1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:03,640 That's four in a row there is good they're going to blow next 2 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:08,680 the prodigal son turn Messiah gets a second hundred in 3 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:14,080 successive romantic style. The whole of Bengal are on their 4 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:14,400 feet. The. 5 00:00:20,100 --> 00:00:29,520 Dream is diminished towards the end as you know as Paresh Shahar 6 00:00:29,520 --> 00:00:32,840 is going to be hand, it becomes ATV event and they kind of zoom 7 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:34,680 into the Jallad. They do ATV interview with the 8 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:38,560 Jallad and they get a new set of clothes for the Jallad which is 9 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:43,960 packed with sponsors, Sponsors logos, pull and top to bottom it 10 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:48,680 has sponsor logos. Basically a jersey like his, his 11 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:53,960 clothes turn into an F1 jersey. And I feel like how Phoebe Dil 12 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:57,840 Hindustani is prescient 20 years back, that's maybe a different 13 00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:00,360 part. But I feel we treat Jersey's a 14 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:05,120 lot like that now where we just force logos onto it, especially 15 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:10,560 IPL Jersey's, which is why IPL. Jersey's May or advertising 16 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:14,080 banner Advertising Holdings. Go here for the. 17 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:17,520 Good question. Now, how long before an IPL 18 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:20,200 jersey has one of those ads where a politician is like this 19 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:35,040 and he's like Hardik Shubhecha? Mumbai, all advertising goes. 20 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:38,360 One of my friends got it done from here in Chennai. 21 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:41,680 One of my friends actually. Just As for shits and giggles, 22 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:46,200 for his wedding, his all his friends and his parents put up a 23 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:49,240 giant hoarding and thankfully they didn't put it on the road. 24 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:51,840 They put it just outside the wedding venue where all our 25 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:54,720 faces were put. His faces was his face was put 26 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:57,360 like in a prayer, this thing and the bride's face was put. 27 00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:01,000 It was too funny. Which is actually why the ICC 28 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:06,720 tournament jerseys actually look more presentable because there 29 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:10,600 is restriction on the number of ad patches that can go on in 30 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:14,240 jersey. So at least even even with Vimal 31 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:18,200 Pan Masala, the sponsor for any other team, it will still only 32 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:20,640 go on the sleeves right? So it doesn't go on the center 33 00:02:20,640 --> 00:02:23,440 of the T-shirt. So it doesn't make it look that 34 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:25,840 bad. Stay even Delhi looks decent 35 00:02:26,640 --> 00:02:31,680 then ICC event Tirusha got 2. Things one because they take out 36 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:37,320 all the Vimal and Pankaja and Baba Baba Elaichi bow holdings 37 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:41,400 and so Delhi for ICC games at least, especially through the 38 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:45,040 2023 World Cup. They did a very nice colorway 39 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:48,040 with their seating, which looks great under lights, which is 40 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:51,480 this very nice shade of green and lovely shade of blue. 41 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:53,960 So it just comes across very nicely. 42 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:58,680 And the monstrosity that is the Gautam Gambhir stand, some would 43 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:02,560 say aptly named, but that doesn't, that doesn't come 44 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:06,160 across as bad because this, the seats on the side to side 45 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:09,040 stands, they are they look beautiful. 46 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:14,400 And I have watched one Afghanistan game there during 47 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:19,400 the 23 World Cup and it was a the experience was amazing, 48 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:22,600 generally sitting with the Afghans and going to Mazar, but 49 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:26,480 it's quite nice to not have these power by LIJ Holdings. 50 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:28,720 It's really cool. And it's good to. 51 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:33,000 So the way the 1K day structure IS1K the PJ, there are these 52 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:39,880 Railway Cup, foot over Bridge Stadium, so North Stand, the PJ 53 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:43,920 literally wherever there are air winds now to the stadium and 54 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:46,440 there is some strategically designed. 55 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:50,560 The whole thing is blocked off with this whole Sanjay Godawa 56 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:55,160 banner during Test matches. But there's no way for breeze to 57 00:03:55,160 --> 00:04:00,200 pass through. They say bilateral, stadium 58 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:07,800 bilateral, but ICC? Chepauk looks quite good. 59 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:11,440 I don't know what they've done. I'm not sure if their facilities 60 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:12,880 are any better for relating to this. 61 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:17,000 They've redone the Sea Stand where they've put one more 62 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:18,800 clubhouse nature and they've kind of redone it. 63 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:20,959 They've relayed the grass. The turf looks different. 64 00:04:20,959 --> 00:04:25,360 It has a patchwork now and the redesign of Chepauk is usually 65 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:28,080 so you'll find it very safe. It's done probably like the same 66 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:32,400 people who done by them and the design has been taken from Rose 67 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:34,240 Bowl. So if you see the stands at Rose 68 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:37,680 Bowl is the exact same design. The North and South stand of 69 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:40,120 Rose Bowl, it has the same design, the same kind of layoff 70 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:43,880 and the same kind of roof. So it looks really pretty hatch 71 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:48,200 epoch and it's maybe a good set way for us into the Ahmedabad. 72 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:51,480 Too. Ahmedabad, it doesn't need the 73 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:54,720 Segways. It doesn't have Segways because 74 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:58,480 there is only one exit. If you guys are following this, 75 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:01,000 Max O'Dowd has a YouTube channel. 76 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:04,040 He's logging right through this tournament. 77 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:09,480 He started with the pre mat pre tournament warmups in Chennai 78 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:14,720 and we all the way in Ahmedabad and the one now look grilled 79 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:17,880 chicken Cara lamb chop, Cara dressing. 80 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:21,400 Room. They are the only people in 81 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:23,480 Ahmedabad wearing orange and having lamb chops. 82 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:28,920 I can confirm it right now, but the Dutch team. 83 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:54,880 Has been really good. What do you think on maps? 84 00:05:55,400 --> 00:06:04,000 Is India versus USA? India versus Namibia to 85 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:12,480 associates? Is T20 World Cup double down? 86 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:23,320 High IQ, high intelligence, it's OK, they have played well, it's 87 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:27,440 not a shade on them, but we should not put them in a World 88 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:29,520 Cup straight away, yeah. World Cup. 89 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:31,360 We cannot put them in a World Cup straight away. 90 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:34,640 Yeah, because they are not double down at the end of the 91 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:38,320 map. Logic, you cannot put them in a 92 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:40,080 World Cup straight away because they are not good enough. 93 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:45,920 You cannot put them in bilateral because one day again paisa case 94 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:49,720 when I got BCCI MLBY so they can't get bilateral. 95 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:58,240 So Karnataka people, they don't have enough exposure. 96 00:06:58,320 --> 00:06:59,360 Exposure. No. 97 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:04,680 But didn't he, didn't he come out and say that once he was 98 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:09,120 challenged on his opinion about these smaller teams, didn't he 99 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:14,280 come out and say that no, what I meant like it was so even if 100 00:07:14,280 --> 00:07:16,520 what I meant was they should play more bilateral. 101 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:24,720 What I meant was, so it was a very bizarre kind of an 102 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:29,040 explanation where he wanted to come out and say that, Ray, what 103 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:32,560 I meant was not that, but we're at the same time he's defending 104 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:36,240 on the, I think. Fundamentally, fundamentally 105 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:39,680 cricket is, I mean what is what is very, very clear is that key. 106 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:43,680 And you can see this across Indian fans and and mostly 107 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:46,760 Indian commentators and Indian like journalists as well. 108 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:51,600 Robbie is, I'm not even like you're going to call Robbie out 109 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:55,600 for this. Everybody is that everybody 110 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:58,400 refuses to see cricket as a global game. 111 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:02,640 What they've essentially become is that they're essentially 112 00:08:02,640 --> 00:08:06,400 batting for Mukesh Ambani or slash the broadcasters rights 113 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:11,000 and that's the general explanation that you hear 114 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:12,960 constantly. Key are a broadcaster. 115 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:19,360 Kellye to humne preceding 2nd is key. 116 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:22,800 Second nonsense about preceding is key. 117 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:27,240 It helps with fan travel. Fan travel again. 118 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:34,880 Again India versus USA Joe is Bharat ka Pehla match is 119 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:37,799 tournament me kiss summit tickets. 120 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:44,560 Mil Rahithi Saad Bajeke game schedule Nicholas tournament 121 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:51,640 both ODI ticket cup He has tickets job 5th Phase one phase 122 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:56,400 two in a tournament ticketing the phase one, phase two, phase 123 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:59,480 three, phase four works if the schedules have been announced a 124 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:01,160 year in advance. Two years in advance. 125 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:04,920 This is a tournament schedule one time. 126 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:14,200 Or ticket, nickel type match match. 127 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:19,440 This is not the first time, right? 128 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:24,440 Not India, Australia 2023 World Cup, first game in Chennai 129 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:26,640 match. Tickets are released on the day 130 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:27,880 of the game. Yeah, yeah. 131 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:30,480 This is fairly. Released match tickets were 132 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:34,760 released after Jadeja Bold Steve Smith because I was wanting to 133 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:36,920 go. I was in Chennai at the time and 134 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:41,280 I was offered mass tickets by somebody on Twitter after Steve 135 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:43,480 Smith got out. You realize Steve Smith, Matlab, 136 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:45,080 he didn't get out in the second third over. 137 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:47,240 He got out well into the middle overs. 138 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:50,520 And then somebody's like, hey man, I have mass tickets at 139 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:54,000 every India game. In 2023 you saw a section of the 140 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:58,040 stand fairly empty, even in the World Cup final I was looking 141 00:09:58,040 --> 00:10:00,440 at. That was that has come down to 142 00:10:00,440 --> 00:10:02,480 very poor. But this time the the attendance 143 00:10:02,480 --> 00:10:04,800 has been really good and yeah, attendance has not been really 144 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:06,400 good. So I'll come to that. 145 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:10,080 So I was just looking at when the schedules for ICC events 146 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:16,520 were released over the last two decades, 2003 on tournaments, I 147 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:20,280 think 99 and beyond is when the ICC really took over hosting 148 00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:23,800 world. Yeah, 9999 is the 1st 99 is when 149 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:25,960 they took over. So 2003 is when we have like 150 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:30,280 real start most tournaments which have not featured India. 151 00:10:30,760 --> 00:10:37,960 Even 2007, this famously disastrous tournament schedules 152 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:40,800 were released two years in advance, 18 months in advance. 153 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:45,280 So people had a reasonable sense of when they wanted to travel 154 00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:46,760 games that they wanted to pick out. 155 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:50,800 Even in T20 World Cups, which have like a two year cycle, 156 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:53,520 schedules have been released 8-9 months in advance. 157 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:55,760 In most of the even the West Indies World Cup last time, 158 00:10:55,760 --> 00:10:57,120 they're released well in advance. 159 00:10:57,120 --> 00:11:01,120 So that is no excuse. Key board keeps doing this every 160 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:03,600 now and then like every women hosted tournament. 161 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:06,800 There's a women's T20 World Cup in June, it is this summer in 162 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:09,480 England, Uska tickets were released. 163 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:12,280 It's in August, last in August 2025. 164 00:11:12,280 --> 00:11:15,080 Before the India. Before the tickets, The Women's 165 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:18,680 ODI World Cup in India in that October, like two months later. 166 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:21,720 So. Yeah, how many justify? 167 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:31,080 Meerai Meerai preceding will fix yeah other BCCI C percent. 168 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:39,480 Revenue lifetime In the last 30 years we have seen the Football 169 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:42,840 World Cup go from a 2014 tournament to now a 4048 team 170 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:46,320 tournament. And this is in our life. 171 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:49,040 The people's memories are like football 90. 172 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:56,200 It was the first night, it was the first time it was a So it's 173 00:11:56,200 --> 00:12:00,720 been 2 decades it has happened. Have you not seen blow blow outs 174 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:02,880 in football World Cups? You of course see blow outs in 175 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:05,400 football World Cups. Also you see a fair. 176 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:08,880 Football World Cups. Like every time somebody says 177 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:10,400 blow outs in football World Cups. 178 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:15,800 Germany 7 Brazil won. And this is a myth. 179 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:19,480 This is a thing that I was looking at for that subtracting 180 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:23,040 trying to analyze. So even in this tournament, 181 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:26,040 right, the closest games have been the ones featuring 182 00:12:26,040 --> 00:12:30,080 associates and not these top five versus top five, top five 183 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:34,360 versus top five kind of games are very often blowouts and that 184 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:35,800 is something we are OK with, right? 185 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:39,400 So we are always OK with India versus Pakistan being a blowout, 186 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:41,400 India versus England being India versus England. 187 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:45,520 The last two instances have been a 10 wicket defeat for India and 188 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:50,480 famously bad semifinal last time in Guyana. 189 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:55,400 OK, so 2323 name not in the I'm talking about the T20 World Cup. 190 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:58,640 The last two T20 World Cup meetings were just basically 191 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:02,800 both ways complete blowouts. But we are OK with those kind of 192 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:09,000 blowouts, but as long as if it's immediately judges see if it's 193 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:12,800 an emerging nation in a blowout. Now we are ready to pass 194 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:16,040 verdicts on their whole, much of the merit of them being in the 195 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:23,200 tournament, whether they deserve tournament with the Steam 196 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:30,520 coverage, A&E, even if you put them through three years of 197 00:13:30,520 --> 00:13:34,280 qualification. Several divisions, a very tight 198 00:13:34,280 --> 00:13:36,960 qualification tournament, and at the end of it you say he 199 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:41,400 meritocracy. It's it's yeah, it's it's weird. 200 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:46,040 And the point I keep like I was very surprised with Ashwin's 201 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:49,480 sentence because so Ashwin keeps mentioning his childhood 202 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:53,400 memories of cricket and that's also strong team in his book of 203 00:13:53,520 --> 00:13:57,400 his of his not just playing cricket in gully, but also 204 00:13:57,400 --> 00:13:59,440 watching a lot of cricket. He he watched a tremendous 205 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:02,000 amount growing up. I was very surprised by his 206 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:04,720 views because the first cricket World Cup he would have watched, 207 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:09,160 I'm assuming it's 96 if it's 92, Zimbabwe versus Sri Lanka was a 208 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:11,360 bloody close game. South Africa in the first World 209 00:14:11,360 --> 00:14:16,200 Cup made it to the semi finals. OK, now New Zealand made it to 210 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:18,720 the semi finals. New Zealand were only beaten by 211 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:20,840 that most insane in the innings in the semis. 212 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:23,880 In the 96 World Cup. In the group stage, Kenya beats 213 00:14:23,880 --> 00:14:28,920 W Indies at Pune. So boom and it's a huge moment. 214 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:33,400 Kenya then have records of beating India in ODISODI 215 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:35,480 matches. Other teams in the 99 World Cup, 216 00:14:35,480 --> 00:14:39,600 Bangladesh beat Pakistan. In 2003 World Cup, Kenya reached 217 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:42,320 the bloody semi finals. They almost in the Super six 218 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:46,080 stage beat Australia, Asif Korean bowlers and India and 219 00:14:46,120 --> 00:14:50,320 super Sixers. They had India in trouble and 220 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:52,920 for somebody to have grown up with that, and I'm not even 221 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:55,440 talking about football where Croatia reached the semi finals 222 00:14:55,440 --> 00:14:58,960 in 2002, Turkey reached the semi finals, Senegal did what they 223 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:01,760 did, Morocco now Ghana did what they did. 224 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:03,120 Croatia again reached the finals. 225 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:06,400 That's football is it's a signature that there'll be some 226 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:09,680 team pushing really beyond and a lot of these smaller teams doing 227 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:12,160 very well for themselves. Greece winning the bloody EUR 228 00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:17,240 Only Afghanistan repeatedly. Repeatedly. 229 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:20,240 Right. So I am very surprised he made 230 00:15:20,240 --> 00:15:23,560 those views because he does come across his perceptive about 231 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:26,760 cricket. And the only way any cricket 232 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:30,480 nation grows in, including how India has grown, is by giving 233 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:33,480 more exposure, is by bringing them closer to the game, not 234 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:36,120 alienating them further. That once in a couple of years 235 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:38,320 will give you a chance doesn't work that way. 236 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:42,360 The idea is that let them play each other, which they anyway do 237 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:44,280 OK. That's not how they're going to 238 00:15:44,280 --> 00:15:45,960 improve now. That's not how they're going to 239 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:48,280 Max. The Max put out will improve. 240 00:15:48,680 --> 00:15:53,760 When he faces Ashdeep over 5 games in two weeks and the only 241 00:15:53,760 --> 00:15:56,840 thing stopping from stopping this Netherlands team or this 242 00:15:56,840 --> 00:16:01,360 Nepal team from or Scott Scotland for that matter from 243 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:05,480 becoming at least like a mid level team like New Zealand, 244 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:08,720 South Africa level, New Zealand, South Africa, New Zealand, Sri 245 00:16:08,720 --> 00:16:11,440 Lanka, Pakistan level team at this point is exposure. 246 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:16,640 That is all 100% basically if they if Netherlands got three 247 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:19,960 years like. Where they play as part of ODI 248 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:22,000 Super League that they did last time around. 249 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:25,840 I can't. I can see them easily reaching 250 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:28,760 the Super Eights in this same tournament with the same 251 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:31,080 seedings because they play so much. 252 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:33,800 There's a reason like I think this is a good segue for us to 253 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:36,320 get into the groups. So let's start with Netherlands 254 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:39,040 only Group A. The World Cup started with 255 00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:42,600 Pakistan Netherlands, where Netherlands were one sitter, 256 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:46,960 Maxwell Doud Kayabina with a Maxwell Doud sitter away from 257 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:50,760 beating Pakistan. And Scott Edwards, the captain 258 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:54,840 and keeper, was so angry at what had happened. 259 00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:56,520 And Fahim Ashram had played a blinder. 260 00:16:56,520 --> 00:17:03,920 And you know, if Mashhad takes that cat then once, once like 261 00:17:05,119 --> 00:17:07,960 oh, Makhad drops that cat, Fahim Ashraf then wins it for 262 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:11,640 Pakistan. And it was it was incredible to 263 00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:17,520 see at at the onset of the World Cup itself, the the Netherlands 264 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:20,160 team just being very pissed that man, Pakistan were there for the 265 00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:21,240 taking. We should have beaten them. 266 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:24,599 So that sense of it's not just that OK, we are grateful for 267 00:17:24,599 --> 00:17:29,120 being here, nice for a party. I think this is it's in 94. 268 00:17:29,120 --> 00:17:32,480 Ireland had come and they had in in the World Cup, football World 269 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:36,960 Cup and they had beaten a bunch of teams and one of the I 270 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:39,240 remember the the coach at was it Jock Stein? 271 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:42,240 I forget who the coach was. Basically one of the very 272 00:17:42,240 --> 00:17:45,400 memorable statements that had come out of that was that we 273 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:46,840 weren't here to just have a party. 274 00:17:46,840 --> 00:17:48,880 That's what you think of the Irish, that they've come here to 275 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:50,760 have a beer. That was not how we were 276 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:53,640 thinking. Yes, we knew that we would run 277 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:56,080 up against Italy and then against Brazil and we'd lose, 278 00:17:56,480 --> 00:17:58,080 but that's not how we approach the game. 279 00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:03,200 And I felt a lot like that from the first game itself when 280 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:07,120 Netherlands, who have had a great ran in previous World 281 00:18:07,120 --> 00:18:10,880 Cups, ODI and T20, they've beaten a lot of full member 282 00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:12,880 nations were not, they were not messing around. 283 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:14,200 They were like, no, we beat Pakistan. 284 00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:15,960 They're here for taking. They're. 285 00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:20,640 Famously, Yeah, go ahead. But even in the last T20 World 286 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:23,600 Cup, right? So Netherlands on paper did not 287 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:26,520 make it to the Super Eights and the USA did. 288 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:30,640 But Netherlands had like a couple of good deliveries away 289 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:33,480 from beating South Africa in that New York game. 290 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:36,880 They're really good in the group stages actually. 291 00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:38,800 Again. So the only thing that is 292 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:42,160 stopping these teams from getting at least like a regular 293 00:18:42,160 --> 00:18:44,760 nation level good is just exposure. 294 00:18:44,760 --> 00:18:48,960 Like you give them a full cycle. What stops you from say you have 295 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:51,240 so many meaningless bilateral T 20s, right? 296 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:56,720 What stops you from having a proper 12 team league in T 20s? 297 00:18:57,360 --> 00:19:01,080 And instead of just having them play in isolation, so say I, 298 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:04,200 we'll probably discuss this at the end of it like what I want 299 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:06,520 to see and what will not happen. OK. 300 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:10,560 So yeah, I've been really not very surprised by how well these 301 00:19:10,560 --> 00:19:13,800 teams have played Scotland, who have just turned up here without 302 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:17,160 any vision for they didn't know they were in this tournament 303 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:19,720 till two weeks before the tournament. 304 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:21,680 Yeah, and how well they have played. 305 00:19:22,080 --> 00:19:23,440 We want to go group by group though. 306 00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:26,480 Yeah, group by group. Coolish. 307 00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:31,320 So Group A India, Pakistan, USA Netherlands, Namibia, USA 308 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:33,640 Netherlands. Very good, very good. 309 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:38,680 USA had India reeling at what, 74 seven? 310 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:43,520 Again, a couple of drops. 69 for six if I remember correctly. 77 311 00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:49,880 for 615 for seven. And they were reeling. 312 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:51,920 Surya played a blinder, absolute blinder. 313 00:19:51,920 --> 00:19:56,520 And he's, I hate that a lot of his, lot of the reaction to him 314 00:19:56,520 --> 00:19:59,720 playing very, very good innings is that he only plays. 315 00:20:00,840 --> 00:20:05,760 Zimbabwe's in courts minnows. I hate that because Surya A is 316 00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:08,080 one of the world's at his best, is not the world's best T20 317 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:11,000 battles. Secondly, a lot of his knocks 318 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:14,520 for Mumbai and for India have come when nobody else has 319 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:17,280 played. Well, he's he's not your OK, 320 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:21,920 I'll, I'll come at, you know, 124 one in the 9:00 to 1:00. 321 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:24,960 I'll bash 100. He can also do that, but a lot 322 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:27,240 of his best knocks have come when the team has struggled, 323 00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:30,080 when the pitch is tacky, when the other teams team is doing 324 00:20:30,080 --> 00:20:32,800 well. That 84 was was one of his 325 00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:36,200 better knocks for just the way he navigated that situation. 326 00:20:37,280 --> 00:20:42,320 So they they were again couple of injuries away, Ali Khan not 327 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:46,080 being able to finish that bowling in Surya's dropped 328 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:48,280 catch. That could have very well been 329 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:52,720 130 chase for USA and it's a very different game if it's a 330 00:20:52,720 --> 00:20:57,280 130 chase that day, just that opening day of the opening 2 331 00:20:57,280 --> 00:21:01,880 days of the tournament, right? This is this and even 24 T 24 332 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:04,520 World Cup. They have both after a really 333 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:08,120 long time felt like World Cups, like a global sporting event. 334 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:11,000 After a really long time, which the 50 over tournaments have not 335 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:15,240 202350 over World Cup was basically felt like it's a 336 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:18,280 tournament for India and everyone else and I. 337 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:21,320 Think one of the reasons for it and we keen to hear your 338 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:23,120 thoughts as well. I think one of the reasons for 339 00:21:23,120 --> 00:21:30,080 it is that the 23 one right it, it was just a overwhelming sense 340 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:33,880 of blue, just blue, left, right, center and anything that where 341 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:36,520 in they were not playing. They're barely in crowds this 342 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:39,360 time. It is in the same grounds. 343 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:45,160 It is on the same places at much worse timings, but a much better 344 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:47,440 attendance. And I would genuinely like to 345 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:52,480 credit the audience and the travelling fans for turning up. 346 00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:55,680 I mean, Chennai localized have turned up for Afghanistan versus 347 00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:58,000 Canada man and USA versus Netherlands. 348 00:21:58,880 --> 00:22:01,920 I'm shouting on Gomesh from New Indian Express. 349 00:22:02,120 --> 00:22:03,640 He's done a wonderful article recently. 350 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:07,600 He's done in the numbers on what is the average kind of 351 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:10,920 attendance in these matches. And B, he's also spoken to an 352 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:15,360 engineering student of from Chennai who's carried who's for 353 00:22:15,360 --> 00:22:18,440 two, he who carried a poster to USA versus Netherlands. 354 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:22,600 And in that poster he referenced USS old history with the Dutch. 355 00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:26,200 So there's been like serious, serious interest in the World 356 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:27,840 Cup. And that's a great thing. 357 00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:29,480 That's to me, that's made the World Cup. 358 00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:34,320 Yeah, I think there is some credit to be given to the ICC 359 00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:37,640 before people also start telling us skis highly negative. 360 00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:41,920 But ticket prices, the ticket prices, the ticket prices have 361 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:45,000 been exactly how World Cup should be priced. 362 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:48,720 Barring the Indian games, Indian games have been expensive. 363 00:22:49,120 --> 00:22:53,040 In fact, the India Zimbabwe game which is a Super 8 game that's 364 00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:57,480 going to happen in less than a week from today, the only some 365 00:22:57,480 --> 00:23:00,480 tickets were out and now the only tickets that are left start 366 00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:04,560 from 7500 INR. I actually don't mind that 367 00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:09,080 beyond the point because I the point of a World Cup is for a 368 00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:12,520 lot of these people who are attending, say no. 369 00:23:12,560 --> 00:23:16,840 No, I'm USA No, no, I'm for it. I'm I'm for having equal pricing 370 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:20,680 across the across the spectrum like there is no need for 371 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:25,200 dynamic pricing Uber in a World Cup, World Cup. 372 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:27,240 That's the. Same thing that happened in the 373 00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:29,760 women's World Cup right? So till the semi final. 374 00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:36,320 No, so I'm I'm saying it doesn't matter now for for us at least 375 00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:40,000 this part doesn't matter. Give a change one of you. 376 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:42,840 We just we are just wanting to raise the point Key A it was 377 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:47,800 great that the prices were absolutely accessible to every 378 00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:51,720 spectrum of the society and that's why they went and across 379 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:56,400 like Delhi Ho yeah, even even if you look at the crowds in 380 00:23:56,400 --> 00:24:01,280 Calcutta for for for England, Scotland was England, Scotland. 381 00:24:03,120 --> 00:24:06,200 All all everywhere. I think Ahmedabad turned up for 382 00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:10,480 50 in 50,050 or 30,000 for for some 54. 383 00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:12,680 New Zealand, South Africa was 54. 384 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:17,120 But New Zealand, South Africa, I'll still expect that to, yeah, 385 00:24:17,360 --> 00:24:20,520 for people to turn up for associate games is what I really 386 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:22,240 appreciate. And I think something that it's 387 00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:25,640 happened at pretty much every ground that we've we've had this 388 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:27,320 World Cup in across the two countries. 389 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:31,680 See Candy, sorry, SSC have thrown their gates open, right? 390 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:35,560 Two games were completely free to attack and one of the other 391 00:24:35,560 --> 00:24:38,680 games was and the rest of the games, the grass banks were free 392 00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:40,400 that the other stands, we'll price it. 393 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:42,920 The grass banks were free. Even the India, Pakistan game 394 00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:46,160 was was very well managed, very very well. 395 00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:48,400 Even though the tickets, even though the tickets were 396 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:51,480 available right till the end, I think the game was very well 397 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:53,320 managed. The fans have not had an issue. 398 00:24:53,320 --> 00:24:55,880 The Sri Lankan fans have been very kind. 399 00:24:55,880 --> 00:24:59,600 They were very happy despite not getting access to the tickets 400 00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:01,880 earlier. All of those things, once you 401 00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:04,400 bring down the ticket prices, it makes a tremendous amount of 402 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:06,320 difference in attention. No, that's the point. 403 00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:10,760 That's the point. Why was the WPL so well attended 404 00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:17,520 at the Bangalore at Chinnaswamy? The The ticket to the to the end 405 00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:24,280 stand for a IPL game is ₹25,000. The ticket to the end stand in 406 00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:30,600 the WPL for the 2023 WPL and the 2024 WPL I think 23 most 407 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:35,680 definitely was ₹99 or ₹100. So everybody could like, you 408 00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:37,560 know, people talk about that straight view. 409 00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:42,720 Straight view or catchy members? Tickets for 299. 410 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:47,960 With with food, with investments, ODI, World Cup, the 411 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:50,560 ticket prices were tremendous. This is across DY, Patil and 412 00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:54,240 other venues. Vizag I watched for ₹250. 413 00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:58,480 Great view. I watched India, Australia and 414 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:02,960 Vizag, it was full. I watched no, a friend of mine 415 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:05,440 watched India, New Zealand, I think that was also in Navi 416 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:07,560 Mumbai. That was full packed. 417 00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:10,680 India, New Zealand was packed. I think it was Sophie Devine's 418 00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:15,800 last game and just great attendance and I think that's 419 00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:18,200 what has been a big factor this time. 420 00:26:19,360 --> 00:26:22,520 You know, when you by doing this you've also allowed a lot of 421 00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:25,040 travelling fans to also grasp for last minute tickets. 422 00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:28,800 It's not killing them to get a last minute ticket and you know. 423 00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:34,600 It would have been better, it would have been better if if 424 00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:37,440 they were allowed the tickets much in advance, much like a 425 00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:41,160 schedule. I mean much like a normal sport. 426 00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:44,480 Much like a normal sport. But if the ICC work, they're 427 00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:51,840 like a normal. I mean, it's not group. 428 00:26:51,920 --> 00:26:59,000 I mean, OK, group. There was some game in Colombo. 429 00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:01,440 OK, I have confident view about Pakistan. 430 00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:04,240 OK, I'm going to say it. I don't care what you guys 431 00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:05,440 think. I don't care what our business 432 00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:07,480 think. It is fucking annoying man. 433 00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:10,240 It is so annoying. Pakistan team is not annoying. 434 00:27:10,360 --> 00:27:12,080 The way they execute their skills are annoying. 435 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:16,200 IA strong any team. Forget Pakistan a strong USAA, 436 00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:18,720 strong Netherlands, a strong W Indies, a strong South Africa. 437 00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:23,120 They make cricket richer and game after game, game after 438 00:27:23,120 --> 00:27:28,160 game, in the big moments, Pakistan play as if they are 439 00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:32,720 like beer in headlights. In the 2024 T 20 World Cup, 440 00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:36,040 Bumrah had the Pakistan team was not chasing too much against it 441 00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:39,280 there it was a small achievement, 17 and they were 442 00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:42,040 managing it half recently. Then Bumrah comes back for one 443 00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:43,520 over. He was only going to bowl one 444 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:45,360 over. Mohammad Rizwan is on strike. 445 00:27:45,360 --> 00:27:48,600 Experience of a decade. You would expect Rizwan out of 446 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:51,800 all people a very good player, really good player to know that 447 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:55,200 OK, 6 balls just don't get out. The game's in our hands. 448 00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:58,280 He goes for an almighty heave trying to hit the ball from New 449 00:27:58,280 --> 00:27:59,960 York to Texas. He gets out. 450 00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:05,240 Pakistan collapse in this game some I was away. 451 00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:08,680 I was watching Bangalore FC play play let's season opener. 452 00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:12,240 But I came back and saw the fall of wickets and I just felt 453 00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:15,600 angered that had I been, had I gone to Colombo, had I taken the 454 00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:18,480 flight and watched the match, which I thought about it would 455 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:20,160 have been such a colossal waste of time. 456 00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:25,240 Like what are you doing? I like is this is not a serious 457 00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:26,880 cricket team. I'm I refuse to believe that 458 00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:30,520 this is a cricket team whose opener made a documentary about 459 00:28:30,520 --> 00:28:34,080 himself after hitting Bumrah for three sixes. 460 00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:37,520 That's his claim to fame. I I refuse to believe this is 461 00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:39,360 serious. I have Pakistani friends. 462 00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:40,920 We've had Pakistani guests on the pod. 463 00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:43,800 I have I would love for the Pakistan team to be more 464 00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:45,160 serious. That's what I'm saying. 465 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:48,920 But Are you ready for the trilogy of films he's going to 466 00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:50,880 launch after his hundred against Namibia? 467 00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:53,000 I'll be the Oscar nomination, Karega. 468 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:55,280 Whoa. He lives like his name. 469 00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:58,200 He's like, my name is this, now I have to live like this. 470 00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:02,480 In it's not, I'm not even trolling them or I'm not doing 471 00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:08,200 that. But again, like I'll I haven't 472 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:12,880 watched the highlights or the match for the for that game in 473 00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:18,920 Colombo, but I did watch them play versus Namibia and it's a 474 00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:20,920 it's, it's a function of pressure. 475 00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:26,120 I'll be for say low bowling pressure, but big tie pressure. 476 00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:30,360 And there is, there is something to be said about Mohsen Naqvi 477 00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:35,160 coming there, doing photo OPS and telling Jao Tum JA Khilo and 478 00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:37,840 all of that. But that puts on due pressure of 479 00:29:37,840 --> 00:29:43,720 course. And all that being said, they, I 480 00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:46,640 mean, you have to credit Mike Hassan for setting up this team 481 00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:51,040 in whatever way he has. And I think being in Sri Lanka, 482 00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:54,480 they should be able to maximize their their time in it. 483 00:29:54,480 --> 00:29:56,880 Still suits them. It still suits them. 484 00:29:57,480 --> 00:30:00,200 Even in the second round I wouldn't put it past them to get 485 00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:03,600 to the sentence. Yeah, my, my problem, my problem 486 00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:07,920 with them is not the So Salman Ali Yaga gets Abhishek out. 487 00:30:07,920 --> 00:30:10,280 OK, Colombo is a spinner friendly track. 488 00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:12,720 It's a tacky track. Salman Ali Yaga has chosen to 489 00:30:12,760 --> 00:30:16,320 field because he thinks the track will get it's it's a like 490 00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:18,520 whatever. Why does he take himself? 491 00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:22,720 Why both Shaheen more these are and pressure doesn't justify 492 00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:27,120 Baba's shot Usman Khan. I have another disagreement. 493 00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:30,960 Shaheen in his first over wasn't really bad against Kishan. 494 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:35,120 He got 2 boundaries in that over aware of edges. 495 00:30:35,120 --> 00:30:37,840 There was an inside and there was an outside edge and then he 496 00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:41,440 took him off so. My bigger problem is Usman Tariq 497 00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:45,400 bowling only the 11th over and the 12th over. 11th over. 11 498 00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:47,840 Even again Namibia, there's a literary of this. 499 00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:51,520 There's a litany, Pratyush Raj from Times of India has done a 500 00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:55,040 report from the Asia Cup. And to me that is more telling 501 00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:57,440 than any result. It will be true even if there is 502 00:30:57,440 --> 00:30:59,400 a semi finals, even if they win, it won't matter. 503 00:30:59,840 --> 00:31:03,360 So he reported on how India trained and how Pakistan 504 00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:05,640 trained. And I keep repeating this. 505 00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:07,760 I want the Pakistan team to be good. 506 00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:09,120 And I'm not even being patronizing. 507 00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:13,720 I genuinely have grown up with a very strong and incredibly, you 508 00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:15,520 know, seducive Pakistan cricket team. 509 00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:20,400 Seducive Bolagia is part way by somebody wearing orange. 510 00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:22,680 Take it, take it and run with it. 511 00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:29,320 So, so Pratyush Raj's report, we will link it in the show notes. 512 00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:34,160 He spoke about how the how India, by the time they turned 513 00:31:34,160 --> 00:31:36,960 up at the training ground, everything was ready. 514 00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:40,440 They knew exactly what to do. It was like a machine working. 515 00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:43,440 Pakistan were running on vibes. They didn't know what to do. 516 00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:45,160 Batters or bowling bowlers were batting. 517 00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:49,280 They didn't know and they were, they kept going in and out of 518 00:31:49,280 --> 00:31:52,160 training sessions and like nobody had a clue what's going 519 00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:53,600 on. Even the coaches were kind of 520 00:31:53,840 --> 00:31:55,360 checking with Claire Tikya Karman. 521 00:31:55,920 --> 00:32:01,520 This is like that the first chapter of Indian Summers by 522 00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:04,280 John. Ray every team has been there. 523 00:32:04,280 --> 00:32:07,560 I'm not saying this is the first time a cricket team has has 524 00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:12,240 played like this. All I'm saying is that I don't 525 00:32:12,240 --> 00:32:15,240 want to use a certain word here, but this team is not serious. 526 00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:18,760 I don't think they will make the semi final because they just. 527 00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:21,840 There is one thing of being emotionally never being at 528 00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:24,200 equilibrium. There is one thing about lacking 529 00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:26,400 leadership. There is one thing about the 530 00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:28,680 undue pressure that somebody like the Mohsin that we creates 531 00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:31,480 when he turns up before the match and leaves as soon as the 532 00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:34,800 match goes S he leaves. But there is a tremendous amount 533 00:32:34,800 --> 00:32:38,960 to be said by just the piss poor execution skills by these 534 00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:42,240 people. And they have been like time 535 00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:44,680 after time after time after time, they have been bad. 536 00:32:44,680 --> 00:32:47,600 The one World Cup final they reached in 2022, they reached 537 00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:49,120 because Zimbabwe allowed them to reach. 538 00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:51,800 They did not reach completely because they were very good. 539 00:32:52,040 --> 00:32:53,480 And they got shown up in the final. 540 00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:57,560 Netherlands, sorry, Netherlands. Netherlands by beating South 541 00:32:57,560 --> 00:33:00,520 Africa. So no. 542 00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:02,040 And they lost to Zimbabwe in that tournament. 543 00:33:02,120 --> 00:33:04,840 They lost to Zimbabwe, yes. So no. 544 00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:08,360 I, I This team has potentially good players. 545 00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:10,640 This team has players you can probably get behind. 546 00:33:11,040 --> 00:33:15,400 This is a trash team. Which brings us to the bells of 547 00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:18,800 the ball. Australia. 548 00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:22,200 Trash team Australia. Australia. 549 00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:31,240 Australia, I don't take them seriously. 550 00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:34,760 The T20 side, for a while, never since the start of the T20 World 551 00:33:34,760 --> 00:33:37,400 Cup, they've been quite an ordinary. 552 00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:39,400 And between World Cups, they're phenomenal. 553 00:33:39,920 --> 00:33:44,280 Between World Cups, they might be phenomenal, but I see so the 554 00:33:44,280 --> 00:33:47,040 way that T20 World Cup cycle is structured is inside the 555 00:33:47,640 --> 00:33:52,680 coincides with the with the T50 World Cup being very close or an 556 00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:56,080 Ashes very close and so on. So I don't think and because 557 00:33:56,080 --> 00:33:59,240 they are structured in such a way that they need the entire 558 00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:03,120 base battery of his load start can come in to do well. 559 00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:05,680 They're not placed very well in T 20s. 560 00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:09,120 They don't really have if if you look at any any team, right, you 561 00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:11,480 either need mystery spin, you need high pace. 562 00:34:11,719 --> 00:34:14,960 And then most of these T20 World Cups, they'll go in with say an 563 00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:18,400 attack like Faulkner playing in the T20 World Cup. 564 00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:21,679 So I have never seen them take this. 565 00:34:21,679 --> 00:34:25,000 Tournament very seriously. Took a very power heavy like 566 00:34:25,120 --> 00:34:28,080 very muscle heavy team to Sri Lanka. 567 00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:32,719 Sri Lanka muscle heavy. Leave that there. 568 00:34:32,719 --> 00:34:35,760 Everything is everything is convoluted about this Australian 569 00:34:35,760 --> 00:34:37,840 team. Team David 4 by batting right. 570 00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:40,679 The spin hitters are coming later. 571 00:34:41,320 --> 00:34:43,800 They dropped right now was the highest scorer of the previous 572 00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:46,560 game. So this Zimbabwe, Australia 573 00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:49,360 game, right? So if you follow the ICC 574 00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:53,760 website, they also put out live radio coverage of each game, 575 00:34:54,199 --> 00:34:58,360 which is basically BBC's Test Match Special commentary live on 576 00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:02,880 the ICC feed. Either can access it via the ICC 577 00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:07,320 app for their website. So Dan Norcross and who else 578 00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:09,960 Alex Hartley were on cons that day. 579 00:35:10,160 --> 00:35:12,360 That morning, 11 AM again Zimbabwe. 580 00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:16,600 And for the good 4045 minutes they kept saying that this feels 581 00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:19,000 like a club level fixture that Australia have turned up. 582 00:35:19,440 --> 00:35:22,560 There seems to be no intensity to them on the field. 583 00:35:22,960 --> 00:35:26,840 Almost feels like they want to sleepwalk through this till the 584 00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:29,600 Super eights and then turn up once the tournament moves to 585 00:35:29,600 --> 00:35:32,480 India. They really are not in tune with 586 00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:34,320 the idea that the wickets are slow. 587 00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:37,480 You can't muscle through, bowling doesn't have firepower. 588 00:35:37,480 --> 00:35:40,400 It's like Stein is opening the bowling for example. 589 00:35:41,040 --> 00:35:47,000 Stein is all due credit. Never strikes me as big. 590 00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:49,920 Great bowling, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. 591 00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:52,760 So the great cricketer boys mentioned it. 592 00:35:53,120 --> 00:35:56,400 Between Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe, they picked 4 wickets. 4 593 00:35:56,400 --> 00:36:02,840 wickets, three went to start is 1 went to and Usmi Zimbabwe kind 594 00:36:02,840 --> 00:36:07,520 of like for a long part of that innings were under par. 595 00:36:07,680 --> 00:36:11,120 They could have gone harder. Sikandar Raza batted like 12 596 00:36:11,120 --> 00:36:12,840 deliveries or something in that game. 597 00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:17,520 So what was 169 for two could well have been 190 for five or 598 00:36:17,520 --> 00:36:18,920 something. But but they were also 599 00:36:18,920 --> 00:36:20,640 struggling. But they were struggling, 600 00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:24,000 struggling ball was not going off the square, the ball. 601 00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:26,480 I do think Australia didn't read the like either. 602 00:36:26,480 --> 00:36:29,080 They went on. Let's just raise the Super 603 00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:32,840 Eights, which tells. Me the A happened for Sri Lanka, 604 00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:35,320 which is very like which I don't think it's. 605 00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:37,040 And it's a less speaking format, right? 606 00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:38,640 Yeah. Compared to the 50 old. 607 00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:42,200 Professional, but they then wouldn't have worked. 608 00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:46,440 Zimbabwe have some very, very adept T20 players. 609 00:36:46,560 --> 00:36:49,320 Blessing Muzurabani. He's AT20 Superstar. 610 00:36:49,800 --> 00:36:51,360 He's one of the better bowlers in the world. 611 00:36:51,560 --> 00:36:54,240 He's ranked in the. Ground wasn't fit for that game. 612 00:36:55,160 --> 00:37:00,000 Again, Muzurabani topped in ranked ten Zimbabwe. 613 00:37:00,240 --> 00:37:02,640 It's not a joke. And Zimbabwe, not just this 614 00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:06,800 tournament, Zimbabwe have been on the upward trajectory for a 615 00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:10,520 while now, 343 to four years. I would say 2020. 616 00:37:10,840 --> 00:37:15,000 This course you could see. Signs of that happening, they 617 00:37:15,240 --> 00:37:18,800 they went to Australia and they beat Australia in an ODI in 618 00:37:18,800 --> 00:37:21,800 Australia and most of full strength Australian side just 619 00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:25,600 before the Canada World Cup in Canberra and just Tarvin or 620 00:37:25,600 --> 00:37:27,880 Canberra one of those places. And then they beat Pakistan in 621 00:37:27,880 --> 00:37:30,440 the same T20 World Cup a month later and stuff. 622 00:37:30,440 --> 00:37:35,040 And at home they constantly trouble sides, beat big sides at 623 00:37:35,040 --> 00:37:37,600 home in white ball cricket. They haven't been able to turn 624 00:37:37,600 --> 00:37:42,280 things around in a series or a tournament, but they've been on 625 00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:46,480 the upswing and the age of nostalgia in 9999, this team is 626 00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:48,840 potentially as good or better than the 99. 627 00:37:48,840 --> 00:37:52,800 Better, I will say better, I will say better and and even 628 00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:55,960 even the point that was raised on the final word, then no cross 629 00:37:55,960 --> 00:37:59,440 it said it no. Then no cross it said it not at 630 00:37:59,440 --> 00:38:02,800 it's peak. So 99 on the side add more peaks 631 00:38:02,960 --> 00:38:05,880 basically. But yeah with the fully I have 632 00:38:05,880 --> 00:38:08,160 any 18. Listen to this. 633 00:38:08,560 --> 00:38:14,080 Brad Evans has taken a wicket in 27 of his last T20 games. 634 00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:17,000 That is insane. He's not even their opening 635 00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:20,840 bowler. They play a lot of T 20s because 636 00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:25,360 exactly they keep they just they are the biggest, they are the 637 00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:30,640 biggest Test side of the last 12 months, by the way. 638 00:38:32,200 --> 00:38:34,960 So all of this is now coming, coming to fruition. 639 00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:40,920 So all of this way people see. The way people see these lesser 640 00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:43,720 sides, for the lack of a better word, is that if they don't 641 00:38:43,720 --> 00:38:45,680 produce results immediately, they're bad, right? 642 00:38:45,680 --> 00:38:49,000 But what you see with Zimbabwe is what you can see with a lot 643 00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:52,720 of other associates team teams. Also the fact that the fact that 644 00:38:52,720 --> 00:38:56,400 they got these chain of 7-8 Tests and a lot of these home 645 00:38:56,400 --> 00:39:00,280 games against South Africa, New Zealand, we remember that 400 646 00:39:00,280 --> 00:39:04,520 which didn't happen against them in the Test match in Harare. 647 00:39:05,080 --> 00:39:08,640 But the fact that they constantly got exposure, they 648 00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:15,200 told they got a Test match. So the fact that the last 11-12 649 00:39:15,200 --> 00:39:17,280 months they've had so much cricket, they played a Tri 650 00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:20,760 series against Pakistan and Sri Lanka just before this World 651 00:39:20,760 --> 00:39:22,800 Cup. So all of that amounts to 652 00:39:22,800 --> 00:39:26,840 something when teams are like building towards now, they know 653 00:39:26,840 --> 00:39:29,720 that strategically, they know how to play in these conditions 654 00:39:29,720 --> 00:39:33,720 and if this keep going on for another 12 months, they'll be a 655 00:39:33,720 --> 00:39:36,800 even harder side to beat in that ODI World Cup, but they'll be 656 00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:39,680 quite a sight. And the other point that again, 657 00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:42,560 the bowlers will have the correct bowlers, will have the 658 00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:46,120 correct conditions because the next World Cup is in South 659 00:39:46,120 --> 00:39:48,080 Africa now, maybe I'm Zimbabwe, right? 660 00:39:48,320 --> 00:39:51,720 But yeah, they'll get a most of it will be home games for them. 661 00:39:51,920 --> 00:39:55,000 In home games which are so Zimbabwe are not quick tracks, 662 00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:58,920 these are slightly tacky 2 pace tracks, Costco ball bounds. 663 00:40:00,200 --> 00:40:02,800 So someone like a blessing, Muzurabani and Grava. 664 00:40:03,920 --> 00:40:07,640 Ryan Ball, these guys will will be potent. 665 00:40:07,640 --> 00:40:09,880 We're not. Obviously it'll be premature to 666 00:40:09,960 --> 00:40:13,680 say we have work and like whatever, but they'll be a 667 00:40:13,680 --> 00:40:16,280 potent force. So, so Zimbabwe essentially 668 00:40:16,280 --> 00:40:20,200 complete polar opposites of Australia because you can hear, 669 00:40:21,680 --> 00:40:25,560 you can hear second Raza say multiple times that we have the 670 00:40:25,560 --> 00:40:28,680 data, we have the data of multiple teams. 671 00:40:29,040 --> 00:40:30,240 He's like, yeah, we'll be prepared. 672 00:40:30,240 --> 00:40:33,160 We have the data, which means that there is so much more work 673 00:40:33,160 --> 00:40:34,960 going on in the background as well. 674 00:40:34,960 --> 00:40:37,240 The I think they have shall Lagerfeld also in their coaching 675 00:40:37,240 --> 00:40:39,080 ranks. I don't think Australia are. 676 00:40:39,080 --> 00:40:42,040 Not no in terms of reading the pitch also. 677 00:40:42,040 --> 00:40:45,120 No, no in terms of reading the pitch also and the conditions, 678 00:40:45,440 --> 00:40:48,280 because what I was coming to was, was, was was Bennett. 679 00:40:48,800 --> 00:40:53,560 Bennett is like this World Cup needs the anchor and I am going 680 00:40:53,560 --> 00:40:57,360 to provide that. And Bennett has a very his 681 00:40:57,360 --> 00:41:00,120 stance and backlift is very Salim Malik vibes. 682 00:41:00,560 --> 00:41:03,240 Very low back. He doesn't lift the bat up. 683 00:41:03,240 --> 00:41:05,800 It's very low and he just plays from there. 684 00:41:06,120 --> 00:41:09,320 There's no backlift. But Marumani has been more fun 685 00:41:09,320 --> 00:41:10,720 to watch, actually. Yes, great. 686 00:41:10,840 --> 00:41:15,440 He has been the more aggressive. Vibes according to me and Pathum 687 00:41:15,440 --> 00:41:18,040 Nisanka in one team opening together. 688 00:41:18,480 --> 00:41:23,080 Yeah, and according to future friend of the Pod. 689 00:41:24,720 --> 00:41:27,440 Andrew Fidel Fernando best name in world cricket. 690 00:41:27,920 --> 00:41:30,440 Tadiwanashe Maruvani. What a name. 691 00:41:31,200 --> 00:41:36,680 I mean I know Leon Cache is is very very well liked by Richa, 692 00:41:36,680 --> 00:41:41,200 but. Tadiwanashe Marumani No, I think 693 00:41:41,200 --> 00:41:46,480 also. Then we come to the match and as 694 00:41:46,480 --> 00:41:50,600 #1 paying member of the Path of Nissankar fan club, I should say 695 00:41:50,600 --> 00:41:53,200 that my boy has shown us. And how? 696 00:41:53,840 --> 00:41:57,840 Water CACS and water knock. And there's something about Sri 697 00:41:57,840 --> 00:42:01,360 Lankan crowds, men like turning up in night games. 698 00:42:01,720 --> 00:42:04,040 It is specifically this combination of Sri Lanka or 699 00:42:04,120 --> 00:42:07,720 Australia, right? The combination of colors and 700 00:42:07,720 --> 00:42:10,160 the way it lights up in a night game, right? 701 00:42:10,160 --> 00:42:13,600 There is something very viscerally like it's almost like 702 00:42:13,600 --> 00:42:15,840 a South American football crowd. And yeah, yeah. 703 00:42:16,160 --> 00:42:20,160 And if you, if you, if you go to a Palakali or Prema does I have 704 00:42:20,160 --> 00:42:24,600 not watched at SSC as you go to Prema Dasa or Palakele, you will 705 00:42:24,600 --> 00:42:26,720 drink. I mean, even if you're like, no, 706 00:42:26,720 --> 00:42:28,440 I don't want to drink. I'll just watch and go. 707 00:42:28,640 --> 00:42:29,840 I'll have like juice or whatever. 708 00:42:29,920 --> 00:42:33,120 You will end up drinking because a, the beers and all, 709 00:42:33,360 --> 00:42:35,080 everything's available in the stadium. 710 00:42:35,480 --> 00:42:38,440 But more than that, the part you don't hear DJs at Sri Lanka 711 00:42:38,440 --> 00:42:40,440 stadiums, you hear the brass band playing. 712 00:42:40,760 --> 00:42:45,560 Brass Band P10. 1000 times better than hearing DJs and they 713 00:42:45,560 --> 00:42:48,360 play all your bangers from the 90s and 2000s and classics, 714 00:42:48,360 --> 00:42:50,280 right? And the atmosphere is like a 715 00:42:50,280 --> 00:42:53,600 carnival, everyone's partying so you are swept up. 716 00:42:54,040 --> 00:42:57,440 And when Sri Lanka does well, and I have been lucky enough to 717 00:42:57,440 --> 00:43:03,760 watch Sri Lanka win in a game there, Oh my God it is, it is 718 00:43:03,760 --> 00:43:07,240 just vibes. I was dancing drunk with people 719 00:43:07,240 --> 00:43:10,560 who I have never met, will never meet for no reason except they 720 00:43:10,560 --> 00:43:12,600 were dancing next to me and they were like just dancing. 721 00:43:12,600 --> 00:43:15,840 And this Sri Lankan batting line? 722 00:43:16,400 --> 00:43:21,480 Again, like same as what I said for Zimbabwe, again, they have a 723 00:43:21,480 --> 00:43:25,440 really high ceiling, just that they need this one tournament 724 00:43:25,440 --> 00:43:28,600 where they all come together. They need a 96 kind of a moment. 725 00:43:29,080 --> 00:43:32,640 And this batting lineup cumulatively has the potential 726 00:43:32,640 --> 00:43:37,400 to be that in AODI or T20 vertical less more in an ODI 727 00:43:37,440 --> 00:43:40,120 vertical, less so in AT20 format. 728 00:43:40,800 --> 00:43:44,440 I worry for Sri Lanka at a very high scoring venue. 729 00:43:44,760 --> 00:43:47,760 Yeah. At a very high scoring venue, 730 00:43:48,200 --> 00:43:51,040 they don't have I think the tools to get to 220. 731 00:43:51,080 --> 00:43:52,880 And I could be wrong. I'll be happy to be broken down. 732 00:43:54,480 --> 00:43:59,360 So in a, in a, in a Colombo Candy SSC in, in, you know, a 733 00:43:59,360 --> 00:44:01,720 couple of the Indian venues, they will be great value. 734 00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:04,360 I don't think they'll be easy to beat even in a super eights. 735 00:44:04,640 --> 00:44:07,520 That being said. Although although they do show 736 00:44:07,560 --> 00:44:11,280 some signs of it, Asia government Asia Cup against 737 00:44:11,280 --> 00:44:16,400 India, they did show some signs of like again it was on the back 738 00:44:16,400 --> 00:44:20,400 of Nissanka 100 again in the Asia Cup, it's they tied. 739 00:44:20,400 --> 00:44:25,240 There are 220 chase or something, 110 to 20 sort of a 740 00:44:25,240 --> 00:44:28,000 chase. They have the depth, but I am 741 00:44:28,000 --> 00:44:33,400 now worried about like losing two major bowlers in from the 742 00:44:33,400 --> 00:44:35,680 1st 11. That will be a bit of a 743 00:44:35,680 --> 00:44:38,240 challenge outside of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka, they might still 744 00:44:38,240 --> 00:44:41,000 overcome that. Madhushanka is the Madhushanka 745 00:44:41,000 --> 00:44:45,920 is phenomenal man. He bowled in the Mumbai game 746 00:44:45,920 --> 00:44:49,200 against India at the 23 World Cup where the ball he bowled to 747 00:44:49,200 --> 00:44:51,280 Rohit Sharma. Let's go back and watch that 748 00:44:51,280 --> 00:44:52,120 ball. Yeah. 749 00:44:53,360 --> 00:44:55,120 And he's a he's a very good bowler. 750 00:44:55,760 --> 00:44:59,400 First just pitched on it felt like it was pitching on middle 751 00:44:59,440 --> 00:45:02,120 and legs. So Rohit went for a flick and 752 00:45:02,120 --> 00:45:06,280 drifted in just a bit extra pitched on the seam, bent back 753 00:45:06,280 --> 00:45:09,960 in. Boom con, good color, very nice 754 00:45:09,960 --> 00:45:14,760 watchable action. Yes, they'll miss Batirana and I 755 00:45:14,760 --> 00:45:20,080 don't think Hasaranga like Satishana is good, fairly 756 00:45:20,080 --> 00:45:22,240 reliable. Vela Lage has regrets from what 757 00:45:22,240 --> 00:45:25,240 he should have been. Velage is a long term regret. 758 00:45:26,120 --> 00:45:31,480 And yeah, Hasaranga is just, it's it's, you know, it's feast 759 00:45:31,480 --> 00:45:34,440 of famine. So that's a bit of a like if he 760 00:45:34,440 --> 00:45:37,360 gets hit, then he will get hit. It's a very hard this thing. 761 00:45:37,880 --> 00:45:39,880 But yeah, I hope, I hope they make it to the Chinese fan. 762 00:45:39,880 --> 00:45:41,440 It will be very cool to have them. 763 00:45:41,800 --> 00:45:43,800 It's a good eating I. Don't know if they can fit in 764 00:45:43,800 --> 00:45:47,960 vendors say. Somewhere in the some point 765 00:45:48,280 --> 00:45:52,720 batting of the I don't think batting may they have vendors, 766 00:45:52,760 --> 00:45:55,440 they'll have to fit it in the middle and lower order. 767 00:45:56,840 --> 00:46:01,800 OK, now. I still feel enough to reach the 768 00:46:01,800 --> 00:46:04,360 semis I want. I think they have enough to beat 769 00:46:04,360 --> 00:46:09,480 New Zealand and England. Speaking of England, Speaking of 770 00:46:09,480 --> 00:46:34,640 semis, India, Australia, I think W 771 00:46:34,640 --> 00:46:45,600 Indies or South Africa, South Africa, South Africa, I'm like 772 00:46:46,040 --> 00:46:53,160 by World Cup coming back then mujhe people are so. 773 00:46:53,720 --> 00:46:57,600 Used to that 10 team nonsense of an ODI World Cup. 774 00:46:58,040 --> 00:47:03,160 The Steamy. Group may my my favorite format 775 00:47:03,200 --> 00:47:07,720 for ODIs and hopefully like 10 P 20s can come and join is either 776 00:47:07,720 --> 00:47:10,920 do the football World Cup model where everything then goes into 777 00:47:10,920 --> 00:47:14,840 a round of knockouts, great fun, great Jeopardy kilter or 778 00:47:14,840 --> 00:47:19,600 knockout to knockout to knockout or the 90s Jeopardy model where 779 00:47:19,600 --> 00:47:23,960 you played quarterfinals. Quarterfinals there is a. 780 00:47:24,560 --> 00:47:52,480 Western Game Jeopardy. Jeopardy Super 8 Super 8 with 781 00:47:52,560 --> 00:48:09,520 six six Super 8 game. Everyone plays. 782 00:48:13,320 --> 00:48:17,080 Everyone. And other league so that you get 783 00:48:17,080 --> 00:48:22,520 a more many so, so you get a more fair and competitive fair 784 00:48:25,200 --> 00:48:26,880 World Cup. Sorry, global events. 785 00:48:26,880 --> 00:48:28,760 I think I'll go back. I'll go back. 786 00:48:29,160 --> 00:48:33,120 It's the same thing. Indian fans, Indian 787 00:48:33,120 --> 00:48:37,800 commentators, Very little idea. Key world, sport world. 788 00:48:37,800 --> 00:48:44,720 Cup Grand tennis you can have federal first round. 789 00:48:44,840 --> 00:48:53,280 What do you mean we are not assured federal final every 790 00:48:53,360 --> 00:48:55,960 single time? One one of my favorite bits from 791 00:48:55,960 --> 00:49:02,520 football World Cups. Exactly 2. 1002 May France 792 00:49:02,760 --> 00:49:09,520 opening game Senegal. That is the kind of upset that 793 00:49:09,520 --> 00:49:12,360 cricket will not. Be able to fathom and digest. 794 00:49:12,880 --> 00:49:16,200 Yes we could. Can't vote 2007 like Manish and 795 00:49:16,200 --> 00:49:18,880 I. We tweeted both. 2007 cut that 796 00:49:18,880 --> 00:49:22,720 124 hour period when Bangladesh and Ireland crashed. 797 00:49:22,720 --> 00:49:26,200 The four Albinies simultaneous games almost same. 798 00:49:26,240 --> 00:49:30,440 Same night and when Bangladesh and Ireland crashed the party 799 00:49:30,560 --> 00:49:32,720 that has ruined tournament cricket. 800 00:49:33,160 --> 00:49:38,960 Because it will be so much fun to know any team can lose and it 801 00:49:38,960 --> 00:49:41,080 will. The tournament will be so much 802 00:49:41,080 --> 00:49:47,800 richer for it because the anxiety of knowing pro to 803 00:49:47,840 --> 00:49:56,000 Khatam. So both to complete Jeopardy 804 00:49:59,040 --> 00:50:09,960 Sports tech best of three final. World Series Best of seven. 805 00:50:10,960 --> 00:50:14,200 World Series, Good matching. Did I hear somebody say best of 806 00:50:14,200 --> 00:50:15,920 three? I think it's time to take a very 807 00:50:15,920 --> 00:50:18,360 short separate because I need to show Aditya something. 808 00:50:19,880 --> 00:50:24,400 Aditya Independence Cup yo 98 Watch this. 809 00:50:32,800 --> 00:50:45,440 That was Toronto, yes. And so 3 finals, 98 810 00:50:45,440 --> 00:51:00,480 independence. 3 independence, Bangladesh 811 00:51:00,480 --> 00:51:02,480 independence, Indian independence and Sri Lankan 812 00:51:02,480 --> 00:51:05,520 independence We celebrate Pakistan but Pakistan didn't 813 00:51:05,520 --> 00:51:09,280 invite India for its independence cup may control 814 00:51:09,280 --> 00:51:17,800 secret kardungabhi W Indies or South Africa, Sri Lanka this was 815 00:51:17,800 --> 00:51:20,520 Pakistan's independence cup but they didn't invite India. 816 00:51:21,000 --> 00:51:23,320 That was Wakar's tournament. Tournament. 817 00:51:23,840 --> 00:51:27,040 There was a very party wicket Independence Cup in Pakistan. 818 00:51:27,400 --> 00:51:52,840 Yes. Because the idea. 819 00:51:53,160 --> 00:51:58,560 So in 96, right, objectively, like I know 96 quarter final May 820 00:51:59,040 --> 00:52:02,080 the big, big man didn't play, but you could make a very 821 00:52:02,080 --> 00:52:04,600 serious case that Pakistan were a better ODI team. 822 00:52:05,160 --> 00:52:10,040 And the tension of that game as it went on as India put on 280 823 00:52:10,040 --> 00:52:13,920 and Pakistan, their opening partnership were outrageous 824 00:52:14,360 --> 00:52:17,240 before Venkatesh Prasad did what Venkateshwar does. 825 00:52:17,600 --> 00:52:21,040 The anxiety of that game as Javed Niyadat was, you know, 826 00:52:21,080 --> 00:52:25,560 trying to navigate the chase. Was that home team India, do 827 00:52:25,560 --> 00:52:28,400 they make it to the semis? Or does the other one of the 828 00:52:28,400 --> 00:52:31,120 other host Pakistan were objectively a better ODI team? 829 00:52:31,600 --> 00:52:35,440 Do they make it to the semis? Even the 2003 semifinal against 830 00:52:35,440 --> 00:52:38,640 Kenya, right? Because it's a semifinal, you 831 00:52:38,640 --> 00:52:42,320 can see how Tendulkar and Ganguly approached the 1st 2530 832 00:52:42,320 --> 00:52:44,360 overs. Yeah, because there's always 833 00:52:44,480 --> 00:52:48,280 tacky chance of tacky moisture, tacky wicked moisture. 834 00:52:48,760 --> 00:52:53,440 And the Kenyan bowlers were outstanding and they had almost 835 00:52:53,440 --> 00:52:57,640 a banana skin game in the Super Sixes, which they didn't want 836 00:52:57,800 --> 00:52:59,800 that to be repeated in the semis. 837 00:52:59,800 --> 00:53:02,280 So you can see that semis now automatically approached. 838 00:53:02,280 --> 00:53:05,880 It makes for a great spectacle. And it could sound like we are 839 00:53:05,880 --> 00:53:07,720 being uncles, and fair enough, we all are. 840 00:53:08,200 --> 00:53:12,400 But cricket is missing out on so much by not allowing itself a 841 00:53:12,400 --> 00:53:16,120 spectacle. The same teams, same teams, keep 842 00:53:16,120 --> 00:53:17,840 it. Keep everything as it is. 843 00:53:17,840 --> 00:53:20,440 It not Jobi hair politics. We hate it. 844 00:53:20,720 --> 00:53:23,440 Keep it. I'm saying keep it tournament. 845 00:53:23,600 --> 00:53:28,000 Just keep it full of knockout possibilities in jeopardy. 24 846 00:53:28,000 --> 00:53:30,480 team will not. Have a better tournament? 847 00:53:30,920 --> 00:53:36,040 24 Team tournament, Group of round of 16 quarters, semis, 848 00:53:36,040 --> 00:53:37,760 final. It'll be a great tournament. 849 00:53:37,760 --> 00:53:39,280 You'll get the same number of games. 850 00:53:39,600 --> 00:53:42,880 And it will be phenomenal. It will be phenomenal because 851 00:53:42,880 --> 00:53:45,920 you will see randomly out of nowhere a Zimbabwe reaching a 852 00:53:45,920 --> 00:53:48,960 semi final. You will see out of nowhere a 853 00:53:48,960 --> 00:53:52,720 favorite get knocked out because they had one bad game. 854 00:53:53,320 --> 00:53:57,040 There is a there is a game in Wimbledon in 2012, Rafael Nadal 855 00:53:57,040 --> 00:53:59,920 versus Lucas Rosol. I'm fairly confident a lot of 856 00:53:59,920 --> 00:54:01,840 people who don't watch tennis wouldn't have heard the name of 857 00:54:01,840 --> 00:54:04,000 Lucas Rosol. And fairly so Usniku's 858 00:54:04,000 --> 00:54:06,840 achievement Kyakas Lucas Russell turned up to that match and 859 00:54:06,840 --> 00:54:09,080 Nadal was fair. OK, fine, he was coming off some 860 00:54:09,080 --> 00:54:12,280 part of actually, but he was still Nadal at Wimbledon in 861 00:54:12,280 --> 00:54:15,160 third, fourth round types. Russell played like how 862 00:54:15,160 --> 00:54:19,160 Jaisuriya played Indian bowlers in the 90s Wiki Fande Mayaki 863 00:54:19,160 --> 00:54:22,160 Mayak silf Pelunga. And that time Wimbledon used to 864 00:54:22,160 --> 00:54:27,320 be a very fast quote, very fast almost Silf pela, silf pela. 865 00:54:27,600 --> 00:54:33,160 He beat Nadal and as an adult career stretched to 22/23/24. 866 00:54:33,160 --> 00:54:35,280 He played at the 24 Paris Olympics of Fox 6. 867 00:54:35,280 --> 00:54:37,360 So he's it's not like he was done then. 868 00:54:37,600 --> 00:54:42,640 So that possibility of anyone could be beaten. 869 00:54:42,640 --> 00:54:44,760 Leyton Hewitt won the Wimbledon in 2002. 870 00:54:45,080 --> 00:54:47,720 Next year, first round exit, first round exit. 871 00:54:48,160 --> 00:54:51,480 And I think that's beautiful. That has to happen and. 872 00:54:52,480 --> 00:54:57,560 Tennis has a sport. Richard Krycheck the under pace 873 00:54:58,440 --> 00:55:02,040 Tennis has a sport. What works for tennis and a lot 874 00:55:02,040 --> 00:55:05,520 of these real underdog like stories that people remember is 875 00:55:05,520 --> 00:55:09,160 purely because of fact that because It's A Knockout sport 876 00:55:09,320 --> 00:55:14,840 largely outside of the Masters tournament, you really remember 877 00:55:14,840 --> 00:55:18,120 these games because once you beat someone, they are knocked 878 00:55:18,120 --> 00:55:21,800 out of the government, right? So that is what makes a lot of 879 00:55:21,800 --> 00:55:22,640 these tennis. Members. 880 00:55:22,640 --> 00:55:25,600 Also, not to segue too far, we'll come back to Group C 881 00:55:25,600 --> 00:55:29,240 because it's a phenomenal group, but just a quick one on tennis 882 00:55:29,280 --> 00:55:32,080 and as a symbol of where sport kind of is thinking of. 883 00:55:32,240 --> 00:55:34,800 So football has this European Super League where they would be 884 00:55:35,120 --> 00:55:38,360 and thankfully it's gone now whether it's back against it and 885 00:55:38,360 --> 00:55:40,360 all the big teams will only play against each other, right? 886 00:55:40,840 --> 00:55:44,080 Tennis has this thing now and Federer kind of accepted it last 887 00:55:44,080 --> 00:55:47,440 year at the Levers Cup where all the codes are now very fast. 888 00:55:47,720 --> 00:55:50,160 What that is done is even at French. 889 00:55:50,200 --> 00:55:52,920 So you can almost transfer your technique between the four 890 00:55:52,920 --> 00:55:57,040 surfaces where the absolute 2 best players of the world are 891 00:55:57,120 --> 00:55:59,360 untouched. You can't get near them unless 892 00:55:59,360 --> 00:56:02,160 they have a horrible day. That's making it very tough for 893 00:56:02,160 --> 00:56:05,360 a Gustavo Kuwaitan to emerge. That's making it very tough for 894 00:56:05,360 --> 00:56:07,680 a Marat Safin to randomly come and win a tournament. 895 00:56:07,880 --> 00:56:11,600 David Nalvandian to make it to a final paragraph, to make it to 896 00:56:11,600 --> 00:56:13,120 the quarters. Evan is it? 897 00:56:13,200 --> 00:56:16,640 It's making it very difficult because the top 2 are so good, 898 00:56:17,120 --> 00:56:19,520 and they are. They'll be able to win even if 899 00:56:19,520 --> 00:56:22,440 you make it tougher. And that's our angst, that it's 900 00:56:22,440 --> 00:56:24,400 not like the best teams will get worse. 901 00:56:24,400 --> 00:56:27,280 If you add more jeopardy, they'll emerge better. 902 00:56:27,840 --> 00:56:31,200 They'll win tougher games. India will beat Sri Lanka in a 903 00:56:31,200 --> 00:56:32,960 random quarterfinal in Colombo. When? 904 00:56:32,960 --> 00:56:34,160 From when? They're 100 for it. 905 00:56:34,480 --> 00:56:37,960 That will be a far better game than the blowout at Mumbai, 906 00:56:37,960 --> 00:56:40,520 where India scored 450 and Sri Lanka get out for 50. 907 00:56:40,840 --> 00:56:44,040 That makes no sense. Public or risky? 908 00:56:45,040 --> 00:56:50,160 Risk, I think a risk low level pay hair and and then we'll move 909 00:56:50,160 --> 00:57:05,120 to Group C first risk is key, which is what is this? 910 00:57:05,120 --> 00:57:11,320 Country Greece winning the Euros in 2004. 911 00:57:11,480 --> 00:57:15,240 Very boring victory if you look at the score lines and how they 912 00:57:15,240 --> 00:57:17,760 won. The boring in the sense that 913 00:57:18,360 --> 00:57:22,560 basically like one goal margin, sit back, sit back, sit back, 914 00:57:22,640 --> 00:57:24,400 all set pieces. That was actually all came from 915 00:57:24,400 --> 00:57:26,000 set pieces. Set pieces. 916 00:57:26,000 --> 00:57:27,440 That was their entire tournament. 917 00:57:28,080 --> 00:57:32,640 But again, memorable at the same time because otherwise how? 918 00:57:32,640 --> 00:57:34,320 Thank you. Best of three, best of fighters. 919 00:57:35,840 --> 00:57:40,320 They took France and they beat Portugal twice. 920 00:57:40,320 --> 00:57:43,400 Portugal in the game was Portugal and Portugal. 921 00:57:44,320 --> 00:57:47,560 Defended by Portugal and that Portugal team was bloody good. 922 00:57:47,560 --> 00:57:49,720 People think Portugal and I heard this quote. 923 00:57:49,720 --> 00:57:53,480 I'm so sorry MP for digressing. I heard this quote recently and 924 00:57:53,640 --> 00:57:56,760 yeah, as much as you want to not judge, how can you not? 925 00:57:57,120 --> 00:58:01,160 This person said Portugal became relevant after Cristiano 926 00:58:01,160 --> 00:58:08,120 Ronaldo. I was like, bro, I was like Eto 927 00:58:09,400 --> 00:58:12,720 and I said I was like Vasco da Gama. 928 00:58:13,440 --> 00:58:15,920 I mean, forget everything. Let's talk about the Portugal 929 00:58:15,920 --> 00:58:19,160 football team. Do you know Louis, Louis Figo, 930 00:58:19,160 --> 00:58:23,000 you know, the whole team, they reached the 2004 Euro final and 931 00:58:23,000 --> 00:58:24,560 this whole thingy. Much love. 932 00:58:25,080 --> 00:58:26,640 They were not good. It's right. 933 00:58:26,640 --> 00:58:31,720 Anyway, let's come back to let's come back to Koriloga, Portugal, 934 00:58:31,760 --> 00:58:34,880 which is England. But yeah, England not like 935 00:58:34,880 --> 00:58:40,200 England. Killer miracle word of they 936 00:58:40,200 --> 00:58:44,880 bring ICC wins alive. 2011 World Cup dull group stage. 937 00:58:44,880 --> 00:58:46,960 May England single handedly mother. 938 00:58:46,960 --> 00:58:49,560 They gave us that Ireland game. They gave us a South Africa game 939 00:58:49,560 --> 00:58:52,360 which was a thriller. The Bangalore, India game. 940 00:58:52,960 --> 00:58:57,960 India game and the Bangladesh they lost two amazing four group 941 00:58:57,960 --> 00:59:00,760 games, all bangers. England repeated. 942 00:59:02,320 --> 00:59:06,000 Look, Joe, tournament there was. A middle face for two years, 943 00:59:06,560 --> 00:59:10,200 three years where they became exceptional and all the best 944 00:59:10,200 --> 00:59:14,280 players just played with like horse vision, like just key, a 945 00:59:14,280 --> 00:59:17,680 key target, a subject man out either side of that. 946 00:59:18,200 --> 00:59:21,680 But Despite that, 2019 again England gave us thrillers, 947 00:59:22,680 --> 00:59:28,600 Continuous, continuous group stage. 2019 great games England 948 00:59:28,600 --> 00:59:30,440 Sri Lanka was a which is why I didn't. 949 00:59:30,440 --> 00:59:33,800 Sri Lanka, England, but the. Summer of Stokes was so much 950 00:59:33,800 --> 00:59:37,200 more than Headingley Ekto Benz to uska Pisla testament Lords in 951 00:59:37,200 --> 00:59:37,880 the century. Mara. 952 00:59:38,360 --> 00:59:41,200 The World Cup he had was fucking phenomenal. 953 00:59:41,320 --> 00:59:46,040 Sabke Satharan Marao since final we ran in Marao 8 Sri Lanka 84 954 00:59:46,040 --> 00:59:49,840 Mara Joe game Sri Lanka. But England white ball 955 00:59:49,840 --> 00:59:54,800 tournaments kafi dil PE Lita 2015 give out say you can see 956 00:59:54,800 --> 00:59:57,560 them annoyed, you can see their media annoyed if they lose. 957 00:59:58,040 --> 01:00:01,760 So if they get close against win a close game against Nepal, you 958 01:00:01,760 --> 01:00:06,080 can see that Sky Sports super their team management also. 959 01:00:06,240 --> 01:00:13,080 At least Rob Baron, Rob Baron. And that's because they they 960 01:00:13,600 --> 01:00:17,480 make these very odd team selection choices and they make 961 01:00:17,480 --> 01:00:21,160 these very like Athrangi choices in their ways. 962 01:00:21,560 --> 01:00:26,680 And look, there is a the chatter and B now England are good. 963 01:00:26,800 --> 01:00:29,720 There was a time when England were mean post 2019. 964 01:00:29,720 --> 01:00:31,440 England have actually been very, very good. 965 01:00:31,840 --> 01:00:34,360 No kidding. Post actually the 2016 T 20 966 01:00:34,360 --> 01:00:38,480 World Cup. And for this team to be there is 967 01:00:38,480 --> 01:00:42,000 barring Scotland, there is no game they won comfortably. 968 01:00:42,560 --> 01:00:44,600 Scotland be comfortable? Neither Scotland will be 969 01:00:44,600 --> 01:00:46,040 comfortable in the England groups. 970 01:00:46,920 --> 01:00:53,200 Scotland are 113 for three and 12 overs and they lost 5 wickets 971 01:00:53,200 --> 01:00:57,680 for 15 runs or something of that sort towards the end and and 972 01:00:57,680 --> 01:00:59,920 then when England were batting they were again struggling. 973 01:00:59,920 --> 01:01:01,320 They're not in really good shape. 974 01:01:01,840 --> 01:01:05,400 Portland all the game was England but very potential 975 01:01:05,400 --> 01:01:06,120 again. Bananas. 976 01:01:06,120 --> 01:01:08,040 Kinta. Though England could have been 977 01:01:08,040 --> 01:01:12,680 very well out of this, which kind of brings us to three 978 01:01:12,680 --> 01:01:15,480 associates, Nepal, Italy and Scotland. 979 01:01:16,080 --> 01:01:22,680 I'll I'll bring up Nepal 1st and we and their support their. 980 01:01:22,800 --> 01:01:35,720 Cricket and everything. I think I'll, I'll, I'll get the 981 01:01:36,320 --> 01:01:38,720 camel out of the tent, so to speak. 982 01:01:38,720 --> 01:01:43,280 Camel in the tent. There is a certain sadness to 983 01:01:43,280 --> 01:01:48,800 see Sundeep in that team so that that I will again will be 984 01:01:48,800 --> 01:01:53,480 compartmentalize who's group may do as a teammate exactly. 985 01:01:53,480 --> 01:01:57,520 I don't want to support exactly, but those photos are difficult, 986 01:01:57,520 --> 01:02:00,560 right. But what, what Nepal tells you 987 01:02:01,240 --> 01:02:06,600 is that they could be what Bangladesh haven't been they, 988 01:02:07,160 --> 01:02:12,680 they have a they have a team that is trying to fire across 989 01:02:13,360 --> 01:02:16,840 all cylinders. They were bowling attack, which 990 01:02:16,840 --> 01:02:20,640 is very varied. So that's also very helpful. 991 01:02:21,200 --> 01:02:26,680 And more than anything, the World Cup support. 992 01:02:26,680 --> 01:02:29,800 We, we just spoke about the Sri Lankan atmosphere, right? 993 01:02:30,240 --> 01:02:33,440 Like what about the 1K day? What about the 1K day in that 994 01:02:33,440 --> 01:02:36,600 England 20,020 thousand every game, man. 995 01:02:37,480 --> 01:02:41,400 So I mean, these are these are things you can't take away from 996 01:02:41,560 --> 01:02:45,960 from a country like that. And and please, like I'll again 997 01:02:45,960 --> 01:02:54,840 urge Indian fans, please busy. I needs to play them more. 998 01:02:56,280 --> 01:03:00,040 We need the KKR to be removed and Kathmandu Knight Riders to 999 01:03:00,040 --> 01:03:02,840 be included in the IPL. All of this. 1000 01:03:05,040 --> 01:03:08,720 Let's demand for a fairer system for everybody, not just Nepal, 1001 01:03:09,080 --> 01:03:11,800 OBK. Nepal doesn't have to come at 1002 01:03:11,800 --> 01:03:17,600 the cost of Nepal, it has to be at the cost of a Banglades. 1003 01:03:17,600 --> 01:03:21,080 You can't think of a game which has an extra team you always 1004 01:03:21,080 --> 01:03:25,400 want to like as if there are limited seats. 1005 01:03:25,840 --> 01:03:34,040 And, and it also shows that Nepal were clearly the big boys 1006 01:03:34,040 --> 01:03:38,240 in the small boys, so to speak, in this group and they got 1007 01:03:38,240 --> 01:03:42,120 upstaged by Italy. And and that's exactly what 1008 01:03:42,120 --> 01:03:45,760 sport is. That's exactly what sport is. 1009 01:03:46,080 --> 01:03:50,600 Or that game. The same Italy team almost 1010 01:03:51,320 --> 01:03:53,280 exactly over the line against England. 1011 01:03:56,520 --> 01:04:01,560 The the the storylines just from this group thanks to partial 1012 01:04:01,560 --> 01:04:09,240 incompetence of England is is is just exactly why we watch sport. 1013 01:04:15,480 --> 01:04:20,440 And, and who would have thought in all this W Indies exactly 1014 01:04:20,600 --> 01:04:24,720 more just a stable team? As the most mature team, like 1015 01:04:24,920 --> 01:04:27,080 almost like they're the most. Aware of team. 1016 01:04:27,200 --> 01:04:30,480 Execute what they want to. Very sticking to that, like they 1017 01:04:30,480 --> 01:04:32,080 are not playing maverick cricket. 1018 01:04:32,200 --> 01:04:36,240 They. By by in another in another era, 1019 01:04:36,560 --> 01:04:40,760 in another era, this team, I just finished my point in 1020 01:04:40,760 --> 01:04:47,600 another era, Roston Chase scoring 24 of 24, but they are 1021 01:04:47,600 --> 01:04:49,800 like my ticket. This is all part of the plan. 1022 01:04:50,320 --> 01:04:54,120 We just keep going, guys. We keep going and and the 1023 01:04:54,640 --> 01:04:59,760 transformation of shareholding. Bowling 9 up Gudekesh, Murthy, 1024 01:04:59,760 --> 01:05:04,840 Akhilussen, Roston, Chase. Is what gives them a chance if 1025 01:05:04,840 --> 01:05:06,960 they're especially playing. All three are very different. 1026 01:05:07,680 --> 01:05:10,480 All three are very different. They're not the same bowlers. 1027 01:05:11,040 --> 01:05:14,400 Gurdokesh Moti gives it the air. Akhil Hussain darts it in roster 1028 01:05:14,400 --> 01:05:16,800 chase, can bowl round the wicket onto the Boston. 1029 01:05:16,800 --> 01:05:19,080 Sale Chase is basically doing a Marlon Samuels. 1030 01:05:20,400 --> 01:05:24,560 Kesh Moti is. Bowling Legs spin by Matlab is 1031 01:05:24,560 --> 01:05:29,520 Kelly to sport the area May Joe Bacha of spin or legs spin. 1032 01:05:31,280 --> 01:05:33,480 Now that guy is playing for West Indies. 1033 01:05:35,320 --> 01:05:41,080 Tournament making combination, this is such a rare thing for 1034 01:05:41,080 --> 01:05:53,560 the sport, this predictability tournament, which this 1035 01:05:53,560 --> 01:05:56,800 tournament hasn't had, and that is something I love both in this 1036 01:05:56,800 --> 01:06:00,040 tournament and in the last 320 World Cup, even that was a lot 1037 01:06:00,040 --> 01:06:02,600 of fun. Especially the 19 the more team 1038 01:06:02,760 --> 01:06:05,360 it's just some more teams add more teams add more color. 1039 01:06:05,360 --> 01:06:09,320 I mean pre World Cup Shardogra like in the World Cup pre 20 1040 01:06:09,320 --> 01:06:15,240 World Cup at only to expanding, you know, picnic blanket a 1041 01:06:15,240 --> 01:06:19,960 patchwork of different textures and the the wider. 1042 01:06:21,120 --> 01:06:24,160 The England are doing a youth service England the way they 1043 01:06:24,160 --> 01:06:26,560 have played the poor a group every. 1044 01:06:26,560 --> 01:06:29,720 Game has been fun to watch. A couple of blowouts apart and 1045 01:06:29,920 --> 01:06:32,600 England's. England's plays in cricket as 1046 01:06:32,600 --> 01:06:36,920 this meme center undefeated. No one does it better than that. 1047 01:06:36,920 --> 01:06:40,880 Basically, Pakistan is a Shakespearean tragedy comic 1048 01:06:41,200 --> 01:06:45,440 comic tragedy England. That is the meme center if you 1049 01:06:45,440 --> 01:06:50,160 want me. Sam Karanka Lifecar legacy 1050 01:06:50,520 --> 01:06:55,440 associate teams with love though major Matlab 2 great stories he 1051 01:06:55,440 --> 01:06:57,000 has. Prevented current happening car 1052 01:06:57,000 --> 01:07:00,000 lifecar legacy is 100 for seven say go batting innings. 1053 01:07:00,560 --> 01:07:04,920 No other ATTRA test series. QRAII get so angry because I 1054 01:07:04,920 --> 01:07:08,600 feel like he only turned up in Test cricket just to rob us that 1055 01:07:08,600 --> 01:07:10,840 series. Even at Southampton he scored 1056 01:07:11,120 --> 01:07:16,000 that match also and he's just play Test cricket just to fuck 1057 01:07:16,000 --> 01:07:18,200 with us and he's left. It's like Kyle Davidson. 1058 01:07:18,200 --> 01:07:19,680 Kyle Davidson won't play Test cricket. 1059 01:07:19,960 --> 01:07:22,920 He'll come when I2 to New Zealand, he'll mess up the 1060 01:07:22,920 --> 01:07:25,720 entire Indian batting order and he'll leave injured for next two 1061 01:07:25,720 --> 01:07:27,840 years. And in this tournament, Nepal or 1062 01:07:27,840 --> 01:07:35,280 Italy basically. OK, Speaking of, but. 1063 01:07:35,760 --> 01:07:39,280 But again, that, but again, there's just one word on England 1064 01:07:39,280 --> 01:07:43,000 just before we end is that that makes England potentially a very 1065 01:07:43,000 --> 01:07:44,280 dangerous side. I'm going ahead. 1066 01:07:44,280 --> 01:07:48,480 A lot of teams which build tournaments are teams who have 1067 01:07:48,480 --> 01:07:51,360 just problem solved in this way and gotten out of situations and 1068 01:07:51,360 --> 01:07:52,800 then eventually they go on to win. 1069 01:07:52,840 --> 01:07:55,640 So. My I think England have solved 1070 01:07:55,640 --> 01:07:58,040 too many problems. I mean, it'll be great if they 1071 01:07:58,040 --> 01:08:02,320 show up, but they. Have the, they have the. 1072 01:08:02,320 --> 01:08:04,240 Ceiling that I agree with. They have the rules. 1073 01:08:04,480 --> 01:08:07,200 I love Tom Batman. I really like Tom Banton. 1074 01:08:07,920 --> 01:08:11,600 Yeah, Tom Banton had shown promise in that KKR lineup many 1075 01:08:11,600 --> 01:08:14,960 years. Ago I saw Unka Saurastraj over 1076 01:08:14,960 --> 01:08:19,359 there, England cup, Taunton, Somerset, Somerset Kelly, I saw 1077 01:08:19,399 --> 01:08:22,760 him score ODI century, I think it's called 180 or something. 1078 01:08:23,160 --> 01:08:26,600 Wow man, this is 5-6 years back. Phenomenal. 1079 01:08:26,600 --> 01:08:29,960 Talent, Yeah, yeah, yeah. OK, this is quite a few England, 1080 01:08:30,000 --> 01:08:34,600 but but before we move to Group D, maybe before we move like a 1081 01:08:34,600 --> 01:08:37,439 world on Italy. What a story guys. 1082 01:08:37,439 --> 01:08:41,080 Like this is exactly what's going to happen. 1083 01:08:41,080 --> 01:08:44,680 I think people are very angry. They have just conjured up an 1084 01:08:44,680 --> 01:08:48,359 11, but this is exactly how sport is boss. 1085 01:08:48,720 --> 01:08:52,200 Like they haven't. Slovenian Cricket Association 1086 01:08:52,279 --> 01:08:58,359 has just reached out saying like Slovenian descent buddy, buddy 1087 01:08:58,359 --> 01:09:03,840 countries, cricket countries, which which also prompted no in 1088 01:09:03,840 --> 01:09:07,120 the sense yeah, in this. And like JJ Smart has never been 1089 01:09:07,120 --> 01:09:10,880 to Italy and the the core all of those things. 1090 01:09:11,120 --> 01:09:13,000 What I mean, all of those things, what has been playing 1091 01:09:14,040 --> 01:09:16,080 and Delhi has had a long cricket history. 1092 01:09:17,040 --> 01:09:19,600 Italy has had a long cricket history, all of that included 1093 01:09:19,600 --> 01:09:23,840 but and how these guys have taken to Italy also they have 1094 01:09:23,840 --> 01:09:26,399 full time jobs. They have full time jobs. 1095 01:09:27,399 --> 01:09:30,640 There is a person in the Super Mario mustache Italian. 1096 01:09:31,600 --> 01:09:36,640 And and Ben Mananti and Ben Mananti, I think Rob Baron spoke 1097 01:09:36,640 --> 01:09:42,279 about this, but we also must uska pura ka pura BBL career 1098 01:09:42,279 --> 01:09:58,200 main or or they. Just needed couple more 30 of. 1099 01:09:58,200 --> 01:10:00,480 Needed. They also got unlucky. 1100 01:10:01,160 --> 01:10:05,080 They also got unlucky. Thomas Madsen got injured in the 1101 01:10:05,080 --> 01:10:07,600 first game. Their captain, all of these. 1102 01:10:07,600 --> 01:10:10,600 Things I mean, but they'll they'll go back much richer than 1103 01:10:10,600 --> 01:10:14,080 than this easily, easily and they're very systematic with 1104 01:10:14,080 --> 01:10:15,840 their cricket. They're not vibes only. 1105 01:10:16,280 --> 01:10:18,360 It's a misconception that they have just rocked up to. 1106 01:10:18,360 --> 01:10:19,560 But they have a good coaching staff. 1107 01:10:19,680 --> 01:10:24,040 They have a good coaching staff. They are very silly, all the 1108 01:10:24,200 --> 01:10:26,200 European Afghanistan type of story. 1109 01:10:26,880 --> 01:10:30,840 All the European associates actually are at a slightly 1110 01:10:30,840 --> 01:10:34,960 higher level than. Yeah, the Asian, Yeah, The Asian 1111 01:10:34,960 --> 01:10:38,080 counterparts, Yes, yes, yes, yeah. 1112 01:10:38,280 --> 01:10:40,400 I think more. Systematic, much more sporting 1113 01:10:40,400 --> 01:10:44,680 countries, much better institutional support can be 1114 01:10:44,680 --> 01:10:48,880 sought at A at a wider level. Bunch of things there. 1115 01:10:48,880 --> 01:10:51,680 Bunch of things. Access to athletic facilities. 1116 01:10:51,960 --> 01:10:54,480 Exactly. Just generally more athletic, 1117 01:10:54,600 --> 01:10:58,160 generally a more athletic culture, walking societies. 1118 01:10:59,240 --> 01:11:01,960 Yeah. Group of Ahmedabad, Group of 1119 01:11:01,960 --> 01:11:04,920 Ahmedabad. The game of the tournament. 1120 01:11:05,400 --> 01:11:07,240 I'm so sad, though. I was just thinking, it's a 1121 01:11:07,240 --> 01:11:09,720 tournament where the story has been crowd standing up for 1122 01:11:09,720 --> 01:11:12,440 whoever and everybody. The game of the tournament had 1123 01:11:12,440 --> 01:11:15,000 no crowd. And they said they had to send 1124 01:11:15,000 --> 01:11:20,200 Ravi Shastri to the ground to at the ground level constantly to, 1125 01:11:20,360 --> 01:11:23,280 to, to drum up that. Oh my God, look at the 1126 01:11:23,280 --> 01:11:24,080 supporters. Of the. 1127 01:11:26,440 --> 01:11:30,400 World. Don't do it, you are. 1128 01:11:31,000 --> 01:11:33,680 I feel you are doing a disservice to the cricket loving 1129 01:11:33,680 --> 01:11:36,160 people of Ahmedabad because they will turn up. 1130 01:11:38,000 --> 01:11:41,360 You don't have to do this thing of keep the stadium as the 1131 01:11:41,360 --> 01:11:43,320 story. The stadium cannot be the story, 1132 01:11:43,760 --> 01:11:45,680 It has to be the people who have turned up. 1133 01:11:45,680 --> 01:11:48,160 To their great credit to the they have turned up for games. 1134 01:11:48,480 --> 01:11:51,440 It's just that one game they didn't, and that one game turned 1135 01:11:51,440 --> 01:11:55,800 out to be an absolute classic. I didn't think Gurbaz will do 1136 01:11:55,800 --> 01:11:58,160 what he did in the second Super Over. 1137 01:11:58,320 --> 01:12:02,200 I thought 23 was too many and then Gurbaz said no. 1138 01:12:03,040 --> 01:12:07,560 Career Usman. My problem was that say even in 1139 01:12:07,560 --> 01:12:11,720 his worst form right in the first super over, I would still 1140 01:12:11,720 --> 01:12:16,000 back Rashid even if it's in he isn't in the best wicket. 1141 01:12:16,000 --> 01:12:19,400 Taking form as a defensive spinner, I would pick Rashid 1142 01:12:19,440 --> 01:12:23,240 Khan as my super over bowler. Than over Fazal. 1143 01:12:24,400 --> 01:12:26,560 Yeah, no, you know why I think Farooqi got? 1144 01:12:26,920 --> 01:12:30,440 Because Farooqi has South Africa was struggling against Farooqi's 1145 01:12:30,440 --> 01:12:33,240 change of pace. Farooqi has the seam up, he has 1146 01:12:33,360 --> 01:12:36,080 the back of the hand, he has the off cutter and the leg cutter. 1147 01:12:36,640 --> 01:12:41,000 Agreed but Farooqi betting on that and he had Farooqi that's 1148 01:12:41,000 --> 01:12:44,600 log over. Farooqi in slog overs is a 1149 01:12:44,600 --> 01:12:47,640 history now. Naseem Shakeel have conceived is 1150 01:12:47,640 --> 01:12:52,880 considered multiple times. So good new ball bowler but I 1151 01:12:52,880 --> 01:12:57,000 wouldn't really back him as a slog overs or a super over bowl. 1152 01:12:57,320 --> 01:13:00,720 But love it's. Yeah, and definitely not weirdly 1153 01:13:01,320 --> 01:13:05,200 I I was watching it in Carbon Park in Bangalore when Tristan 1154 01:13:05,200 --> 01:13:08,520 Stubs even if he missed the fifth ball, it came down to then 1155 01:13:08,520 --> 01:13:11,440 seven of one in the first super over last ball. 1156 01:13:12,320 --> 01:13:17,040 I I very weirdly thought Stubs mark the guys ball there it I 1157 01:13:17,040 --> 01:13:20,560 don't know like there is no this game had an inevitability that 1158 01:13:20,560 --> 01:13:24,280 it wouldn't end. Yeah, very weirdly like because 1159 01:13:24,280 --> 01:13:28,360 because if you think about last second, second super over last 1160 01:13:28,360 --> 01:13:31,680 one second super over. I just felt that they nailed the 1161 01:13:31,680 --> 01:13:34,280 ball and he was it. Or about whoever will nail the 1162 01:13:34,280 --> 01:13:38,680 Yorker and no Maharaj, sorry, Keshav Maharaj. 1163 01:13:38,960 --> 01:13:43,360 Keshav Maharaj because he because he tried the cable 10 on 1164 01:13:43,840 --> 01:13:48,240 the alternate approach of bowling that YD Yorker and with 1165 01:13:48,240 --> 01:13:51,800 the field up cover and point square me. 1166 01:13:52,240 --> 01:13:53,840 So. So that was very interesting. 1167 01:13:53,840 --> 01:13:58,120 But like was Rabada. Rabada had won that game in the 1168 01:13:58,800 --> 01:14:02,520 first ball of the 20th over. Then it was a no ball, then he 1169 01:14:02,520 --> 01:14:05,640 bowled another no ball. And like Mujeeb, Mujeeb was 1170 01:14:05,640 --> 01:14:07,520 hitting. Mujeeb was hitting. 1171 01:14:07,520 --> 01:14:09,440 I mean, commentary was losing it. 1172 01:14:10,040 --> 01:14:11,840 Yeah. Dale Stento was like, I think he 1173 01:14:11,840 --> 01:14:15,400 needed like something much stronger, I'm sure later. 1174 01:14:15,760 --> 01:14:18,440 Which is OK, at least it's available in Ahmedabad if you 1175 01:14:18,440 --> 01:14:21,880 are a visitor. But Noor hitting those two 1176 01:14:21,880 --> 01:14:25,960 sixes, Noorca batting averages single digits for him to hit 1177 01:14:25,960 --> 01:14:28,400 those two sixes at the end of the regular. 1178 01:14:28,400 --> 01:14:30,720 Which? Is jeopardy and have nothing to 1179 01:14:30,720 --> 01:14:34,320 show her. And so as as we go towards the 1180 01:14:34,320 --> 01:14:37,120 end, I'm reading the Group D, it's South Africa, New Zealand 1181 01:14:37,120 --> 01:14:40,280 and Afghanistan. Any of us can make a very strong 1182 01:14:40,280 --> 01:14:44,920 case of either of those two of those three teams topping and 1183 01:14:44,920 --> 01:14:47,680 any of those three teams, the other two remaining teams coming 1184 01:14:47,680 --> 01:14:50,000 second. Afghanistan came third in that 1185 01:14:50,000 --> 01:14:51,240 group. You wouldn't have been surprised 1186 01:14:51,240 --> 01:14:52,760 if it was New Zealand. You wouldn't have been 1187 01:14:52,760 --> 01:14:55,640 tremendously surprised had it been South Africa because all 1188 01:14:55,640 --> 01:14:59,640 three are worthy. And it happens because you pack 1189 01:14:59,640 --> 01:15:03,120 one group with a lot of good teams from the first round and 1190 01:15:03,120 --> 01:15:07,960 you are open to teams being knocked out and but in some 1191 01:15:07,960 --> 01:15:10,480 other groups you're not. In some other groups, you're 1192 01:15:10,480 --> 01:15:17,080 not. There is only one group which 1193 01:15:17,320 --> 01:15:42,040 was comprised of dismissive. Udhar Udhar, I didn't think I I 1194 01:15:42,040 --> 01:15:46,080 think they didn't think that USA will do a repeat of 20243020 1195 01:15:46,080 --> 01:15:48,360 World Cup and turn up so well prepared. 1196 01:15:48,680 --> 01:15:51,640 So as they're big opening their bowling against India, Abhishek 1197 01:15:51,640 --> 01:15:53,920 is there right? Sunil Gavaskar notes on 1198 01:15:53,920 --> 01:15:56,680 commentary that the fields they have placed for the first over 1199 01:15:56,680 --> 01:15:59,320 are very unusual. Usually you either have long of 1200 01:15:59,360 --> 01:16:02,680 long and back or most important, most commonly you have third man 1201 01:16:02,680 --> 01:16:04,600 and square leg back, third man and final leg back. 1202 01:16:05,000 --> 01:16:08,120 Because ball ball marenge loge yoga, peachy tiger. 1203 01:16:09,120 --> 01:16:12,560 USA had a deep square leg and a deep point. 1204 01:16:13,040 --> 01:16:15,160 Very unusual. But Krinika Aska noted that's 1205 01:16:15,160 --> 01:16:17,680 where Abhishek hits. So it's a very smart field 1206 01:16:17,680 --> 01:16:21,920 placing and Q Abhishek hits it right there. 1207 01:16:22,080 --> 01:16:26,120 OK. And to be that well prepared to 1208 01:16:26,120 --> 01:16:27,920 know exactly what roles to execute. 1209 01:16:28,200 --> 01:16:30,520 I don't think the organizers thought USA would do that. 1210 01:16:30,640 --> 01:16:33,040 I don't think the organizers thought Netherlands would run 1211 01:16:33,560 --> 01:16:37,080 Pakistan, so and even India to a large extent. 1212 01:16:37,360 --> 01:16:43,280 How decent? So I mean, yeah, one of the wish 1213 01:16:43,280 --> 01:16:47,640 lists we have as a game goes, as cricket goes to the Olympics, as 1214 01:16:47,640 --> 01:16:50,400 then cricket goes to Australia and New Zealand for 2028, cut 1215 01:16:50,400 --> 01:16:53,280 T20 World Cup. And then there is like ODI World 1216 01:16:53,280 --> 01:16:58,280 Cup, people don't qualify. But the next T20 World Cup and 1217 01:16:58,280 --> 01:17:00,520 the one after, I guess 20-30 wins will be over. 1218 01:17:00,960 --> 01:17:02,480 Hope. The hope is that there are more 1219 01:17:02,480 --> 01:17:06,320 teams and there is there is a greater likelihood of anything 1220 01:17:06,320 --> 01:17:09,040 going on. It'll it'll make cricket richer 1221 01:17:09,040 --> 01:17:12,280 at this point. About the game, the tournament, 1222 01:17:12,280 --> 01:17:16,320 just one this thing I do not like the idea of a super over in 1223 01:17:16,320 --> 01:17:21,440 a group stage fixture. Sharepoints More Jeopardy again, 1224 01:17:23,160 --> 01:17:26,840 but imagine Group. Knockout Knockout Hamare 2 games 1225 01:17:26,960 --> 01:17:32,840 semi or final update? 13 one by three, no, that group 1226 01:17:32,920 --> 01:17:36,760 shut very no, that group shut very quickly, no. 1227 01:17:37,200 --> 01:17:40,720 So if those points were shared, it would have kept open a few 1228 01:17:40,720 --> 01:17:43,400 other permutations. But would you be OK with super 1229 01:17:43,440 --> 01:17:48,760 over being there in super 8-9 and since semi final may just a 1230 01:17:48,760 --> 01:17:51,000 head to head knockout have it in those game? 1231 01:17:51,320 --> 01:17:54,200 I am saying increase number of knockouts and then have it only. 1232 01:17:56,120 --> 01:18:00,680 I'm on the same page with that, but that's not happening in this 1233 01:18:00,680 --> 01:18:04,440 current reality, at least not have scores for a tie. 1234 01:18:04,880 --> 01:18:09,200 It's a fairly decent way of yeah, a group stage may share 1235 01:18:09,200 --> 01:18:15,560 points share. I prefer given how international 1236 01:18:15,560 --> 01:18:18,840 T 20s are played right and all. Actually also domestic. 1237 01:18:19,640 --> 01:18:22,720 The 1st super over was also group game W Indies, New 1238 01:18:22,720 --> 01:18:24,880 Zealand. Then there was that bowl out, 1239 01:18:25,280 --> 01:18:28,600 India, Pakistan, very famous bowl out and that was a group 1240 01:18:28,600 --> 01:18:31,280 game. So I think the just been made 1241 01:18:31,280 --> 01:18:36,240 key is my timing over, which is a weird thing to be, but I guess 1242 01:18:36,240 --> 01:18:41,200 it is. I can I can fall behind that 1243 01:18:41,200 --> 01:18:47,640 group stage, but then I'll be Dusra group stage so. 1244 01:18:49,160 --> 01:18:51,360 Quickly semi final predictions and then we. 1245 01:18:52,120 --> 01:18:54,080 OK, semi final predictions. Let's see. 1246 01:18:54,080 --> 01:18:58,240 So it's India, like Indies, India West in one group. 1247 01:18:58,240 --> 01:19:01,760 It's India, Zimbabwe, W Indies and South Africa, right? 1248 01:19:02,560 --> 01:19:08,920 Should I say it? I think bowling attack, bowling 1249 01:19:08,920 --> 01:19:13,080 attack, bowling attack. I think that's where that's 1250 01:19:13,080 --> 01:19:17,160 where the strength is, India versus India and South Africa. 1251 01:19:17,680 --> 01:19:21,880 What about you guys? You know, India, W Indies and 1252 01:19:22,640 --> 01:19:25,560 those three groups, say New Zealand. 1253 01:19:26,280 --> 01:19:28,680 England. Mine is New Zealand, Sri Lanka, 1254 01:19:29,200 --> 01:19:33,240 Andy. India, South Africa, England and 1255 01:19:33,240 --> 01:19:34,760 Pakistan. OK. 1256 01:19:36,520 --> 01:19:40,760 Caught behind that's. More in a row where is close 1257 01:19:40,800 --> 01:19:43,920 they're going to blow next. In the prodigal son turn, 1258 01:19:43,960 --> 01:19:49,440 Messiah gets a second hundred in successive in romantic style. 1259 01:19:49,760 --> 01:19:52,520 The whole of Bengal are on their feet. 1260 01:19:55,880 --> 01:19:59,520 He's gone the next bowl. The dream has diminished for 1261 01:19:59,520 --> 01:20:01,920 Carlos Bradley.