040 --> 00:33:00,600 like, yeah, PBKS but. Yeah. 464 00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:06,640 Punjab Kings of Comedy Punjab Kings of Comedy have reached the 465 00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:10,320 IPL finals 2 times if I remember correctly. 466 00:33:10,840 --> 00:33:16,040 Yeah, 2 times. Twice. 2014 they lost to KKR and 467 00:33:16,760 --> 00:33:21,800 2025 of course they lost to RCBRCB. 468 00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:28,920 But they have a good squad and to discuss that and how that 469 00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:33,120 good squad is going to fuck it up all over again, they do. 470 00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:35,080 I don't think so. They have a good squad. 471 00:33:35,080 --> 00:33:40,680 Yeah, like compared to the other squirts that I saw, I haven't 472 00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:44,760 seen. I need to. 473 00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:48,040 Tell you something very important about Punjab. 474 00:33:48,280 --> 00:33:49,760 Sorry. Yeah. 475 00:33:49,760 --> 00:33:54,400 The most important thing about Punjab is that they have, they 476 00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:59,280 have this annoying little spinner, and he's his. 477 00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:03,600 He has a really long, ridiculous name and he wears strange 478 00:34:03,600 --> 00:34:06,120 T-shirts. But he's stopped drinking, guys. 479 00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:08,320 He has stopped drinking since last year. 480 00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:12,159 And it's all to build up his body and his health for but. 481 00:34:16,120 --> 00:34:24,639 Donald Trump, but he's. 81 Yeah sorry. 482 00:34:24,639 --> 00:34:33,600 So how so As I was saying he how how can how can any team so KKR 483 00:34:33,639 --> 00:34:38,120 was able to get Tim Seyfert and Finn Allen together for a total 484 00:34:38,120 --> 00:34:43,480 of 3.5 crores in the auction. Or hamare Ponting bhai sapne 485 00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:48,840 Dean Carole dear Cooper corner legally akele just the photo 486 00:34:48,840 --> 00:34:54,000 winning IPL give website to and kiss called me I'm looking at it 487 00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:57,520 right now. Yeah, by the way, Yeah, last 488 00:34:57,520 --> 00:35:05,200 year we like a lot of photos. May you remember we had gotten 489 00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:07,880 all the players vote. So what's the local? 490 00:35:09,240 --> 00:35:12,120 Yeah, this is a feature, not a bug, OK. 491 00:35:12,640 --> 00:35:15,840 OK. And by the way, like through 492 00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:22,800 some sheer genius, Cooper and David Bartlett in the same IPL 493 00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:30,640 team, how did that happen? Hardly national team like this. 494 00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:35,880 Must be some crazy coincidence. So like domestic numbers in the 495 00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:38,600 batting case. But somehow when I looked at 496 00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:41,240 specially because I was looking at Mumbai and Punjab more. 497 00:35:41,680 --> 00:35:45,400 Yet the Indian. Batters in the Mumbai Indians 498 00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:48,840 11, They strike fear in the opposition. 499 00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:52,120 I don't think this Punjab batting lineup does that. 500 00:35:52,120 --> 00:35:57,160 So they might still surprise us and perform, but it's just that 501 00:35:57,160 --> 00:35:59,600 I don't see where the runs are coming from. 502 00:36:00,160 --> 00:36:01,560 Really. To be honest, I think. 503 00:36:02,600 --> 00:36:03,560 They have. Like. 504 00:36:04,520 --> 00:36:07,080 Hey, take care they. They might. 505 00:36:07,080 --> 00:36:08,960 They might have when they have good days. 506 00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:13,200 Matlabo. Cough me in like, because, 507 00:36:13,400 --> 00:36:17,360 because, like. Priyansharia exactly when these 508 00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:21,040 guys are bawling in front of you like the audio, cough me. 509 00:36:22,080 --> 00:36:25,640 Remember that, Don't you cough me cough. 510 00:36:25,640 --> 00:36:30,400 Who opens for MI? Rohit Sharma, how do we know he 511 00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:33,400 opens for MI? Because everywhere you go on the 512 00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:36,600 Internet, there is a Reel or a Instagram short or whatever. 513 00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:37,240 YouTube. No. 514 00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:42,360 Yeah. Priyank Sharia. 515 00:36:43,560 --> 00:36:47,680 But Rohit Sharma has, despite having very mediocre numbers for 516 00:36:47,680 --> 00:36:54,800 MI come on, he's he's proven like last season he did well, 517 00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:59,600 but I. Remember like like Prabhsimran 518 00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:06,480 Kukon, they appear by pocket rocket Chota recharge full talk 519 00:37:06,480 --> 00:37:12,640 time. Like he can score as many runs 520 00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:15,840 as he wants, but like that level of PR is never going to come. 521 00:37:16,440 --> 00:37:19,240 I think. They're fairly decent it's just 522 00:37:19,240 --> 00:37:24,600 that he will cost me better but I think they are very efficient 523 00:37:24,640 --> 00:37:28,560 and I hope that continues because the very rare left right 524 00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:32,240 opening combination don't know go for it. 525 00:37:32,440 --> 00:37:35,720 Even though prob is a little slower than pre hunch but they 526 00:37:35,720 --> 00:37:37,480 go for it. Not a lot. 527 00:37:38,240 --> 00:37:39,240 Prob's. Numbers. 528 00:37:39,240 --> 00:37:43,680 They're equivalent to Jaswal almost last year, so he had 529 00:37:44,040 --> 00:37:48,000 almost a 550 run season, 160 strike rate. 530 00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:50,440 You know, he's playing on flatter pitches. 531 00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:54,000 So yes, he's a little slower than Jaswal and his average is 532 00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:56,960 32. So they're almost always off to 533 00:37:56,960 --> 00:37:59,640 decent starts. And Priyansh Arya is actually 534 00:37:59,960 --> 00:38:01,760 better. He's the better of the two. 535 00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:02,800 Yeah, that's. What? 536 00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:05,320 I said So he's put. Fewer, yeah. 537 00:38:05,360 --> 00:38:10,000 So if Arya is going at let's say 18190, prob probably goes at 538 00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:15,920 114150 in the middle and then again there is a acceleration, 539 00:38:16,440 --> 00:38:17,800 OK. I mean, yeah, that's. 540 00:38:17,960 --> 00:38:18,960 Right. But yeah, there's a lot too, 541 00:38:18,960 --> 00:38:20,640 right? Yeah, I mean then you have 542 00:38:20,720 --> 00:38:25,600 Shreyas support I think and Nehal Batera he I remember he 543 00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:31,680 was in MI at one time and he was he was kind of doing OK, but I 544 00:38:31,680 --> 00:38:36,840 haven't really seen do we know who they who did they let go of 545 00:38:36,840 --> 00:38:42,040 someone before the auction or? Yeah, research do. 546 00:38:43,480 --> 00:38:50,360 I have in my format who they bought but I didn't know who 547 00:38:50,360 --> 00:38:52,600 they let go. I know. 548 00:38:52,640 --> 00:38:55,000 Too many. I don't see any unfamiliar 549 00:38:55,000 --> 00:39:00,000 names, so I don't think they let go of any big names. 550 00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:02,920 I don't know if they had a very big purse for the auction. 551 00:39:06,240 --> 00:39:09,120 They had maxi. No, Ashutosh went, he's in 552 00:39:09,120 --> 00:39:12,080 Delhi. Maxi of course left Josh Inglis, 553 00:39:12,240 --> 00:39:14,920 Kuldeep Sen and Pravin Dube. Aaron Hardy. 554 00:39:14,920 --> 00:39:20,000 Also basically Australians. Australian school. 555 00:39:20,080 --> 00:39:26,720 Yeah, like, but all Australian coaches have done this since the 556 00:39:26,720 --> 00:39:35,400 start of the IPL or yeah, like what a Thailand, New Zealand, 557 00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:39,600 get out of Kabir. That was just so I tried making 558 00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:43,800 the playing 11 for Punjab. So again, like it's just the 559 00:39:43,880 --> 00:39:52,360 maybe decency bias, but even if Priyansh and have excellent 560 00:39:52,360 --> 00:40:02,320 seasons and then like, but also like Kaffee stops me, I don't I 561 00:40:02,320 --> 00:40:05,120 don't really know. So that's why I felt Keith well, 562 00:40:05,120 --> 00:40:11,080 Shashank and Jansen again, like he is probably their best 563 00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:14,120 bowler. He has to be their finisher as 564 00:40:14,120 --> 00:40:23,040 well. That literally about that 2004 565 00:40:24,320 --> 00:40:27,120 this is. This is the Pornstar 11 Part 2. 566 00:40:28,440 --> 00:40:31,840 Like I don't know why did they buy them? 567 00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:34,680 I have no idea. Yeah, I think they did well in 568 00:40:34,680 --> 00:40:39,960 BPLBBL. So both I think I looked into 569 00:40:39,960 --> 00:40:41,560 this. In the world. 570 00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:45,280 Cup, right, Deutsches does well. Deutsches will be like, you 571 00:40:45,280 --> 00:40:52,000 know, he's tall. He's lefty though, unless they 572 00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:54,760 know how. Like maybe they have seen him do 573 00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:59,920 some absolute magic somewhere. So yeah. 574 00:40:59,960 --> 00:41:04,440 But my worry is only key. Too much yance and dependency. 575 00:41:04,640 --> 00:41:07,400 Here and then. Shreyas has to have like Kohli 576 00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:12,400 level, 2016, Kohli level tournament for them to do well 577 00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:14,760 with the bat. Just a doubt. 578 00:41:14,880 --> 00:41:16,720 Because he's coming back from the surgery. 579 00:41:16,720 --> 00:41:18,200 Actually, you might be. Right. 580 00:41:18,480 --> 00:41:22,400 Because I looked at Nehal's Vaderas numbers, they weren't 581 00:41:22,400 --> 00:41:25,600 that great last year, although I remember him doing some a couple 582 00:41:25,600 --> 00:41:30,120 of rescue jobs pretty well. To be really honest, I thought 583 00:41:30,120 --> 00:41:32,480 he was. People are going to come at me, 584 00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:36,720 but I thought Nehal should not have been released by MI. 585 00:41:36,840 --> 00:41:38,680 It should have been Tilak who was released. 586 00:41:38,720 --> 00:41:42,640 I think Nehal was better, according to me, looking as a 587 00:41:42,640 --> 00:41:46,840 batter than Tilak technically. But yeah, now. 588 00:41:46,920 --> 00:41:52,760 After the World Cup, yeah. I I'm not the biggest Tilak fan, 589 00:41:53,560 --> 00:41:57,440 but I feel like there's there's other players who can go down 590 00:41:57,520 --> 00:41:59,040 but. Yeah. 591 00:41:59,360 --> 00:42:02,120 Yeah, he's his numbers are better than Nehal Vadhera right 592 00:42:02,120 --> 00:42:05,000 now for sure. So you know, can't argue with 593 00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:06,760 that logic. And also. 594 00:42:07,600 --> 00:42:12,920 I mean, he's he's done it in much more pressure situations 595 00:42:12,920 --> 00:42:15,000 like Asia Cup Mickey after World Cup Mickey. 596 00:42:15,400 --> 00:42:23,000 So he has the form behind him. Also Locky is also he sometimes 597 00:42:23,120 --> 00:42:25,640 close or sometimes close. So they're. 598 00:42:25,640 --> 00:42:28,080 Both hit or miss, right? The answer and Locky. 599 00:42:28,760 --> 00:42:32,200 Yeah, actually Jansen also we saw in the semi final. 600 00:42:33,360 --> 00:42:37,520 So it's not but I think those one of things like that was just 601 00:42:37,520 --> 00:42:40,360 a completely. I think that's just that that 602 00:42:40,360 --> 00:42:43,960 game should not be taken into, you know, while while doing 603 00:42:43,960 --> 00:42:47,160 analysis. That's South Africa's New 604 00:42:47,160 --> 00:42:52,760 Zealand semi final. But again, yeah, so again the 605 00:42:52,760 --> 00:42:56,960 same Jared Weller point. So in at least when I try to 606 00:42:56,960 --> 00:43:02,440 make they're playing 11 Jansen Komes 7 can reach a knee. 607 00:43:03,760 --> 00:43:08,200 So I don't know again, like 7 Jansen and seven is too high. 608 00:43:08,960 --> 00:43:12,800 Like I don't underrate his batting as much as dad does, but 609 00:43:12,800 --> 00:43:19,680 still considering you Uber says Taunus Vadera 7 is still too 610 00:43:19,680 --> 00:43:24,640 high for him and I and I'm honestly not sure how how useful 611 00:43:24,640 --> 00:43:27,240 is Mitch Owen? I haven't looked up his numbers. 612 00:43:27,800 --> 00:43:31,480 Mitch. Oven had one BBL final May 100 613 00:43:31,480 --> 00:43:36,640 and and then after that 100. Is BBL, he's an all rounder, 614 00:43:36,640 --> 00:43:38,400 right? But he's an all rounder. 615 00:43:38,400 --> 00:43:40,680 So he's not like, you know, the open bigger letter. 616 00:43:41,080 --> 00:43:45,200 I don't, I don't know. I think it was a 39 ball 100. 617 00:43:45,640 --> 00:43:48,320 OK, Yeah. And then we have Shashank Singh, 618 00:43:48,480 --> 00:43:51,480 who's also technically a all rounder, but Shashank Singh has 619 00:43:51,560 --> 00:43:53,680 rescued them a few times. He's. 620 00:43:53,680 --> 00:43:55,040 Rescued them a few times but yeah. 621 00:43:55,040 --> 00:43:59,680 So he will definitely be 5 or 6, but so so is is Oven a better 622 00:43:59,680 --> 00:44:01,560 bowler than Omar Zai? No. 623 00:44:01,560 --> 00:44:02,680 No. So then. 624 00:44:02,680 --> 00:44:04,440 How do you even? Fit both of them together. 625 00:44:05,000 --> 00:44:08,120 So that's my point. So then Oven might not even play 626 00:44:09,080 --> 00:44:11,160 he barely. Selected Omar Zai last year. 627 00:44:11,160 --> 00:44:13,520 I was really mad at them. No, but. 628 00:44:14,240 --> 00:44:14,840 We'll be here. Yeah. 629 00:44:15,400 --> 00:44:16,600 No, no. So that's what I'm saying, Omar 630 00:44:16,600 --> 00:44:18,200 Zai will say. But Oven might not play. 631 00:44:18,440 --> 00:44:20,080 Yeah. You were upset with Punjab. 632 00:44:20,720 --> 00:44:21,360 What? Yeah, I. 633 00:44:21,360 --> 00:44:24,880 Was upset with Punjab because they there are two really 634 00:44:24,880 --> 00:44:28,920 favorite players of mine like I'm AI really like homers. 635 00:44:28,920 --> 00:44:32,640 I have a soft spot for him. I have a soft corner for him and 636 00:44:32,640 --> 00:44:37,920 also her pre bra and they just yeah refuse to set teams and 637 00:44:37,920 --> 00:44:42,000 select her pre bra. Like he's literally like such a 638 00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:44,920 cool bowler. Or to select like. 639 00:44:45,600 --> 00:44:48,440 Considering. They only have two, two like 640 00:44:48,680 --> 00:44:52,600 main spinners. I I think they will pick the the 641 00:44:52,600 --> 00:44:58,080 T-shirt guy over him again. What about Mushir Khan, Sarfaraz 642 00:44:58,080 --> 00:45:00,040 Khan's brother? You think he's going to get a 643 00:45:00,040 --> 00:45:02,400 game? Doesn't get a game, I think 644 00:45:02,440 --> 00:45:06,600 unless like there are injuries to what they are or he's done 645 00:45:06,600 --> 00:45:10,560 something crazy in this their intra team match yoga. 646 00:45:10,600 --> 00:45:16,720 I think all of those things are there, but I doubt it because 647 00:45:16,720 --> 00:45:23,560 that looks like despite not like being so fearful of them, but 648 00:45:23,560 --> 00:45:28,680 like they're, they're like top five, top six look settled like 649 00:45:28,840 --> 00:45:31,720 Priyank Sharya and Prabhsimran open. 650 00:45:32,160 --> 00:45:36,840 Then you have a combination of Shashank Singh Shreyasayer and 651 00:45:36,840 --> 00:45:39,160 Nehal Vadhyaya and. And. 652 00:45:39,240 --> 00:45:43,880 And that actually is, is really good because they have a strong 653 00:45:43,880 --> 00:45:46,360 Indian core. And then they can focus on 654 00:45:46,720 --> 00:45:50,960 getting, let's say, a strainers in Cooper Connolly, who might 655 00:45:50,960 --> 00:45:52,400 just play. Yeah. 656 00:45:52,400 --> 00:45:56,680 And and and then Marco Jansen is nailed on and there's. 657 00:45:56,720 --> 00:45:58,320 Still. There is. 658 00:45:58,320 --> 00:46:04,080 Still a scope for one more foreigner and that could that 659 00:46:04,080 --> 00:46:06,600 foreigner could very well be an impact player in this case. 660 00:46:06,600 --> 00:46:09,280 So let's say then Mushir Khan has a chance. 661 00:46:09,280 --> 00:46:13,600 So then Mushir can step out and that foreigner comes in as the 662 00:46:13,680 --> 00:46:17,240 4th, 4th foreigner and the impact player. 663 00:46:17,240 --> 00:46:19,680 I mean, that could be interesting, but let's see, 664 00:46:20,040 --> 00:46:22,520 yeah. Yeah, I think, I think for. 665 00:46:22,960 --> 00:46:24,920 Fast bowling, I say. I mean. 666 00:46:24,920 --> 00:46:31,600 It's steep hair, locky, steep Locky Bartlett, Gracias, Jansen, 667 00:46:32,040 --> 00:46:37,200 but without without impacts of they only have 5 bowlers, I 668 00:46:37,200 --> 00:46:41,520 think so I mean impacts of hair. So they they will have that 669 00:46:41,520 --> 00:46:46,160 sixth option, but but then because otherwise, like you're 670 00:46:46,280 --> 00:46:51,000 looking at 2-3 of us from Stoinis and bowling at. 671 00:46:51,560 --> 00:47:00,000 Like Ahmedabad? Or Mumbai like it's good that 672 00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:03,960 impacts they can probably get get some get an extra bowler 673 00:47:04,200 --> 00:47:06,960 otherwise would probably be their 6th bowler. 674 00:47:09,200 --> 00:47:11,080 Yeah. How did Vaishakh do last year? 675 00:47:11,080 --> 00:47:17,440 I don't remember but they. Didn't play him well because he 676 00:47:17,440 --> 00:47:19,840 played in that one. He played, he played I think a 677 00:47:19,840 --> 00:47:23,160 few games. But like in that one game versus 678 00:47:23,160 --> 00:47:26,360 Shimran Admire, if you remember, he will continue bowling those 679 00:47:26,400 --> 00:47:29,320 wide line yorkers and he bowled them really well. 680 00:47:29,640 --> 00:47:34,560 But then he wasn't used as much. He had he by the way, like side 681 00:47:34,560 --> 00:47:39,240 note, bowled very, very well in that Ranji final AB that just 682 00:47:39,360 --> 00:47:42,160 recently got concluded. Of course the wickets column 683 00:47:42,160 --> 00:47:46,280 doesn't show it, but he was just like, really, really good. 684 00:47:47,520 --> 00:47:49,840 OK, Where? Yeah, I like. 685 00:47:49,840 --> 00:47:51,840 Him. I liked him for RCB also. 686 00:47:51,880 --> 00:47:54,640 I thought he was. Yeah, he has good potential. 687 00:47:54,640 --> 00:47:59,240 Yeah, yeah, yeah. Very, very hard working and 688 00:47:59,840 --> 00:48:07,360 looks like he like again one of those players then you have no 689 00:48:08,120 --> 00:48:10,720 stress with regards to your plans failing. 690 00:48:10,800 --> 00:48:13,760 If you have somebody like this in the team and especially fast 691 00:48:13,760 --> 00:48:16,000 bowlers again and again I'm saying fast bowlers because you 692 00:48:16,560 --> 00:48:28,320 fast bowlers like 8 ball then they are gone like but this guy 693 00:48:28,320 --> 00:48:32,760 does it well. All right then which up to? 694 00:48:33,080 --> 00:48:36,000 The bottom like I don't know, I mean they. 695 00:48:37,440 --> 00:48:40,480 Have to guys, we are finally A-Team which. 696 00:48:40,480 --> 00:48:44,800 Is bottom of the table. We have 8 teams who are mid 697 00:48:44,800 --> 00:48:50,800 table Shreyas and have to have massive tournaments. 698 00:48:50,840 --> 00:48:54,760 I I don't see them because he had all the other teams. 699 00:48:59,160 --> 00:49:09,800 Other. Squads come here with money and 700 00:49:10,040 --> 00:49:11,760 no, no but. Is it though? 701 00:49:11,760 --> 00:49:14,720 Is it though? Because other teams to me look 702 00:49:14,720 --> 00:49:18,240 like they have players who can if they're getting charged so 703 00:49:18,240 --> 00:49:23,000 they can get at twice as a quick, like twice at quicker 704 00:49:23,000 --> 00:49:26,000 rate than what these batters can is what I feel. 705 00:49:26,680 --> 00:49:28,400 I mean. Because Kuch to I said last two 706 00:49:28,400 --> 00:49:32,280 years, Kuch to I said change where in I mean Kuch catching. 707 00:49:32,280 --> 00:49:35,560 I mean, we have seen how India plays T20 though and not just 708 00:49:35,560 --> 00:49:37,360 India like everybody is moving towards that. 709 00:49:37,880 --> 00:49:43,120 Wolf is scored say is top top six they basically. 710 00:49:43,640 --> 00:49:49,160 I agree feeling but like I'm always biased towards this type 711 00:49:49,160 --> 00:49:51,200 of a setup. Yeah, like Sr. team. 712 00:49:54,120 --> 00:49:56,880 That was that. The bottom line is it will be 713 00:49:56,880 --> 00:50:01,680 perfect if they I'll be very happy to be proven wrong and 714 00:50:01,960 --> 00:50:04,320 they made us go and, you know, demolish everybody. 715 00:50:06,000 --> 00:50:09,320 That would be the true thing of comedy thing to do, actually. 716 00:50:09,960 --> 00:50:12,400 And shares and Ponting have done it before. 717 00:50:13,000 --> 00:50:18,680 But I think Ponting sees something in shares he and 718 00:50:19,600 --> 00:50:22,680 shares. Doesn't get his flowers for the 719 00:50:22,680 --> 00:50:25,600 IPL performances like the way that he should pick his 720 00:50:25,600 --> 00:50:28,440 performances should and his leadership should. 721 00:50:28,440 --> 00:50:32,480 He's a good captain. He's he's been injured recently, 722 00:50:32,480 --> 00:50:36,920 so his own form may take a dip, but he's a good like he's a good 723 00:50:36,920 --> 00:50:39,200 captain. But she has Kelly soft corner to 724 00:50:39,240 --> 00:50:45,000 her, especially after how he reacted to Mr. Prime Minister on 725 00:50:45,000 --> 00:50:48,600 November 19th 2023. So always master of. 726 00:50:48,600 --> 00:50:50,520 The universe. Yeah. 727 00:50:51,800 --> 00:50:52,680 That's right. Yeah, I. 728 00:50:53,800 --> 00:50:55,920 Yeah. Your voice is broken. 729 00:50:56,640 --> 00:50:58,320 I cannot hear you, Andy. No. 730 00:50:58,520 --> 00:51:00,960 Can you hear him? No, I can't hear him either. 731 00:51:01,120 --> 00:51:02,200 Yeah. So. 732 00:51:03,120 --> 00:51:06,520 So there is only one IPL captain who has reached the finals with 733 00:51:06,520 --> 00:51:09,520 two IPL teams, that is Shreya Sayer. 734 00:51:10,120 --> 00:51:14,200 There is again only one IPL captain who's reached the finals 735 00:51:14,200 --> 00:51:16,800 with three different teams, that's also Shreya Sayer. 736 00:51:17,440 --> 00:51:21,440 So Toronto Flowers is Dina Bante, hopefully. 737 00:51:21,720 --> 00:51:24,800 But one was with KKR, one was with KKR, right? 738 00:51:25,840 --> 00:51:30,880 OK. DC 2020, KKR 2024 and Kings 11 739 00:51:30,880 --> 00:51:35,160 Punjab 2025 Punjab Kings PBKS IPL. 740 00:51:35,480 --> 00:51:38,640 PBK Yeah. Imagine you win the IPL with the 741 00:51:38,640 --> 00:51:43,520 team and then you get released. Yeah, Which team was it? 742 00:51:44,520 --> 00:51:47,200 Which team was it? Like it's a yeah. 743 00:51:47,280 --> 00:51:50,320 I would Love Actually, I'll tell you why, why that happened. 744 00:51:50,880 --> 00:51:55,120 Because KKR wanted to destroy Superstar culture as well, guys. 745 00:51:56,120 --> 00:52:00,680 KKR wanted to destroy Superstar. Culture. 746 00:52:01,880 --> 00:52:16,040 No idea, I think 2024 final at the Madras Cricket Club TK. 747 00:52:16,040 --> 00:52:21,320 So which brings us to why we have selected Nishant for this 748 00:52:22,120 --> 00:52:26,560 preview and why Nishant has selected BBKS for this preview. 749 00:52:27,040 --> 00:52:34,720 But then. When I when I looked at the 750 00:52:34,720 --> 00:52:38,720 score, but. Because you've always called 751 00:52:38,880 --> 00:52:44,600 them kings of comedy. Because what is this like I just 752 00:52:44,600 --> 00:52:46,720 scored the key. What the hell? 753 00:52:46,800 --> 00:52:50,280 And then when I looked at the people that they bought and what 754 00:52:50,280 --> 00:52:53,080 others were able to buy, I'm like, he cared. 755 00:52:53,880 --> 00:52:59,640 So I mean, based on that, again, I don't like equating stress to 756 00:52:59,640 --> 00:53:03,640 this guy, but overall, this team is George Costanza for me. 757 00:53:04,400 --> 00:53:14,200 And say the team which had last year, I know, but the team which 758 00:53:14,200 --> 00:53:19,800 has Cooper, Conley, Savior, Bartlett and Ben, I don't know. 759 00:53:21,640 --> 00:53:25,560 So, but see, George Costanza also eventually got a job at the 760 00:53:25,560 --> 00:53:28,800 New York Yankees. So who knows, they might also 761 00:53:28,800 --> 00:53:32,320 surprise us and, you know, do something. 762 00:53:33,840 --> 00:53:38,520 But yeah, seriously, if if, if this team does it, then it will 763 00:53:38,520 --> 00:53:46,080 be like that. MATLAB, that's how I feel. 764 00:53:48,560 --> 00:53:57,400 I don't it's just based on this. It just doesn't give me any 765 00:53:57,400 --> 00:54:01,880 confidence. I also want to share key as soon 766 00:54:01,880 --> 00:54:06,520 as George Costanza joined the New York Yankees, they won three 767 00:54:07,040 --> 00:54:10,720 World Series in a row 9899. 2000, yeah, so. 768 00:54:11,600 --> 00:54:14,560 Yeah. So maybe Shreyas is George 769 00:54:14,560 --> 00:54:18,000 Costanza, maybe. Maybe, maybe, maybe. 770 00:54:18,400 --> 00:54:23,080 So yeah, I mean, it would it will be great if they do it. 771 00:54:23,080 --> 00:54:28,160 I'm I'm not against them. I don't hate but it. 772 00:54:28,160 --> 00:54:30,600 Just doesn't give me. Any other feeling at the moment, 773 00:54:30,640 --> 00:54:34,880 maybe after the first, other than hate me? 774 00:54:34,880 --> 00:54:43,880 It's like, like you tell me like man to man. 775 00:54:43,880 --> 00:54:48,520 You compare this with any other squad and simulate it like a 776 00:54:48,560 --> 00:54:50,720 proper data boy. No idea. 777 00:54:52,040 --> 00:54:58,040 Yeah, so I don't. Form mostly what happens is to 778 00:54:58,040 --> 00:55:01,160 manage arbash players for me again, so then you have a really 779 00:55:01,160 --> 00:55:02,560 good season. Yeah. 780 00:55:02,560 --> 00:55:08,200 And it's it's about that pretty much like Usizada, if you, if 781 00:55:08,200 --> 00:55:11,560 you try to overthink, like last year, we thought, actually we 782 00:55:11,560 --> 00:55:15,160 thought Punjab Kings was the most exciting team coming in 783 00:55:15,160 --> 00:55:19,640 last year because they also had the biggest auction purse and 784 00:55:19,640 --> 00:55:22,520 they changed a lot. Yeah, puryunky Team Husseini 785 00:55:22,520 --> 00:55:26,000 Team Decree Plus, you know, without Maxi, it just looks a 786 00:55:26,000 --> 00:55:30,160 little worse, right? Without Glenn Maxwell in this 787 00:55:30,160 --> 00:55:33,080 team so. I mean, it doesn't matter if 788 00:55:33,880 --> 00:55:37,200 yeah, even if Maxwell hasn't scored a single run in the IPL 789 00:55:37,200 --> 00:55:40,160 in 10 years, it doesn't matter. The team looks stronger with 790 00:55:40,200 --> 00:55:42,440 him. So no, this is not a. 791 00:55:42,560 --> 00:55:47,080 This is not a joke like. This is Brown's a full 792 00:55:47,080 --> 00:55:49,920 seriousness. Brown's a boy first, say again. 793 00:55:50,440 --> 00:55:53,920 But like I told us, I disagree on this and I am happy to be 794 00:55:53,920 --> 00:55:59,160 proven wrong. I think like it IPL Toras has 795 00:55:59,160 --> 00:56:01,920 the other data research research like. 796 00:56:02,000 --> 00:56:03,480 Which team will you read above them? 797 00:56:04,240 --> 00:56:05,520 Which team will you read about them? 798 00:56:06,040 --> 00:56:09,760 Rate above them. Which squad or which playing 11 799 00:56:09,760 --> 00:56:12,640 is better than or below them? Below them, sorry. 800 00:56:13,560 --> 00:56:23,600 KKRLSG at some level, SRH, DC, DC and SRH. 801 00:56:24,160 --> 00:56:25,840 Really. Yeah. 802 00:56:26,360 --> 00:56:37,400 I mean, start is not that. Not again. 803 00:56:37,680 --> 00:56:39,480 Again. Yes, exactly. 804 00:56:51,720 --> 00:56:59,320 Retirement leader in fact IPL Mejaldi Rohit ke dar sebos DK. 805 00:57:01,080 --> 00:57:05,680 That's him comments is not there in the beginning like but again. 806 00:57:05,840 --> 00:57:07,800 How are you saying KKR is weaker than them? 807 00:57:07,800 --> 00:57:12,080 Yeah, KKR has two many people in form right now as well. 808 00:57:12,120 --> 00:57:12,960 Camden. Greens. 809 00:57:14,920 --> 00:57:17,040 They made a huge mistake with him, but that. 810 00:57:17,080 --> 00:57:39,600 Will be the problem because they've been so much but. 811 00:57:51,000 --> 00:57:55,280 That brings us to the end of the preview for the Punjab Kings. 812 00:57:56,440 --> 00:58:00,200 There are very, very few teams left, so let's see how that 813 00:58:00,200 --> 00:58:13,360 goes. The Boeing 737 needs a runway to 814 00:58:13,360 --> 00:58:41,400 fly. The next team we are reviewing 815 00:58:41,400 --> 00:58:45,240 is the Kolkata Knight Riders, who have a habit of winning 816 00:58:45,240 --> 00:58:52,200 titles very very, very randomly and then like disappearing into 817 00:58:52,200 --> 00:58:55,720 the oblivion, which is what they did in 2025. 818 00:58:56,680 --> 00:58:59,720 Despite I think a mid table odd finish. 819 00:59:00,480 --> 00:59:05,560 This year they are somehow allowed back into the IPL. 820 00:59:05,560 --> 00:59:10,560 I think they should with KKR is just tell you can leave for Four 821 00:59:10,560 --> 00:59:12,280 Seasons or five seasons in the middle. 822 00:59:12,680 --> 00:59:15,280 Once you've figured out something you please come back. 823 00:59:15,720 --> 00:59:20,880 Otherwise like mid table mediocrity that keeps going on. 824 00:59:21,280 --> 00:59:24,520 But then again they'll just randomly win titles. 825 00:59:25,000 --> 00:59:28,920 I know KKR fans, whoever is listening might be thinking yeah 826 00:59:29,200 --> 00:59:32,600 but genuinely I mean think about it like KKR has reached the 827 00:59:32,600 --> 00:59:37,160 finals 4 times, won the title 3 times but aside of that like 828 00:59:37,160 --> 00:59:39,040 pretty much. Like. 829 00:59:39,120 --> 00:59:43,320 Very forgettable, very forgettable seasons, right? 830 00:59:43,920 --> 00:59:49,520 And to talk about KKR, we have Watsal from Calcutta joining us. 831 00:59:52,120 --> 00:59:55,720 Hi everyone. Yeah, we've been a long. 832 00:59:55,720 --> 00:59:59,680 Time KKR supporter from the start and been to a lot of games 833 00:59:59,680 --> 01:00:03,560 and yeah, been on this roller coaster journey. 834 01:00:03,920 --> 01:00:08,160 For like the past 1516, whatever years it's been going on for. 835 01:00:08,160 --> 01:00:11,960 And 18, like not 18. This is the 18, yeah, 18. 836 01:00:12,000 --> 01:00:15,760 I think this is the 19th IPL, I think, yeah, yeah, 19th IPL, 837 01:00:15,760 --> 01:00:20,520 yeah. So we're all old and getting 838 01:00:20,520 --> 01:00:24,080 older as we speak and. The Squad. 839 01:00:24,200 --> 01:00:27,600 Yeah, we'll talk about the. Squad, but it doesn't like fill 840 01:00:27,600 --> 01:00:30,800 me with a lot of confidence. So let's get started. 841 01:00:31,440 --> 01:00:35,560 But you know, face is the great, he's a great bowler. 842 01:00:35,560 --> 01:00:37,800 I think he'll do really well this IPL, right? 843 01:00:38,000 --> 01:00:39,440 Yeah, we. Should have gone for him in the 844 01:00:39,440 --> 01:00:43,120 auction. Yeah, most of his word I think. 845 01:00:43,920 --> 01:00:47,840 Left arm option bowls cutters into the pitch. 846 01:00:49,120 --> 01:00:53,280 Also bowls a good pace up ball. Yeah, I should very. 847 01:00:53,280 --> 01:00:56,080 I don't know. How much money did KKR have in 848 01:00:56,080 --> 01:01:00,800 the auction? Probably about forty, 4243 CR, 849 01:01:00,800 --> 01:01:02,240 right? Like something like that. 850 01:01:02,280 --> 01:01:05,200 Some some ridiculous amount. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 851 01:01:06,480 --> 01:01:09,720 I mean, I don't know, bad option, I guess, yeah. 852 01:01:16,960 --> 01:01:19,680 But I think I mean. Jokes aside, I think what I 853 01:01:19,680 --> 01:01:25,840 would like to say is for for somebody like Mustafiz, I think 854 01:01:25,840 --> 01:01:27,760 it's good. Only he's not come yet because 855 01:01:27,760 --> 01:01:32,080 we're already set, right? He we can't guarantee your 856 01:01:32,080 --> 01:01:36,920 safety. So it's a security situation. 857 01:01:37,640 --> 01:01:40,520 Yeah. And even I'm pretty sure it's 858 01:01:40,720 --> 01:01:43,520 not good for him. Not, not financially, not good 859 01:01:43,520 --> 01:01:45,840 for him. But again, I mean, problems in 860 01:01:45,840 --> 01:01:48,360 India in general. You can blame it either on 861 01:01:48,360 --> 01:01:51,400 Shahrukh Khan or Jarlal Nehru. I guess this time it was 862 01:01:51,400 --> 01:01:54,640 Shahrukh. Maybe it's all the things going 863 01:01:54,640 --> 01:01:57,480 on all around. Oh yeah, yeah, you. 864 01:01:58,520 --> 01:02:04,120 Oh man, like Richa is Richa has remembered the great Devjit 865 01:02:04,120 --> 01:02:09,840 Saikiya's great words that when when asked why is Mustafizur 866 01:02:09,920 --> 01:02:14,480 removed from the IPL, said you can see all the things that are 867 01:02:14,480 --> 01:02:18,520 all the things are going on. I'm like, yeah, man, I. 868 01:02:18,560 --> 01:02:25,600 Guess all. Around I think banana republics 869 01:02:25,600 --> 01:02:30,440 have better communication strategies than this. 870 01:02:31,080 --> 01:02:35,560 Like yeah, I don't want to talk about Mustafizur. 871 01:02:35,640 --> 01:02:39,880 For if you want to listen about our views on Mustafizur Rahman, 872 01:02:40,480 --> 01:02:45,640 we have recorded podcast with Sharda Ugra, Amar Naqvi and 873 01:02:45,640 --> 01:02:48,920 Muhammad Assam. The episode is called Project 874 01:02:48,920 --> 01:02:51,400 Mila. You can listen to it if you 875 01:02:51,400 --> 01:02:56,040 would like. So it's one of our most loved 876 01:02:56,040 --> 01:03:02,000 episodes despite all the hate around this, this topic, so to 877 01:03:02,000 --> 01:03:05,840 speak, from fringe elements. I might add guys, fringe 878 01:03:05,840 --> 01:03:10,960 elements only have ensured that Mustafizur Rahman is not playing 879 01:03:10,960 --> 01:03:24,000 the IPL but he his exit is is basically an easy way to induce 880 01:03:24,000 --> 01:03:29,720 a dad joke here that his exit is a blessing for Muzurabani. 881 01:03:30,840 --> 01:03:38,480 So blessing. Muzurabani has joined KKR and I 882 01:03:38,480 --> 01:03:42,440 leave the rest of the preview to WhatsApp before I let my 883 01:03:42,440 --> 01:03:46,240 internal KKR feelings take over. And more importantly. 884 01:03:46,560 --> 01:03:49,600 We ditched the PSL to come here. That's the most important thing. 885 01:03:49,600 --> 01:03:51,840 Oh yeah. I think very Karara Jawab. 886 01:03:51,840 --> 01:03:53,960 I think that's, that's the that's the other. 887 01:03:53,960 --> 01:03:57,280 That's all that matters. Yeah, but I, but I was listening 888 01:03:57,280 --> 01:04:03,440 to Hassan Chima again, friend of the friend of the port, a good 889 01:04:03,440 --> 01:04:06,120 friend of Emma. So I guess eventually our good 890 01:04:06,120 --> 01:04:08,520 friend as well. And he said that one of the 891 01:04:08,520 --> 01:04:11,280 things that that's that's happening this year in the IPL 892 01:04:11,280 --> 01:04:13,680 is that a lot of players are ditching the PSL and joining the 893 01:04:13,680 --> 01:04:16,720 IPL. That actually speaks well for 894 01:04:16,720 --> 01:04:21,000 the recruitment strategies of the PSL is that they've been 895 01:04:21,000 --> 01:04:27,680 they've been doing it well. And PKB or Kisi Orko, naturally 896 01:04:28,360 --> 01:04:33,200 the market is such that that that's how it that's how it will 897 01:04:33,200 --> 01:04:35,840 end up being. So yeah, shout out to Hassan 898 01:04:35,840 --> 01:04:39,600 Chima and and not to the fringe elements who think this is some 899 01:04:39,600 --> 01:04:42,720 gotcha movement for the IPL versus the PSL. 900 01:04:44,880 --> 01:04:46,640 It's basically. There have been just too many 901 01:04:46,640 --> 01:04:48,080 injuries. That's why it's happening. 902 01:04:49,240 --> 01:04:54,000 Yeah, man, this is this is the Neeta Injury Premier League at 903 01:04:54,000 --> 01:05:06,000 this point in time. Injuries, injuries. 904 01:05:06,000 --> 01:05:11,040 Actually a good segue to talk about Gautam Gambhir's favorite 905 01:05:11,040 --> 01:05:13,560 child. Harshit. 906 01:05:13,600 --> 01:05:19,520 Rana who is also out of the IPL. What are your thoughts on 907 01:05:19,520 --> 01:05:22,040 Harshit Rana not playing the IPL? 908 01:05:25,080 --> 01:05:28,880 I. Mean it depends who we get as 909 01:05:28,880 --> 01:05:33,560 replacement like we we've not we have like I I read that there 910 01:05:33,600 --> 01:05:35,960 are three or four bowlers who are like currently in trials. 911 01:05:36,840 --> 01:05:39,960 So. We'll see I I felt harshit last 912 01:05:39,960 --> 01:05:41,760 year had a very. Leverage. 913 01:05:41,760 --> 01:05:44,160 OK, IPL, he was not that effectful. 914 01:05:45,480 --> 01:05:48,960 I think teams have now started to see what he brings and. 915 01:05:49,480 --> 01:05:51,640 Usually. When even when he's played T 20s 916 01:05:51,640 --> 01:05:53,000 for India also he's been expensive. 917 01:05:53,000 --> 01:05:56,760 He's been good in the ODIs, but T 20s he's not been that good. 918 01:05:57,640 --> 01:06:00,920 But. His batting has come has. 919 01:06:00,920 --> 01:06:03,800 Improved a bit. I would say so that is that all 920 01:06:03,840 --> 01:06:08,640 round element maybe? Not even. 10% of Russell, but 921 01:06:08,760 --> 01:06:11,600 like he could have had that kind of an impact if. 922 01:06:13,320 --> 01:06:16,800 If like persisted with. And you know, promoted up the 923 01:06:16,800 --> 01:06:20,800 order kind of that is where that that all round element is. 924 01:06:21,280 --> 01:06:23,400 With a bowler like, I don't think. 925 01:06:23,400 --> 01:06:25,880 Any of the other options they offer that to get there right 926 01:06:25,880 --> 01:06:27,600 now so I. Think overall. 927 01:06:27,600 --> 01:06:30,120 Of course he'll be a miss, but. I. 928 01:06:30,480 --> 01:06:34,680 I don't think it'll be as big a miss as, you know, people are 929 01:06:34,720 --> 01:06:39,320 making out to be. Yeah, Yeah, I agree. 930 01:06:39,400 --> 01:06:43,200 I agree on that. Like in general, I think Harshit 931 01:06:43,720 --> 01:06:48,120 gets a bad Rep because he was gonna be his favorite child, but 932 01:06:48,160 --> 01:06:49,320 yeah. He. 933 01:06:49,320 --> 01:06:53,480 Was he was pretty OK in the IPL? In fact, even in the season that 934 01:06:53,600 --> 01:06:57,840 KKR won in 2024, there was some really, really important 935 01:06:57,840 --> 01:07:01,640 wickets, including the controversial Virat Kohli wicket 936 01:07:01,640 --> 01:07:08,720 in that KKRRCB game at Eden and that crazy final over where he 937 01:07:08,720 --> 01:07:13,160 got Henry. Yeah, that was the first game of 938 01:07:13,160 --> 01:07:14,640 the season. So that's just. 939 01:07:14,760 --> 01:07:15,880 Yeah. Yeah. 940 01:07:18,640 --> 01:07:19,560 So. He had his. 941 01:07:19,560 --> 01:07:22,320 Moment so he definitely did but. Like. 942 01:07:22,920 --> 01:07:25,400 He's not, he's not like a Narayan or not like a Varun. 943 01:07:26,480 --> 01:07:27,840 He's not that important to the team. 944 01:07:29,040 --> 01:07:33,080 Yeah, right. So what are the strengths of 945 01:07:33,080 --> 01:07:38,520 this or or who did they buy and and how was their auction they 946 01:07:38,560 --> 01:07:41,080 had like I think they. I think they. 947 01:07:42,000 --> 01:07:45,120 Yeah, they they were basically the only people who had any 948 01:07:45,120 --> 01:07:47,560 money to spend. And I would say they did a 949 01:07:47,560 --> 01:07:52,480 middling job of it to be. Honest the Cam. 950 01:07:52,480 --> 01:07:55,760 Green buyer just seems worse. As each day. 951 01:07:55,760 --> 01:07:58,320 Passes. I mean, his record in India has 952 01:07:58,320 --> 01:08:01,480 not been the greatest and apparently he's. 953 01:08:02,720 --> 01:08:04,440 Has. He like, did he bowl in the 954 01:08:04,440 --> 01:08:05,880 World Cup? I'm not sure. 955 01:08:05,880 --> 01:08:08,400 I don't remember. But I don't think he's been 956 01:08:08,400 --> 01:08:10,080 bowling much. He didn't bowl in the Ashes a 957 01:08:10,080 --> 01:08:12,200 lot. That much I remember so. 958 01:08:12,800 --> 01:08:16,640 I don't know how much, how much, how much KKR can count on him 959 01:08:16,640 --> 01:08:20,120 from the from a bowling perspective, from the batting 960 01:08:20,120 --> 01:08:22,399 perspective. The problem with KKR is that 961 01:08:22,399 --> 01:08:24,200 they have too many top order battles. 962 01:08:24,439 --> 01:08:27,040 Like you have. Siphered you have Finn Island, 963 01:08:27,040 --> 01:08:31,600 you have Cam Green, you have Rahane, you have Ankrish 964 01:08:31,840 --> 01:08:33,720 Paguenshi as well. All. 965 01:08:33,720 --> 01:08:36,399 Of them want to bat in the top four at a minimum. 966 01:08:36,439 --> 01:08:38,399 So how are you going to fit all this in? 967 01:08:38,920 --> 01:08:41,760 Top. Three if I if I exactly. 968 01:08:42,600 --> 01:08:43,319 Yeah. So I mean. 969 01:08:43,479 --> 01:08:45,040 Anything. Below that is. 970 01:08:45,680 --> 01:08:48,000 Anything below that is catastrophic. 971 01:08:48,760 --> 01:08:51,040 It's just a waste. And you've not replaced Russell 972 01:08:51,040 --> 01:08:53,200 in anywhere like that that. That is a. 973 01:08:53,200 --> 01:08:55,520 Position like number six and four over with the. 974 01:08:55,520 --> 01:08:56,920 Ball, you can't. Replace. 975 01:08:56,920 --> 01:09:01,640 Him, I know, but like Rothman Powell is not like he was there 976 01:09:01,640 --> 01:09:04,479 last year as well, but like I don't think he's an adequate 977 01:09:04,479 --> 01:09:06,240 replacement for that. Nobody. 978 01:09:06,240 --> 01:09:09,640 There in that role and even Harshit is gone now potentially. 979 01:09:09,880 --> 01:09:12,319 Russell is not replaceable at all either. 980 01:09:12,319 --> 01:09:15,439 You remember that season they tried getting Carlos Brathwaite 981 01:09:15,439 --> 01:09:18,080 for Russell 1, yes? Yes, yes, yes, yes, yeah, I. 982 01:09:18,120 --> 01:09:20,479 Mean none of that has ever worked. 983 01:09:20,960 --> 01:09:26,439 Yeah, again, I mean we spoke about this in the RCB preview as 984 01:09:26,439 --> 01:09:31,040 well is that 14 games is just too less and and teams are just 985 01:09:31,040 --> 01:09:34,040 too busy making reels before the IPL. 986 01:09:34,040 --> 01:09:37,880 So they should just figure out practice games with other IPL 987 01:09:37,880 --> 01:09:41,720 teams before like a couple of games and then that should just 988 01:09:41,720 --> 01:09:44,880 set the tone but. Yeah, where is the time where? 989 01:09:44,880 --> 01:09:46,960 Is the time in the schedule. Yeah, no. 990 01:09:46,960 --> 01:09:49,479 There is enough time, right? There is enough time like I mean 991 01:09:50,319 --> 01:09:54,920 you can play, you can play your all the players who are not 992 01:09:54,920 --> 01:09:58,640 going to play in the 11 Yeah, you can play those teams right 993 01:09:58,640 --> 01:10:02,920 instead of having those intra, intra games that you keep having 994 01:10:03,480 --> 01:10:08,440 richer Yeah, did they? Buy Cameron Green thinking that 995 01:10:08,440 --> 01:10:13,560 he's a long term Russell because he can bowl 140 and he can, he 996 01:10:13,560 --> 01:10:17,560 has those long levers that he could eventually from a batting 997 01:10:17,560 --> 01:10:21,600 perspective, like I feel like he he may, he may get closer than 998 01:10:21,600 --> 01:10:23,920 he would from a bowling perspective because I don't 999 01:10:23,920 --> 01:10:28,640 think he has the skills to develop his bowling enough to be 1000 01:10:28,640 --> 01:10:31,040 good at T20. But do you think that that's 1001 01:10:31,040 --> 01:10:32,440 what they were thinking with Cameron Green? 1002 01:10:35,000 --> 01:10:36,960 That's it. I would say. 1003 01:10:37,560 --> 01:10:39,800 I would say Cameron Green is a different kind of a. 1004 01:10:40,320 --> 01:10:42,760 Player to Russell. In the sense that he needs to 1005 01:10:42,760 --> 01:10:43,600 bat in the top. Order. 1006 01:10:43,600 --> 01:10:45,240 That's the biggest. Difference Like he's not a 1007 01:10:45,240 --> 01:10:47,120 finisher like Russell. Like Russell. 1008 01:10:47,440 --> 01:10:48,720 Russell. You. 1009 01:10:49,160 --> 01:10:51,800 You. Pass certain entry points like 1010 01:10:51,800 --> 01:10:55,680 after the 12th or the 13th over or when the space on you can you 1011 01:10:55,680 --> 01:10:57,880 can send Russell in but with Cameron he either. 1012 01:10:58,040 --> 01:11:01,520 He needs to have that certainty. That I'm going to come out in #3 1013 01:11:01,520 --> 01:11:05,160 or like number or open the batting or maybe at #4 at 1014 01:11:05,160 --> 01:11:08,280 maximum. So in that regard, I do bowling, 1015 01:11:08,280 --> 01:11:11,640 yes, bowling, I think, I think he has a higher ceiling than 1016 01:11:11,640 --> 01:11:13,920 nothing. Maybe eventually, but. 1017 01:11:14,640 --> 01:11:15,680 In terms. Of batting, I think there are 1018 01:11:15,680 --> 01:11:20,080 just two different batters who you cannot like position in the 1019 01:11:20,080 --> 01:11:28,160 same way. Yeah, the so it's very 1020 01:11:28,160 --> 01:11:31,560 interesting. They also is Rajan Vipindra new 1021 01:11:31,560 --> 01:11:34,080 this time in this auction? Did they get him this time 1022 01:11:34,080 --> 01:11:35,400 around? I think. 1023 01:11:35,400 --> 01:11:38,440 CSK released him and then. We got him like CS. 1024 01:11:38,440 --> 01:11:42,640 He was in CSK earlier. Again, that's another. 1025 01:11:42,720 --> 01:11:45,960 Interesting point and another. Point I think they just bought 1026 01:11:45,960 --> 01:11:48,080 them because there are too many right handers and they just 1027 01:11:48,080 --> 01:11:50,160 thought, OK, we need a left-handed as well. 1028 01:11:52,640 --> 01:11:54,920 Like the entire. Batting line, I can just see 1029 01:11:54,920 --> 01:11:59,240 right handers, there are no left, so they've gone completely 1030 01:11:59,240 --> 01:12:02,360 against the Indian. Coaches philosophy. 1031 01:12:06,280 --> 01:12:11,440 Anything you say against Gambir for KKR is absolutely 1032 01:12:11,440 --> 01:12:15,520 blasphemous. He has an online PR machinery 1033 01:12:15,520 --> 01:12:18,240 ready. Jared made a video about that 1034 01:12:18,240 --> 01:12:21,200 the other day. I was so interested. 1035 01:12:28,800 --> 01:12:32,840 Yeah, right. So batting is right-hander 1036 01:12:32,840 --> 01:12:37,240 heavy, very right-handed heavy and and opener heavy. 1037 01:12:37,760 --> 01:12:39,840 Top is very, extremely top heavy. 1038 01:12:39,840 --> 01:12:42,600 I do not see any lower order backs in there. 1039 01:12:42,600 --> 01:12:48,160 And maybe maybe Anukul Roy, who had a very good smack. 1040 01:12:48,720 --> 01:12:51,600 He, he, I think he can be a surprise package. 1041 01:12:51,880 --> 01:12:53,640 I think they're counting on him a lot this season. 1042 01:12:54,000 --> 01:12:58,160 Because he, he was, he had a. Great all round tournament as 1043 01:12:58,160 --> 01:13:00,560 far as I remember. Wrinkles. 1044 01:13:00,560 --> 01:13:04,160 There as well, yes, first wrinkles there, so maybe. 1045 01:13:04,160 --> 01:13:07,200 Maybe they are going to balance it out a bit more, but I. 1046 01:13:07,200 --> 01:13:08,680 Don't. Know how they're going to pick 1047 01:13:08,680 --> 01:13:13,440 their overseas like in the form that finale is in I think he's. 1048 01:13:13,640 --> 01:13:15,240 He's. Nailed down, he's definitely 1049 01:13:15,240 --> 01:13:17,520 going to play and especially after that North and he's 1050 01:13:17,840 --> 01:13:18,760 definitely. Going to start. 1051 01:13:19,040 --> 01:13:21,000 To start with, he's going to. Definitely be there, but who do 1052 01:13:21,000 --> 01:13:22,760 you pair him off it and? Who? 1053 01:13:22,760 --> 01:13:24,720 Keeps wickets and. There are a lot of. 1054 01:13:24,720 --> 01:13:29,240 Uncertainties right now with the bowling, I think. 1055 01:13:30,040 --> 01:13:31,680 They did a. Good job by getting Patirana. 1056 01:13:32,120 --> 01:13:34,640 I think Patirana was a goodbye. Death bowling has been something 1057 01:13:34,640 --> 01:13:38,560 that has really played KKR. I I'm really not. 1058 01:13:38,760 --> 01:13:41,240 I've never ever been happy with their deaths. 1059 01:13:42,520 --> 01:13:45,080 Dead bowling that PPR is. In the. 1060 01:13:45,080 --> 01:13:46,960 Roster that KKR have for the dead bowling. 1061 01:13:47,760 --> 01:13:51,080 So this time it was a real surprise that they went for 1062 01:13:51,080 --> 01:13:52,560 Patirana and they got him as well. 1063 01:13:54,440 --> 01:13:56,560 But again, I mean, there is uncertainty there as well. 1064 01:13:56,560 --> 01:13:59,560 Like he's apparently he's not getting the NOC. 1065 01:13:59,560 --> 01:14:00,840 So if he doesn't, no, no, he got it. 1066 01:14:00,840 --> 01:14:03,200 No, no, apparently he got it. I think he got it. 1067 01:14:03,240 --> 01:14:04,680 OK. Oh, that's great then. 1068 01:14:04,680 --> 01:14:05,960 Yeah, that's great then. But. 1069 01:14:05,960 --> 01:14:08,480 Is he fit? He fit to start and I'm not sure 1070 01:14:08,480 --> 01:14:10,680 about that as well so. This is the. 1071 01:14:10,680 --> 01:14:17,200 Injury Premier League. So if he's not there, then if 1072 01:14:17,200 --> 01:14:18,720 he's not there, then I'm not sure how. 1073 01:14:18,720 --> 01:14:22,720 They manage the death, but the. New ball new ball bowling is. 1074 01:14:23,440 --> 01:14:25,480 Potentially really good they have. 1075 01:14:25,480 --> 01:14:27,840 They have they have three good new bowlers, new ball bowlers 1076 01:14:27,840 --> 01:14:30,080 with Blessing and Akash depend about. 1077 01:14:30,720 --> 01:14:32,640 So I think. These three should do. 1078 01:14:32,640 --> 01:14:34,040 Well, at the. Top and in the middle, of 1079 01:14:34,040 --> 01:14:37,400 course, I think that's the biggest strength with Varun and 1080 01:14:37,400 --> 01:14:39,120 Narayan. Not sure about Varun. 1081 01:14:39,120 --> 01:14:43,720 I mean, Varun has been hit a bit and maybe teams have started to 1082 01:14:43,720 --> 01:14:46,720 figure out how to. Get after him a bit. 1083 01:14:47,480 --> 01:14:52,400 I will say, I will say one thing I mean about Varun and and, and, 1084 01:14:52,440 --> 01:14:57,960 and it surprised me as well is that in the in, in what was his 1085 01:14:57,960 --> 01:15:03,400 probably a very, very middling or mediocre or, or even like bad 1086 01:15:03,400 --> 01:15:07,320 World Cup, He ended up being the highest wicket taker that World 1087 01:15:07,320 --> 01:15:08,360 Cup. Yeah, yeah, exactly. 1088 01:15:08,440 --> 01:15:12,360 So, So I, I guess you take that on on most days. 1089 01:15:13,480 --> 01:15:17,320 I have a feeling. I have a feeling Narayan helps. 1090 01:15:17,320 --> 01:15:24,360 Narayan around always helps. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 1091 01:15:24,360 --> 01:15:27,520 I mean. Yeah, so. 1092 01:15:27,520 --> 01:15:30,400 What is there? Sorry, go ahead. 1093 01:15:32,680 --> 01:15:37,840 So like I feel, I feel Narayan, I feel Narayan, of course, you 1094 01:15:37,840 --> 01:15:40,320 know, creating pressure from one end and then you know it 1095 01:15:40,560 --> 01:15:42,280 materializing in the other. Of course it will. 1096 01:15:42,680 --> 01:15:47,880 It will help Arun and of course Narain will guide him through a 1097 01:15:47,880 --> 01:15:50,760 lot of things as well. So that is definitely there. 1098 01:15:52,400 --> 01:15:55,200 In terms of batting with Narain, I think he's going to be a non 1099 01:15:55,200 --> 01:15:57,040 entity now from going. Forward I don't. 1100 01:15:57,040 --> 01:15:58,840 Think they're going to count on it too much? 1101 01:15:58,960 --> 01:16:00,640 I think he's going. To be in the lower order at 1102 01:16:00,640 --> 01:16:02,280 best. I don't. 1103 01:16:02,320 --> 01:16:06,840 I don't see him opening now. We have too many openers and any 1104 01:16:06,920 --> 01:16:08,520 anywhere else apart from opening is. 1105 01:16:08,960 --> 01:16:10,400 Really. You shouldn't be counting on 1106 01:16:10,400 --> 01:16:11,800 that, and that's the only place you can play. 1107 01:16:13,640 --> 01:16:19,800 Apart from that, I think. Apart from that, I think 1108 01:16:19,920 --> 01:16:23,000 Ankrish, again, big season for him. 1109 01:16:23,000 --> 01:16:25,560 He's been in the IPL for two years now, so. 1110 01:16:25,920 --> 01:16:27,480 He has. To like, live up to his 1111 01:16:27,480 --> 01:16:29,120 potential. I mean, he's. 1112 01:16:30,040 --> 01:16:33,120 He's been here for three. I think this is his third year, 1113 01:16:33,120 --> 01:16:34,320 right? Oh, yeah, yeah, two years. 1114 01:16:34,320 --> 01:16:35,000 Correct. Correct. 1115 01:16:35,680 --> 01:16:39,200 Yeah, so. So he's. 1116 01:16:39,200 --> 01:16:43,120 Shown potentially he's played a you you pretty looking knocks 1117 01:16:43,120 --> 01:16:44,920 but you've got to turn it into substance. 1118 01:16:44,920 --> 01:16:47,240 But again, you have to give him this slot, you have to give him 1119 01:16:47,240 --> 01:16:50,000 the position, consistent backing, so. 1120 01:16:50,480 --> 01:16:52,280 That is how it's done. Question. 1121 01:16:52,280 --> 01:16:54,520 Marks on the leadership as well. I mean, I'm not sure. 1122 01:16:56,520 --> 01:17:01,560 How, how they will, how they will, how they will make it. 1123 01:17:01,560 --> 01:17:03,160 Work with Rouhani? I mean, where are we going to 1124 01:17:03,160 --> 01:17:04,000 bat? How? 1125 01:17:05,120 --> 01:17:07,920 How is it going to work? I can really see him feeling for 1126 01:17:08,120 --> 01:17:10,520 3-4 games and then there'll be serious question marks on. 1127 01:17:11,040 --> 01:17:12,280 His. Place in the team because. 1128 01:17:12,760 --> 01:17:15,280 He's. There basically if he's like 2 1129 01:17:15,280 --> 01:17:18,320 captain, he's the might be really right now the IPL. 1130 01:17:19,200 --> 01:17:27,720 That's how I look at it. And the funniest? 1131 01:17:27,720 --> 01:17:30,160 Thing is, he's not that great of a captain either. 1132 01:17:30,160 --> 01:17:31,560 So I mean the trade off is that I. 1133 01:17:31,560 --> 01:17:34,280 Don't know how it works. I have no. 1134 01:17:34,280 --> 01:17:35,600 Idea. But. 1135 01:17:36,560 --> 01:17:38,960 Yeah, I. Mean that's that's the KKR way 1136 01:17:38,960 --> 01:17:41,000 it's always been that way. It's always been chaotic. 1137 01:17:41,240 --> 01:17:44,280 Nothing ever makes sense. But then you know, certainly we 1138 01:17:44,280 --> 01:17:48,240 are in, we are in May and we are celebrating a title that that's. 1139 01:17:48,240 --> 01:17:50,440 That's how it happens. I agree. 1140 01:17:51,000 --> 01:17:52,680 I agree. Yeah. 1141 01:17:53,160 --> 01:17:58,360 So I I think mid table, I don't see anything above that. 1142 01:17:58,560 --> 01:18:10,600 Anything above that means like every it'll be like that 2024 1143 01:18:10,600 --> 01:18:14,360 season stock Co Carida is like rubbish all season, but suddenly 1144 01:18:14,360 --> 01:18:17,760 is great. Salt is like in the form of his 1145 01:18:17,760 --> 01:18:22,000 life, Naran like form of his life. 1146 01:18:22,000 --> 01:18:25,000 Greatest. Yeah, yeah. 1147 01:18:25,000 --> 01:18:29,360 Greatest ever season in the IPL bar Russell's 2019. 1148 01:18:30,600 --> 01:18:36,280 And and like Ramandeep is like scored like some 3030 runs in 1149 01:18:36,280 --> 01:18:40,200 four balls every game he comes in taking A1 spectacular catch a 1150 01:18:40,200 --> 01:18:41,880 match as well. So yeah. 1151 01:18:41,880 --> 01:18:43,840 Or doing some crazy stunts on the field. 1152 01:18:43,840 --> 01:18:47,480 He's the like. While I watch him field, you 1153 01:18:47,480 --> 01:18:49,280 know he. Go for it. 1154 01:18:49,280 --> 01:18:53,840 Go ahead while. I'm watching Rahane make this 1155 01:18:53,840 --> 01:18:57,280 team. If he's not captain like what 1156 01:18:57,280 --> 01:18:58,880 is? What is that one slot for 1157 01:18:58,880 --> 01:19:01,240 Rahane? What is this? 1158 01:19:02,440 --> 01:19:04,800 What sort of a team still continues to play Rahane? 1159 01:19:05,800 --> 01:19:10,080 The same team that that makes Manish Pandey relevant in 2024, 1160 01:19:10,080 --> 01:19:16,520 guys, and pays 20 crores for Venky a year, 23 if I'm not 1161 01:19:16,520 --> 01:19:21,920 wrong. 2023 crores, yeah, 23 out of the 24 they had in that 1162 01:19:22,200 --> 01:19:25,600 option. So Venky. 1163 01:19:25,600 --> 01:19:28,800 Mysore. Is less said about them, the 1164 01:19:28,840 --> 01:19:32,280 better. Well, yeah, school title 1165 01:19:32,280 --> 01:19:39,840 randomly or February even. That 2021 season, that 2021 1166 01:19:39,840 --> 01:19:43,840 season is just so randomly. They went to the final like the 1167 01:19:43,840 --> 01:19:47,320 worst first half. Yeah, yeah, the worst first half 1168 01:19:47,400 --> 01:19:51,000 of the season ever, and then the best second-half of the season 1169 01:19:51,000 --> 01:19:55,040 ever types. Yeah, right. 1170 01:19:55,240 --> 01:20:02,480 Then the important question which TV show character do they 1171 01:20:03,040 --> 01:20:07,600 best represent? So I've gone for a character 1172 01:20:07,600 --> 01:20:10,960 from The Wire. His name is Avon Barstill. 1173 01:20:10,960 --> 01:20:13,760 So. I've gone for him like. 1174 01:20:15,360 --> 01:20:18,360 Like I've pictured him in Venky Mysore's. 1175 01:20:19,480 --> 01:20:20,200 Venky. Mysore. 1176 01:20:20,760 --> 01:20:22,240 'S image. Very. 1177 01:20:22,240 --> 01:20:24,480 Loyal, very loyal to his buddies. 1178 01:20:24,480 --> 01:20:28,640 And very loyal to his. Core Group resistant. 1179 01:20:28,640 --> 01:20:35,080 To change and resistant to the changing times and this is great 1180 01:20:36,080 --> 01:20:37,120 This is great. Yeah. 1181 01:20:37,200 --> 01:20:40,600 Just very territorial and yeah, you can be nasty when he wants 1182 01:20:40,600 --> 01:20:43,880 to be. Yeah, man, I think I think 1183 01:20:43,880 --> 01:20:47,920 that's a great call I mean, which people should go and watch 1184 01:20:47,920 --> 01:20:49,440 the wire? The wire? 1185 01:20:49,440 --> 01:20:51,280 Yes, they should. They should. 1186 01:20:51,280 --> 01:20:53,320 I mean that it's the. Greatest show ever watched. 1187 01:20:54,000 --> 01:20:58,240 It can't be tough for me. Yeah, just just for the writing 1188 01:20:58,240 --> 01:21:04,760 and like the dialogues, and I mean the dialogues and 1189 01:21:05,000 --> 01:21:07,280 everything. I mean, I mean, what seller? 1190 01:21:07,280 --> 01:21:11,200 I could probably do a one hour long podcast just on why you 1191 01:21:11,200 --> 01:21:13,080 should watch The Wire, but that's a different matter 1192 01:21:13,080 --> 01:21:15,920 altogether. But A1 box tail, superb call. 1193 01:21:16,840 --> 01:21:22,480 Absolutely smashing call. All right, that brings us to the 1194 01:21:22,480 --> 01:21:25,920 end of the review of the Kolkata Knight Riders. 1195 01:21:26,240 --> 01:21:37,240 Thank you so much for joining. In. 1196 01:22:52,280 --> 01:23:36,080 The. The next preview is of the 1197 01:23:36,080 --> 01:23:40,320 Mumbai Indians. Mumbai Indians have won the IPL 1198 01:23:41,440 --> 01:23:43,840 how many times? Five times they've made the 1199 01:23:43,880 --> 01:23:59,720 final 6 * 2010 2013 20/15/2017 2019-2020 but parts also and the 1200 01:24:00,760 --> 01:24:11,360 captain coffee bar change but finally 2026 may what does it 1201 01:24:11,360 --> 01:24:15,640 look like is chief score discussed Karnikali hamari 1202 01:24:15,640 --> 01:24:21,960 saath's Reliance Industries and Mumbai Indians enthusiast 1203 01:24:21,960 --> 01:24:33,720 Nishanth join what saath me geopansky Malik saathak be join 1204 01:24:36,040 --> 01:24:39,640 thanks for having me, I'm the geopolitical expert on this. 1205 01:24:39,640 --> 01:24:44,680 Geopolitical, yes. Go ahead, listeners. 1206 01:24:44,680 --> 01:24:48,920 Must not forget this. That Geopan is what God Sushant 1207 01:24:50,160 --> 01:24:55,760 irritated on a live podcast. Very. 1208 01:24:55,760 --> 01:24:56,880 Stop it Sartak. Yeah. 1209 01:25:01,040 --> 01:25:04,040 Anyway, let me get this off by putting Nishant QDK versus 1210 01:25:04,040 --> 01:25:06,240 Rickleton. Why slash Rickleton? 1211 01:25:06,440 --> 01:25:13,000 Rickleton so may have to in fact because when NV had asked top 1212 01:25:13,720 --> 01:25:16,920 top auction wise and bottom auction wise so Mumbai Indians 1213 01:25:16,920 --> 01:25:20,640 have got 4 uncapped players and QDKI still think QDK is the 1214 01:25:20,640 --> 01:25:27,640 bottom auction buy so no doubt Rickleton. 1215 01:25:30,200 --> 01:25:33,880 NV and I had a phone conversation three months before 1216 01:25:33,880 --> 01:25:38,000 the T20 World Cup, I think last year. 1217 01:25:38,000 --> 01:25:41,280 This is last year's conversation and we're just discussing the 1218 01:25:41,280 --> 01:25:44,080 random sports cricket this time and we're discussing South 1219 01:25:44,080 --> 01:25:52,160 Africa because obviously South Africa A and I was, I've been 1220 01:25:52,160 --> 01:25:53,880 bullish on recruiting for a long time. 1221 01:25:55,040 --> 01:25:58,600 And after that 250, I think in Pakistan, he scored that 2:50. 1222 01:26:00,040 --> 01:26:05,840 I was like A and I told them they should play Rickleton above 1223 01:26:05,840 --> 01:26:10,000 QDK in the T20 World Cup which they didn't and they still 1224 01:26:10,000 --> 01:26:14,960 played QDKQDK did how decent? But yeah in in given the options 1225 01:26:14,960 --> 01:26:19,840 MI have it has to be Rickleton. Yeah, I think. 1226 01:26:19,840 --> 01:26:22,520 QDK at best is Rickleton injury backup. 1227 01:26:24,640 --> 01:26:30,320 Yes, but I would think so I'll. Not play him above Rickleton I. 1228 01:26:30,320 --> 01:26:39,920 Have a feeling he Mumbai Indians QDK not because it's Rickleton 1229 01:26:39,920 --> 01:26:42,760 versus QDK but because it's Mumbai Indians. 1230 01:26:47,840 --> 01:26:52,200 Please correct and in fact give the proper meme usage. 1231 01:27:03,040 --> 01:27:19,320 But we can go for, we can go for forever. 1232 01:27:21,960 --> 01:27:26,160 So no, I just don't know. I think QDK and his prime 1233 01:27:26,160 --> 01:27:30,080 probably deserved an IPL win. And he and he wasn't. 1234 01:27:30,080 --> 01:27:31,560 Am I? Yeah. 1235 01:27:31,600 --> 01:27:32,360 Great. Player. 1236 01:27:32,560 --> 01:27:35,520 Great player. But. 1237 01:27:35,720 --> 01:27:39,480 You can't give us like we, we were discussing this offline. 1238 01:27:40,520 --> 01:27:44,200 Now going forward you have Sherfin Rutherford, Will Jacks, 1239 01:27:44,200 --> 01:27:46,800 Cobin Bosch, Trent Bolt, Mitch Sapner. 1240 01:27:47,480 --> 01:27:51,280 The moment you play both Rickleton and QDK, you can only 1241 01:27:51,280 --> 01:27:56,440 play 2 out of these five and all these 5 in different degrees 1242 01:27:56,680 --> 01:27:59,320 deserve to have my question then my question why? 1243 01:27:59,320 --> 01:28:02,520 Would you even why would you even play like they're aren't 1244 01:28:02,520 --> 01:28:07,280 they technically identical players top orders for a foreign 1245 01:28:07,280 --> 01:28:08,640 sport? With that I have wicket, keeper, 1246 01:28:08,640 --> 01:28:14,480 be and plus. 3 has to be Tilak. You have to play Tilak at three. 1247 01:28:15,440 --> 01:28:18,160 OK, then my next question is Ski. 1248 01:28:18,280 --> 01:28:20,640 Do you foresee a situation where I would? 1249 01:28:20,880 --> 01:28:23,800 Play rather. For like the Champions League 1250 01:28:23,800 --> 01:28:29,680 T20 and now because of the injuries in the Indian Premier 1251 01:28:29,680 --> 01:28:34,520 League, there is a chance that MI can just play 5 foreigners. 1252 01:28:34,840 --> 01:28:38,360 They were able to do it in Champions League T20. 1253 01:28:39,520 --> 01:28:52,840 Yeah, baby, because we are. Forgetting about the biggest 1254 01:28:52,840 --> 01:28:56,280 trend. OK my it is not the top order or 1255 01:28:56,280 --> 01:28:59,800 the middle order or the bowlers. It is the Vantara watch. 1256 01:29:04,120 --> 01:29:08,960 Great reference, Nishan, of something that we just told you 1257 01:29:08,960 --> 01:29:28,400 about 10 minutes. No if I I love QDK but if I were 1258 01:29:28,400 --> 01:29:43,120 to even play 5I still don't think I'll play makes. 1259 01:29:45,480 --> 01:29:51,600 Sense after the top two top two say like A7 tuck, pretty much 1260 01:29:51,760 --> 01:29:55,400 depending on the situation, anyone can bet anywhere like go 1261 01:29:55,680 --> 01:30:01,440 yeah, Sky jacks, they luck and Rutherford. 1262 01:30:01,840 --> 01:30:05,440 You just play them according to whatever you want. 1263 01:30:06,000 --> 01:30:09,640 And all of them, not all of them, not all of these specific 1264 01:30:09,640 --> 01:30:14,800 people, but I think Joe Manning the playing 11, but pretty much 1265 01:30:14,800 --> 01:30:18,880 #6 to 11. Yeah, you. 1266 01:30:18,920 --> 01:30:21,320 You're getting almost 4 overs, 4 overs good day with the Savi 1267 01:30:21,320 --> 01:30:23,560 Dal, right? Or two to three to Dali day. 1268 01:30:24,840 --> 01:30:29,600 So that's that's it. And I don't know, but maybe 1269 01:30:29,960 --> 01:30:34,760 finally, if Rohit decides he tell finally, I might tell you. 1270 01:30:35,320 --> 01:30:37,280 So it's a pretty. Strong team. 1271 01:30:39,160 --> 01:30:41,480 I think he will. He's had two half decent 1272 01:30:41,480 --> 01:30:42,920 seasons. Last two couple of years he's 1273 01:30:42,920 --> 01:30:45,800 had 400 plus, yeah, which he hadn't had for a long time. 1274 01:30:47,760 --> 01:30:51,400 And also Hardik used to sometimes bat 3 and 4 for 1275 01:30:51,400 --> 01:30:53,200 Gujarat. So. 1276 01:30:53,480 --> 01:30:55,720 He's capable of doing that as well if need be. 1277 01:30:57,000 --> 01:31:00,960 I would go as far as saying Mitch Santner can also bat up if 1278 01:31:00,960 --> 01:31:02,760 need be. Just do a role. 1279 01:31:03,640 --> 01:31:06,520 They're very versatile. Yeah, not. 1280 01:31:06,520 --> 01:31:10,480 Bosch be here, so they have. It's just that I don't see how 1281 01:31:10,480 --> 01:31:13,880 Santen and Bosch are playing because Bolt will play. 1282 01:31:15,160 --> 01:31:18,040 Yeah, so. I don't think I don't see them 1283 01:31:18,040 --> 01:31:21,800 getting in other than maybe spinning Bosch Kato, I don't 1284 01:31:21,800 --> 01:31:28,240 think I I hardly maybe but yeah, I don't know. 1285 01:31:28,440 --> 01:31:32,840 But non spinning tracks. I. 1286 01:31:32,960 --> 01:31:34,360 Think, I think they're going to use. 1287 01:31:35,760 --> 01:31:38,120 I think Jax is going to play all. 1288 01:31:38,120 --> 01:31:39,720 I think Santner in the best spinner. 1289 01:31:41,680 --> 01:31:43,120 No, no, he is. He is. 1290 01:31:43,160 --> 01:31:45,960 It's just like how just because he also takes up a foreign port 1291 01:31:45,960 --> 01:31:50,400 and he's a spinner. But again, Jax is a better bat 1292 01:31:50,880 --> 01:31:53,360 and also much better form with the bat. 1293 01:31:53,360 --> 01:31:55,960 So I don't know, like again, favorable yoga. 1294 01:31:55,960 --> 01:31:59,560 You play men at the top. You don't play Rickleton, but. 1295 01:31:59,560 --> 01:32:06,960 That's a little bit too risky because as he bat, yeah. 1296 01:32:07,000 --> 01:32:11,280 By the way, Lord Thakur is also. In the squad so. 1297 01:32:11,680 --> 01:32:14,080 I think he plays. I think he's a second Indian 1298 01:32:14,080 --> 01:32:18,000 Seymour, so it will be. Charlie, hey. 1299 01:32:18,000 --> 01:32:21,720 Pandya is the second ID. He's not played much Chahar 1300 01:32:21,920 --> 01:32:25,840 Pandya Pandya, but Chahar has. Pandya, but yeah, but. 1301 01:32:25,840 --> 01:32:29,640 Chahar hasn't played much in the last year or so at any cricket. 1302 01:32:29,640 --> 01:32:31,920 Not just like IPL over there, but in. 1303 01:32:31,920 --> 01:32:34,360 This 11 like in the squad they have, Yeah. 1304 01:32:34,440 --> 01:32:39,360 I would probably play Chahar over Thakur if he's fit. 1305 01:32:40,440 --> 01:32:44,040 Yeah, yeah. I mean, any day Shardul doesn't 1306 01:32:44,040 --> 01:32:50,400 have great IPL starts or like yeah, great IPL starts to back 1307 01:32:50,400 --> 01:32:54,200 and maybe. Like problem again, like every 1308 01:32:54,200 --> 01:32:57,440 time they start so slow that they have to play full strength 1309 01:32:57,440 --> 01:33:02,920 for the last leg. But again, if they win 707 then 1310 01:33:02,920 --> 01:33:06,520 they might rest. But Brian, yeah, then. 1311 01:33:06,560 --> 01:33:10,480 They'll start then they'll ration yeah and and I think, and 1312 01:33:10,480 --> 01:33:15,640 I think am I anyways do it is that they don't bowl Bumrah up 1313 01:33:15,640 --> 01:33:19,560 top anyways. So middle overs, yeah. 1314 01:33:19,560 --> 01:33:22,760 Fifth over, 6th over. And then again, one over, middle 1315 01:33:22,760 --> 01:33:25,840 over. And then death overs. 1316 01:33:25,920 --> 01:33:28,120 Because death overs, they don't have any death bowling. 1317 01:33:29,880 --> 01:33:34,600 Any you you don't have one. That's why I want them to have 1318 01:33:34,600 --> 01:33:38,200 Corbin Bosch. Difficult, but for who? 1319 01:33:38,240 --> 01:33:42,160 Then bold want to play for who? No bolt to kill, Sir. 1320 01:33:43,160 --> 01:33:46,480 It's Rickelton, Bolt, Corbin, Bosch, Santner for me. 1321 01:33:47,960 --> 01:33:49,480 But. Santner will only be the 1322 01:33:49,520 --> 01:33:53,120 spinning tracks and how can you not be jacked slash jacks 1323 01:33:53,120 --> 01:34:00,320 Santner slash jacks Ray a sub options Hey slash jacks she can 1324 01:34:00,320 --> 01:34:06,520 like maybe get an approval for it, but neko definitive bull in 1325 01:34:06,520 --> 01:34:08,920 can just. Who's who's more? 1326 01:34:09,200 --> 01:34:13,560 Indian out of Saturn and Jacks more. 1327 01:34:13,560 --> 01:34:16,520 Indian Jacks. Jacks, whoever. 1328 01:34:16,840 --> 01:34:20,160 Whoever reached Bombay and and was the 1st to go and watch 1329 01:34:20,160 --> 01:34:29,800 Durander Sattner Premier League most another Premier League for 1330 01:34:29,880 --> 01:34:34,640 multiplayer. Sorry Mitch, but no, I'm with 1331 01:34:34,640 --> 01:34:36,000 you. Jax is in better form. 1332 01:34:36,000 --> 01:34:38,640 He's a better bat, he's more versatile as a bat. 1333 01:34:39,440 --> 01:34:43,000 I wouldn't nearly the player of the tournament, World Cup May 1334 01:34:43,000 --> 01:34:48,240 and. I think there would be 3. 3 1335 01:34:48,240 --> 01:34:53,760 towards Jax 9993 will be Tilak. 4 will be Sky Tilak. 1336 01:34:56,720 --> 01:35:03,480 Tilak I think World Cup may it's already unlocked so they can 1337 01:35:03,480 --> 01:35:07,440 even push Namandi red three. They can even push Namandi red 1338 01:35:07,440 --> 01:35:08,880 three if required. Which is what? 1339 01:35:08,880 --> 01:35:12,680 4 Sky. 4 Sky. 5 Tilak. 6 Harvick. 1340 01:35:13,640 --> 01:35:16,560 That's long. So if if Namandhi plays instead 1341 01:35:16,560 --> 01:35:19,080 of Rutherford, then yes, then Santneria Bosch. 1342 01:35:21,480 --> 01:35:24,080 Namandhi 3. Namandhi. 1343 01:35:24,080 --> 01:35:28,000 So then 44 Sky 5 Still up 6 Hard Day. 1344 01:35:28,040 --> 01:35:38,880 Yeah, yeah. 7 Jacks, 8 Bosch. Then IF8IS Bosch, then Bolt is 1345 01:35:38,880 --> 01:35:40,760 not playing. Why not? 1346 01:35:40,760 --> 01:35:41,960 No, Bolt can still play. OK. 1347 01:35:41,960 --> 01:35:42,640 Huh. So Bosh. 1348 01:35:42,640 --> 01:35:44,240 Yeah then. OK, then Santa is not playing. 1349 01:35:45,560 --> 01:35:49,480 Huh. And on a on a like a road at 1350 01:35:49,560 --> 01:35:53,280 Uppal or a road AT1K day early season. 1351 01:35:53,760 --> 01:35:55,680 I think Santner doesn't play early season. 1352 01:35:55,680 --> 01:35:58,440 He'll come in late season when the pitches start wearing out, 1353 01:35:58,800 --> 01:36:01,840 when you might need 2-3 spinners. 1354 01:36:01,840 --> 01:36:05,240 Because in all of Mumbai's reserve bowlers, there are very 1355 01:36:05,240 --> 01:36:07,400 few. Indian spinners raining. 1356 01:36:07,880 --> 01:36:09,880 It's just Mike. Markand is their option. 1357 01:36:09,920 --> 01:36:14,040 Yeah so I I see second leg miss Santner and Jax both playing. 1358 01:36:19,880 --> 01:36:22,840 Santner is too good man. Yeah, I like Rutherford. 1359 01:36:22,840 --> 01:36:24,960 That's why I picked them. But I think, yeah, if Rutherford 1360 01:36:25,000 --> 01:36:29,520 is like an Amanda, then yeah, then Bosch or Santner can fit in 1361 01:36:30,080 --> 01:36:32,360 because. Bosch does so much like with the 1362 01:36:32,360 --> 01:36:34,200 ball. He fills so many roles. 1363 01:36:34,520 --> 01:36:38,000 He can bowl in the 8th, 10th over Ish. 1364 01:36:38,000 --> 01:36:41,480 He can bowl 13th, 14th over time, pay a couple of overs. 1365 01:36:41,480 --> 01:36:45,040 He can finish, he can hit. He's a great fielder. 1366 01:36:47,000 --> 01:36:50,080 He can do a couple of Bollywood movies for Jio Studios. 1367 01:36:50,840 --> 01:36:55,560 He has the body. By the. 1368 01:36:55,600 --> 01:37:01,400 Way Hilton is also 29. Seventh 29 is 29. 1369 01:37:08,080 --> 01:37:11,880 I think he was kept as a QDK clone for a long time then. 1370 01:37:11,880 --> 01:37:16,680 He's like an identity high. Listen, if you gave me three 1371 01:37:16,680 --> 01:37:20,800 shots to tell you his age, I wouldn't have arrived at 29 1372 01:37:20,800 --> 01:37:25,120 only. I also didn't know that that 1373 01:37:26,920 --> 01:37:28,280 he's 29. I'm like what? 1374 01:37:32,040 --> 01:37:34,480 No, no, he's opening. He and Rohit's having a good 1375 01:37:34,480 --> 01:37:37,360 season. He's because now, because all 1376 01:37:37,360 --> 01:37:40,240 other cricket is done, he's achieved everything that he has 1377 01:37:40,240 --> 01:37:42,280 to achieve. He's. 1378 01:37:42,280 --> 01:37:45,600 Going for it and that's all he's needed to do. 1379 01:37:45,680 --> 01:37:52,880 He just let it go hit. Yeah, and not. 1380 01:37:52,880 --> 01:37:55,360 To kind of bring another franchise and another player I 1381 01:37:55,360 --> 01:37:58,720 had I've for a long time had the same base from that guy in the 1382 01:37:58,720 --> 01:38:02,200 other franchise. He Maria, you don't have to 1383 01:38:02,600 --> 01:38:07,560 score 50 or 40 balls it if you start just going the hell for 1384 01:38:07,560 --> 01:38:11,320 weather. First of all, you you are 1385 01:38:11,320 --> 01:38:18,080 perfectly capable of doing that. Yeah, Janta, look, Figure Curry 1386 01:38:18,200 --> 01:38:21,400 make you bowl. The guy with the short hair 1387 01:38:21,600 --> 01:38:23,800 along long hair the. Guy with the short hair. 1388 01:38:24,120 --> 01:38:25,480 Yes, I agree. Yes. 1389 01:38:25,480 --> 01:38:26,640 Yes. You have it. 1390 01:38:27,640 --> 01:38:32,640 Yeah, offline conversations online. 1391 01:38:34,080 --> 01:38:40,640 What is a podcast if not just that Men with a mic but Marnachi 1392 01:38:40,640 --> 01:38:41,800 has a. Rohit. 1393 01:38:42,560 --> 01:38:48,680 He should just go for it. I mean, Rohit will do it. 1394 01:38:48,680 --> 01:38:52,480 Rohit has been doing it, so will do it I think. 1395 01:38:52,480 --> 01:38:57,960 For Rohit, I will go through a wide in terms of the gamut key. 1396 01:38:58,840 --> 01:39:01,520 For him, the IPL is very important to stay relevant 1397 01:39:01,680 --> 01:39:08,480 because there are there aren't enough ODIs to continue being in 1398 01:39:08,480 --> 01:39:13,280 the public sphere to your World Cup major say World Cup mascot 1399 01:39:13,280 --> 01:39:16,760 and all is great. Like for him, I'm not saying any 1400 01:39:16,760 --> 01:39:20,240 any there's no shade on him as a player, but I'm saying the news 1401 01:39:20,240 --> 01:39:22,600 cycle is such key. You need to be relevant all 1402 01:39:22,600 --> 01:39:26,040 through and the IPL. So most definitely we'll last 1403 01:39:26,040 --> 01:39:35,520 IPL memo both real Bhanwalia Matlab, but I think run and he's 1404 01:39:35,520 --> 01:39:38,120 perfectly capable. That's the other part rhythm. 1405 01:39:38,120 --> 01:39:42,240 I mean, not that he's lost rhythm, but to keep up the 1406 01:39:42,240 --> 01:39:44,600 rhythm. Like you said, very few ODI's in 1407 01:39:44,600 --> 01:39:50,920 the pipeline for him. So, and the one of the anxieties 1408 01:39:50,920 --> 01:39:57,040 of being the short haired guy and Rohit is that right now is 1409 01:39:57,040 --> 01:40:00,560 that you, you only have one format and that is the least 1410 01:40:00,560 --> 01:40:02,360 plate format in the international calendar. 1411 01:40:02,840 --> 01:40:05,560 So you kind of have to keep churning out your performances 1412 01:40:05,560 --> 01:40:08,080 because every day you're an audition. 1413 01:40:09,720 --> 01:40:11,160 But talaq got their problem name. 1414 01:40:11,800 --> 01:40:15,480 Why? Is he's young uncap player. 1415 01:40:17,720 --> 01:40:22,240 No, I mean, I'm just. It's. 1416 01:40:22,240 --> 01:40:27,200 OK man just why are you sticking with only ODI like see people 1417 01:40:27,200 --> 01:40:31,840 doing leaving white ball cricket all together to elongate their 1418 01:40:31,840 --> 01:40:35,680 test carrier is totally understandable, but only playing 1419 01:40:35,680 --> 01:40:37,880 ODI? Especially for people who have 1420 01:40:37,880 --> 01:40:41,080 pretty much won everything. I mean, only has won everything 1421 01:40:41,400 --> 01:40:43,200 they are. Doing it, it's just that cause 1422 01:40:43,240 --> 01:40:45,880 of that heartbreak at that had having. 1423 01:40:45,880 --> 01:40:48,600 That they've gone their way. They have would have left 1424 01:40:48,640 --> 01:40:52,840 audience like. I marry another company or like 1425 01:40:52,840 --> 01:40:55,480 they're only, I don't know, like no. 1426 01:40:55,480 --> 01:40:58,400 It's a internal closure. I am, I am certain about this 1427 01:40:58,440 --> 01:41:03,560 because you are because of what the point you just made, but. 1428 01:41:04,040 --> 01:41:07,880 Isn't it too risky? Like not risky as in not risky 1429 01:41:07,880 --> 01:41:12,120 risky, but like obviously there is more probability that you 1430 01:41:12,120 --> 01:41:20,320 still don't get to win, right? Yeah, then so then it's what is 1431 01:41:20,320 --> 01:41:24,120 it like? And also it's not a home 1432 01:41:24,120 --> 01:41:25,600 tournament. It's not. 1433 01:41:25,960 --> 01:41:27,840 Actually. Not a home tournament, maybe 1434 01:41:27,840 --> 01:41:30,160 might even work in their favor without less pressure. 1435 01:41:32,040 --> 01:41:35,680 So plus. Without having the anxiety of 1436 01:41:35,840 --> 01:41:40,400 doing it for like 3-4 format, 2-3 formats, you're seeing the 1437 01:41:40,400 --> 01:41:42,920 effect it has had on them and like liberated them. 1438 01:41:43,560 --> 01:41:47,400 I feel these two are are playing as well as they are because 1439 01:41:47,400 --> 01:41:49,720 they're so. No, no, yeah, he chilled by 1440 01:41:49,720 --> 01:41:51,960 Abigail. Probably. 1441 01:41:51,960 --> 01:41:54,080 Huh. ABI karo magic karo ABI pelo. 1442 01:41:54,400 --> 01:41:57,400 The way that guy hates South Africa and New Zealand, The 1443 01:41:57,400 --> 01:42:01,720 short haired guy I am. Look man, all of us are fans of 1444 01:42:01,720 --> 01:42:08,240 his batting, but this freedom is something we've been wishing he 1445 01:42:08,280 --> 01:42:11,400 egged in as a Kelegaki. It will feel like he doesn't 1446 01:42:11,400 --> 01:42:15,960 have a fuck to get and now he's playing like he doesn't care. 1447 01:42:19,360 --> 01:42:24,080 I've achieved everything. I think it's just for internal 1448 01:42:24,080 --> 01:42:26,560 he also. Has he has age on his side as 1449 01:42:26,560 --> 01:42:30,880 well relative to Rohit I mean, and fitness, though he can 1450 01:42:30,880 --> 01:42:34,160 probably go on for more a. Lot, no. 1451 01:42:34,160 --> 01:42:37,600 But Rohit also has like what, lost 1012 KGS and it's a 1452 01:42:37,880 --> 01:42:43,000 phenomenal effort to lose that much and clearly very 1453 01:42:43,040 --> 01:42:48,720 organically with time and not sudden, no, I think those two 1454 01:42:48,720 --> 01:42:52,160 look good. And I get it. 1455 01:42:52,160 --> 01:42:56,200 They don't want to leave cricket and they were really shitting 1456 01:42:56,200 --> 01:43:00,480 the bed in Tests. So they had very few options. 1457 01:43:01,200 --> 01:43:05,160 Which brings me to the important question key Where will Mumbai 1458 01:43:05,160 --> 01:43:09,880 Indians end up on this in the IPL talk to? 1459 01:43:09,880 --> 01:43:13,720 Well, they're qualifying definitely for the bare. 1460 01:43:13,720 --> 01:43:23,280 Minimum, Yeah. And which TV show character do 1461 01:43:23,280 --> 01:43:28,840 they represent? I had chosen Larry David from 1462 01:43:28,840 --> 01:43:37,960 Curb because someone support, because I want to support some 1463 01:43:37,960 --> 01:43:39,600 people, but I don't want to support. 1464 01:43:40,120 --> 01:43:44,640 The zoo so. That's why I think this. 1465 01:43:44,640 --> 01:43:51,520 Is a good case for Logan Roy. Logan Roy, Yeah, Not Logan Roy. 1466 01:43:51,800 --> 01:44:00,120 No, I mean I know Succession. Just easy now. 1467 01:44:00,120 --> 01:44:02,320 I actually should have just said succession characters 1468 01:44:02,320 --> 01:44:08,040 succession. Character Logan Roy was Logan 1469 01:44:08,040 --> 01:44:12,000 Roy. Miracle. 1470 01:44:12,080 --> 01:44:13,240 Am I killing me? Sympathy. 1471 01:44:14,560 --> 01:44:14,840 No. I. 1472 01:44:14,840 --> 01:44:16,840 Mean in what? In what aspect? 1473 01:44:16,840 --> 01:44:19,600 Like at least I see, you know, Bumrah. 1474 01:44:22,000 --> 01:44:24,840 I would like them to succeed and do well. 1475 01:44:25,720 --> 01:44:26,760 Bold. Hair. 1476 01:44:32,880 --> 01:44:37,440 Anyways, with that TV show name but Doctor Hammond, I was 1477 01:44:37,440 --> 01:44:43,400 thinking it plays into the zoo, it plays into Rich, it plays 1478 01:44:43,400 --> 01:44:47,120 into. But. 1479 01:44:47,120 --> 01:44:52,080 Again, Doctor Hammond also was after the first intro scene was 1480 01:44:52,440 --> 01:44:57,880 Matlab. How is that not playing in with 1481 01:44:57,920 --> 01:45:00,040 Aarti? Yeah, actually. 1482 01:45:00,760 --> 01:45:03,160 Yeah, makes sense. Yes. 1483 01:45:04,360 --> 01:45:08,320 Bhatiwadiya. So that brings us to the end of 1484 01:45:08,320 --> 01:45:19,000 the Mumbai Indians preview. Like he, I don't think he's 1485 01:45:19,000 --> 01:46:13,880 getting to play, but. OK, so we are here to do an IPL 1486 01:46:13,880 --> 01:46:17,760 2026 review of the team Gujarat Titans. 1487 01:46:18,720 --> 01:46:21,960 Now Gujarat Titans I think quietly had a Goodyear last 1488 01:46:21,960 --> 01:46:25,920 year. They were third and we have Asad 1489 01:46:25,920 --> 01:46:30,560 here with us to discuss what are his perceptions of the Gujarat 1490 01:46:30,560 --> 01:46:32,400 team, how they line up this year. 1491 01:46:33,440 --> 01:46:35,160 So I will turn this over to you, Asad. 1492 01:46:35,240 --> 01:46:41,080 What are your early thoughts? Yeah, Gujarat Titans I think 1493 01:46:41,080 --> 01:46:43,440 very successful side, very well run. 1494 01:46:43,720 --> 01:46:48,000 They are very consistent coaching and player backgrounds. 1495 01:46:48,360 --> 01:46:51,240 So, and they always, the one thing about Gujarat Titans is 1496 01:46:51,240 --> 01:46:56,000 they always keep their core. So they started off winning the 1497 01:46:56,160 --> 01:46:58,320 season in the first year or second year. 1498 01:46:58,320 --> 01:47:00,440 They lost out on the last two balls. 1499 01:47:00,960 --> 01:47:03,800 They had a very terrible, terrible third season. 1500 01:47:03,800 --> 01:47:08,200 But they bounced back last year and nobody was really expecting 1501 01:47:08,200 --> 01:47:13,000 them to finish #3 but if you really look at the last season, 1502 01:47:13,480 --> 01:47:16,120 they were dominating the lead. So they were top of the table 1503 01:47:16,120 --> 01:47:21,280 for up till I think about game 12 and they needed to win one 1504 01:47:21,280 --> 01:47:23,160 out of the last two games to finish top 2. 1505 01:47:23,680 --> 01:47:28,760 But I think RCP sneak past them and one of the major issues why 1506 01:47:28,760 --> 01:47:32,840 that happened is because they their bowlers conceded 220 plus. 1507 01:47:33,080 --> 01:47:36,240 So they were there was a side that was built, their batting 1508 01:47:36,240 --> 01:47:40,400 was built to score up till 200. But they struggle all the 1509 01:47:40,400 --> 01:47:44,520 battles struggle when the asking rate goes past 10. 1510 01:47:45,000 --> 01:47:47,520 So that's what happened to them last year. 1511 01:47:48,600 --> 01:47:52,680 They lost the opposite the opposition score 230 plus and 1512 01:47:52,680 --> 01:47:54,120 their battles couldn't go up with them. 1513 01:47:54,520 --> 01:47:59,240 So and the major reason for that was because all the heavy 1514 01:47:59,240 --> 01:48:03,360 lifting was done by top four. I mean, there's a belief that it 1515 01:48:03,360 --> 01:48:07,000 was only top three, but I but but in my opinion it was top 4 1516 01:48:07,520 --> 01:48:11,200 because Shuff and Rutherford was also giving them 40s and 50s 1517 01:48:11,320 --> 01:48:13,200 last year. And also they promoted 1518 01:48:13,440 --> 01:48:15,720 Washington Sundar and he also they gave them. 1519 01:48:16,400 --> 01:48:20,720 Good starts. So now and then the batting, it 1520 01:48:20,720 --> 01:48:23,480 falls off. So they from the from the top 1521 01:48:23,480 --> 01:48:26,640 four, they go to Shahrukh Khan and they were there. 1522 01:48:26,720 --> 01:48:28,920 So that those are the only two guys that they have. 1523 01:48:29,520 --> 01:48:33,440 So that's where, yeah. And it, those are like really 1524 01:48:33,440 --> 01:48:34,840 bashes. They're not like batters. 1525 01:48:35,160 --> 01:48:37,080 So you can't expect Balkan from them. 1526 01:48:37,080 --> 01:48:39,240 You can expect like a couple of sixes here and there. 1527 01:48:40,400 --> 01:48:42,160 So. That was one major issue last 1528 01:48:42,160 --> 01:48:46,960 time which I think they have successfully tried to plug the 1529 01:48:46,960 --> 01:48:48,560 gap this year. OK, so. 1530 01:48:48,560 --> 01:48:52,040 How do you who did they get from the auction to help plug this 1531 01:48:52,040 --> 01:48:53,440 gap? OK. 1532 01:48:53,560 --> 01:48:58,160 So starting off, I think one of the major mistakes they've done 1533 01:48:58,160 --> 01:49:02,640 is they've traded shelf in Rutherford from last year and 1534 01:49:02,800 --> 01:49:08,600 they've traded to Mumbai Indians just like they traded Hardik 1535 01:49:08,600 --> 01:49:13,120 Pandya in the second season, so. Again. 1536 01:49:14,640 --> 01:49:16,520 Yeah, I mean negative. Trade again. 1537 01:49:17,440 --> 01:49:20,120 Yeah, and they did him for cash, so they didn't get any players 1538 01:49:20,240 --> 01:49:22,000 back. Out there, but. 1539 01:49:22,840 --> 01:49:26,600 They've used that cash in the auction to get in Jason Holder, 1540 01:49:27,200 --> 01:49:30,640 who I think is why it was a very smart buy they got. 1541 01:49:30,760 --> 01:49:34,080 They got him for seven pros so it was fairly cheap and for an 1542 01:49:34,080 --> 01:49:38,480 all rounder who in the last year I feel has really risen up his 1543 01:49:38,480 --> 01:49:40,880 game so. Both. 1544 01:49:40,880 --> 01:49:44,040 In batting as well as bowling, he's kind of a death over 1545 01:49:44,040 --> 01:49:46,320 specialist now for all the team that he plays in. 1546 01:49:46,520 --> 01:49:51,880 So he's I think in the batting he's turned himself into a bit 1547 01:49:51,880 --> 01:49:55,400 of a six hitting machine because of the long reach and he's 1548 01:49:55,480 --> 01:49:59,600 hitting them consistently. So Jason Holder at 5. 1549 01:50:00,000 --> 01:50:03,400 And this year I feel they're banking big on Washington. 1550 01:50:03,400 --> 01:50:05,640 Sooner to come. Good at #4. 1551 01:50:06,920 --> 01:50:10,600 Washington's Wonder at 4:00. Yeah, I'm not. 1552 01:50:10,680 --> 01:50:13,800 Super happy with that because I don't know because. 1553 01:50:13,800 --> 01:50:16,360 Only only that can explain them giving up. 1554 01:50:16,600 --> 01:50:20,720 Rather four at #4 And yeah, the only other option is Glenn 1555 01:50:20,720 --> 01:50:24,680 Phillips, but then he only plays if they give up Rabada if Rabada 1556 01:50:24,680 --> 01:50:27,480 doesn't play. Yeah, I think they struggle. 1557 01:50:27,760 --> 01:50:30,320 Did they play Glenn Phillips even once last year or? 1558 01:50:30,320 --> 01:50:31,000 I don't? No, he was. 1559 01:50:31,280 --> 01:50:33,560 He was unfit, so he was. He was safe. 1560 01:50:33,720 --> 01:50:36,880 OK, Yeah. But yeah, it does seem like 1561 01:50:37,400 --> 01:50:41,840 they're going to struggle with their four overseas players, 1562 01:50:41,840 --> 01:50:43,400 right? And trying to get the right 1563 01:50:43,400 --> 01:50:46,520 balance there. Yeah, so I think overseas 1564 01:50:46,520 --> 01:50:50,600 players, I feel they've they will start with Josh Butler, 1565 01:50:50,920 --> 01:50:53,840 although his form is a big, big concern. 1566 01:50:55,520 --> 01:51:00,040 So Josh Butler, Rashid Khan and Jason Holder, these three are a 1567 01:51:00,040 --> 01:51:05,200 lock and then they have a choice to make between Rabada and Glenn 1568 01:51:05,200 --> 01:51:06,800 Phillips. OK. 1569 01:51:07,080 --> 01:51:09,680 So you said one of their weaknesses was conceding a lot 1570 01:51:09,680 --> 01:51:12,360 of runs last year. Have they done anything to 1571 01:51:12,400 --> 01:51:14,680 address that with the bowling? Yeah. 1572 01:51:14,720 --> 01:51:17,040 So Jason Holder again helps there with the dead bowling. 1573 01:51:17,320 --> 01:51:21,200 So he's not like elite here. So he bowls a lot of yorkers. 1574 01:51:21,560 --> 01:51:24,360 His strength is his yorkers are very accurate. 1575 01:51:24,600 --> 01:51:27,240 So they're not lethal as a Bumrah. 1576 01:51:27,480 --> 01:51:30,600 They are a bit floaty, but then batters find it difficult to get 1577 01:51:30,600 --> 01:51:32,840 under it under them and he's very accurate. 1578 01:51:33,520 --> 01:51:35,720 OK. How about Luke Wood? 1579 01:51:36,160 --> 01:51:38,080 Have you? He's new, right? 1580 01:51:38,080 --> 01:51:41,760 This year, yeah. Luke was good, but I don't see 1581 01:51:41,760 --> 01:51:44,560 him in the plate 11. He's kind of a backup. 1582 01:51:45,400 --> 01:51:49,240 Yeah. What do you think is Robada's 1583 01:51:49,440 --> 01:51:52,640 form coming in? Because I think he's he's bowled 1584 01:51:52,640 --> 01:51:55,200 a little bit. I feel like he's bowled a little 1585 01:51:55,200 --> 01:51:59,280 better even in the World Cup. I I kind of like his bowling as 1586 01:51:59,280 --> 01:52:00,440 well, do you think? Yeah, yeah. 1587 01:52:00,520 --> 01:52:04,480 Yeah, I think he's bowled better than people made him out of B. 1588 01:52:04,520 --> 01:52:09,240 So he was a bit overshadowed by NGD and Marco Jansen, but I 1589 01:52:09,240 --> 01:52:13,000 think the earlier was the first the power player was I think he 1590 01:52:13,000 --> 01:52:15,440 was getting a lot of movement and he trouble even the even in 1591 01:52:15,440 --> 01:52:18,040 the final, in semi final versus New Zealand, he troubled the 1592 01:52:18,040 --> 01:52:20,080 battles. They got it on a lot of runs of 1593 01:52:20,080 --> 01:52:21,560 the edges. Yeah. 1594 01:52:22,240 --> 01:52:25,280 So I think that's interesting because South Africa again 1595 01:52:25,360 --> 01:52:27,520 played a lot in Ahmedabad. Gujarat's going to play in 1596 01:52:27,520 --> 01:52:30,040 Ahmedabad. You know, that might be a place 1597 01:52:30,040 --> 01:52:35,440 where about that as well. They do like to have their. 1598 01:52:35,920 --> 01:52:39,520 I think that did they do last minute swap for Kajolia? 1599 01:52:41,320 --> 01:52:43,400 Yeah, he is back, I think I yeah. 1600 01:52:43,520 --> 01:52:45,240 I saw that. That was interesting. 1601 01:52:46,480 --> 01:52:50,320 And they have they have Ishan Sharma in their lineup. 1602 01:52:51,800 --> 01:52:53,640 They were, I think battery of pieces. 1603 01:52:53,640 --> 01:52:56,280 So I think. Ishantar was just there to hang 1604 01:52:56,280 --> 01:52:59,800 out with Ashish Nehra so they can have fun and get paid. 1605 01:53:00,000 --> 01:53:01,800 He might become a bowling coach, you never know. 1606 01:53:01,920 --> 01:53:04,520 That's true. Yes, next two years they also 1607 01:53:04,520 --> 01:53:09,160 have Jayant Yadav by the. Way, of course, they have Jayant 1608 01:53:09,240 --> 01:53:13,720 Yadav. That's funny. 1609 01:53:13,720 --> 01:53:18,280 So what do you think are their strengths overall? 1610 01:53:18,360 --> 01:53:20,880 It looks like you think it's their batting, right? 1611 01:53:22,120 --> 01:53:22,520 No. No. 1612 01:53:22,520 --> 01:53:24,920 I actually believe their strength is their bowling 1613 01:53:25,680 --> 01:53:30,000 because even last year for most of the season they were 1614 01:53:30,000 --> 01:53:35,760 successful in restricting teams below 200 and that was like that 1615 01:53:35,920 --> 01:53:38,320 enable the batters to chase down the target. 1616 01:53:38,640 --> 01:53:40,520 So they they have the weaknesses. 1617 01:53:41,360 --> 01:53:46,040 Yeah, the weaknesses actually the back end that cannot go 1618 01:53:46,040 --> 01:53:47,840 upwards or to 1. So they don't have, they don't 1619 01:53:47,840 --> 01:53:51,200 have this here. They're all 15160 striking 1620 01:53:51,200 --> 01:53:55,760 players. OK, so OK, yeah, 'cause they 1621 01:53:55,760 --> 01:53:58,000 have a great Indian bowling lineup, right? 1622 01:53:58,000 --> 01:54:02,440 So they have Krishna who I really like, Siraj who I like 1623 01:54:02,440 --> 01:54:06,800 most of the time and then they have how how are they going to 1624 01:54:06,800 --> 01:54:10,200 line up in their bowlers other than that psyche so. 1625 01:54:11,080 --> 01:54:12,640 Yeah, he's good in the middle overs. 1626 01:54:13,440 --> 01:54:17,000 So if they start with Rabada, then Rabada and Siraj to bowl 1627 01:54:17,000 --> 01:54:21,360 the bubbly overs, the top 4, then one, one from Prasid and 1628 01:54:21,360 --> 01:54:24,960 one from Jason Holder, and then in the middle overs, Rashid and 1629 01:54:25,280 --> 01:54:26,880 Psyche, should they handle the middle overs? 1630 01:54:27,160 --> 01:54:30,720 Although so now again, Rashidthan is a big concern. 1631 01:54:31,560 --> 01:54:34,520 He's kind of, I feel he's kind of coming back into form in the 1632 01:54:34,520 --> 01:54:35,720 World Cup. He's decent. 1633 01:54:35,880 --> 01:54:37,000 He was decent. He bowled. 1634 01:54:37,000 --> 01:54:39,000 Decently well in the World Cup, Yes, I agree. 1635 01:54:39,120 --> 01:54:43,000 Yeah, last year was terrible. I think it was his worst year in 1636 01:54:43,000 --> 01:54:45,920 IPL. Do you think one of the 1637 01:54:45,920 --> 01:54:50,520 disadvantages of using Sundar at 4 is that you probably will be 1638 01:54:50,520 --> 01:54:52,920 tempted to use his bowling less? Because I actually like his 1639 01:54:52,920 --> 01:54:54,960 bowling a little bit more than I like his batting. 1640 01:54:57,800 --> 01:55:00,880 I think they'll, if they will, they'll use it in the power 1641 01:55:00,880 --> 01:55:03,360 play. OK, one or two overs. 1642 01:55:03,720 --> 01:55:05,280 So they'll. Have the option of one or two 1643 01:55:05,280 --> 01:55:10,920 overs for him. OK, How do you think they're 1644 01:55:10,960 --> 01:55:13,320 going to open? Like you said, they have a 1645 01:55:13,320 --> 01:55:15,720 weakness with the batting, so yeah. 1646 01:55:16,000 --> 01:55:20,040 This is the batting because so last year their top or the top 1647 01:55:20,040 --> 01:55:24,200 three, they were scoring big runs 5060 seventies at 150 plus 1648 01:55:24,200 --> 01:55:27,400 strike rate. And the big issue is all three 1649 01:55:27,440 --> 01:55:29,520 are due a big failure this season. 1650 01:55:30,560 --> 01:55:32,760 It's you can already see it in Josh Butler. 1651 01:55:34,400 --> 01:55:35,720 I'm going to make a big prediction. 1652 01:55:35,720 --> 01:55:40,320 I I see Josh Butler getting replaced mid season with Tom 1653 01:55:40,320 --> 01:55:43,880 Banton take. With Tom Banton Tom Banton. 1654 01:55:44,080 --> 01:55:47,320 I like, I like Tom Banton. I think he's the game for IPL 1655 01:55:48,000 --> 01:55:49,640 and he's improved this the last season. 1656 01:55:51,040 --> 01:55:54,640 Yeah, Gil, Gil Showman Gil has a big point to prove. 1657 01:55:54,640 --> 01:55:57,360 I mean, the way he was treated in the TTW I set up. 1658 01:55:57,800 --> 01:56:03,440 So you he almost he he went, he went on a Euro trip. 1659 01:56:03,440 --> 01:56:06,400 He left India. So, like a jilted lover, he left 1660 01:56:06,520 --> 01:56:10,160 the country. Whenever I hear Shubman Gill, I 1661 01:56:10,160 --> 01:56:14,040 think I can't get this out of my head is I think Shubman Gill, 1662 01:56:14,120 --> 01:56:17,880 License to Thrill, which is the great cricketer team. 1663 01:56:19,040 --> 01:56:23,360 Oh, really? Yeah, yeah, the IT it just 1664 01:56:23,400 --> 01:56:25,520 echoes in my head. But yeah, I think Shubman Gill 1665 01:56:25,520 --> 01:56:30,320 really has a point to prove. I don't hate his strike rate, 1666 01:56:30,320 --> 01:56:31,800 right. He's playing for the team he's 1667 01:56:31,800 --> 01:56:34,640 in. He's not necessarily playing the 1668 01:56:34,640 --> 01:56:38,080 situation and I think he's good enough to bring it up if needed. 1669 01:56:40,360 --> 01:56:43,400 And we have to put like these strike rates into context, 1670 01:56:43,400 --> 01:56:44,680 right? Like what are the pitches they 1671 01:56:44,680 --> 01:56:47,120 played on? What are the scores they chased, 1672 01:56:47,720 --> 01:56:52,480 you know, and what were the like in in general, like what is a 1673 01:56:52,480 --> 01:56:54,720 match situation? You have to take all of these 1674 01:56:54,720 --> 01:56:57,520 things into account. In a bowling heavy team that 1675 01:56:57,520 --> 01:57:00,280 doesn't have much of A middle order, the way you bat would be 1676 01:57:00,280 --> 01:57:02,000 very different. Yeah. 1677 01:57:02,640 --> 01:57:08,760 But I still think like Butler, Shubman size, Sudarshan, that's 1678 01:57:08,880 --> 01:57:12,320 a very solid top three. Very solid part. 1679 01:57:12,320 --> 01:57:16,040 They are very similar players, so they don't have the highest 1680 01:57:16,080 --> 01:57:18,160 get. Yeah, that's right, when they 1681 01:57:18,160 --> 01:57:20,200 need it. So that is the. 1682 01:57:20,240 --> 01:57:24,520 Big issue for them and size. Sudarshan did really well last 1683 01:57:24,520 --> 01:57:28,120 year, but in a lot of games their problem was size. 1684 01:57:28,120 --> 01:57:30,920 Sudarshan went a little too deep into the inning, so like into 1685 01:57:30,920 --> 01:57:34,080 the 16th or 17th over, and he's one. 1686 01:57:34,200 --> 01:57:37,040 He's the kind of player that will probably give you only one 1687 01:57:37,040 --> 01:57:39,560 or two boundaries in here, but he can't really maximize those 1688 01:57:39,880 --> 01:57:43,000 last over. OK, So that was a issue for 1689 01:57:43,000 --> 01:57:45,680 them. Isn't that more of a mindset 1690 01:57:45,680 --> 01:57:47,840 issue? Like the ability to think like a 1691 01:57:47,840 --> 01:57:50,960 10 run over is good versus A20 run over. 1692 01:57:50,960 --> 01:57:53,640 Try to make it into a 20 plus run over. 1693 01:57:54,360 --> 01:57:56,920 Yeah, yeah, yeah. But then if you're chasing 2:30, 1694 01:57:56,920 --> 01:57:59,560 so for example, in the early minute they were chasing 235, 1695 01:58:00,560 --> 01:58:02,880 they just didn't have those battles, who would provide them 1696 01:58:02,880 --> 01:58:07,040 20 plus tons in the end, the 15th and 16th of all? 1697 01:58:07,440 --> 01:58:09,120 That's. It so they lack they lack a bit 1698 01:58:09,120 --> 01:58:16,080 of a firepower in their top 4. I think with Holder that might 1699 01:58:16,080 --> 01:58:18,600 improve. I think he strengthens their 1700 01:58:18,600 --> 01:58:22,000 lower order batting because they still have the same combination 1701 01:58:22,000 --> 01:58:28,120 of Tewatia and Shahrukh Khan. And I think like they're not 1702 01:58:28,120 --> 01:58:33,160 very high ceiling players. And I, I think Dewatia, how was 1703 01:58:33,160 --> 01:58:35,560 Dewatia season last season? I actually don't remember. 1704 01:58:36,000 --> 01:58:37,640 I don't. Think, I think he got to bat 1705 01:58:37,640 --> 01:58:39,480 about four or five games. OK. 1706 01:58:39,560 --> 01:58:43,040 And he failed in the big eliminator game versus. 1707 01:58:43,680 --> 01:58:47,240 So he had a decent number of balls to play and couldn't come 1708 01:58:47,240 --> 01:58:49,520 up because it's. You can understand that. 1709 01:58:49,560 --> 01:58:52,960 So, yeah, Dewatia, Shahrukh Khan, I believe only one of them 1710 01:58:52,960 --> 01:58:55,560 might play this time. Yeah, in the playing level. 1711 01:58:56,760 --> 01:58:59,880 Yeah, and I think it may be Shahrukh Khan because Taylor 1712 01:58:59,880 --> 01:59:02,680 Taylor doesn't bowl anymore. Yeah, he doesn't bowl. 1713 01:59:02,680 --> 01:59:04,040 Yeah, he hasn't. Bowled for years. 1714 01:59:04,880 --> 01:59:09,120 The GT also have one exciting talent, Kumar Kushagra. 1715 01:59:09,200 --> 01:59:10,920 He did really well in this match. 1716 01:59:11,440 --> 01:59:13,840 So he's but also he's not that Bashor. 1717 01:59:13,840 --> 01:59:17,400 He's not like the one one or two hit up player. 1718 01:59:17,560 --> 01:59:22,600 He needs like 9/10/12 balls to get into the innings, so he 1719 01:59:22,600 --> 01:59:26,920 might only play at #4 #5 and he gets into the side if they're 1720 01:59:26,920 --> 01:59:29,080 not playing Glenn Phillips and they're going to get a butter. 1721 01:59:30,160 --> 01:59:32,880 OK, so. The real question is because 1722 01:59:33,080 --> 01:59:37,120 everyone who is refuted aside has said that their side's going 1723 01:59:37,120 --> 01:59:39,560 to be a mid table team. Yeah. 1724 01:59:39,560 --> 01:59:45,160 What is your prediction for GT? My prediction is if Shubman Gill 1725 01:59:45,160 --> 01:59:50,040 has anywhere close to the second season for GT that he had three 1726 01:59:50,040 --> 01:59:54,600 years back where he score 9900 plus runs then they'll probably 1727 01:59:54,920 --> 01:59:57,240 go to then. There's no question they'll 1728 01:59:57,240 --> 02:00:01,680 finish off too. Otherwise mid table OK. 1729 02:00:02,040 --> 02:00:06,840 So top 2 with clauses. Yeah, top 2 with Shuman, Gill 1730 02:00:06,840 --> 02:00:10,760 and Washington soon. They're coming off because with 1731 02:00:10,760 --> 02:00:14,040 the bowling, I'm confident they can like they can restrict teams 1732 02:00:14,040 --> 02:00:16,320 to under 200. That shouldn't be a problem. 1733 02:00:16,840 --> 02:00:22,560 The odd games where they will go above 2220, Schumanville or 1734 02:00:22,960 --> 02:00:25,720 Washington, Washington, since they're stepping up, that should 1735 02:00:25,800 --> 02:00:28,640 help them. But realistically I don't see 1736 02:00:28,640 --> 02:00:33,360 them finishing above top 56. OK. 1737 02:00:34,280 --> 02:00:36,680 I I feel it's gone. It's going to come flashing down 1738 02:00:36,680 --> 02:00:39,680 this season. Yeah, I think it's, it's built 1739 02:00:39,680 --> 02:00:43,480 on a brittle frame. I don't know, like a House of 1740 02:00:43,480 --> 02:00:45,280 Cards. Speaking of House of Cards, 1741 02:00:45,280 --> 02:00:48,600 we're coming to the most important question, which is 1742 02:00:49,600 --> 02:00:52,920 what? What TV show character do you 1743 02:00:52,920 --> 02:00:56,040 think you can use to describe GT and why? 1744 02:00:58,200 --> 02:01:00,080 So. GTI always feel like they're 1745 02:01:00,080 --> 02:01:04,520 like the hero's best friend and and the heroes and my so they're 1746 02:01:04,520 --> 02:01:11,120 always helping and my with their recruitment like Hardik or even 1747 02:01:11,400 --> 02:01:13,720 for this time. So. 1748 02:01:13,840 --> 02:01:16,120 They'll they'll like Doctor Watson or Circuit. 1749 02:01:17,360 --> 02:01:22,480 Doctor Watson or Circuit? OK, well, Circuit's not 1750 02:01:22,480 --> 02:01:25,880 technically ATV show character, but not Doctor Watson. 1751 02:01:25,880 --> 02:01:29,880 That's very interesting. Doctor Watson has all of the 1752 02:01:30,200 --> 02:01:34,480 smarts, all of the, you know, the ability to interact with 1753 02:01:34,480 --> 02:01:36,560 people. But so. 1754 02:01:36,600 --> 02:01:39,560 So does it matter? So does matter. 1755 02:01:42,160 --> 02:01:44,760 And also this is a team that likes to stay under the radar. 1756 02:01:44,760 --> 02:01:47,320 So they don't, they're not like very started a teams. 1757 02:01:47,720 --> 02:01:50,440 Yeah, they're not. Talked about much and people are 1758 02:01:50,440 --> 02:01:51,960 always surprised when they do well. 1759 02:01:52,480 --> 02:01:54,200 Yeah. And I. 1760 02:01:54,200 --> 02:01:59,520 Think I heard on a very meddling analysis on Cricbuzz that Nehra 1761 02:01:59,520 --> 02:02:03,320 doesn't like to talk in the public too much or make the team 1762 02:02:03,320 --> 02:02:08,600 about him, but he does wear his baseball cap backwards which I 1763 02:02:08,600 --> 02:02:12,560 think is a horrible style. And I feel like you're a you're 1764 02:02:12,560 --> 02:02:15,560 a grown ass man. Come on, just wear a wear a cap 1765 02:02:15,600 --> 02:02:20,240 normally. And Naill Bali on the sidelines. 1766 02:02:21,440 --> 02:02:22,960 Who is that? I'm not familiar with them. 1767 02:02:23,240 --> 02:02:24,640 Yeah. So that's there's a famous 1768 02:02:24,640 --> 02:02:25,280 issue. Oh, Nariel. 1769 02:02:25,280 --> 02:02:28,840 Pani, Nariel, Pani. Sorry, yeah, that's true. 1770 02:02:29,720 --> 02:02:34,280 So from ATV show character perspective, I think Doctor 1771 02:02:34,280 --> 02:02:37,160 Watson is a good one. They they eventually, they're 1772 02:02:37,160 --> 02:02:39,760 not the ones who solve the crime. 1773 02:02:39,760 --> 02:02:42,080 They're not the one who gets all the credit. 1774 02:02:43,280 --> 02:02:46,360 And I think I think we underestimate GT as a team 1775 02:02:46,360 --> 02:02:52,080 because they came in new along with LSG and LSG has just gone 1776 02:02:52,080 --> 02:02:55,360 from bad to worse and, you know, made a horrible name for their 1777 02:02:55,360 --> 02:02:58,040 owner. So there is something to be said 1778 02:02:58,040 --> 02:03:02,600 for GT to come into this ecosystem, win and contest, like 1779 02:03:03,000 --> 02:03:07,360 have a top three finish in three out of The Four Seasons they 1780 02:03:07,400 --> 02:03:10,320 played so far. Yeah, that's pretty good. 1781 02:03:11,440 --> 02:03:13,400 All right. Well, thanks for coming on, 1782 02:03:13,400 --> 02:03:16,200 Asad, and thank you. Thank you for having me. 1783 02:03:16,880 --> 02:03:19,280 Hope to have you back soon for another analysis. 1784 02:03:19,880 --> 02:03:23,520 Sure. That's four in a row there is 1785 02:03:23,520 --> 02:03:25,880 good. I gotta blow next the prodigal 1786 02:03:25,920 --> 02:03:30,200 son turn Messiah gets. A second hundred in successive. 1787 02:03:31,320 --> 02:03:32,440 Romantic. Style. 1788 02:03:32,720 --> 02:03:34,840 The whole of Bengal are on their feet. 1789 02:03:34,840 --> 02:03:40,160 Not that important. He's gone the next bowl. 1790 02:03:41,040 --> 02:03:42,800 The Dream. Is diminished for Carlos 1791 02:03:43,120 --> 02:03:44,560 practically. Favourable. 1792 02:03:44,640 --> 02:03:45,200 Scenes here.