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La kodar gangi jaan hetu la koke
dil Ki Shan hetu du laga jor du 

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laga jor du laga jor du macha 
shor Ek mahavi santan hetu na 

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deshiu na TER muyu. 
DLF, Indian Premier League Hello

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and welcome to the PCCI podcast.
This is Part 1 of the IPL 

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previews we've recorded with a 
bunch of folks. 

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Sarthak, Richa, Raghav and two 
young folks Arvind and Karan 

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from the Capitals Blood Twitter 
account along with Watsal to do 

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some episodes as well. 
In this episode, you'll be 

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hearing about 5 teams which is 
RCBCSK, Delhi Capitals, LSG and 

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SRH. 
Royal Challengers Mangalore have

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made it to the finals 4 times 
and are the most recent 

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champions. 
They beat Kings 11 Punjab by six

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runs, if the margin even 
matters, and got their first 

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title in 2025, much to the 
delight of their loyal faithful 

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all across the country, 
including Bangalore. 

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All of this was marred by the 
incident that took place the 

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next day where 11 RCB fans lost 
their lives right outside 

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Chinnaswamy Stadium in 
Bangalore. 

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And since then, there has been 
very little conversation from 

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RCB about this. 
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there have been enough. 
There's been enough back and 

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forth. 
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is being given the green light 
to host the games again. 

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To preview RCB, we have Richard 
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And yeah, Richard, take it away.
So RCB, yes, very successful 

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season. 
Their last season they were 

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clinical for the most part. 
Lots of players are informed. 

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It was a very good season. 
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start off with what I think is 
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their administrative structure. 
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much, it's about how well it's 
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So they have Momo, but as the 
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oriented. 
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teacher who went into data, data
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And you know, he's he's really 
good as the director of cricket.

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They have Freddy Wylde, who's 
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game and also someone who Bobot 
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Has Freddy moved to another 
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I think Freddy. 
No, I think Freddy is at. 

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Freddy's. 
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OK. 
I would be shocked if he leaves 

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because I feel like more brings 
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At least what I saw today was I 
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some of their auction strategy 
discussions and Freddy was still

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in there. 
I don't know if something. 

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Then I. 
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Andy Flower, one of the most 
successful coaches in the world.

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They have Omkar Zaharvi who is 
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Mumbai and KKR who's an 
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they've added I think in the 
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They have Malolan spin coach 
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People shouldn't forget Avishkar
Salvi was called the Glenn 

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McGraw of India at one point in 
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Really, this is a different one.
This is Omkar Salvi. 

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This is OK. 
This is the brother, then. 

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Yeah, I actually don't know if 
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yeah, maybe research key. 
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and you know, but it could be 
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We can check it is they have 
Malone and was really good and 

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they have Dinesh Karthik. 
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Dinesh Karthik with his 
commentary gems such as in this 

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player is like the neighbour's 
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But yeah, I think I just want to
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There is one player that I'm not
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because what he does on the 
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what he's been accused of off 
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This is of course, Yashdal. 
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married and he's planning to use
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against these allegations. 
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person is involved that it 
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opinion as it is about what's 
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And in the male dominated 
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there will be a perception that 
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feels fed him on the right path 
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punishing him and it's fine and 
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I don't even want to talk about 
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technically done anything wrong.
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credit, based on the videos that
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playing him in this season. 
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they're hinting towards, but 
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released him is still a blot on 
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And you know, of course, if they
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influence, you know, that helps 
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towards him. 
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too. 
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the one against a minor. 
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women in RCB's administrative 
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that they also have a women's 
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promotional events alongside. 
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I, I don't like it. 
I don't like that he's released,

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but I will be, I yeah, I I just 
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What are your thoughts? 
Envy. 

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I, I mean, as we, as you were 
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to see if he features in any of 
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currently playing on another 
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which probably is a sign that 
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him, which is I guess Step 2. 
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they need to take 
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make a statement. 
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RCB, the stadium is the stadium 
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meters. 
That's the distance in that 500 

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meters. 
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are at least maybe 20 lawyers or
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least name a side of the maybe 
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that that they didn't know that 
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could draft the correct 
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And, and take this forward is I 
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I think this is, this is how 
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everything right? 
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they've, they did that RCB cares
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25,00,000 and, and that's where 
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I mean, there is no dignity or 
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And I mean, they had a chance to
do something and we've discussed

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this offline, Sartik and I 
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But I think there comes a time 
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this case it's Virat very, very 
clearly probably just doesn't 

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care about anything. 
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and and makes a statement, be it
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lost their lost their lives. 
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RCB fans. 
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friends to go and see that 
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was hastily organized. 
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And then we've covered that in, 
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couple of boards, I think with 
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everybody. 
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listening, but it made for 
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at that point in time, which I 
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are going to have as the season 
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We are what, 10-12 minutes into 
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their team or this IPL, this 
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more, way more things happen 
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that people don't talk about. 
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title shouldn't take away from 
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have been talking about these 
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regularly. 
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better, I guess, about how they 
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I would say go listen to our 
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a fan of RCB and gives a fan's 
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perspective on what it means to 
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Yeah. 
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acknowledges nothing about this.
Like it's a very, it's very 

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simple. 
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he's guilty. 
We'll let the course of the 

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like, we let the law take it's 
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these allegations are, you know,
serious enough that we have to 

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release them from the team. 
They kept him through their 

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auction last year. 
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auction in spite of both of 
these cases being out by then. 

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So a lot of their approach has 
been just baffling. 

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Yeah, like OK, this is just 
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Basically just vibes. 
Yeah, bad vibes. 

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That's right. 
And I, and I, I mean, before you

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go to a team like sorry, sorry, 
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very close to close to my heart 
purely from the reason that I 

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live in this city. 
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for most of those 17 years. 
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disservice to them as well. 
It's just a disservice to them 

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as well. 
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say the things that we talk 
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we talk about. 
This doesn't affect the 

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majority. 
They go about their lives just 

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just casually regularly and and 
they're not going to have these 

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conversations. 
They're like peak and I was 

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going to call the arena kill 
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I mean, this is this is the 
general sentiment of this 

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country, though, that that just 
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And I and I and I hope that 
there are more conversations 

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around this. 
Even if he doesn't play, there 

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has to be questions. 
There has to be like in the 

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first press conference uses some
some journalists should be 

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asking, right. 
And it goes back to what Jared 

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has been saying. 
There are no beat journalists. 

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These teams don't have 
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Like I feel like this 
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but they don't have this. 
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who's on the RCV beat. 
I mean, I know Sourav Somani and

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Shashank are writing a book on 
it on RCB, but I could be useful

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if somebody went ahead and asked
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conference. 
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And I hope that happens and it's
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not and and then there's like a 
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No, guys, we answered the 
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and so on so forth. 
So yeah, all of that as well. 

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Yep. 
Now I think we can go to the 

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cricket. 
OK, Yeah, on that somber note, I

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will start with Rajat Patidar, 
who is the captain of this team.

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I'm actually a very big fan of 
Rajat Patidar. 

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He's mature. 
He's well respected, he's well 

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liked. 
He hasn't really made any 

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blunders as a captain. 
His form has not been super 

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great in the last season. 
Like I think he's he's been 

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fine. 
He's his average is like 24 and 

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his strike rate is 143. 
And some of that may be related 

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to his entry point and when he's
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to score against them at that 
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But I see him in this team kind 
of the equivalent of like a Bay 

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leaf or Tejpatta. 
You know that you use when you 

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when you make rice, if you make 
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it's fine. 
It's adequate when you add a 

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Tejpatta and you don't know what
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But if you make rice with a Bay 
leaf in the rice, it elevates 

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the aroma of the rice to a 
certain level, like it's, you 

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can't describe what it really 
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And if you, if you eat a Bay 
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you're not going to get this. 
But he, he brings something 

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special to this team And he's, 
he's very calming, very nice 

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present. 
So I, I like it. 

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He's a spin gobbler 
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but it's a it's a great position
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And you know, I love these kind 
of players who don't really play

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much for the national team, but 
they only play at the IPL level.

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There legends at that IPL level,
but not at the national level. 

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You know, I have a really soft 
corner for players like these. 

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One thing he needs to keep an 
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I think in his last 12 innings 
across formats, he hasn't 

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crossed 30, right? 
So sorry, he just crossed 31. 

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So this is this is a question he
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ready to go in his form for the 
IPL. 

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So I don't know if that's going 
to be something you need to keep

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in keep in mind. 
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Do you have any thoughts about 
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No, I think he's, he's also the 
MP captain, right? 

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He's also the MP captain. 
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decent season in the Ranji 
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correctly. 
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that helps Rajat party that now 
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Madhya Pradesh teammate Venky 
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ranks. 
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people like Rajat, right? 
Like I think captaincy might not

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be natural to them, but they 
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And I think a title is as strong
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Kartik and even Malolan, all of 
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hours behind the scenes and and,
and probably set up some kind of

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template that that helps this 
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And the best part is that Virat 
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he's, he's OK to, let's say, 
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opener who doesn't care about 
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runs. 
So I think he's, he's just very,

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he's just very, very lucky to 
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things, but I'm saying that 
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role that's defined which which 
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much easier. 
Yeah. 

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So Rajat is one of the leaders 
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The other leader, of course, is 
Kohli. 

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Like you can't deny that he's 
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he's definitely one of the 
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Kohli had a great season last 
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Like he scored at his average 
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incredibly high and he scored at
144.71. 

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That's. 
Great, it's actually lower than.

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season, but for an opener I 
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I think it's because they're not
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know what it is. 
Or maybe he's trying to be more 

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supportive towards all. 650 
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Stats wrong. 
Oh that's true, I got my stats. 

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But the strike rate is still 
144. 

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And I'm like, yeah, yeah, yeah. 
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season. 
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cricinfo. 
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yeah, if he has a 650 run season
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rate, I think it's it it bodes 
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openers are a big part of what 
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like 1 seventies, 176 or 
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like that. 
So that's that's pretty good. 

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Yeah, salt was 175. 
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just take back my words. 
I thought Kohli went at a much 

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higher rate last season. 
He didn't. 

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Amongst the top 22 run getters 
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has the lowest strike rate, but 
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So yeah, I think there was a 
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I think he was going slow and 
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lesser probably. 
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I don't know if you can comment 

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on this part, but yeah. 
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underrated player. 
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season is Krunal because Krunal 
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season. 
Like he's critical for this 

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team. 
He's also done something 

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interesting at the first class 
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He's brought in Jitesh and 
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Into his Baroda team as well. 
So he's brought in his RCB 

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players into his Baroda team. 
I think that shows that he's a 

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little bit more of a leader then
we see a little bit more behind 

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the scenes. 
But he's definitely somebody 

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who's very important. 
And for some, he was like almost

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the MVP of last year's season 
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he definitely was extremely 
important. 

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He took 17 wickets, 17 wickets 
at 22.29. 

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OK, now tell me because I've 
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who's more of a defensive 
bowler. 

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How the hell did he 
simultaneously become the 

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greatest defensive and attacking
bowler of all time like in last 

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year's IPL? 
What the hell happened? 

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I have practically no clue, 
which is why we do broadcast 

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guys. 
So. 

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But I mean, jokes aside, I think
one of the things with Cronal as

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well is that he's a left arm 
spinner who isn't afraid to get 

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hit and he's not afraid to bowl 
at much faster pace than let's 

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say a traditional left arm 
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So he bowls a seam up, he bowls,
let's say what is called bouncer

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if required. 
And he's very, very good at 

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setting his own fields. 
So when I say he's not afraid of

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getting hit, he also plans those
long off and long on catch 

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wickets which have which came 
off in the in the final as well.

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Lest we forget, I mean Chronal 
is being the man player of the 

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final twice in in the IP LS 
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So so I think him coming off was
was actually very, very, very, 

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very good because I remember 
this, his average at the 

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Chinnaswamy before he joined RCB
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So, so I think a there is lot of
planning and. 

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B Like Raipur? 
He might like Raipur. 

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Yeah, seriously. 
Again, I want to take another 

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segue. 
I want to take another segue 

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like teams like you've just won 
your first IPL in 18 years with 

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little or no home advantage or 
whatever you want to say. 

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But this is the place where 
everybody who comes in is, is, 

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is buzzing for you. 
It's a small ground. 

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You have attacking batters and 
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a good choice of playing at this
ground only. 

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Why the fuck do you go to Raipur
boss? 

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Like why are teams doing this? 
Like Rajasthan is going to 

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Guwahati by Guwahati, where is 
Jaipur? 

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Where is Guwahati? 
Like this kind of stupidity also

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needs to end at some point in 
time. 

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Like, I mean, it's like, like I 
can understand that that that 

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MLB game starts in Korea or 
Japan, but that's the season 

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opener. 
That's one game out of 162. 

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No, there's no 162 games. 
Like one of like this one is 

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what? 
Yeah, this is one of one of 14. 

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This is like just rank stupidity
to even like award games to 

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another city unless like you, 
they're paying you both. 

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Who be Raipur? 
Decide are you are you committed

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to Bangalore or not like like 
commitment Bangalore identity 

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Raipur like I don't even like 
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Mangalore. 
They wanted DY. 

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Patil. 
They wanted DY. 

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Patil but that was before 
Chinnaswamy was approved, so I 

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think they were just scrambling.
So I guess either way, just 

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don't leave your hometown like 
you like you paid whatever 

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hundreds of crores of rupees to 
buy the rights to that city. 

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That city is Bangalore. 
It's not Raipur like. 

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So yeah, coming back to Krunal, 
I think he may like Raipur. 

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It might be a good ground for 
him because what I've read 

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elementally, I don't really know
too much about Raipur, but that 

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it does slow down as a match 
progresses. 

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So that may be something that he
likes. 

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He's also able to bat like he 
had a high score of 73 last 

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year. 
So he's just a really great 

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person to have at #8 he's a 
match winner for them. 

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And this reminds me a lot of the
RCP women's team, but they they 

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have like these people who can 
all just be match winners on 

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their day, and that's four or 
five of them. 

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And it's just fantastic. 
Yeah, we've not even mentioned 

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that RCB holds both the IPL and 
the WPL at this point in time. 

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Yes, that's, I mean that's got 
to speak to their 

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professionalism. 
And I know like more and more 

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that is not involved in the 
women's team, but he's come out 

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and specifically said that. 
But I feel like some of that 

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administration kind of runs off,
that professionalism rubs off. 

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Yeah, on. 
OK, fine. 

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So that's, that's really good. 
The real star of last year in, 

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in my personal opinion, of 
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took 22 wickets at 17.54, an 
average of 17.54. 

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And from all the top bowlers in 
the IPL, he had the greatest 

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bowling impact per match. 
Yeah, from like all the top 20 

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bowlers in the league, the 
thing, and he's not just like an

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opening bowler or that he's, I 
feel like they bowl him. 

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They give him one bowl, one over
in the middle over. 

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Sometimes they use him very 
interestingly based on my 

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situations. 
And the only thing that they're 

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going to need to watch out for 
is that he hasn't played any 

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games since November and he's 
not there for the first few 

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games. 
Games. 

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The first couple of games, at 
least. 

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Yeah. 
Also, he Raipur doesn't do him 

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any good, right? 
He needs a little bit of bounce,

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right? 
He needs a little bit of extra 

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bounce. 
He can extract a little bit 

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more. 
But you know, having bouncy 

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tracks for Hazelwood Wood is 
really plays into his strengths.

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So if he's one of your best 
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you've you've got to maybe take 
care of that as you play him and

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selecting, which means he's 
going to bowl instead of. 

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Romario Shepard is going to open
the bowling for RCB. 

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Yes, Romario's. 
His economy is what concerns me.

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It's like over 10. 
Or is it going to be? 

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10 dot something, he took six 
with Duffy Romario. 

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So Jacob Duffy I think is not a 
bad option for the opening 

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bowlers only for the opening 
overs I don't think he does as 

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well. 
Like Hazelwood is also the death

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bowler, right, in many cases, 
like he bowls at the Ted. 

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So I don't think Jacob Duffy is 
good in that, but Jacob Duffy is

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a good replacement for if you 
have injury is concerns. 

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But from Boovie or Hazelwood, 
you get a few more overs 

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upfront. 
But yeah, but yeah, they kind of

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lose their bowling balance a 
little bit, their fast bowling 

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balance without Hazelwood. 
They have bought in some new 

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Indian, Indian talent. 
So one of the most interesting 

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buys that they had was Mangesh 
Yadav. 

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Yeah, so Mangesh Yadav went for 
5,00,00,000 at an auction. 

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This is almost unheard of for a 
player who's not very high 

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profile, but Mangesh Yadav. 
Has mini auction, Mini auction. 

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That's true. 
That's true. 

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We'll be here. 
But 55,00,00,000 is a good, it's

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a, it's a really good price. 
Good life changing money. 

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Life changing money, I'm very 
happy. 

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This guy, he he's left arm fast 
and he's a left arm back. 

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So he has a really good story. 
So his father is a truck driver 

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and, you know, he's come from 
really, you know, not not great 

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familial circumstances, but he's
he's just 23 years old. 

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And his speed, last I checked in
a few matches is like it can go 

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up to mid one 30s, which is not 
bad. 

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I feel like if he can push 
occasionally to go up to 140, if

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they can, you know, build up his
strength, he's not at his he's 

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still 23. 
So he has a little bit of time 

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to go, I think. 
Yeah. 

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RCB have had an obsession with 
left arm Pacers going going back

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to Aniket Chaudhary who Virat 
had got to the RCB to help him 

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play Mitchell Stark better at 
one point in time. 

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And and like obsession with left
arm paces is common through the 

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IPL. 
Like am I also have this 

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obsession with the with left arm
paces across which we've 

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discussed. 
No Arjun this year. 

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No Arjun Tendulkar this year. 
Arjun, is that LSG? 

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Yeah, Arjun is talking to 
Rishabh Bandh on reels which I 

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don't understand but OK, 
somebody explain that to me. 

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This is good like I have no real
so I'm happy. 

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Yeah. 
So I don't, I don't mind the 

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fast bowling Romario Shepherd. 
I think he he may have over 

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performed a little bit last 
year. 

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I don't know if he can sustain 
that even though his bowling was

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it was possible at times. 
But I don't I don't have too 

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many comments on I don't think 
he's going to be a match winner 

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with his bowling. 
And so they do have a couple 

442
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more bowlers for fast bowlers, 
but I haven't been able to find 

443
00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:38,560
too much about them. 
They have some someone called 

444
00:30:38,560 --> 00:30:42,640
Abhinandan Singh and yeah, 
Abhinandan Singh. 

445
00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:45,840
I haven't seen him too much. 
There's, there's Rasik Salaam. 

446
00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:50,320
So Rasik is interesting, but 
Rasik to me again, is a little 

447
00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:54,800
bit more of a defensive bowler. 
I don't, I don't see him as the 

448
00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:58,360
guy who's going to be, you can't
replace Josh Hazelwood, 

449
00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:00,400
basically. 
So they're going to have to 

450
00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:04,400
rebalance. 
Basically score 280 every game. 

451
00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:06,560
Yeah. 
And then pray. 

452
00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:11,440
Exactly. 
Yeah, their spin department is 

453
00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:13,120
something very interesting for 
me. 

454
00:31:13,120 --> 00:31:15,800
So in terms of their spin, they 
have. 

455
00:31:16,880 --> 00:31:21,720
So they had Suyash Sharma last 
year, who I think is he's he's 

456
00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:23,440
decent. 
He bowled a little bit. 

457
00:31:23,960 --> 00:31:27,480
I think he a. 
Little bit of respect for Suyash

458
00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:32,800
Sharma is back-to-back IPL 
champion 2024 with KKR, 2025 

459
00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:36,400
with RCB. 
Little bit of respect please. 

460
00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:45,080
Suyash Sharma's like again. 
Like my first thought that I 

461
00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:48,800
always have whenever somebody 
mentions Suyash Sharma is that 

462
00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:54,440
he's the guy you could probably 
find in a Kamari Yatra also. 

463
00:31:54,880 --> 00:32:04,200
So yeah, I, I think I, I like, 
I'm very, very concerned that 

464
00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:10,560
bowling is very, very low on any
kind of wicket taking ability. 

465
00:32:10,560 --> 00:32:13,400
They will probably need prime 
movie back. 

466
00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:18,520
They will need those. 
Yeah, So there are two bowlers 

467
00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:22,280
that I like beyond Suyash Sharma
because I'm not a huge Suyash 

468
00:32:22,280 --> 00:32:25,000
Sharma fan. 
Like I really don't know what 

469
00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:29,360
makes him take wickets or do 
well, but that may be my own 

470
00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:34,840
lack of understanding. 
But I really like Swapnil Singh.

471
00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:38,840
So he's a slow left arm orthodox
bowler. 

472
00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:43,040
I've seen him in a lot of in 
some RCB videos and he's a 

473
00:32:43,040 --> 00:32:45,160
little bit on the older side. 
Fascinating story, right? 

474
00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:49,320
Fascinating story, right? 
Like I think he was in the IPL 

475
00:32:49,320 --> 00:32:54,960
in the OG 2008 season with 
Mumbai Indians and then got a 

476
00:32:54,960 --> 00:32:59,800
chance to play with Virat again 
in 2025. 

477
00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:03,160
I think he was there in the OG 
2008 season. 

478
00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:07,160
I don't remember that, but yeah,
I remember he was at Mumbai 

479
00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:11,200
Indians. 
As folks may know, I haven't 

480
00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:15,680
followed a lot of the early 
seasons of the IPL, but I, I 

481
00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:19,960
like Swapnil Singh and he's been
teamed up with Satwik Deswal, 

482
00:33:20,080 --> 00:33:24,200
who's an 18 year old who's a 
slow left arm orthodox bowler as

483
00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:26,600
well. 
I really like his action. 

484
00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:29,480
I love watching him in the few 
videos that I saw. 

485
00:33:30,040 --> 00:33:35,480
I, you know, I'm a huge, I'm a 
huge fan of, you know, being 

486
00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:38,960
able to use like a combination 
of like experienced and less 

487
00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:41,960
experienced spinners together. 
So I really hope that they get 

488
00:33:41,960 --> 00:33:45,880
to, they get to feature or at 
least get rotated in the early 

489
00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:47,600
parts of the tournament that are
at Raipur. 

490
00:33:47,880 --> 00:33:51,960
So if they go spin heavy at 
Raipur, I think that may be a 

491
00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:56,000
way to sort of counterbalance 
the lack of, you know, Josh 

492
00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:58,840
Hazelwood in the Scott I I don't
know if that's what that's how 

493
00:33:58,840 --> 00:34:02,680
RCB want to set up early on. 
There's a few other young Indian

494
00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:06,480
players, you know, Vicki Ostwal 
and who else. 

495
00:34:07,960 --> 00:34:10,520
I think there was another all 
rounder, Ganesh Shahan. 

496
00:34:10,639 --> 00:34:15,719
Yeah, Ganesh Shahan plays well. 
He played well in the Under 19 

497
00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:18,840
trophy recently. 
So that's someone. 

498
00:34:19,159 --> 00:34:21,280
Who? 
But he's a little bit more of 

499
00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:24,000
an. 
And Rihan was part of the Under 

500
00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:27,480
19 World Cup winning. 
Squad Rihanna Malhotra was also 

501
00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:31,600
part of the under 19 yeah. 
So both of these are players who

502
00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:36,400
are who can bat and bowl a bit 
or bowl and bat a bit. 

503
00:34:36,480 --> 00:34:40,199
They're kind of all rounder. 
So I don't, I don't mind their, 

504
00:34:40,719 --> 00:34:44,760
I don't mind their Indian 
domestic team here actually. 

505
00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:48,520
I kind of like it. 
But yeah, little bit you're 

506
00:34:48,520 --> 00:34:51,960
going to have to develop them a 
little bit and combine them with

507
00:34:51,960 --> 00:34:54,719
more experienced players. 
They also have no one Tushara 

508
00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:57,760
who's the guy with the cool 
action. 

509
00:34:58,280 --> 00:35:02,760
So I don't know if he's still 
injured or not or if he's going 

510
00:35:02,760 --> 00:35:05,920
to get to play, but that, 
that'll be interesting, yeah. 

511
00:35:06,600 --> 00:35:09,040
Cool, what's the word? 
Where do they end up? 

512
00:35:09,880 --> 00:35:12,840
I think they're going to be 
title contenders again and it 

513
00:35:12,840 --> 00:35:17,360
depends on how consistent they 
are with their with their top 

514
00:35:17,360 --> 00:35:21,360
order because they're more 
batting heavy this year. 

515
00:35:21,800 --> 00:35:27,520
And if Hazelwood comes back and 
hits good form right away, that 

516
00:35:27,520 --> 00:35:32,360
will be that's probably their 
best chance to get ahead. 

517
00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:34,760
Like I think that's how they 
need to set up. 

518
00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:38,680
And I think the one thing that I
don't understand with the team 

519
00:35:38,680 --> 00:35:43,800
is how they plan to set up with 
Venky Ayer, because Venky Ayer 

520
00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:48,200
doesn't make sense unless they 
plan to rotate him out with 

521
00:35:48,840 --> 00:35:50,800
Particle. 
Yeah, I mean. 

522
00:35:51,680 --> 00:35:53,960
They will see. 
They'll end up playing, they'll 

523
00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:56,120
end up playing him. 
I have a feeling they'll. 

524
00:35:56,160 --> 00:35:58,280
End up playing him because they 
like him. 

525
00:35:58,360 --> 00:36:01,880
Like I've heard they've really 
went for him in the auction and 

526
00:36:02,520 --> 00:36:07,760
they really like him, but he 
hit, he didn't bat very well 

527
00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:10,440
last year. 
He his average was low and his 

528
00:36:10,440 --> 00:36:13,400
strike rate was also a little 
just under 140. 

529
00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:15,640
Like I don't know what you're 
really getting. 

530
00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:18,480
And he didn't bowl a single ball
last year, so. 

531
00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:23,760
I think does Bethel get a game? 
I think Bethel gets a game as 

532
00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:25,560
well, which means. 
Bethel gets a year. 

533
00:36:25,800 --> 00:36:28,240
Might not. 
Yeah, so Bethel. 

534
00:36:28,840 --> 00:36:31,680
Bethel was interesting. 
I feel like Bethel got very few 

535
00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:35,160
games last year, if at all. 
Did he get a single game? 

536
00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:38,520
No, no, He got some games 
because Salt was not. 

537
00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:41,760
Salt was injured, I think, in 
the middle, yeah. 

538
00:36:43,720 --> 00:36:46,320
I'm also really interested to 
see how Jitesh lines. 

539
00:36:47,760 --> 00:36:50,600
Where I like Jitesh I think. 
He's going. 

540
00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:53,800
To be the 12th player Impact 
Player. 

541
00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:56,920
Really. 
Or is he there? 

542
00:36:57,200 --> 00:36:59,200
Or is he? 
Not the of the tournament. 

543
00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:04,520
He's the keeper. 85 of 33 was 
like complete game changer. 

544
00:37:04,560 --> 00:37:08,200
Mind blowing, Yeah. 
Plus then his he was dropped by 

545
00:37:08,200 --> 00:37:12,560
the Indian team and you know, 
little bit unceremoniously and 

546
00:37:12,560 --> 00:37:15,240
it doesn't look. 
Like this is the keeper so he 

547
00:37:15,240 --> 00:37:21,000
also plays so Kohli, Salt, 
Particle, Bethel, Patidar, 

548
00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:24,840
Jitesh, Krunal, Shepherd, Buvi. 
Hazel Motor 6. 

549
00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:30,520
I mean patidar at 3 or 4, but 
again, if you if you move 

550
00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:34,800
particle anywhere from three, is
he going to provide any kind of 

551
00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:37,880
output That is the other 
problem, right? 

552
00:37:37,880 --> 00:37:41,360
So so then and you. 
Can't only bat at 3:00. 

553
00:37:42,520 --> 00:37:46,880
And then then you need better 
down the order or you need like,

554
00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:50,960
no better Tim David needs to 
play all of those things. 

555
00:37:51,280 --> 00:37:53,680
Yeah. 
Yeah, Tim David has to play. 

556
00:37:53,720 --> 00:37:58,280
Yeah, a fantastic season. 
Yeah, again, another segue. 14 

557
00:37:58,280 --> 00:38:02,520
games is not good enough, 14 
games not like good enough for 

558
00:38:02,520 --> 00:38:08,560
teams to figure out their 11 and
like it's just it's a little 

559
00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:10,800
tough on them. 
So I'm talking from an 

560
00:38:10,800 --> 00:38:16,240
empathetic sense key like nahi 
nahi banapare log bar bar apna 

561
00:38:16,240 --> 00:38:18,520
team. 
And and this we face in the WPL 

562
00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:22,760
at every time because again, 
shorter season teams are trying 

563
00:38:22,760 --> 00:38:25,160
to figure like all of those 
things. 

564
00:38:25,560 --> 00:38:29,640
So yeah, I mean, that's why I 
think it makes sense if let's 

565
00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:34,560
say they play a few games even 
before the IPL instead of like 

566
00:38:34,560 --> 00:38:39,040
making reels is what they do. 
I mean, something like a spring 

567
00:38:39,040 --> 00:38:43,440
training that that happens in in
baseball where the games are 

568
00:38:43,440 --> 00:38:45,280
going on, games are going on 
daily. 

569
00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:49,200
Like I'm like glued to it 
because you're trying to figure 

570
00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:52,440
out your best 11, best 12, 
whatever, all of those things 

571
00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:54,280
are going on. 
So I think those things would 

572
00:38:54,280 --> 00:38:56,960
help. 
I mean, maybe just a couple of 

573
00:38:58,200 --> 00:39:00,960
friendly games before the season
starts. 

574
00:39:01,360 --> 00:39:04,560
It just takes one team to do it.
Like am I could just next year 

575
00:39:04,560 --> 00:39:08,480
just land up and say key guys, 
Navi Mumbai Mayaja, we'll play 2

576
00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:12,960
games with two teams and then 
every team has a chance to do 

577
00:39:12,960 --> 00:39:16,720
this because all of them are. 
And, and this year especially, 

578
00:39:16,720 --> 00:39:20,480
they had a chance to do it 
because there's a proper 2 1/2, 

579
00:39:20,480 --> 00:39:26,120
three-week kind of a gap between
the World Cup and the IPL. 

580
00:39:26,560 --> 00:39:29,520
So, yeah, I mean, hopefully they
they're able to do this. 

581
00:39:29,520 --> 00:39:33,680
And, and it's less taxing on the
management as well, because 

582
00:39:34,680 --> 00:39:40,160
pretty much nothing you see in 
Nets is like it's not a game 

583
00:39:40,160 --> 00:39:42,960
situation, right? 
So, so that's, that's another 

584
00:39:42,960 --> 00:39:45,640
thing. 
Anyway, thought for another day.

585
00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:53,120
Which brings me to the most 
important question. 

586
00:39:53,680 --> 00:40:02,280
Which TV show character is? 
RCB So RCB is Ted Mosby from How

587
00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:08,440
I Met Your Mother. 
OK, So Ted Mosby, he's an 

588
00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:13,720
emotionally, emotionally 
available man, almost a Unicorn 

589
00:40:13,720 --> 00:40:17,720
at this point of time. 
He's just, you know, he tries so

590
00:40:17,720 --> 00:40:21,120
hard. 
He does so well for, you know, 

591
00:40:21,480 --> 00:40:26,760
all of the women he dates and. 
Things still somehow go wrong 

592
00:40:26,760 --> 00:40:30,560
for him. 
And yeah, he's just like, 

593
00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:34,200
annoyingly righteous. 
Like, this is an annoyingly good

594
00:40:34,200 --> 00:40:35,960
team. 
And they are. 

595
00:40:36,440 --> 00:40:39,800
They're just, they don't need 
to. 

596
00:40:40,200 --> 00:40:43,320
They don't need to do a lot to 
be successful. 

597
00:40:43,320 --> 00:40:46,080
And I think if they can figure 
out their bowling strategy 

598
00:40:46,080 --> 00:40:48,920
without Hazelwood, they're going
to be title contenders. 

599
00:40:49,320 --> 00:40:53,760
I mean, I've I'm pretty stunned.
This is like a throwback. 

600
00:40:54,040 --> 00:41:03,600
So is is IPL Tracy who Ted Mosby
eventually gets in 2025 after 

601
00:41:03,600 --> 00:41:06,200
like some 18 seasons of How I 
Met Your Mother? 

602
00:41:06,640 --> 00:41:12,000
Or is IPL Robin Shabartski? 
That is the important question. 

603
00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:13,840
But I think I we should. 
Leave that hanging. 

604
00:41:13,840 --> 00:41:15,960
You know what, Robin? 
Yeah, that's true. 

605
00:41:15,960 --> 00:41:17,520
It could go either way. 
Yeah. 

606
00:41:18,080 --> 00:41:21,920
We leave it to the listeners to 
go back in and watch How I Met 

607
00:41:21,920 --> 00:41:24,640
Your Mother. 
Though I must share How I Met 

608
00:41:24,640 --> 00:41:29,880
Your Mother is probably great 
till about season 5 episode 8 

609
00:41:30,480 --> 00:41:35,400
and at season 5 episode 9 is 
where it just goes downhill. 

610
00:41:35,400 --> 00:41:38,120
So I think till season 5 episode
8 you can watch it. 

611
00:41:38,680 --> 00:41:41,880
That is my commitment to this 
final question. 

612
00:41:43,520 --> 00:41:51,160
With that, we wrap up the review
of Royal Challengers Bangalore. 

613
00:42:19,120 --> 00:42:30,240
None. 
The next team that we are 

614
00:42:30,240 --> 00:42:35,080
previewing is CSK, the Chennai 
Super Kings. 

615
00:42:35,200 --> 00:42:39,360
The Chennai Super Kings have 
five titles. 

616
00:42:39,920 --> 00:42:49,480
They won it in 2010, 2011, 2018,
20/21/2023 and they've been to 

617
00:42:49,480 --> 00:42:53,160
10 finals. 
In fact, I think last year was 

618
00:42:53,160 --> 00:42:59,360
the first time that in two 
consecutive finals, Ms. Dhoni 

619
00:42:59,360 --> 00:43:02,000
wasn't there talking about last 
year. 

620
00:43:02,680 --> 00:43:05,880
Last year was also CSK's worst 
year. 

621
00:43:05,880 --> 00:43:08,160
I think in the IPL they finished
10th. 

622
00:43:08,880 --> 00:43:14,720
They were also the first team to
be eliminated from the IPL. 

623
00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:21,440
And I think this year is just 
another year where MSD has 

624
00:43:21,440 --> 00:43:27,520
decided not to retire. 
And to discuss more about CSK, 

625
00:43:27,520 --> 00:43:29,960
we have Sarthak. 
All right, cool. 

626
00:43:29,960 --> 00:43:35,880
So let me take you to CSK versus
Punjab Kings in the year 2024. 

627
00:43:36,240 --> 00:43:40,320
It's a home game for CSK. 
They're batting first and they 

628
00:43:40,320 --> 00:43:43,200
haven't scored enough counts. 
It's luggage pitch Punjab Kings 

629
00:43:43,200 --> 00:43:47,840
at Boulder and it's the 20th to 
Archdeep is bowling to Colony. 

630
00:43:48,520 --> 00:43:50,360
The ball pings of Dhoni's bad 
Dhoni. 

631
00:43:50,360 --> 00:43:53,560
The ball skies up and someone 
drops the catch. 

632
00:43:54,120 --> 00:43:57,360
On the opposite end is Darryl 
Mitchell who makes a run that 

633
00:43:57,360 --> 00:43:59,320
OK, now that the catch is 
dropped we can maybe steal a 

634
00:43:59,320 --> 00:44:02,440
single and there are a couple of
balls left. 3-4 balls left in 

635
00:44:02,440 --> 00:44:04,640
the over. 
Mitchell runs the entire length 

636
00:44:04,640 --> 00:44:09,560
of the pitch and Tony sends him 
back that no I'm not taking any 

637
00:44:09,560 --> 00:44:12,640
singles in this over. 
I am not giving you the strike 

638
00:44:13,080 --> 00:44:16,480
because this is the last over. 
30,000 people are at the stadium

639
00:44:16,560 --> 00:44:21,040
and they have come to watch me. 
And it might sound like I'm 

640
00:44:21,040 --> 00:44:23,880
exaggerating, but I was at the 
stadium. 

641
00:44:23,880 --> 00:44:28,160
I saw the plausibility of that 
run and the way this Tony just 

642
00:44:28,160 --> 00:44:30,680
denied him strike. 
Dhoni denied strike to a batter 

643
00:44:30,680 --> 00:44:34,920
who at that point was averaging 
near 50 in all three formats and

644
00:44:34,920 --> 00:44:40,080
was in great form. 
And that kind of is to me, a 

645
00:44:40,400 --> 00:44:43,960
illustration of the farce that 
CSK has become the last 2-3 

646
00:44:43,960 --> 00:44:47,440
years. 
And it's not been helped by the 

647
00:44:47,440 --> 00:44:51,640
willing franchise because the 
franchise seems to be in on it. 

648
00:44:51,680 --> 00:44:53,800
They want it and they're happy 
with it. 

649
00:44:54,840 --> 00:44:58,600
It's not been helped by a fan 
base that comes to watch at the 

650
00:44:58,600 --> 00:45:01,760
stadium and do the franchise's 
bidding online. 

651
00:45:02,920 --> 00:45:05,360
And it must be said that this is
not a broad brush on the entire 

652
00:45:05,360 --> 00:45:08,360
CSK fan base. 
I spent nine years in Chennai 

653
00:45:08,360 --> 00:45:12,560
and I know a lot of CSK fans 
who've been attending every home

654
00:45:12,560 --> 00:45:18,200
game since the first year. 
They detest what's happening so 

655
00:45:18,200 --> 00:45:21,320
a certain section of the fan 
base wants to see color and it's

656
00:45:21,320 --> 00:45:25,560
turned into a point where CSK 
fans cheer their own wickets 

657
00:45:25,560 --> 00:45:28,280
because that means the 1 you 
would get to the crease earlier.

658
00:45:28,720 --> 00:45:31,720
So this entire far, it had 
become this complete farce which

659
00:45:31,720 --> 00:45:36,040
also manifested last year with 
the Rutu Raj guy caught injury, 

660
00:45:36,040 --> 00:45:38,800
Dhoni becoming captain and the 
way the franchise reacted, the 

661
00:45:38,800 --> 00:45:42,480
way their fans reacted, the way 
the ex players on the commentary

662
00:45:42,480 --> 00:45:47,840
box reacted. 
So I was at the at the game when

663
00:45:48,120 --> 00:45:53,280
Ms. became captain again. 
This is the CSKKKR game in 2025.

664
00:45:53,800 --> 00:45:58,440
This is at the Chip Park. 
And you know how tosses are 

665
00:45:58,440 --> 00:46:00,200
tosses. 
Essentially Hardy gave you like 

666
00:46:00,560 --> 00:46:03,840
first. 
And these are the two changes. 

667
00:46:04,440 --> 00:46:08,000
We look forward to the game. 
But somehow Dhoni went on a 

668
00:46:08,040 --> 00:46:14,840
monologue at the toss and I saw 
two genuine adults crying next 

669
00:46:14,840 --> 00:46:18,000
to me. 
They could not hear a thing, but

670
00:46:18,000 --> 00:46:20,160
they were just crying at that 
toss. 

671
00:46:20,640 --> 00:46:24,520
I mean, the game was a Farson at
another level altogether. 

672
00:46:24,960 --> 00:46:29,800
Because I think Dhoni came after
Khalil came to bat or something.

673
00:46:29,800 --> 00:46:32,560
Or or knew. 
If it was orchestrated, I think 

674
00:46:32,560 --> 00:46:35,320
somebody asked Steven Fleming 
because CSK were obviously 

675
00:46:35,320 --> 00:46:38,360
tanking and somebody else. 
Fleming Hey man, you have a 

676
00:46:38,360 --> 00:46:39,760
wicket keeper. 
Who? 

677
00:46:40,200 --> 00:46:43,920
Has to bat some somewhere and 
he's in the team as a batter. 

678
00:46:43,920 --> 00:46:46,800
Where is he going to bat? 
And Fleming just said that he'll

679
00:46:46,800 --> 00:46:49,920
figure out when he has to bat. 
We just painted a terrible 

680
00:46:49,920 --> 00:46:51,800
picture. 
And the reason we mentioned this

681
00:46:52,160 --> 00:46:56,080
is in 2023 and there was a mega 
option, that was your chance to 

682
00:46:56,080 --> 00:47:01,080
reset the team and become CSK 2,
which it became. 

683
00:47:02,000 --> 00:47:05,600
We saw the first shards of CSK 
2.0 midway last season when they

684
00:47:05,600 --> 00:47:09,600
went for Ayush Mantry and when 
they doubled down on DeWalt 

685
00:47:09,600 --> 00:47:12,120
Revis. 
They played Noor every game, 

686
00:47:12,640 --> 00:47:16,480
then they signed Prashanth Veer 
who's 20 and which brings us to 

687
00:47:16,480 --> 00:47:18,920
this year. 
And I think this year is the 

688
00:47:18,920 --> 00:47:24,240
first time we will see CSK have 
a balance of tomorrow's players 

689
00:47:24,240 --> 00:47:26,840
or players who are work in 
progress, A lot of players who 

690
00:47:26,840 --> 00:47:30,400
are work in progress, a lot of 
players who have experience and 

691
00:47:30,400 --> 00:47:34,760
very few of yesterday's player 
which was the model of CSK 1.2, 

692
00:47:35,400 --> 00:47:37,640
which you should. 
You have to give them their 

693
00:47:37,640 --> 00:47:40,160
flowers that they made, that 
they made the finals every other

694
00:47:40,160 --> 00:47:42,640
year and 10 finals and all that 
and so many titles. 

695
00:47:43,160 --> 00:47:45,400
But it has gone past its best by
date. 

696
00:47:45,720 --> 00:47:49,960
And in today's in the CSK that 
we play this season, you are not

697
00:47:49,960 --> 00:47:56,000
going to find players who are so
old that they only play this 

698
00:47:56,000 --> 00:47:59,360
competition barring the uncapped
player that is barring 1 

699
00:47:59,360 --> 00:48:04,400
uncapped India player. 
Other than him, everyone else is

700
00:48:04,400 --> 00:48:10,000
at a good point of their T20 
careers, which which is a good 

701
00:48:10,000 --> 00:48:11,600
thing. 
Which is a good thing it's. 

702
00:48:11,600 --> 00:48:15,960
Been a long time coming. 
So what are their like key 

703
00:48:16,360 --> 00:48:20,000
strength areas so to speak? 
Or, or do you want to talk about

704
00:48:20,000 --> 00:48:24,200
the auction or? 
The offseason or the offseason, 

705
00:48:24,520 --> 00:48:28,240
what do you have? 
I think I'll let you take the 

706
00:48:28,240 --> 00:48:31,320
offseason, but I think the first
friend that I have and we can go

707
00:48:31,320 --> 00:48:34,160
off that is and all Indian top 
order. 

708
00:48:34,240 --> 00:48:38,280
So you're looking at Sanju 
Rutraj and Ayush Matreya as your

709
00:48:38,280 --> 00:48:41,360
top three. 
If you then play Prashanth B or 

710
00:48:41,360 --> 00:48:44,880
Sarfaraz at 4:00, that's top 4 
all Indian. 

711
00:48:45,320 --> 00:48:47,400
If you play Dubey at 4:00, 
that's Dubey at 4:00. 

712
00:48:47,720 --> 00:48:52,520
And if you then assume Dhoni, we
will play, that's your 5 all 

713
00:48:52,520 --> 00:48:56,760
Indian batters and you then have
the what did essentially means. 

714
00:48:56,760 --> 00:48:59,720
The reason it's important is it 
gives you the luxury to play 

715
00:49:00,040 --> 00:49:03,040
overseas player as your bowlers 
and as your all rounders. 

716
00:49:03,960 --> 00:49:08,080
And I think that's a good 
strength and it would carry this

717
00:49:08,080 --> 00:49:09,520
one small weakness. 
Please go ahead. 

718
00:49:09,520 --> 00:49:11,760
Yeah, sorry. 
Don't you think they'll play 

719
00:49:11,880 --> 00:49:15,200
like Brevis somewhere in the top
four or they will? 

720
00:49:15,320 --> 00:49:18,120
They will. 
But essentially, their batting 

721
00:49:18,120 --> 00:49:21,760
is back with Indian options and 
because India is a good product 

722
00:49:21,760 --> 00:49:25,680
producer of bat battles and 
hitters now, it's a good thing 

723
00:49:25,680 --> 00:49:29,440
that they're able to keep post 
lots for all variations of 

724
00:49:29,440 --> 00:49:32,840
bowlers and all rounders. 
That's why it's a good strength.

725
00:49:33,120 --> 00:49:35,960
The weakness is that none of 
their battles bowl. 

726
00:49:36,520 --> 00:49:39,040
Ayush doesn't bowl. 
He can roll his arm over but 

727
00:49:39,040 --> 00:49:42,040
doesn't really bowl much. 
Rutras doesn't bowl. 

728
00:49:42,480 --> 00:49:46,760
Samson is a wicket keeper. 
Sarfaraz doesn't bowl. 

729
00:49:47,240 --> 00:49:51,000
Dhoni doesn't bowl and I 
understand I was bowled a little

730
00:49:51,000 --> 00:49:53,320
at the Under 19 World Cup, but I
don't think he's the kind of 

731
00:49:53,320 --> 00:49:56,800
bowler Dhoni he will readily go 
for or Uttaraj will readily just

732
00:49:56,800 --> 00:49:58,880
trust immediately to roll his 
arm over a few times. 

733
00:49:59,680 --> 00:50:02,520
So who's the captain? 
Is it still Dhoni or Uttaraj? 

734
00:50:04,480 --> 00:50:07,760
This is like asking is the sun 
hot even as it's raining in 

735
00:50:07,760 --> 00:50:09,040
Bangalore? 
So. 

736
00:50:10,080 --> 00:50:11,960
But I do think there's a twist 
coming man. 

737
00:50:12,520 --> 00:50:18,480
I think there is a possibility 
where then you join me in a year

738
00:50:18,480 --> 00:50:21,200
or two says I wouldn't mind 
being captain. 

739
00:50:21,440 --> 00:50:25,000
I have leadership credentials. 
I have I'm a proven captain and 

740
00:50:25,000 --> 00:50:29,600
a double World Cup winner at 
that and a double World Cup 

741
00:50:29,600 --> 00:50:32,000
winner now nearly untouchable in
Indian cricket. 

742
00:50:32,080 --> 00:50:34,400
He's he's a big name now 
exactly. 

743
00:50:34,720 --> 00:50:36,680
And he's not that old. 
He's worth 3130. 

744
00:50:36,880 --> 00:50:39,640
So he's he's fine. 
He's he's got another 4-5 years 

745
00:50:39,640 --> 00:50:44,680
in his tank at least. 
So I wouldn't be surprised if 

746
00:50:44,680 --> 00:50:47,080
that comes up. 
But I think for now, officially 

747
00:50:47,080 --> 00:50:49,400
it's Rutraj until he breaks his 
hand again. 

748
00:50:49,960 --> 00:50:52,160
Rutraj, we don't wish that. 
Only just kidding. 

749
00:50:52,360 --> 00:50:56,280
Perfect. 
Yeah, I think I think that will 

750
00:50:56,280 --> 00:51:01,440
happen at some point where 
Samson is like, hey, man, we we 

751
00:51:01,440 --> 00:51:04,320
we would. 
I would like to give this a 

752
00:51:04,320 --> 00:51:06,680
crack. 
Also, yes, you pointed out 

753
00:51:06,680 --> 00:51:09,880
offline, not just the batters 
don't bowl, the bowlers don't 

754
00:51:09,880 --> 00:51:13,280
bat. 
So Noor Ellis, Akhil Hussain, 

755
00:51:13,280 --> 00:51:15,640
Matt Henry. 
I don't know why I call him Matt

756
00:51:15,640 --> 00:51:18,560
Andrey I I just got too much 
football. 

757
00:51:19,240 --> 00:51:23,120
Nude Ellis Akhil Matt Henry 
Khalil Gurjapneet Mukesh 

758
00:51:23,120 --> 00:51:25,440
Raulcher. 
They do not bat. 

759
00:51:25,840 --> 00:51:29,720
Matt Henry can just stick around
for a bit, and maybe to an 

760
00:51:29,720 --> 00:51:32,920
extent Akhil can. 
Now the others can. 

761
00:51:34,560 --> 00:51:39,560
So their tail starts very early.
They will effectively have to 

762
00:51:39,560 --> 00:51:42,480
play Matt Short at 8:00. 
They are hamstrung into doing 

763
00:51:42,480 --> 00:51:46,080
doing that because I can't 
imagine a batting order 

764
00:51:46,080 --> 00:51:49,040
finishing at 7:00 and 7:00 being
Dhoni, because that will 

765
00:51:49,040 --> 00:51:52,320
effectively mean Dhoni on many 
days we'll have to play 2030 

766
00:51:52,320 --> 00:51:55,640
balls. 
Man, this is so strange because 

767
00:51:55,760 --> 00:52:00,440
like one of the things and you 
have to give your flowers to CSK

768
00:52:00,440 --> 00:52:05,000
and Dhoni for it is the fact 
that even in even in those 

769
00:52:05,000 --> 00:52:08,080
seasons where they were called 
like the old uncles and all of 

770
00:52:08,080 --> 00:52:12,600
that, their batting was deep. 
Batting, bowling, both be so 

771
00:52:12,600 --> 00:52:17,000
many options. 
They could and This is why I 

772
00:52:17,000 --> 00:52:19,960
started early. 
CSK Model 1 had great merits. 

773
00:52:20,160 --> 00:52:22,800
You don't make 10 finals without
being a good team man. 

774
00:52:25,120 --> 00:52:28,000
They were a superb team. 
They had their plans in place. 

775
00:52:28,000 --> 00:52:31,200
Such epoch pitch played to their
strengths, their auctions. 

776
00:52:31,200 --> 00:52:35,720
They knew exactly what to do. 
They rarely failed with players 

777
00:52:36,120 --> 00:52:39,040
with big big big auction buys. 
They never failed with big 

778
00:52:39,040 --> 00:52:40,560
auction. 
They might fail with shawl, 

779
00:52:41,000 --> 00:52:44,240
small option bike and you can 
turn around and show me the 

780
00:52:44,240 --> 00:52:48,080
number of games Shane Watson 
failed in and I will show you 

781
00:52:48,080 --> 00:52:50,920
the Eliminator and the final. 
He nailed it in. 

782
00:52:51,320 --> 00:52:53,960
So it works both ways in the 
sense that yes, he failed in a 

783
00:52:53,960 --> 00:52:56,120
month. 
Once again for Shane Watson at 

784
00:52:56,400 --> 00:53:00,000
38, he still killed it when it 
really mattered. 

785
00:53:01,240 --> 00:53:06,840
So no CSK, one superb game, one 
of the big guns is now gone. 

786
00:53:07,120 --> 00:53:11,320
Jadeja is gone. 
I am cautious of saying they'll 

787
00:53:11,320 --> 00:53:13,720
miss him terribly because I 
don't know if he was still a 

788
00:53:13,720 --> 00:53:16,400
great T20 cricketer, but he 
added balance. 

789
00:53:16,560 --> 00:53:19,160
He added a serious balance at 
the number 78 position. 

790
00:53:19,600 --> 00:53:22,000
He could bat above 20. 
He could bat 7 if need be. 

791
00:53:23,600 --> 00:53:26,880
So I guess Max short will bat 
720, will bat 8 if the if it 

792
00:53:26,880 --> 00:53:34,720
comes to that. 
But yeah, I think CST one grade 

793
00:53:34,720 --> 00:53:39,160
and what we saw with the auction
with now the team with they're 

794
00:53:39,160 --> 00:53:43,080
very clear investment into youth
and really young players. 

795
00:53:43,560 --> 00:53:47,560
Like Prashanthvi is 20, Ayushma 
3 is 19, he's going to turn 20. 

796
00:53:47,560 --> 00:53:50,600
Devolves is 2122. 
No, it is 2122. 

797
00:53:50,600 --> 00:53:52,640
So that's seriously young for 
CST standard. 

798
00:53:54,200 --> 00:53:59,000
So yeah, it's CST 2.0. 
And because there is a major 

799
00:53:59,000 --> 00:54:01,680
option next year, I would not be
surprised if this is fair 

800
00:54:01,680 --> 00:54:04,960
earlier. 
Yeah, I think which is a good 

801
00:54:05,320 --> 00:54:10,640
segue to get into the like, who 
are their players to watch Sanju

802
00:54:10,640 --> 00:54:14,840
Samson, man. 
Like so we were there at that 

803
00:54:15,600 --> 00:54:18,280
India, Zimbabwe, Yeah, he's 
return. 

804
00:54:18,520 --> 00:54:24,960
We were there. 
He's return to Chepauk and he 

805
00:54:24,960 --> 00:54:27,880
didn't score. 
Yeah, very, a very crucial 24. 

806
00:54:28,280 --> 00:54:32,560
He said the tone Abhishek was 
struggling and but the crowd, 

807
00:54:32,600 --> 00:54:36,560
but the crowd was like, OK, this
is our boy. 

808
00:54:36,960 --> 00:54:38,560
This is our last time in 
Chennai. 

809
00:54:39,240 --> 00:54:42,560
And I think I think that's going
to go a long way especially. 

810
00:54:42,560 --> 00:54:47,760
I mean, Chennai generally does a
good job of over hyping people. 

811
00:54:48,040 --> 00:54:49,840
Yeah. 
And they back three stars. 

812
00:54:50,680 --> 00:54:53,120
They don't back out once they go
in, they go in. 

813
00:54:53,600 --> 00:54:56,360
Yeah, yeah. 
I mean, do you do you reckon 

814
00:54:56,360 --> 00:55:00,400
there will be some Sanju jerseys
or 100%? 

815
00:55:00,840 --> 00:55:02,440
Will it? 
No 100%. 

816
00:55:03,200 --> 00:55:07,320
I was there for the India 
England T20 game in 25, I want 

817
00:55:07,320 --> 00:55:12,720
to say for the three match T20 
series that happened it at home 

818
00:55:13,480 --> 00:55:16,640
and one of the games was that 
Chepauk where Tilak played a 

819
00:55:16,640 --> 00:55:19,520
wonderful. 
Now Sanju opened with Abhishek 

820
00:55:19,520 --> 00:55:21,880
and the the crowd really was 
buzzing. 

821
00:55:23,000 --> 00:55:25,960
So no, I I think there will be 
Sanju jerseys like they were 

822
00:55:26,040 --> 00:55:28,280
always Juddu jerseys and Raina 
jerseys. 

823
00:55:28,920 --> 00:55:32,360
It is not just 7. 
For a last couple of years it 

824
00:55:32,360 --> 00:55:35,840
had only been 7, but I think 
Sanju will have Jersey. 

825
00:55:35,840 --> 00:55:41,200
Sanju is now big name. 
And also Jadeja moves back to 

826
00:55:41,600 --> 00:55:44,120
Rajasthan Royals, lest people 
forget. 

827
00:55:44,720 --> 00:55:47,400
Back home. 
Yeah, back home, so to speak. 

828
00:55:48,560 --> 00:55:54,960
My only other thing about this 
was, OK, I've forgotten, lost my

829
00:55:54,960 --> 00:55:58,280
train of thought. 
If I remember, I'll come back to

830
00:55:58,280 --> 00:56:02,040
this. 
So aside of Samsung, any other 

831
00:56:02,040 --> 00:56:05,160
players that that you that you 
really are looking forward to 

832
00:56:05,160 --> 00:56:08,120
like I'm I'm Matthew. 
I'm a fan of. 

833
00:56:10,120 --> 00:56:12,720
I am. 
I'm fairly excited if they play 

834
00:56:12,760 --> 00:56:20,080
Urvil Patel. 
Also, there is a possibility 

835
00:56:20,080 --> 00:56:27,680
that they play Ruturaj at 3 now.
But yeah, yeah, but. 

836
00:56:27,680 --> 00:56:31,120
And their first choice. 
So Rutra 3, DeWalt Bravis 4, 

837
00:56:31,200 --> 00:56:32,640
Dubai five. 
Yeah. 

838
00:56:33,160 --> 00:56:36,760
Now where does Alpharas play? 
Because please understand, up 

839
00:56:36,760 --> 00:56:38,520
until 5:00 they have one bowling
option. 

840
00:56:39,000 --> 00:56:42,480
Yeah. 
And if you take then Dhoni 6 as 

841
00:56:42,480 --> 00:56:44,280
a placeholder for the wicket 
keeper spot, no. 

842
00:56:44,360 --> 00:56:48,360
No, I guess it. 
I guess it's. 6 So then you you.

843
00:56:49,200 --> 00:56:52,000
The option then becomes Prashant
Sweet because Prashant Sweet can

844
00:56:52,000 --> 00:56:55,440
bowl a little. 
I am thinking it has to be Jabba

845
00:56:55,440 --> 00:56:58,360
kind of which you are definitely
going for my job. 

846
00:56:58,880 --> 00:57:03,920
I just remembered what I wanted 
to share is that in the 2025 IPL

847
00:57:04,240 --> 00:57:09,240
review, we had said that Sanju 
Samson will be traded by the 

848
00:57:09,240 --> 00:57:13,960
Rajasthan Royals. 
And we were told this podcast 

849
00:57:13,960 --> 00:57:16,080
probably doesn't know what 
they're talking about. 

850
00:57:16,600 --> 00:57:23,960
I would just say, OK, that's 
predictions, where do they end 

851
00:57:23,960 --> 00:57:26,160
up playoff? 
They're making the playoffs. 

852
00:57:26,160 --> 00:57:27,800
They're a strong team. 
What do you think? 

853
00:57:28,320 --> 00:57:30,040
I think they make the playoffs 
this season. 

854
00:57:30,040 --> 00:57:35,040
I think two seasons in a row 
them not making the playoffs 

855
00:57:35,600 --> 00:57:39,400
would be a reminder of 2016 and 
17 when they were not there. 

856
00:57:39,400 --> 00:57:41,760
At all. 
What else, Guy? 

857
00:57:42,600 --> 00:57:47,560
No reason. 
Pardon, Fish, Pardon. 

858
00:57:47,800 --> 00:57:51,600
Fish also, I think like picking 
my neck out. 

859
00:57:51,600 --> 00:57:54,920
I think Dhoni has a good season.
I think Dhoni, Dhoni, Dhoni is 

860
00:57:54,960 --> 00:57:58,240
naturally going to have a good 
season because see the other 

861
00:57:58,240 --> 00:58:04,440
thing about Dhoni, I mean, and 
and you have to think about how 

862
00:58:04,600 --> 00:58:08,200
just him being there changes the
bowlers, lengths. 

863
00:58:08,600 --> 00:58:12,080
Bowlers try harder. 
Bowlers try. 

864
00:58:12,120 --> 00:58:16,120
Harder ridiculous presence and 
and which is why, I mean, it's 

865
00:58:16,120 --> 00:58:18,880
one thing it's very easy for us 
to say and it's been there's a 

866
00:58:18,880 --> 00:58:21,960
lot of sense in saying that 
boss, you have to as a team now 

867
00:58:21,960 --> 00:58:23,720
look at easy a positive 
influence or not. 

868
00:58:24,320 --> 00:58:26,840
But what you're saying, I 
couldn't agree more. 

869
00:58:27,880 --> 00:58:31,240
He adds so much from behind the 
wicket in terms of guiding the 

870
00:58:31,240 --> 00:58:33,840
bowlers. 
No one knows their angles as a 

871
00:58:33,840 --> 00:58:36,040
keeper. 
There has not been a keeper who 

872
00:58:36,040 --> 00:58:42,240
knows. 
That even as a batter, my main 

873
00:58:42,240 --> 00:58:44,160
complaint isn't that he's coming
at. 

874
00:58:45,840 --> 00:58:48,040
My main complaint is that he's 
batting too late. 

875
00:58:48,120 --> 00:58:55,680
Like, I think his knees are 
gone, his knees are gone. 

876
00:58:55,680 --> 00:58:57,800
He can't otherwise, obviously, 
why would he not bat? 

877
00:58:58,440 --> 00:59:01,560
I mean that nobody knows. 
Boss No, no he would he not bat.

878
00:59:01,560 --> 00:59:06,920
Nobody knows his knees are gone.
Which is why because there is a 

879
00:59:06,920 --> 00:59:10,880
major auction next year and CSK 
have shown the sign for the 

880
00:59:10,880 --> 00:59:14,320
first time last year that OK, we
can't keep repeating the same 

881
00:59:14,320 --> 00:59:16,160
thing. 
We have to fix it and they fixed

882
00:59:16,160 --> 00:59:18,800
it mid season, which is a very 
hard thing to do. 

883
00:59:19,160 --> 00:59:21,160
They got lucky that Matrey was 
available. 

884
00:59:22,800 --> 00:59:26,880
I think Brevis was available but
they and they won't get lucky 

885
00:59:26,880 --> 00:59:29,480
like this all the time. 
So they will fix it next season.

886
00:59:29,480 --> 00:59:33,520
They will refresh their team and
they will seeing a. 

887
00:59:33,880 --> 00:59:38,040
Definite playoff team. 
I'm giving a scenario to all the

888
00:59:38,040 --> 00:59:44,160
Dhoni fans that there is a lot 
of ridicule that is thrown at 

889
00:59:44,160 --> 00:59:51,000
Dhoni for getting out to Yes 
they are in the 2024 season 

890
00:59:52,680 --> 00:59:59,480
which allowed the RCB team then 
to get into the 2024 playoffs 

891
00:59:59,920 --> 01:00:04,800
and that was at RCB at the 
Chinnaswamy. 

892
01:00:05,480 --> 01:00:08,120
The final this year is at the 
Chinaswamy. 

893
01:00:08,600 --> 01:00:13,120
I mean, there is a, there is a, 
there is a strong possibility 

894
01:00:13,600 --> 01:00:17,480
was like, yeah, like, I mean, it
is known like my feelings for 

895
01:00:17,480 --> 01:00:20,640
this is like Arsenal, Arsenal 
winning the league at this is 

896
01:00:20,640 --> 01:00:22,480
like Arsenal winning the league 
at White Hartley. 

897
01:00:23,360 --> 01:00:26,760
I mean, I they once won it at 
Old Trafford. 

898
01:00:27,800 --> 01:00:30,040
They won. 
David, I'm just saying like, I 

899
01:00:30,040 --> 01:00:31,840
like the. 
I like the. 

900
01:00:31,840 --> 01:00:37,200
Fact that all of this is is that
it's entirely possible, CSK 

901
01:00:37,400 --> 01:00:40,720
entirely possible. 
It's entirely possible they are 

902
01:00:40,720 --> 01:00:44,240
playing the final. 
Which brings me to the main 

903
01:00:44,240 --> 01:00:48,400
question that we have for each 
of these teams in this IPL 

904
01:00:48,400 --> 01:00:52,080
preview. 
Which TV show character does 

905
01:00:52,080 --> 01:00:57,520
this team represent? 
And I And as a conoisier of pop 

906
01:00:57,520 --> 01:01:03,120
culture, I demand a serious 
answer with a very very serious 

907
01:01:03,800 --> 01:01:07,800
explanation and rationale behind
your pic. 

908
01:01:08,280 --> 01:01:11,440
Can I go movie? 
No, I need ATV. 

909
01:01:11,440 --> 01:01:15,440
Show can I, can I pardon, can I 
plead ignorance? 

910
01:01:15,800 --> 01:01:17,800
Reason being I don't watch those
many TV shows. 

911
01:01:18,200 --> 01:01:21,000
My Seinfeld, Kalawa, my coat 
come back. 

912
01:01:21,000 --> 01:01:24,880
Now I've watched like your Coras
and Sacred Games and Black 

913
01:01:24,880 --> 01:01:27,600
Mirrors and this and that, but I
haven't watched the big ones, so

914
01:01:27,600 --> 01:01:29,960
I'm very lost. 
Please, you take it, say it. 

915
01:01:30,520 --> 01:01:33,320
I did not prepare for this, I 
was supposed to just host it. 

916
01:01:33,400 --> 01:01:37,040
But I widely feel Chennai has 
Ramadeep Singh aura. 

917
01:01:37,600 --> 01:01:41,480
No, no, it's. 
ATV show character yekam clarity

918
01:01:42,000 --> 01:01:45,200
Dina Zaruriya what are OK let's 
let's jam. 

919
01:01:45,200 --> 01:01:47,360
What are the characteristics of 
CSK? 

920
01:01:47,360 --> 01:01:52,360
You're looking at Old, old hand,
very solid, used to a lot of 

921
01:01:52,360 --> 01:01:57,080
success, changing their ways and
embracing youth. 

922
01:01:57,520 --> 01:02:01,640
I'll be a Soprano. 
I had succession who I you will 

923
01:02:01,640 --> 01:02:03,320
know. 
I haven't watched any of this. 

924
01:02:03,440 --> 01:02:10,840
I think one of the characters in
The Sopranos is something that 

925
01:02:10,840 --> 01:02:17,040
I, that I think is close to CSK,
and that's an old character 

926
01:02:18,640 --> 01:02:25,400
that's actually Polly Walnuts. 
So Polly Walnuts is old but 

927
01:02:25,400 --> 01:02:29,560
never seems to age. 
He's absolutely crazy under 

928
01:02:29,560 --> 01:02:32,320
pressure. 
He somehow survives. 

929
01:02:33,040 --> 01:02:38,080
And the fans love Polly Walnuts 
for pretty much the entire 

930
01:02:38,080 --> 01:02:44,080
duration of the of the show. 
So I guess yeah. 

931
01:02:44,520 --> 01:02:51,480
Polly Walnuts is the TV show 
character that represents CSK at

932
01:02:51,480 --> 01:02:53,920
least. 
Bara Tera Chauda. 

933
01:02:56,040 --> 01:03:00,560
So this is a journey Ki pandra 
saal Mein panch IPL title char 

934
01:03:00,560 --> 01:03:05,840
IPL title che IPL title kasi 
jitra or abhi Lok bolte Mumbai 

935
01:03:05,880 --> 01:03:10,600
Chennai most successful mahi 
Rohit. 

936
01:03:11,120 --> 01:03:14,880
Brilliant, undeniably brilliant.
Both of them. 

937
01:03:16,240 --> 01:03:20,560
Mark my words, the Salbat 
bowling a mahi. 

938
01:03:20,560 --> 01:03:27,400
Rohit Rishabh, you are listening
to the PCCI podcast and now we 

939
01:03:27,400 --> 01:03:31,520
have the. 
One of the newest entrants to 

940
01:03:31,520 --> 01:03:39,520
the IPL, the Lucknow Super 
Giants, owned by the RPSG group 

941
01:03:39,920 --> 01:03:45,960
and headed by doctor Sanjeev 
Goenka, who has the main 

942
01:03:45,960 --> 01:03:52,560
character in energy. 
The club is Yeah, people 

943
01:03:54,160 --> 01:04:04,080
shouldn't forget this is the 
second stint to owning teams in 

944
01:04:04,080 --> 01:04:09,000
the IPL. 
The famously he he famously took

945
01:04:09,080 --> 01:04:16,440
Pune Pune Warrior's name like 
RPSG Pune RPSG Rising Pune Super

946
01:04:16,440 --> 01:04:17,120
Giants. 
Correct. 

947
01:04:18,000 --> 01:04:23,720
I mean SG is part of the team 
because he's Sanjeev Goenka SG. 

948
01:04:24,120 --> 01:04:29,640
So it was there in RPSG also and
he took them to the finals in 

949
01:04:29,640 --> 01:04:33,320
2017 which they lost by one run 
to Mumbai Indians. 

950
01:04:34,280 --> 01:04:38,240
Yeah, I think. 
He he did the what Srinivasan 

951
01:04:38,240 --> 01:04:40,880
couldn't do like Sad Dhoni as 
captain. 

952
01:04:41,320 --> 01:04:44,640
I think Dhoni takes the 
decisions in CSK. 

953
01:04:44,680 --> 01:04:49,520
I don't think Srinivasan has any
authority over CSK as well. 

954
01:04:49,520 --> 01:04:53,280
Even from even from BCCI, right 
we we couldn't like Mohinder 

955
01:04:53,280 --> 01:04:56,040
Amarnath had to walk. 
Yeah, Mohinder Amarnath had to 

956
01:04:56,040 --> 01:04:58,760
walk. 
But anyways, I I mean, we know 

957
01:04:58,760 --> 01:05:02,960
like Srinivasan in general has 
no authority cuz if you look at 

958
01:05:02,960 --> 01:05:05,400
his family members also right 
like they are just cricket 

959
01:05:05,400 --> 01:05:09,840
enthusiasts. 
So yeah, to pick such a yeah of 

960
01:05:09,840 --> 01:05:12,920
course cricket enthusiast for. 
The fun of the. 

961
01:05:13,560 --> 01:05:14,920
Game. 
Yeah, yeah, fun of the game, but

962
01:05:14,920 --> 01:05:19,480
I say casually dugout my wedding
actually team meetings may be 

963
01:05:21,760 --> 01:05:23,800
Srinivasan no power yet no 
power. 

964
01:05:24,800 --> 01:05:29,360
Which brings us back to to 
Doctor Sanjeev Goenka's LSGI 

965
01:05:29,360 --> 01:05:32,000
think I'm going to call them 
Doctor Sanjeev Goenka's LSG all 

966
01:05:32,000 --> 01:05:36,000
season other men Kyorbi IPL 
episode kya Tobi Unko Dr. 

967
01:05:36,000 --> 01:05:42,800
Sanjeev Goenka's LSG he belonged
upset because kya character like

968
01:05:42,960 --> 01:05:51,880
Ethan Jada like so yeah yeah 
Justin Langer Bharat Arun 

969
01:05:53,200 --> 01:05:59,160
Rishabh pan sabko apna office 
main bhulake photo session photo

970
01:05:59,160 --> 01:06:01,760
session. 
And I think, I think the 

971
01:06:01,760 --> 01:06:05,000
beautiful detail that I saw is 
like, because, because as a 

972
01:06:05,000 --> 01:06:10,120
salesperson, one of the things 
you have to do is to, and then 

973
01:06:10,120 --> 01:06:13,840
they'll give you a pass to enter
their office. 

974
01:06:14,440 --> 01:06:18,800
And, and so, so, so a lot of 
times you Don the lanyard which 

975
01:06:18,800 --> 01:06:22,760
has the logo of whichever 
company you visited. 

976
01:06:23,160 --> 01:06:26,640
So I, I remember, yeah, Kuch 
Kuch, my name Pele Auction ke 

977
01:06:26,640 --> 01:06:28,920
Baadi or whatever, he had one 
meeting. 

978
01:06:28,920 --> 01:06:33,520
And and in that all of these 
guys, Bharat Parun, Eliebna, 

979
01:06:33,520 --> 01:06:37,320
Justin Langer, Rishabh Pand, 
everybody had to wear those 

980
01:06:37,480 --> 01:06:44,080
visitor pass to the LS, to the 
RPSG office in Calcutta or 

981
01:06:44,080 --> 01:06:47,040
Mumbai, wherever. 
Yeah, this is peak Calcutta 

982
01:06:47,040 --> 01:06:49,760
Marwadi businessman. 
Yeah, Yeah. 

983
01:06:50,640 --> 01:06:53,200
Yeah. 
Yeah, you can. 

984
01:06:53,560 --> 01:06:57,480
You will have to Google or you 
have to know one Calcutta 

985
01:06:57,480 --> 01:07:02,480
Marwadi businessman to know what
is happening with LSG ownership.

986
01:07:03,280 --> 01:07:07,560
Enough of talk, enough talk 
about the LSG Marwadi ownership,

987
01:07:07,560 --> 01:07:09,840
but now to talk about the team 
we have. 

988
01:07:09,840 --> 01:07:11,640
What sell again? 
What sell? 

989
01:07:11,640 --> 01:07:16,840
Take it away. 
So LSG are again with the 

990
01:07:16,840 --> 01:07:22,320
unbalanced team they they have 
again, I mean, I think it's a 

991
01:07:22,320 --> 01:07:26,360
trend in the IPL that everybody,
everybody just packed their team

992
01:07:26,360 --> 01:07:30,280
with, you know, openers and like
very, very heavy hitting top 

993
01:07:30,280 --> 01:07:32,560
water batsman. 
I think that is something that I

994
01:07:32,560 --> 01:07:36,040
can see in every team. 
So even they have that with 

995
01:07:36,240 --> 01:07:39,600
Marsh, Mitchell Marsh. 
I mean, I'm not sure how pretty 

996
01:07:39,600 --> 01:07:42,080
is again, I mean, that's that's 
the thing that we'll have to 

997
01:07:42,080 --> 01:07:46,400
watch and Markram as well. 
He's off late. 

998
01:07:46,400 --> 01:07:49,200
He's off late. 
He's gotten into the bashing 

999
01:07:49,200 --> 01:07:52,800
business as well. 
And he he he looked really good 

1000
01:07:52,800 --> 01:07:55,600
in the World Cup. 
So I expect him to do well. 

1001
01:07:56,920 --> 01:08:01,120
Of course they have they have a 
decent they have a decent core 

1002
01:08:01,120 --> 01:08:03,600
as well beneath that with punt 
and Puran. 

1003
01:08:03,640 --> 01:08:06,240
I mean, can't ask for better 
with Puran. 

1004
01:08:06,240 --> 01:08:11,160
Puran is just along with Classen
and I think along with Lesson, 

1005
01:08:11,160 --> 01:08:15,400
he's been one of the best T20 
batsman for the past 2-3 years. 

1006
01:08:15,400 --> 01:08:20,120
So he's done, he's done really 
well throughout like for 2-3 

1007
01:08:20,120 --> 01:08:24,800
years. 
But if you go beneath that then 

1008
01:08:24,800 --> 01:08:28,439
that's where the problem starts.
I don't see too much proven 

1009
01:08:28,439 --> 01:08:30,840
quality. 
I mean they have, they have 

1010
01:08:30,840 --> 01:08:34,399
some, they have some, they have 
some young players. 

1011
01:08:34,399 --> 01:08:37,800
I mean, I'm not too sure about 
how they're doing. 

1012
01:08:37,800 --> 01:08:40,160
They paid a lot of money for 
Mukul Chaudhary, I believe. 

1013
01:08:40,160 --> 01:08:49,240
So yeah, let's let's see how he 
does his record in listed and P 

1014
01:08:49,240 --> 01:08:52,200
20s Look. 
So I'm I'm not too sure about 

1015
01:08:52,200 --> 01:08:55,080
that. 
Then then the all rounders, they

1016
01:08:55,080 --> 01:09:00,840
have Shabaz and Abdul Samad 
again meddling ITL players who 

1017
01:09:00,960 --> 01:09:04,240
have a not a very high ceiling, 
but again, not a very low floor 

1018
01:09:04,240 --> 01:09:06,439
as well. 
So that's good. 

1019
01:09:06,640 --> 01:09:10,279
The bowling is something that 
worries me about LSGA lot. 

1020
01:09:10,319 --> 01:09:12,520
Again, Mike Yadav is The X 
Factor. 

1021
01:09:12,560 --> 01:09:16,520
And if he plays, I think if he 
plays 10 games out of 14, I 

1022
01:09:16,520 --> 01:09:17,760
think that will be an 
achievement for him. 

1023
01:09:18,319 --> 01:09:24,200
And and if he still sustains the
pace that he showed like two 

1024
01:09:24,200 --> 01:09:27,520
seasons back then that will be 
something that that will just 

1025
01:09:27,760 --> 01:09:31,560
propel LSD off the table. 
But their spin department is 

1026
01:09:31,560 --> 01:09:34,200
where. 
And that's that's the thing that

1027
01:09:34,520 --> 01:09:36,960
really surprised me considering 
they're playing in Lucknow, 

1028
01:09:36,960 --> 01:09:39,760
which is traditionally a spirit 
friendly surface. 

1029
01:09:39,760 --> 01:09:42,720
They only have Hassaranga who's 
and the Gwesh, I guess. 

1030
01:09:42,920 --> 01:09:45,800
So like Hassaranga is the only 
one and he's flattered to 

1031
01:09:45,800 --> 01:09:48,840
deceive in the IPL so far. 
I mean, barring red one good 

1032
01:09:48,840 --> 01:09:52,800
season with ACV, I've not really
seen Hassaranga do very well. 

1033
01:09:52,800 --> 01:09:55,240
And again, he's got a lot of 
injury issues as well. 

1034
01:09:55,560 --> 01:09:57,920
So overall it's a bit of an 
unbalanced team. 

1035
01:09:57,920 --> 01:10:02,320
I feel they have good top, top 
heavy batsman and good opening 

1036
01:10:02,320 --> 01:10:05,280
bowlers. 
But after that it gets a bit 

1037
01:10:05,680 --> 01:10:07,440
light. 
That's that's, that's nice. 

1038
01:10:08,240 --> 01:10:12,280
They also have Manimaran 
Siddharth right who was famously

1039
01:10:12,280 --> 01:10:19,600
used to take RCBS to play 
against Virat and he got Virat's

1040
01:10:19,600 --> 01:10:24,200
wicket also. 
I remember this from the 2024 

1041
01:10:24,200 --> 01:10:27,640
season if I remember correctly 
and he is playing for the Delhi 

1042
01:10:27,640 --> 01:10:32,280
Capitals then but but I remember
him taking Virat's wicket 

1043
01:10:32,280 --> 01:10:34,960
because he was bowling to both 
Virat and Faf. 

1044
01:10:34,960 --> 01:10:37,840
And I have some memory vague 
memory of that. 

1045
01:10:38,320 --> 01:10:44,920
But this this still retain bad 
Dhoni, Ayush Badhoni. 

1046
01:10:45,520 --> 01:10:48,520
I mean again, it's the same 
problem. 

1047
01:10:48,520 --> 01:10:51,800
I mean, it's like for how many 
years? 

1048
01:10:51,800 --> 01:10:55,240
OK, I mean, let's just let's 
just take a let's just take a 

1049
01:10:55,240 --> 01:10:58,400
shot at this. 
Rishabh Pant started playing the

1050
01:10:58,400 --> 01:11:02,080
IPL in 2016, if I'm not wrong, 
or 2015, 2016, 19. 

1051
01:11:02,320 --> 01:11:09,760
OK, Since yes, every season, 
every season, you, you and I at 

1052
01:11:09,760 --> 01:11:12,040
least have said he needs to open
the wedding. 

1053
01:11:12,520 --> 01:11:15,240
And even this year, he needs to 
open the wedding, but he will 

1054
01:11:15,240 --> 01:11:18,080
not. 
And I think that's that's where 

1055
01:11:18,080 --> 01:11:21,640
the game is gone. 
Yeah, like again, I will, I will

1056
01:11:21,640 --> 01:11:26,120
add the games gone clip here if 
I if I, if I even feel like 

1057
01:11:26,120 --> 01:11:30,520
editing key. 
I I think he himself doesn't 

1058
01:11:30,520 --> 01:11:35,120
want to like open or he doesn't 
feel that he needs to open. 

1059
01:11:35,160 --> 01:11:39,320
I mean, that's the only 
explanation I can give or only 

1060
01:11:39,320 --> 01:11:42,360
only thing that makes sense 
because how how has he not 

1061
01:11:42,360 --> 01:11:44,440
figured it out? 
Like that's that's his ticket 

1062
01:11:44,440 --> 01:11:46,920
to, you know, getting a 
permanent place in the White 

1063
01:11:46,920 --> 01:11:49,760
Bowl team. 
If he opens, he's better. 

1064
01:11:49,800 --> 01:11:52,160
He's better than maybe Abhishek 
is. 

1065
01:11:52,440 --> 01:11:53,760
Maybe Abhishek is better than 
him. 

1066
01:11:53,800 --> 01:11:57,800
But apart from that, everyone 
else, you know, for me at least 

1067
01:11:57,800 --> 01:11:59,240
fails in comparison to Rishabh 
Pant. 

1068
01:11:59,240 --> 01:12:03,920
If he if he's on song, he can do
it in whether on a tricky wicket

1069
01:12:03,920 --> 01:12:07,200
in South Africa where he can 
smash people around, he can do 

1070
01:12:07,200 --> 01:12:08,040
it everywhere. 
I feel. 

1071
01:12:08,560 --> 01:12:13,080
So I'm not too sure why. 
I'm I'm irritated that he has 

1072
01:12:13,080 --> 01:12:22,360
not opened like like it's right 
there isn't why aren't like, I 

1073
01:12:22,360 --> 01:12:25,480
don't know, I think maybe we are
just stupid or otherwise, like 

1074
01:12:26,040 --> 01:12:29,040
all the all the analysts have 
have tried it and have failed 

1075
01:12:29,040 --> 01:12:33,040
and and he's probably also in 
his mind convinced himself 

1076
01:12:33,360 --> 01:12:37,320
because man like. 
And there are so many examples 

1077
01:12:38,000 --> 01:12:40,200
exactly. 
It's not like it's very new 

1078
01:12:40,200 --> 01:12:42,240
thing like Gilchrist is right 
there. 

1079
01:12:42,240 --> 01:12:44,120
I mean like where there have 
been so many. 

1080
01:12:44,120 --> 01:12:51,840
Gilchrist QDK, Gilchrist QDK, 
Yeah, Gilchrist QDK is also 

1081
01:12:51,840 --> 01:12:54,680
there, siphered. 
Butler Yeah. 

1082
01:12:54,760 --> 01:12:58,720
I mean, so literally. 
The proof is there in the 

1083
01:12:58,720 --> 01:13:00,160
pudding, and still you can't see
it. 

1084
01:13:00,360 --> 01:13:05,520
I don't understand it and the 
thing and the issue with him is 

1085
01:13:05,840 --> 01:13:10,240
the issue with him is as well. 
I think that the like in in the 

1086
01:13:11,000 --> 01:13:14,280
in a Test match, usually what 
happens right is the field is 

1087
01:13:14,320 --> 01:13:16,600
the field is slightly inside 
when he's coming in, people are 

1088
01:13:16,600 --> 01:13:19,240
looking to attack and get him 
out and that is where he places 

1089
01:13:19,240 --> 01:13:21,400
attacking shots. 
Well, that's the same situation 

1090
01:13:21,400 --> 01:13:22,480
is going to place in the 
popular. 

1091
01:13:23,280 --> 01:13:26,040
It just makes sense in every 
which way and we just I don't 

1092
01:13:26,040 --> 01:13:29,520
know what what the thinking 
behind that is. 

1093
01:13:29,520 --> 01:13:32,080
I mean I. 
I have. 

1094
01:13:32,200 --> 01:13:34,560
I have, I think, I think people 
have. 

1095
01:13:35,160 --> 01:13:39,720
I think with this season, with 
this World Cup that just got 

1096
01:13:39,720 --> 01:13:43,800
over, it's very evident that 
there is no place in the top 

1097
01:13:43,800 --> 01:13:46,040
two. 
It's quite evident that with 

1098
01:13:46,040 --> 01:13:51,720
Samson and Abhishek are going to
open for the foreseeable future.

1099
01:13:53,400 --> 01:13:56,680
Yeah, I mean at least the next 
World Cup at the bare minimum. 

1100
01:13:56,680 --> 01:13:58,600
I mean, I don't think anybody is
going to question that. 

1101
01:13:59,040 --> 01:14:03,040
So I so I guess probably that 
will now further ensure that 

1102
01:14:03,040 --> 01:14:08,280
this guy doesn't open. 
Yes, and like and the other 

1103
01:14:08,280 --> 01:14:25,120
problem is. 
I mean, it doesn't matter but 

1104
01:14:25,480 --> 01:14:28,320
but yeah, I think this is a loss
to cricket. 

1105
01:14:28,360 --> 01:14:33,840
I would, I don't care if Indian 
cricket lost to cricket. 

1106
01:14:33,840 --> 01:14:36,800
That somebody like Rishabh Pant 
does not open the vatic. 

1107
01:14:37,200 --> 01:14:41,720
Yeah, it's absolutely criminal. 
I will say criminal. 

1108
01:14:42,200 --> 01:14:44,840
Absolutely. 
I mean, I really don't get it 

1109
01:14:45,040 --> 01:14:46,560
how they haven't figured it out 
yet. 

1110
01:14:48,160 --> 01:14:52,560
But apart from that, I mean, 
Marsh, Marsh and Makram again 

1111
01:14:52,560 --> 01:14:56,600
are a good, good opening pair. 
I mean, they should do well over

1112
01:14:56,600 --> 01:15:03,080
a season if prepared together. 
And let's see, I don't know how 

1113
01:15:03,080 --> 01:15:05,880
they're going to split Pant and 
Puran, like who's going to come.

1114
01:15:05,920 --> 01:15:08,720
I think maybe they'll maybe 
they'll juggle it around a bit 

1115
01:15:09,160 --> 01:15:11,040
apart from that scale. 
Nietzsche. 

1116
01:15:11,240 --> 01:15:17,160
Yeah, I'm not too sure. 
I mean, maybe maybe they like 

1117
01:15:17,160 --> 01:15:20,320
English is they have English. 
English is not going to be there

1118
01:15:20,320 --> 01:15:23,800
for most of the tournament. 
He's just there for like 10-12 

1119
01:15:23,800 --> 01:15:26,600
days or something like that. 
That's that's what I know. 

1120
01:15:27,160 --> 01:15:33,920
And apart from that, I think 
Shabazz can bat, Summit can bat 

1121
01:15:33,920 --> 01:15:37,120
and IE the Dhoni, these are the 
options they might go for. 

1122
01:15:37,600 --> 01:15:42,080
So I mean, yeah, doesn't inspire
a lot of confidence, but you 

1123
01:15:42,080 --> 01:15:44,240
never know. 
I mean, I'm, I'm not sure about 

1124
01:15:44,240 --> 01:15:48,360
the how they did the how they 
tried in the domestics, but on 

1125
01:15:48,680 --> 01:15:51,720
previous IPL experiences, I 
mean, they've just been OK 

1126
01:15:52,040 --> 01:15:55,160
because their new ball bowling 
is good. 

1127
01:15:55,800 --> 01:15:58,400
Their new ball bowling is pretty
good. 

1128
01:15:58,440 --> 01:16:03,200
I would say especially my place 
with my Shami is a goodbye for 

1129
01:16:03,200 --> 01:16:04,960
them. 
I think Shami will will do 

1130
01:16:04,960 --> 01:16:07,440
decently well for them. 
They've they've still kept 

1131
01:16:07,440 --> 01:16:10,240
Mohsin Khan. 
If Mohsin Khan is split, I'm 

1132
01:16:10,240 --> 01:16:12,440
very, very excited to see Mohsin
Khan again. 

1133
01:16:12,960 --> 01:16:18,080
Yeah, yeah, he was. 
I remember like Dubai, he did 

1134
01:16:18,080 --> 01:16:19,920
very well. 
Dubai he did very well. 

1135
01:16:20,000 --> 01:16:22,640
Like when the IPL was in Dubai, 
I think he did very well. 

1136
01:16:22,720 --> 01:16:27,640
And then two seasons back also 
he did very well and the left 

1137
01:16:27,640 --> 01:16:30,800
arm angle and the late swing 
that he gets his sister good to 

1138
01:16:30,800 --> 01:16:33,120
watch. 
Yeah, I. 

1139
01:16:34,480 --> 01:16:37,840
I'm not too convinced by the 
spinners yet. 

1140
01:16:41,640 --> 01:16:42,640
Spinners, man. 
I'm not. 

1141
01:16:42,640 --> 01:16:45,600
I'm not sure. 
I mean big race was OK. 

1142
01:16:45,680 --> 01:16:48,800
I mean, he had that novelty. 
I have a feeling they'll end up 

1143
01:16:48,800 --> 01:16:52,320
playing Shabazz for his batting 
and Shabazz will have to bowl 

1144
01:16:52,320 --> 01:16:57,360
just like he did for SRH also in
that 2024 season eventually. 

1145
01:16:57,440 --> 01:17:00,960
And he had to bat also because 
SRH was trying some blow outs 

1146
01:17:00,960 --> 01:17:03,520
there, right? 
Yeah, yeah. 

1147
01:17:03,760 --> 01:17:06,400
Is Josh how Dhoni as well can 
bowl? 

1148
01:17:06,560 --> 01:17:13,480
I guess those particular but 
like I doubt. 

1149
01:17:14,040 --> 01:17:19,800
Josh, he was getting married. 
That's why I think the King 

1150
01:17:20,320 --> 01:17:22,280
Punjab released him. 
I think, I think that's why 

1151
01:17:22,280 --> 01:17:24,480
Punjab released him and that's 
why he went to the auction. 

1152
01:17:24,680 --> 01:17:27,600
He made that clear and they 
still choose to go for him, 

1153
01:17:27,600 --> 01:17:30,280
which was I don't know why. 
What they forced. 

1154
01:17:30,280 --> 01:17:33,680
Them I guess. 
So so so so they're essentially 

1155
01:17:33,680 --> 01:17:38,960
their 4th foreigner is 1 Hindu 
has Ranga Yes, yes. 

1156
01:17:39,080 --> 01:17:41,640
I think they will play Asaranga 
because the spin is very weak. 

1157
01:17:42,280 --> 01:17:47,000
Like I don't, I don't see them 
the like, yeah. 

1158
01:17:47,800 --> 01:17:51,640
No, go ahead, go ahead 
especially. 

1159
01:17:51,640 --> 01:17:54,200
Because they cannot, you know, 
usually take spin. 

1160
01:17:54,200 --> 01:17:57,280
I mean, I'm not sure whether 
they relate the surface or have 

1161
01:17:57,280 --> 01:17:58,640
they done something with their 
or not. 

1162
01:17:58,640 --> 01:18:03,760
But usually that is a reputation
that Lucknow has is being a very

1163
01:18:03,760 --> 01:18:07,760
slow and a sluggish wicket. 
Sir Black soil pitch pick Halo, 

1164
01:18:07,760 --> 01:18:10,440
Nayar Lucknow, those boring 
games. 

1165
01:18:10,440 --> 01:18:12,800
These are these are like a short
season Chaudha game. 

1166
01:18:13,320 --> 01:18:17,360
Do whatever you need to win. 
Do whatever you need to go and 

1167
01:18:17,360 --> 01:18:25,240
win this that's. 
All or resources now batsman 

1168
01:18:25,800 --> 01:18:31,200
they have like those fast, fast 
pace hitters which who just like

1169
01:18:31,200 --> 01:18:33,520
to, you know, plant the foot and
batch the bowling. 

1170
01:18:33,520 --> 01:18:38,480
So I'm not. 
I, I mean, I am, I am, I think 

1171
01:18:38,920 --> 01:18:43,880
like that black soil pitch is 
probably great for that kind of 

1172
01:18:43,880 --> 01:18:50,200
hitting only because if it comes
off, let's say you get to 114150

1173
01:18:50,200 --> 01:18:54,360
because you're not asking people
to bat like KL Rahul did for 

1174
01:18:54,440 --> 01:18:59,600
LSG. 
Essentially my my point of 

1175
01:18:59,600 --> 01:19:05,360
reference is punch innings in, 
in New York in the 2024 World 

1176
01:19:05,360 --> 01:19:08,800
Cup versus Pakistan, where you 
can just like take the game away

1177
01:19:08,800 --> 01:19:12,120
and then like 120 is suddenly 
like defendable. 

1178
01:19:12,440 --> 01:19:16,560
I'm not saying 120, I'm saying 
probably even 140, but I think 

1179
01:19:16,560 --> 01:19:20,960
140 could be defendable because 
I like if they play Mohsin, 

1180
01:19:21,920 --> 01:19:27,200
Digresh, 1 Hindu, Asaranga, 
Manimaran, Siddharth and yeah, 

1181
01:19:27,200 --> 01:19:30,080
big wish. 
Anyway, I don't know if they 

1182
01:19:30,080 --> 01:19:33,920
play Shami. 
I'm, I'm like, I'm still in two 

1183
01:19:33,920 --> 01:19:37,600
minds because we were last year.
This guy had a very decent IPL, 

1184
01:19:37,600 --> 01:19:40,040
right? 
Prince Yadav, fairly decent. 

1185
01:19:40,120 --> 01:19:43,480
Yeah, yeah, Yeah. 
He's also bowling well, Yeah. 

1186
01:19:43,480 --> 01:19:46,360
I think. 
Let's see what Langer decides. 

1187
01:19:47,160 --> 01:19:50,400
I have a feeling he's going to 
go for the alternate red soil 

1188
01:19:50,400 --> 01:19:56,920
wicket and bank on the top order
to score more runs like they did

1189
01:19:56,920 --> 01:19:58,320
last year. 
Yeah. 

1190
01:19:58,920 --> 01:20:00,120
Are they playing all the games 
in Lucknow? 

1191
01:20:00,120 --> 01:20:02,480
And I'm not sure what that is 
because sometimes. 

1192
01:20:02,960 --> 01:20:06,160
Sometimes they go. 
Schedule, schedule, schedule, 

1193
01:20:06,560 --> 01:20:09,480
schedule is the right away PURA 
schedule. 

1194
01:20:09,480 --> 01:20:13,040
Yeah, yeah, I'm not sure PURA 
schedule will be. 

1195
01:20:13,400 --> 01:20:15,680
The schedule is only out till 
April 12th. 

1196
01:20:16,680 --> 01:20:18,880
OK. 
Schedule is not out, Yeah. 

1197
01:20:19,920 --> 01:20:23,240
So I mean you, you never know 
they'll they'll go off to play 

1198
01:20:23,240 --> 01:20:31,960
in Guwahati or somewhere Raipur,
but basically only KKR and MI 

1199
01:20:32,000 --> 01:20:34,920
and RCB and CSP. 
These are the four who don't 

1200
01:20:35,000 --> 01:20:38,480
usually shift the games. 
Apart from that anyone can play 

1201
01:20:38,480 --> 01:20:40,920
anywhere. 
That's from experience. 

1202
01:20:41,440 --> 01:20:46,280
Yeah, yeah, I think you should 
just I, I mean, if they if they 

1203
01:20:46,280 --> 01:20:49,520
qualify, it'll be great. 
But I. 

1204
01:20:50,520 --> 01:20:52,880
Don't see it like right now, I 
don't see it. 

1205
01:20:53,360 --> 01:20:58,760
Like, yeah, of course they have.
They have cricketing royalty as 

1206
01:20:58,760 --> 01:21:02,200
well with them, with Arjun, 
right? 

1207
01:21:02,200 --> 01:21:06,640
So yeah, you never know. 
And I feel bad for Arjun. 

1208
01:21:10,720 --> 01:21:17,120
Yeah, I see. 
I'm excited for Abdul Samad, 

1209
01:21:17,120 --> 01:21:19,280
though. 
Abdul Samad had a fairly very, 

1210
01:21:19,280 --> 01:21:27,240
very decent Ranji, all of that, 
and I hope like some of that 

1211
01:21:27,240 --> 01:21:31,560
rubs off into this. 
Also, as as improbable as it 

1212
01:21:31,560 --> 01:21:34,960
sounds, I know these are three 
different sports that we play in

1213
01:21:34,960 --> 01:21:38,760
cricket and maybe IPL is a 
fourth different sport. 

1214
01:21:39,200 --> 01:21:43,000
With the impact rule for sure. 
With the impact rule, yeah, 

1215
01:21:44,040 --> 01:21:49,840
yeah, I like. 
I'm not too like then definitely

1216
01:21:49,880 --> 01:21:53,600
not exciting team Yeah, that are
very boring. 

1217
01:21:53,600 --> 01:21:57,000
Yeah, Despite, like, despite, 
despite having all that 

1218
01:21:57,000 --> 01:22:00,320
firepower at the top. 
Boring. 

1219
01:22:00,920 --> 01:22:04,320
Yeah, yeah, and and and they 
make fuck all jerseys. 

1220
01:22:04,960 --> 01:22:08,840
Like we have to talk about that 
jersey Like what it's. 

1221
01:22:09,320 --> 01:22:11,360
That logo is just. 
Solution. 

1222
01:22:11,360 --> 01:22:13,200
Yeah. 
Seriously, what is that logo? 

1223
01:22:13,240 --> 01:22:18,280
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 
Guys, this is Marwari Calcutta 

1224
01:22:18,280 --> 01:22:21,400
businessman. 
Like this is Marwadi Calcutta 

1225
01:22:21,400 --> 01:22:25,720
businessman. 
I will let you Google and like 

1226
01:22:25,720 --> 01:22:28,880
go to the depths of the Internet
to understand the psyche of the 

1227
01:22:28,880 --> 01:22:33,400
Calcutta Marwadi businessman 
because this is how it comes up 

1228
01:22:33,400 --> 01:22:38,240
and and it shows and it hits you
on on your face eventually. 

1229
01:22:48,520 --> 01:22:59,000
Manchester Manchester Super 
giants Monosodium glutamate MSG 

1230
01:23:10,080 --> 01:23:13,760
Look at the new LSG logo. 
This is a flying Hathi. 

1231
01:23:14,080 --> 01:23:20,120
Their logo is flying Hathi 
actually. 

1232
01:23:20,120 --> 01:23:27,560
Too light, can't fly by. 
The way. 

1233
01:23:27,640 --> 01:23:40,600
So yeah. 
IPL cricket websites IPL yes, 

1234
01:23:40,600 --> 01:23:43,400
it's a placeholder yeah, it's 
it's that again. 

1235
01:23:43,400 --> 01:23:47,280
I will invoke the Calcutta 
Marwadi businessman philosophy 

1236
01:23:47,280 --> 01:23:49,120
here. 
This is how it would have 

1237
01:23:49,120 --> 01:23:51,360
happened. 
They would have created the IPL 

1238
01:23:51,360 --> 01:23:56,680
website in 2008. 
And what Domain Joe Agency kaam 

1239
01:23:56,680 --> 01:24:01,480
kiya kaam diya ganaki yeah 
website banana wohi agency ke 

1240
01:24:01,480 --> 01:24:05,160
pass Abbibo website we had 
domain be here, hosting rights 

1241
01:24:05,160 --> 01:24:10,400
we had or salana retainer or 
website. 

1242
01:24:11,920 --> 01:24:31,840
So I'll tell you what will 
happen also. 

1243
01:24:31,880 --> 01:24:33,040
I'll tell you what will happen 
also. 

1244
01:24:33,080 --> 01:24:36,720
Eventually this domain will 
expire on in like the middle of 

1245
01:24:36,720 --> 01:24:40,440
the IPL one day and the IPL 
website will crash and that is 

1246
01:24:40,440 --> 01:24:45,960
when like BCCI will realize 
array domain and on that day 

1247
01:24:46,000 --> 01:24:52,120
that guy will not be available 
on a phone call because woh bina

1248
01:24:52,120 --> 01:25:02,920
roaming ke international. 
Exactly, exactly yoga yoga like 

1249
01:25:02,920 --> 01:25:04,920
this is this is this is how it 
runs. 

1250
01:25:05,360 --> 01:25:09,840
Talking about businesses, I am I
have been made aware that there 

1251
01:25:09,840 --> 01:25:14,240
is ATV character, TV show 
character who you think is 

1252
01:25:14,240 --> 01:25:19,640
closest to LSG. 
And why did I say business? 

1253
01:25:19,640 --> 01:25:25,160
Because I have been told that it
is a character from the HBO hit 

1254
01:25:25,160 --> 01:25:28,200
TV show succession. 
So please elaborate. 

1255
01:25:29,000 --> 01:25:35,600
So my pick is Shivan Shiv, Shiv 
Roy, the daughter of Logan Roy. 

1256
01:25:37,520 --> 01:25:41,000
I would say it embodies LG 
spirit. 

1257
01:25:41,000 --> 01:25:44,280
They are like they want, they 
want to conquer the world. 

1258
01:25:44,280 --> 01:25:46,600
They want to do everything. 
They feel like they're very 

1259
01:25:46,600 --> 01:25:49,200
liberal and they're very, you 
know, open and secular. 

1260
01:25:49,200 --> 01:25:52,160
But deep inside, deep inside 
them, Russell. 

1261
01:25:52,160 --> 01:25:55,120
'S a lot of. 
Bigotry and I don't know a lot 

1262
01:25:55,120 --> 01:25:59,200
of, a lot of yeah, they, they 
want to do a lot, but they 

1263
01:25:59,200 --> 01:26:00,920
cannot do it and they cannot 
achieve it. 

1264
01:26:00,920 --> 01:26:03,280
And they'll always be second or 
third favorite no matter what 

1265
01:26:03,280 --> 01:26:05,600
they do. 
And even when things are going 

1266
01:26:05,600 --> 01:26:09,320
to work out in the favor, they 
just fuck it up and eventually 

1267
01:26:09,320 --> 01:26:11,440
see their husband take take over
everything. 

1268
01:26:11,920 --> 01:26:16,160
I have nothing else to add. 
I think this is glorious that 

1269
01:26:16,160 --> 01:26:21,320
Succession has also been invoked
and Succession just another show

1270
01:26:21,320 --> 01:26:24,400
guys that what I can probably 
talk for another hour why you 

1271
01:26:24,400 --> 01:26:27,240
should watch it, but you should 
just watch it for Jesse 

1272
01:26:27,240 --> 01:26:32,520
Armstrong's fascinating writer 
room and like some of the best 

1273
01:26:32,520 --> 01:26:35,880
writing. 
In fact, Succession is so in 

1274
01:26:35,880 --> 01:26:40,480
fact, Succession is so good that
the scripts of all Four Seasons 

1275
01:26:40,480 --> 01:26:46,000
are available on Jeff Bezos's 
platform for you to buy and you 

1276
01:26:46,000 --> 01:26:50,960
can keep it. 
In fact, like if, if at all, we 

1277
01:26:50,960 --> 01:26:54,960
were doing this in the sense 
that each team would be 

1278
01:26:54,960 --> 01:26:58,960
assigned, let's say ATV show 
episode because that's how nerdy

1279
01:26:58,960 --> 01:27:03,200
we can get with this. 
I think LSG is my favorite 

1280
01:27:03,200 --> 01:27:06,200
episode of Succession, which is 
shit show at the Fuck Factory, 

1281
01:27:06,200 --> 01:27:12,000
which is Season 1, episode 2. 
So with that, we come to the end

1282
01:27:12,000 --> 01:27:15,880
of the preview of LSG. 
Thank you so much for joining 

1283
01:27:15,880 --> 01:27:18,240
us. 
And also have not I can 

1284
01:27:18,240 --> 01:27:19,880
understand capitals. 
What does it? 

1285
01:27:20,040 --> 01:27:21,360
What does capitals? 
Mean to answer the? 

1286
01:27:23,080 --> 01:27:27,360
Daily. 
Capitals, Capitals is you're 

1287
01:27:27,360 --> 01:27:30,680
from the Capitals, its this 
capital city of the country. 

1288
01:27:30,680 --> 01:27:33,600
So how do you? 
Its a way of calling the team. 

1289
01:27:33,640 --> 01:27:38,000
So if you look at the teams they
all have you know Mumbai 

1290
01:27:38,000 --> 01:27:41,960
Indians, its not Mumbai Indian. 
So you can ask what is Indians, 

1291
01:27:42,320 --> 01:27:46,840
but its Indians. 
So that's the answer for that is

1292
01:27:46,920 --> 01:27:48,960
you're from the capital. 
That's what it means. 

1293
01:27:49,840 --> 01:27:57,880
It's inclusive. 
Welcome to the PCCI podcast. 

1294
01:27:58,680 --> 01:28:04,880
Today is the mega preview of the
Delhi Capitals, formerly the 

1295
01:28:05,720 --> 01:28:11,400
Delhi Daredevils. 
As as many die hard still call 

1296
01:28:11,400 --> 01:28:16,320
them Delhi. 
Delhi Capitals has an 

1297
01:28:16,320 --> 01:28:18,360
interesting story. 
It's inclusive. 

1298
01:28:19,960 --> 01:28:24,920
I'll try and see if I can plug 
the famous Par Jindal monologue 

1299
01:28:24,920 --> 01:28:28,240
about how what is Delhi Capitals
here? 

1300
01:28:29,440 --> 01:28:32,360
This is where I tell the 
listeners that I've already 

1301
01:28:32,360 --> 01:28:36,720
added the clip before. 
So yeah, we do some editing. 

1302
01:28:37,080 --> 01:28:43,400
But to preview the Delhi 
Capitals for the 2026 IPLI have 

1303
01:28:43,400 --> 01:28:51,960
with me now regular on the board
Raghav who is ADC fan for a for 

1304
01:28:51,960 --> 01:28:57,080
a from the first season itself. 
And along with him he's got 

1305
01:28:57,240 --> 01:29:01,520
Karan and Arvind who run the 
Capitals Blood Twitter account 

1306
01:29:02,880 --> 01:29:06,760
and they've been DC fans for a 
very very long time. 

1307
01:29:07,240 --> 01:29:11,800
I've been told that there are 
interesting stories why they are

1308
01:29:11,800 --> 01:29:14,040
Delhi Capitals fans, at least 
for Arvind. 

1309
01:29:14,520 --> 01:29:20,160
So I'll bring Arvind on and and 
try and understand how a boy 

1310
01:29:20,160 --> 01:29:23,320
from Chennai is a Delhi Capitals
fan. 

1311
01:29:24,840 --> 01:29:28,280
Hello everyone, it's such a 
pleasure to be on this podcast. 

1312
01:29:28,640 --> 01:29:31,320
So, I'm Arvind, I am from 
Chennai as introduced. 

1313
01:29:32,360 --> 01:29:38,040
So the thing was initially in 
years, initially years of IPL, I

1314
01:29:38,040 --> 01:29:41,720
was just following IPL. 
As you know some run one of 

1315
01:29:41,720 --> 01:29:43,760
these tournaments that happened 
through the year. 

1316
01:29:43,800 --> 01:29:45,720
I wasn't really like invested in
it. 

1317
01:29:46,160 --> 01:29:50,160
But the way I did come through 
was through my current most 

1318
01:29:50,160 --> 01:29:52,320
favorite player which is Rishabh
Pant. 

1319
01:29:53,320 --> 01:30:00,080
I started following him from the
big before the 26th year Under 

1320
01:30:00,080 --> 01:30:03,040
19 World Cups and since from 
since then on, I've been 

1321
01:30:03,040 --> 01:30:06,440
interested to see where how he 
plays and what time. 

1322
01:30:06,440 --> 01:30:10,480
In the initial years of Delhi, I
like the players they had and 

1323
01:30:10,480 --> 01:30:12,360
overtime it just felt like a 
connect. 

1324
01:30:12,760 --> 01:30:16,920
And once that connect came, it 
was never going to go. 

1325
01:30:16,960 --> 01:30:21,440
And even after fun left, there 
are people in this team like 

1326
01:30:21,440 --> 01:30:26,080
Kristen Stubbs, Akshar Patel, 
whom you know, I'm a big fan. 

1327
01:30:26,360 --> 01:30:31,600
So that kind of like, you know, 
the fan in never faded for that.

1328
01:30:32,760 --> 01:30:36,920
So that's how I am for like 
almost what to say 10 seasons 

1329
01:30:36,920 --> 01:30:39,480
now. 
So that's how it's been. 

1330
01:30:39,960 --> 01:30:44,400
Man, it's like, yeah, I mean, 
it's still only 10 seasons 

1331
01:30:44,400 --> 01:30:46,880
without a title. 
I mean, for Raghav it's 18. 

1332
01:30:46,880 --> 01:30:50,320
So I think there's still small 
mercies with your fandom. 

1333
01:30:51,000 --> 01:30:55,600
Which brings me to Karan. 
Karan, who's also the 

1334
01:30:56,240 --> 01:31:00,400
second-half of Capital's Blood, 
is with us. 

1335
01:31:00,440 --> 01:31:05,640
Karen, tell us about your 
journey into becoming DC Blood, 

1336
01:31:05,640 --> 01:31:08,720
so to speak. 
Yeah, thanks. 

1337
01:31:09,600 --> 01:31:12,360
Thank you for the introduction. 
Thanks a lot for having me. 

1338
01:31:13,200 --> 01:31:16,520
Yeah, unfortunately I don't have
as entertaining of a story. 

1339
01:31:16,520 --> 01:31:22,720
So I'm like like I've been based
out of like Delhi NCR for a 

1340
01:31:22,720 --> 01:31:24,960
while. 
So it's like a bit more 

1341
01:31:24,960 --> 01:31:28,880
straightforward that way. 
But I think like, yeah, I think 

1342
01:31:28,880 --> 01:31:34,280
I started following the Capitals
in 2013 when I think it was the 

1343
01:31:35,360 --> 01:31:38,400
in the lead up to the Unmukt 
Chand debut. 

1344
01:31:38,880 --> 01:31:42,240
And then basically it's that 
kind of sums up how the 

1345
01:31:42,240 --> 01:31:47,560
experience has been since then. 
And yeah, so it's been quite an 

1346
01:31:47,560 --> 01:31:50,400
idea. 
I think, I think one of the 

1347
01:31:50,400 --> 01:31:54,160
things is that that I really, 
really like about the team, 

1348
01:31:54,200 --> 01:31:59,200
especially DC, is that they've 
such great teams randomly 

1349
01:31:59,240 --> 01:32:02,480
through the course of their 
history and, and then they make 

1350
01:32:02,480 --> 01:32:07,200
some really stupid decisions or 
they end up meeting Mumbai 

1351
01:32:07,200 --> 01:32:11,960
Indians in the finals. 
Otherwise in in my opinion and 

1352
01:32:11,960 --> 01:32:15,520
and and I have AI, have AI have 
a dear friend who's a who's ADC 

1353
01:32:15,520 --> 01:32:19,920
fan. 
During the 2018 under 19 World 

1354
01:32:19,920 --> 01:32:24,600
Cup. 
It was natural that you could 

1355
01:32:24,600 --> 01:32:29,280
see that this batch of the 2018 
under 19 World Cup would go on 

1356
01:32:29,280 --> 01:32:35,040
to do great things. 
And KKR had picked Shivam Mavi, 

1357
01:32:35,160 --> 01:32:39,760
Kamlesh Nagar, Koti and that 
little known guy called Shubman 

1358
01:32:39,760 --> 01:32:44,720
Gill. 
And eventually and DC had picked

1359
01:32:45,000 --> 01:32:50,320
Prithvi Shaw from that along 
with having Rishabh Pant and 

1360
01:32:50,320 --> 01:32:52,800
Shreyas Iyer at that point in 
time in DC. 

1361
01:32:53,160 --> 01:32:57,360
So and, and there was a, there 
was a mega auction around the 

1362
01:32:57,360 --> 01:33:00,240
same time. 
And this friend of mine and, and

1363
01:33:00,240 --> 01:33:03,200
us, we were like, see, these are
the two teams that are like now 

1364
01:33:03,200 --> 01:33:06,240
primed for success. 
I mean, there's no way we aren't

1365
01:33:06,240 --> 01:33:10,960
meeting each other or at least 
make getting one title by the 

1366
01:33:10,960 --> 01:33:15,240
2021 season. 
DC ended up going to the finals 

1367
01:33:15,240 --> 01:33:21,000
in the 2020 season and KKR went 
to the final in the 2021 season 

1368
01:33:21,440 --> 01:33:25,280
and both lost. 
So, so both of us eventually 

1369
01:33:25,520 --> 01:33:28,200
were laughing at at our 
misfortune. 

1370
01:33:28,200 --> 01:33:32,320
But but we're very happy that 
there are these that that these 

1371
01:33:32,320 --> 01:33:35,280
teams were able to take these 
one or two steps towards finding

1372
01:33:35,280 --> 01:33:38,640
a future, so to speak, which of 
course, the IPL doesn't allow by

1373
01:33:38,640 --> 01:33:43,160
way of its auction strategy. 
A little bit of background on DC

1374
01:33:43,160 --> 01:33:47,240
before we dive into the preview.
As I've already said, they used 

1375
01:33:47,240 --> 01:33:53,040
to be called Delhi Daredevils. 
They've reached only one final 

1376
01:33:53,040 --> 01:33:55,920
in the 2020 season, losing to 
Mumbai in the final. 

1377
01:33:56,640 --> 01:34:04,240
However, my main grouse with DC 
is in the 2020 twelve season 

1378
01:34:04,480 --> 01:34:10,880
where in the in the playoffs 
they chose to play a gentleman 

1379
01:34:10,880 --> 01:34:14,840
called Sunny Gupta who ended up 
getting figures of three overs, 

1380
01:34:14,840 --> 01:34:21,040
47 runs and no wickets. 
And and they dropped the purple 

1381
01:34:21,040 --> 01:34:24,320
cap holder of that season, which
is morning mokil. 

1382
01:34:24,920 --> 01:34:30,760
And like this friend of mine who
I'm talking about has has lost 

1383
01:34:30,760 --> 01:34:35,840
it for the next 13 years since 
that decision was taken. 

1384
01:34:36,240 --> 01:34:39,600
And every year during the IPL, 
at least one Sunny Gupta is 

1385
01:34:39,600 --> 01:34:44,080
invoked randomly. 
And more recently, Jacob Duffy 

1386
01:34:44,080 --> 01:34:49,400
when he played the final for New
Zealand versus India in the 

1387
01:34:49,400 --> 01:34:53,480
World Cup. 
People did remind each other off

1388
01:34:53,520 --> 01:34:56,280
that this is a Sunny Gupta, sort
of her decision. 

1389
01:34:57,200 --> 01:35:03,280
But that aside, one of the two 
franchises would not yet won a 

1390
01:35:03,280 --> 01:35:06,840
title. 
And I'm always team new winners.

1391
01:35:06,840 --> 01:35:15,280
So I'm very, very hopeful that 
either of DC or Punjab, but for 

1392
01:35:15,280 --> 01:35:19,360
you guys, DC makes to the finals
and wins it. 

1393
01:35:20,560 --> 01:35:24,760
But for that we would need to 
know a little more about their 

1394
01:35:24,760 --> 01:35:29,480
team and their auction. 
So take it away rather of Arvind

1395
01:35:29,480 --> 01:35:31,360
and Karan. 
Hi. 

1396
01:35:31,360 --> 01:35:33,600
Yeah. 
So I guess we should start with 

1397
01:35:33,920 --> 01:35:37,200
the like summary of how last 
year went. 

1398
01:35:38,880 --> 01:35:43,040
So the the first game ended up 
probably being the most 

1399
01:35:43,040 --> 01:35:48,160
memorable or least expected of D
CS positive results, which is 

1400
01:35:48,160 --> 01:35:53,360
when that that partnership 
between Ashutosh Sharma and 

1401
01:35:54,120 --> 01:35:57,600
Vipraj Nigam, both uncapped 
players, but Vipraj especially 

1402
01:35:57,600 --> 01:36:03,160
lesser known, carried the team 
to victory against Lucknow. 

1403
01:36:04,760 --> 01:36:08,120
But but truth be told, I think a
lot of us felt that the mega 

1404
01:36:08,120 --> 01:36:12,520
auction had quite a few short, 
quite a few glaring holes in the

1405
01:36:12,520 --> 01:36:15,240
squad. 
And so despite the fact that the

1406
01:36:15,240 --> 01:36:20,040
team went 4 four wins from 4, 
the the wheels came off soon 

1407
01:36:20,040 --> 01:36:24,920
after and the the team sort of 
tumbled from first place to 5th 

1408
01:36:24,920 --> 01:36:27,280
place. 
Yeah. 

1409
01:36:27,920 --> 01:36:33,560
So they had a very good 
recruitment especially in the 

1410
01:36:33,560 --> 01:36:37,040
domestic circuit in the mega 
option or very, very fine 

1411
01:36:38,440 --> 01:36:41,600
especially that was a big 
improvement from their previous 

1412
01:36:41,600 --> 01:36:49,000
cycle where the local recruits 
in the entire 202224 cycle as 

1413
01:36:49,000 --> 01:36:53,840
something that me and Karen had 
pointed out even in our threads 

1414
01:36:54,280 --> 01:36:58,520
was one of the weakest scores 
that you had. 

1415
01:36:58,520 --> 01:37:03,160
It was basically during that 
time it was fun, Akshar Shah who

1416
01:37:03,240 --> 01:37:09,360
basically faded off and to an 
extent and rest all to an extent

1417
01:37:09,360 --> 01:37:11,560
Kali. 
And then you were just searching

1418
01:37:11,560 --> 01:37:14,760
for names to fill up the next 
rest of the players. 

1419
01:37:15,920 --> 01:37:18,640
So Kuldeep was there, of course,
Pant, Akshar, Kuldeep. 

1420
01:37:19,520 --> 01:37:22,240
Then you were basically 
searching for support players to

1421
01:37:22,240 --> 01:37:27,120
fill up every single vote. 
In the last year with their good

1422
01:37:27,120 --> 01:37:31,440
scouting, they've managed to 
have Vipraj, who is risen 

1423
01:37:31,440 --> 01:37:37,880
through the ranks. 
They even have they had Samir 

1424
01:37:37,880 --> 01:37:41,320
recipe, they had the likes of 
Abhishek Porrel coming through 

1425
01:37:41,320 --> 01:37:47,000
after their attention as well. 
And so the one thing that they 

1426
01:37:47,000 --> 01:37:51,800
did well was these local 
recruits, especially with trying

1427
01:37:51,800 --> 01:37:54,120
to groom in players into the 
setup. 

1428
01:37:54,440 --> 01:37:57,840
And I think they've even further
done well in this option on that

1429
01:37:57,840 --> 01:38:03,360
aspect, trying to get as many 
players for that eight spots who

1430
01:38:03,360 --> 01:38:07,560
can be just more than a filler 
goal because you would want to 

1431
01:38:07,880 --> 01:38:10,000
because they take the majority 
of the sports while your 

1432
01:38:10,000 --> 01:38:11,760
overseas players can be matched 
winners. 

1433
01:38:12,040 --> 01:38:16,120
The focus on the eight players 
was also very important. 

1434
01:38:16,400 --> 01:38:19,720
So that is one thing. 
Another thing in that last 

1435
01:38:19,720 --> 01:38:24,080
season was that they had a bit 
of unlock with their foreign 

1436
01:38:24,080 --> 01:38:29,840
recruiters who was at that point
one of the most considered one 

1437
01:38:29,840 --> 01:38:36,320
of the best buys in that auction
completely faded off in form JFM

1438
01:38:36,320 --> 01:38:42,440
the talk of the town last season
in 2024, IPL couldn't perform 

1439
01:38:42,840 --> 01:38:47,880
and Brooke opted out. 
So which left back basically 

1440
01:38:47,880 --> 01:38:52,760
three of the and the initial set
of four wins, which was aided by

1441
01:38:52,760 --> 01:38:58,120
the local over local before 
local recruits performing like 

1442
01:38:58,120 --> 01:39:03,520
Ashutosh Vidraj pull the spin 
wins in Akshar pull me everyone 

1443
01:39:03,520 --> 01:39:07,120
performing made probably gave 
them a false sense of belief 

1444
01:39:07,120 --> 01:39:09,600
that you know what's working is 
fine. 

1445
01:39:09,680 --> 01:39:14,440
Let's just keep with it. 
And they ended up not seeking a 

1446
01:39:15,720 --> 01:39:19,400
good enough replacement or in 
time replacement for Harry 

1447
01:39:19,400 --> 01:39:25,160
Group, which in the end turned 
out to be cedicular term from 

1448
01:39:25,320 --> 01:39:28,640
Afghanistan. 
So the problem is they also 

1449
01:39:28,640 --> 01:39:31,400
missed out on someone like a 
Deval Brewis who was eventually 

1450
01:39:31,400 --> 01:39:37,160
signed up by CSK. 
So who could have possibly 

1451
01:39:37,160 --> 01:39:41,920
changed around the pose of 
things for the Daily Capitals 

1452
01:39:41,920 --> 01:39:46,120
last year? 
So the idea is that while the 

1453
01:39:46,120 --> 01:39:49,280
initial set of wins were this, 
there was a pattern in there. 

1454
01:39:50,640 --> 01:39:54,560
There were a set issues in their
batting orders, especially in 

1455
01:39:54,560 --> 01:40:00,000
their opening, their cleaning 
issues in their top order or be 

1456
01:40:00,000 --> 01:40:04,560
it the pace battery with with 
Natrajan injured, they were 

1457
01:40:04,560 --> 01:40:09,960
basically reliant over reliant 
on start for every single phase 

1458
01:40:09,960 --> 01:40:14,760
of their bowling. 
And he isn't as perception says 

1459
01:40:14,760 --> 01:40:22,200
he isn't as great T20 bowler. 
So that majorly meant that they 

1460
01:40:22,200 --> 01:40:25,320
were just dependent on a few 
individuals. 

1461
01:40:26,520 --> 01:40:31,080
For creating the maximum impact 
like the spin twins ones and 

1462
01:40:31,080 --> 01:40:34,120
even. 
Another interesting point I 

1463
01:40:34,120 --> 01:40:38,560
think we found out was the 
changing fortunes for Pulley 

1464
01:40:39,080 --> 01:40:41,920
over the season. 
In the first half he had a lot 

1465
01:40:41,920 --> 01:40:44,600
of wickets, while in the 
second-half his returns 

1466
01:40:44,600 --> 01:40:47,960
completely faded off. 
He had like 03 wickets in seven 

1467
01:40:47,960 --> 01:40:53,360
wheels. 
So that meant that their biggest

1468
01:40:53,960 --> 01:41:00,360
threats when nullified and they 
basically were just their entire

1469
01:41:00,360 --> 01:41:04,240
performance as a result just 
stagnated as this result went 

1470
01:41:04,240 --> 01:41:07,920
and they eventually from a 
position where they had five 

1471
01:41:07,920 --> 01:41:11,000
wins in six games, they ended up
missing out on a playoff. 

1472
01:41:11,000 --> 01:41:14,080
But so that was their last 
season. 

1473
01:41:14,440 --> 01:41:18,920
And, and so how was their 
auction and, and who do you 

1474
01:41:18,920 --> 01:41:22,880
think were their top picks in 
the auction this year? 

1475
01:41:23,720 --> 01:41:27,640
Yeah. 
So there I think like going into

1476
01:41:27,640 --> 01:41:30,360
the auction, basically there 
were a few glaring holes that 

1477
01:41:30,360 --> 01:41:33,840
Raghav and Arvind have mentioned
that basically there was a 

1478
01:41:33,840 --> 01:41:37,880
glaring issue in the top order 
and the pace battery needed to 

1479
01:41:37,880 --> 01:41:40,560
be addressed. 
But obviously as this was a mini

1480
01:41:40,560 --> 01:41:43,720
auction that weren't that many 
slots that could be filled. 

1481
01:41:43,720 --> 01:41:47,280
So they tried to fill a lot of 
these slots with overseas 

1482
01:41:47,280 --> 01:41:51,760
players, which gives them a lot 
of like flexibility moving 

1483
01:41:51,760 --> 01:41:54,880
forward. 
So the likes of Nisanka Duckett 

1484
01:41:56,040 --> 01:42:01,400
as well as someone like Lungi 
and Gidi and Jamison, they tried

1485
01:42:01,400 --> 01:42:04,480
to fill those holes with these 
bias. 

1486
01:42:04,480 --> 01:42:08,840
But I think the two buys that 
really stand out for one, Lungi 

1487
01:42:08,840 --> 01:42:13,000
and Gidi because of how well he 
has been bowling lately and how 

1488
01:42:13,000 --> 01:42:16,640
well he's been varying his pace 
and like the variations as well 

1489
01:42:16,640 --> 01:42:20,400
that he's been bringing out that
were evident in the World Cup as

1490
01:42:20,400 --> 01:42:22,600
well. 
And then the other by was David 

1491
01:42:22,600 --> 01:42:26,480
Miller, because I mean, the 
quality that he possesses, like 

1492
01:42:26,480 --> 01:42:29,800
getting him for 2,00,00,000 was 
especially considering that was 

1493
01:42:29,800 --> 01:42:33,480
a need that DC had at the time 
and considering he'd likely 

1494
01:42:33,480 --> 01:42:36,800
start now, it turned out to be a
really good buy. 

1495
01:42:37,120 --> 01:42:42,280
And in the aftermath of his buy 
at the auction, he ended up 

1496
01:42:42,280 --> 01:42:47,200
having a really good tournament 
in the SA-20 as well, where on 

1497
01:42:47,200 --> 01:42:49,520
like some of the slowest and 
toughest tracks. 

1498
01:42:49,520 --> 01:42:51,960
And PAL as well. 
He really succeeded there. 

1499
01:42:52,240 --> 01:42:55,600
And then he had a decent World 
Cup as well with his best 

1500
01:42:55,600 --> 01:42:58,240
performance coming against India
in the Super 8 game. 

1501
01:42:58,640 --> 01:43:02,760
So yeah, I think those two buys 
really stand out in terms. 

1502
01:43:02,760 --> 01:43:08,280
Of the auction. 
One some of the domestic buys as

1503
01:43:08,280 --> 01:43:12,080
well. 
For example, the may be the 

1504
01:43:12,080 --> 01:43:15,800
first case by by Delhi Capitals 
auction was this Jammu and 

1505
01:43:15,800 --> 01:43:22,840
Kashmir Seymour all rounder Akib
Nabi, who is like was one of the

1506
01:43:22,840 --> 01:43:27,720
highest wicket takers in this 
Ranji season and is capable of 

1507
01:43:29,520 --> 01:43:31,520
handling a few last two blows at
the end. 

1508
01:43:33,600 --> 01:43:39,360
Primarily to be seen if he can 
adapt to the specific kind of 

1509
01:43:39,360 --> 01:43:43,320
conditions that we're going to 
face in IPL, which are pretty 

1510
01:43:43,320 --> 01:43:46,920
much on the concrete flat end of
wickets. 

1511
01:43:48,040 --> 01:43:54,280
You would want a bowler who can 
be able to use a lot of 

1512
01:43:54,280 --> 01:43:57,880
variations, have a lot of 
variations in their Armory have 

1513
01:43:58,400 --> 01:44:05,400
put in like, you know, Yorkers 
or you know, say to be able to 

1514
01:44:05,400 --> 01:44:08,920
surprise the batter because the 
batter is always at an advantage

1515
01:44:08,920 --> 01:44:14,280
on such wickets and is able to 
hit at will. 

1516
01:44:14,600 --> 01:44:17,920
Now, given the kind of rules 
that are there with the impact 

1517
01:44:17,920 --> 01:44:22,880
player rules and everything. 
So that is to be seen. 

1518
01:44:23,040 --> 01:44:27,280
But he's a very quality Indian 
seamer who's possibly even 

1519
01:44:27,280 --> 01:44:30,760
trying to make his if his things
go well. 

1520
01:44:30,800 --> 01:44:36,800
His debut against Test debut 
against Afghanistan is on the 

1521
01:44:36,800 --> 01:44:41,040
cards as well because India is 
currently looking around for 

1522
01:44:41,040 --> 01:44:47,800
quality red ball Siemers. 
The backup line isn't very long.

1523
01:44:47,800 --> 01:44:53,480
So with kind of these 
performances, they can get the 

1524
01:44:53,760 --> 01:44:58,120
selectors to make more of. 
So that is one another. 

1525
01:44:58,120 --> 01:45:03,480
And one of my most favorite boys
is a player that I have seen 

1526
01:45:03,480 --> 01:45:07,960
through, I mean through clips 
and everything is someone called

1527
01:45:07,960 --> 01:45:14,400
Sahil Para. 
Now this person, he's in under 

1528
01:45:14,400 --> 01:45:17,600
19. 
He was one of the players who 

1529
01:45:17,600 --> 01:45:23,640
didn't make the under 19 World 
Cup this year for the this 

1530
01:45:24,080 --> 01:45:31,080
match, but he is one of the most
talented players in top order 

1531
01:45:31,080 --> 01:45:33,720
LHD. 
He gives a left-handed option in

1532
01:45:33,720 --> 01:45:37,520
the top order and he's an 
extremely high intent power play

1533
01:45:37,520 --> 01:45:43,400
player. 
So even in the recent 

1534
01:45:43,600 --> 01:45:47,640
Maharashtra family, he had 
possibly one of the highest 

1535
01:45:47,640 --> 01:45:57,440
strike rates of 175 + 177 in the
league and the role that he 

1536
01:45:57,440 --> 01:46:00,160
could perform. 
And there is a very possibility 

1537
01:46:00,160 --> 01:46:04,000
if say, for example, people are 
if say someone like Abhishek 

1538
01:46:04,000 --> 01:46:09,840
Purell doesn't get off to a good
season, there's a very high 

1539
01:46:09,840 --> 01:46:13,560
possibility that he could be 
preferred given that KL Rahul is

1540
01:46:13,560 --> 01:46:15,720
open. 
If the kind of season that 

1541
01:46:15,720 --> 01:46:19,320
Duckett or Purell Duckett 
doesn't fit in the combinations 

1542
01:46:19,320 --> 01:46:23,240
or like Purell doesn't fire, 
there's a very high possibility 

1543
01:46:23,240 --> 01:46:31,320
he could be in ranks for a debut
and very, very talented to watch

1544
01:46:31,360 --> 01:46:35,400
out for. 
He has the power as well. 

1545
01:46:35,400 --> 01:46:40,280
He can hit big sixes. 
So looking forward to buy 

1546
01:46:40,320 --> 01:46:43,840
another very good recruitment. 
As I said, in the last two 

1547
01:46:43,840 --> 01:46:47,240
years, Delhi have been very good
with this local scoutings. 

1548
01:46:48,520 --> 01:46:54,880
This is one of their major good 
buys that I would really point 

1549
01:46:54,880 --> 01:46:57,520
out. 
These are the two domestic side 

1550
01:46:58,160 --> 01:47:02,320
and yeah, so that's. 
Yeah. 

1551
01:47:02,320 --> 01:47:06,520
So just to just to go over like 
on a on a broader sense of 

1552
01:47:06,520 --> 01:47:10,360
strengths and weaknesses 
following the auction, we sort 

1553
01:47:10,360 --> 01:47:12,880
of gotten into the strengths 
already, which is obviously spin

1554
01:47:12,880 --> 01:47:16,840
bowling is still there, which, 
which you will mostly be covered

1555
01:47:16,840 --> 01:47:21,880
by Akshay and and and Kuldeep be
like. 

1556
01:47:21,880 --> 01:47:25,080
We don't even know if someone 
like Dipraj still retains his 

1557
01:47:25,080 --> 01:47:29,600
place in the in the best 11 or 
best 12, but you could add some 

1558
01:47:29,600 --> 01:47:33,680
of his his legs fit as well, 
aside from his propensity to 

1559
01:47:33,680 --> 01:47:36,000
bowl no balls, which was a bit 
of an issue last year. 

1560
01:47:37,600 --> 01:47:39,600
Then then there's death 
overheating. 

1561
01:47:39,600 --> 01:47:43,720
You have like a triple threat 
now with Stubbs and Miller who 

1562
01:47:43,720 --> 01:47:47,920
are likely to start together and
back together and then followed 

1563
01:47:47,920 --> 01:47:49,480
that up with with Ashutosh 
Sharma. 

1564
01:47:51,160 --> 01:47:54,640
And we talked about the general 
squad depth and and and 

1565
01:47:54,640 --> 01:47:58,720
flexibility as well. 
Although that can go one of two 

1566
01:47:58,720 --> 01:48:03,080
ways since it's just a 14 game 
season and in in the past it it 

1567
01:48:03,080 --> 01:48:08,240
had we have seen this where the 
where the DC think tank can 

1568
01:48:08,280 --> 01:48:12,080
either chop in change too 
quickly or or spend too much 

1569
01:48:12,080 --> 01:48:13,280
time sticking with the 
combination. 

1570
01:48:13,280 --> 01:48:15,200
That doesn't work. 
As I've been pointed out about 

1571
01:48:15,200 --> 01:48:19,960
how last year, last year went. 
The reason I say this is that 

1572
01:48:19,960 --> 01:48:22,680
there's sort of three foreigners
that will pick themselves, which

1573
01:48:22,680 --> 01:48:25,880
is Stubbs Miller and Mitchell 
Stark. 

1574
01:48:25,880 --> 01:48:30,600
So that just leaves one overseas
spot left, which could go in in 

1575
01:48:30,720 --> 01:48:32,480
a number of ways. 
Either they want a second 

1576
01:48:32,480 --> 01:48:37,000
foreign pesos so that you could 
say go could inform why is the 

1577
01:48:37,000 --> 01:48:40,120
best would be Lungi and Gidi. 
They want someone to sort of 

1578
01:48:40,120 --> 01:48:43,240
dominate in the power play. 
If they want someone to support 

1579
01:48:43,440 --> 01:48:46,520
Stark at the death, then you'd 
go with and Rajan at the death, 

1580
01:48:46,520 --> 01:48:51,120
then you'd go with perhaps such 
Amira who can bowl a couple over

1581
01:48:51,120 --> 01:48:53,560
through the middle as well. 
So that's something they have to

1582
01:48:53,560 --> 01:48:56,800
think about. 
And the and in terms of 

1583
01:48:56,800 --> 01:49:04,920
weaknesses is is that there 
aside from Abhishek Purell and 

1584
01:49:05,320 --> 01:49:08,440
and possibly well, mostly 
Abhishek Purell, there isn't 

1585
01:49:08,440 --> 01:49:12,040
really any any of these top 
order battles Who will instantly

1586
01:49:12,040 --> 01:49:15,200
get off to a flyer in the power 
play, both both Rahul and 

1587
01:49:15,200 --> 01:49:16,880
Nisanka kind of innings 
builders. 

1588
01:49:16,880 --> 01:49:19,560
Duckett is someone who hits a 
lot of boundaries along the 

1589
01:49:19,560 --> 01:49:22,160
ground, isn't someone who goes 
aerial a lot in terms of 

1590
01:49:22,160 --> 01:49:23,800
clearing the infield and hitting
sixes. 

1591
01:49:25,440 --> 01:49:27,680
And then they even picked the 
third choice opener in Prithvi 

1592
01:49:27,680 --> 01:49:30,640
Shaw. 
Honestly, no, no idea what kind 

1593
01:49:30,640 --> 01:49:32,480
of form he's in. 
He's in right now. 

1594
01:49:32,920 --> 01:49:35,400
So so that's another interesting
question. 

1595
01:49:36,040 --> 01:49:40,040
The only other sort of make or 
break decisions that come to 

1596
01:49:40,040 --> 01:49:44,240
mind is we haven't gotten into 
yet is the decision to trade out

1597
01:49:44,440 --> 01:49:50,520
Donovan Ferreira for for Nitish 
Rana, which if Rana starts he 

1598
01:49:50,520 --> 01:49:54,880
would probably bat at 3 or 4. 
His strengths against spin, 

1599
01:49:55,040 --> 01:49:59,360
especially at at at home at the 
Arun Jaitley Stadium are quite 

1600
01:49:59,360 --> 01:50:02,000
well known. 
In the Delhi stately he was the 

1601
01:50:02,000 --> 01:50:04,120
best one of the best performers 
with the bat. 

1602
01:50:04,480 --> 01:50:07,760
Obviously different quality of 
opposition there, but that 

1603
01:50:08,200 --> 01:50:10,160
that's worth that's worth 
noting. 

1604
01:50:10,600 --> 01:50:14,920
But it was seen as perhaps a bit
of a unnecessary trade in some 

1605
01:50:14,920 --> 01:50:17,920
sense because someone like 
Donovan is, is a versatile 

1606
01:50:17,920 --> 01:50:20,920
player, even though you can now 
argue that they bought Miller. 

1607
01:50:20,920 --> 01:50:23,920
So it's sort of like you sort of
sorted that out. 

1608
01:50:23,920 --> 01:50:27,600
But it, it, it did. 
It did seem at one point that I 

1609
01:50:27,600 --> 01:50:31,960
wasn't sure what what Heman, 
Badani and the DC management 

1610
01:50:32,080 --> 01:50:34,800
exactly had in mind with that 
trade. 

1611
01:50:35,240 --> 01:50:37,400
Yeah. 
I mean regarding the Ferreira 

1612
01:50:37,400 --> 01:50:40,600
trade, there was also the thing 
of basically as we've disc as 

1613
01:50:40,600 --> 01:50:44,200
Raghav just mentioned about like
most of the DC's battles 

1614
01:50:44,200 --> 01:50:47,240
starting a bit slow. 
And even even though they can, 

1615
01:50:47,240 --> 01:50:49,520
they can be quite explosive at 
the death. 

1616
01:50:49,800 --> 01:50:52,440
The likes of Stubbs and Miller, 
they tend to start slow. 

1617
01:50:52,440 --> 01:50:56,160
Whereas Ferreira, I was just 
looking at it today that like he

1618
01:50:56,160 --> 01:50:59,080
has a first ten wall strike rate
of 174. 

1619
01:50:59,080 --> 01:51:03,680
So he usually tends to start 
much quicker than most of the 

1620
01:51:03,680 --> 01:51:06,640
other batters. 
So like trading him away does 

1621
01:51:06,640 --> 01:51:10,640
trade away an aspect of 
something that DC quite clearly 

1622
01:51:10,640 --> 01:51:12,880
do like. 
And then obviously with Rana, 

1623
01:51:12,880 --> 01:51:16,600
there are quite a few questions 
because I think in the last two 

1624
01:51:16,600 --> 01:51:20,160
seasons he's really played one 
real innings of note that came 

1625
01:51:20,160 --> 01:51:24,120
against CSK last year. 
Besides that, he's been quite 

1626
01:51:24,120 --> 01:51:27,960
inconsistent and hasn't really 
dominated. 

1627
01:51:28,120 --> 01:51:32,240
Like there isn't anything that 
suggests that like he'll be 

1628
01:51:32,240 --> 01:51:36,480
amazing besides what Raghav 
mentioned with the Delhi Premier

1629
01:51:36,480 --> 01:51:43,160
League campaign that he had. 
Yeah, One thing with Rana 

1630
01:51:43,160 --> 01:51:47,680
especially that I have to point 
out is he had an excellent VPN. 

1631
01:51:48,440 --> 01:51:52,760
I mean, everyone knows about the
thing with Divyesh Shati where, 

1632
01:51:53,120 --> 01:51:57,160
you know, there was a complete 
feud between them and he even 

1633
01:51:57,200 --> 01:52:02,320
had a very good performance 
against in general the whole 

1634
01:52:02,320 --> 01:52:06,280
tournament as well. 
The point with Ronaldo is that 

1635
01:52:06,280 --> 01:52:09,880
he's a top order back. 
He takes his time, particularly 

1636
01:52:09,880 --> 01:52:14,880
against spin. 
And the other part is that he 

1637
01:52:14,880 --> 01:52:17,720
clashes with rules of many other
players. 

1638
01:52:18,120 --> 01:52:20,480
So for example, someone like 
Miller. 

1639
01:52:20,800 --> 01:52:24,560
So you take say for example in a
top order, there are names like 

1640
01:52:24,560 --> 01:52:27,600
Poret, they have their left 
handers. 

1641
01:52:27,600 --> 01:52:35,760
If a list out would be Purell, 
Miller, Duckett, Rana and 

1642
01:52:35,760 --> 01:52:38,520
Akshay. 
So now for example all of these 

1643
01:52:38,520 --> 01:52:41,160
5 battles prefer to bat in the 
first half. 

1644
01:52:41,600 --> 01:52:45,160
There isn't someone. 
I mean Miller of course could 

1645
01:52:46,520 --> 01:52:49,240
very well explored at the end, 
but if you are going to give him

1646
01:52:49,240 --> 01:52:54,520
an entry point, it should be 
higher up because the problem is

1647
01:52:54,920 --> 01:52:59,680
unlike everyone in that squad, 
he starts very soon. 

1648
01:52:59,720 --> 01:53:05,080
His 1st 10 words right rates is 
around 1 twenties, 111 twenties.

1649
01:53:05,400 --> 01:53:10,920
So. 
So having Miller and Stubs both 

1650
01:53:10,960 --> 01:53:14,280
slow starters in the middle 
order, you would want someone 

1651
01:53:14,280 --> 01:53:18,200
who starts fast again say a 
spins skill set, someone like 

1652
01:53:18,200 --> 01:53:21,320
Akshay. 
Now with Rana in, would you be 

1653
01:53:21,320 --> 01:53:26,080
able to promote Akshay as well? 
So Akshar's spin hitting 

1654
01:53:26,080 --> 01:53:31,160
promotions get faded off because
he clashes with Rana who's 

1655
01:53:31,200 --> 01:53:33,760
already there in occupying all 
this. 

1656
01:53:33,760 --> 01:53:37,040
And it's very uncommon to, you 
know, pair up LH. 

1657
01:53:37,040 --> 01:53:41,120
We have two left handers 
together and I'll be two left 

1658
01:53:41,120 --> 01:53:44,000
handers who do have loss versus 
space. 

1659
01:53:44,360 --> 01:53:48,920
So that means that Akshar 
doesn't get promoted of him. 

1660
01:53:49,160 --> 01:53:51,600
And if you're going to rely on 
someone like Akshar at death, 

1661
01:53:52,000 --> 01:53:56,880
would you send someone like 
Vipraj ahead of him who is, you 

1662
01:53:56,880 --> 01:54:00,920
know, more sure shot guaranteed 
faster starter than him from the

1663
01:54:00,920 --> 01:54:05,000
last season Sample sizes the 
word, but he starts faster 

1664
01:54:05,000 --> 01:54:07,440
versus pace. 
Then he started faster versus 

1665
01:54:07,440 --> 01:54:12,560
pace, especially with his 
offside hitting compared to 

1666
01:54:12,560 --> 01:54:16,800
someone like Akshar. 
So would you where would you 

1667
01:54:16,840 --> 01:54:22,000
even how would you use your top 
order that that utilization 

1668
01:54:22,000 --> 01:54:25,840
aspect gets a bit confusing 
where having someone like Rana 

1669
01:54:25,840 --> 01:54:28,640
who's a very similar profile to 
batters in his in the lineup. 

1670
01:54:29,160 --> 01:54:36,280
So that is one of my major 
concerns with that trade is that

1671
01:54:36,280 --> 01:54:43,800
while you have also traded one 
of your own rare fast striker, 

1672
01:54:44,120 --> 01:54:47,560
but you also traded in someone 
who does a role very similar to 

1673
01:54:47,560 --> 01:54:50,440
others in the squad and you've 
added one more in the option as 

1674
01:54:50,440 --> 01:54:55,000
well. 
So that was my concern with this

1675
01:54:55,000 --> 01:54:59,200
Nitish Rana trade overall. 
But I do think even with him, I 

1676
01:54:59,240 --> 01:55:03,040
mean, most words can be perfect.
So I guess he can work around, 

1677
01:55:03,360 --> 01:55:07,240
but it's still going to create a
lot of it's going to depend on 

1678
01:55:07,240 --> 01:55:11,200
how Badani uses his resources 
this year, like something that 

1679
01:55:11,200 --> 01:55:15,400
he didn't do well last year. 
I mean, to be very blunt. 

1680
01:55:15,680 --> 01:55:20,920
So with the kind of options they
tried out seven opening pairs, 

1681
01:55:20,920 --> 01:55:26,040
they kept chopping and changing.
They didn't try to or look at 

1682
01:55:26,160 --> 01:55:29,400
other options available in 
market or even try within this 

1683
01:55:29,400 --> 01:55:32,120
words as to promote someone or 
do something. 

1684
01:55:33,080 --> 01:55:36,520
They had a very rigid template 
and they tried to shuffle in 

1685
01:55:36,520 --> 01:55:39,200
players within it. 
It just didn't work. 

1686
01:55:39,520 --> 01:55:43,040
So I hope this year with a lot 
of options that they created for

1687
01:55:43,040 --> 01:55:45,920
themselves, they find a 
combination very. 

1688
01:55:45,920 --> 01:55:50,000
Quickly. 
So, yeah, I think that's more 

1689
01:55:50,000 --> 01:55:57,240
analysis on DC than most of the 
Internet or like TV is going to 

1690
01:55:57,240 --> 01:56:03,040
do considering there is this 
realification of the society 

1691
01:56:03,040 --> 01:56:05,960
that's going on. 
So I'm very, very thankful that 

1692
01:56:06,320 --> 01:56:09,240
Arvind and Karan and Rappa, all 
of you have done this. 

1693
01:56:09,680 --> 01:56:13,680
So what's the what's the 
prediction? 

1694
01:56:14,280 --> 01:56:19,040
Where does DC end up on the 
table before we get to the main 

1695
01:56:19,040 --> 01:56:22,800
question? 
I think we are more optimistic. 

1696
01:56:22,800 --> 01:56:26,240
Prediction is that they qualify 
for the playoffs even if the 

1697
01:56:26,240 --> 01:56:33,120
ceiling is perhaps third place. 
Whereas on the more more 

1698
01:56:33,120 --> 01:56:36,520
pessimistic predictions would be
whether the team crashes and 

1699
01:56:36,520 --> 01:56:39,880
burns due to not finding the 
right combination or like 

1700
01:56:39,880 --> 01:56:44,200
finishes like like mid table. 
So in in our internal 

1701
01:56:44,200 --> 01:56:46,800
discussions, I was thinking it 
would be a repeat of fifth 

1702
01:56:46,800 --> 01:56:50,360
because because of initial 
issues and finding the right 

1703
01:56:50,360 --> 01:56:52,880
combination, which was also 
there in the 2024 season. 

1704
01:56:53,320 --> 01:56:56,280
And we sort of end up with like 
an yet another seven wins, 7 

1705
01:56:56,280 --> 01:56:59,720
losses record. 
But I think, I think Karen, I've

1706
01:56:59,720 --> 01:57:03,000
been a little bit more 
optimistic in in seeing a seeing

1707
01:57:03,000 --> 01:57:05,520
a playoff spot. 
All right then. 

1708
01:57:05,520 --> 01:57:10,840
Yes, the season depends on 
Kale's power play, batting a 

1709
01:57:10,840 --> 01:57:15,600
lot, given that he's set to open
this year again, Yeah, I guess 

1710
01:57:15,600 --> 01:57:19,400
it falls out every year for his 
team wherever he plays. 

1711
01:57:20,000 --> 01:57:23,520
It's the same thing this year. 
It's very important. 

1712
01:57:23,720 --> 01:57:29,680
I just heard five Punjab Kings 
fans crying from from Punjab and

1713
01:57:29,680 --> 01:57:31,040
I live in Bangalore. 
So. 

1714
01:57:31,600 --> 01:57:36,240
So yeah, that's the pain you're 
talking about, man, right? 

1715
01:57:36,240 --> 01:57:41,280
The most important question then
Which TV show character do you 

1716
01:57:41,280 --> 01:57:46,280
think DC represents? 
Oh, yeah, This is what I went 

1717
01:57:46,280 --> 01:57:51,040
and put down on my own. 
It reminds you of a of AUK show,

1718
01:57:51,040 --> 01:57:54,800
comedy show I'd watched when I 
was in in high school starring 

1719
01:57:54,800 --> 01:57:57,960
Rowan Atkinson called 
Blackadder, where you have like 

1720
01:57:57,960 --> 01:58:02,680
the protagonist who is always 
sort of the deputy or the next 

1721
01:58:02,680 --> 01:58:05,120
in command or just sort of under
the radar in the world he 

1722
01:58:05,120 --> 01:58:09,000
operates in. 
And and thinks he's like he 

1723
01:58:09,000 --> 01:58:11,920
should be king of the world that
he's that he's the Super genius 

1724
01:58:11,920 --> 01:58:13,920
and he is kind of clever. 
He is kind of smart. 

1725
01:58:13,920 --> 01:58:17,000
But the problem is he burns, 
which is really easily and is 

1726
01:58:18,400 --> 01:58:20,880
over is sometimes over things. 
So it's too clever by half. 

1727
01:58:20,880 --> 01:58:24,720
So the formula comedy formula of
that show is that for the most 

1728
01:58:24,720 --> 01:58:28,320
part, they'll it'll be some 
inexplicable way where he falls 

1729
01:58:28,320 --> 01:58:31,320
short and doesn't get what he 
actually he doesn't achieve his 

1730
01:58:31,320 --> 01:58:33,880
goal, doesn't get what he wants.
And that sort of reminds you of 

1731
01:58:33,880 --> 01:58:39,560
at least the so-called more 
better organized par Jindal, 

1732
01:58:39,880 --> 01:58:43,360
post par Jindal era of, of DC 
where they made a lot of good 

1733
01:58:43,360 --> 01:58:44,920
decisions. 
But then there's a lot of like 

1734
01:58:45,320 --> 01:58:48,160
overthinking, choking. 
And that's all like the Sunny 

1735
01:58:48,160 --> 01:58:49,600
Gupta thing. 
I don't even consider anymore 

1736
01:58:49,600 --> 01:58:53,200
because to me that like there's,
there's so many libelous claims 

1737
01:58:53,200 --> 01:58:54,520
you could make about that 
decision. 

1738
01:58:54,520 --> 01:58:56,800
So that was that was the ancient
history at this point. 

1739
01:58:57,080 --> 01:59:00,600
Yeah, that was anyways pre 
Indian independence, pre 2014, 

1740
01:59:00,600 --> 01:59:02,560
so. 
In fact, so. 

1741
01:59:03,200 --> 01:59:06,120
It doesn't count. 
All right then, thanks. 

1742
01:59:06,120 --> 01:59:08,600
Thanks so much, Karan. 
Thanks so much, Arvind. 

1743
01:59:08,600 --> 01:59:10,360
Thanks. 
Thanks rather once again. 

1744
01:59:10,360 --> 01:59:14,760
So that's our preview for DC. 
Thank you so much for joining 

1745
01:59:14,760 --> 01:59:30,480
in. 
50 for six. 

1746
01:59:31,760 --> 01:59:56,000
Batsman, our pressure 16170. 
The next team that we are 

1747
01:59:56,000 --> 01:59:58,600
previewing is Sunrisers 
Hyderabad. 

1748
01:59:58,960 --> 02:00:01,920
Sunrisers Hyderabad. 
Hyderabad actually has had two 

1749
02:00:01,920 --> 02:00:06,680
teams, one Deccan Chargers and 
one Sunrisers Hyderabad in its 

1750
02:00:06,680 --> 02:00:10,600
current form. 
Both teams have one one IPL 

1751
02:00:10,600 --> 02:00:17,200
title each. 
DC Deccan Chargers, not Delhi 

1752
02:00:17,200 --> 02:00:23,480
Capitals 18 in 2009 under Gilly 
and in 2016. 

1753
02:00:24,080 --> 02:00:29,400
SRH won by breaking probably a 
billion hearts in traffic. 

1754
02:00:30,160 --> 02:00:34,960
RCB in 2016. 
They also reached the final in 

1755
02:00:34,960 --> 02:00:43,280
2018 and lost to CSK and 2024 
more recently in which they lost

1756
02:00:43,280 --> 02:00:46,480
to KKRI. 
Think one of the things about 

1757
02:00:46,560 --> 02:00:52,080
SRH is that key and and this is 
what Assad told us in our 

1758
02:00:52,080 --> 02:00:54,760
previous part about the in then 
that the greatest IPL 

1759
02:00:54,760 --> 02:01:00,400
performances on that is that SRH
probably started T20 cricket 3 

1760
02:01:00,400 --> 02:01:03,480
point O. 
So what do we whatever we see at

1761
02:01:03,480 --> 02:01:08,880
this Indian cricket team as 
well, there is a function that 

1762
02:01:09,200 --> 02:01:14,040
that probably started at SRH 
and, and they just took it to 

1763
02:01:14,040 --> 02:01:15,920
another level in that 2024 
season. 

1764
02:01:15,920 --> 02:01:19,000
They might not have the title to
show for it because that KKR 

1765
02:01:19,000 --> 02:01:25,360
team was also at another level. 
And, and, and, and SRH had maybe

1766
02:01:25,360 --> 02:01:30,640
I think 3 out of four bad days 
against KKR and including one in

1767
02:01:30,640 --> 02:01:35,560
the qualifier and then in the 
and then in the finals, both 

1768
02:01:35,560 --> 02:01:40,720
thanks to Stark. 
But what they decided to do in 

1769
02:01:40,720 --> 02:01:44,160
that 2024 season then continue 
doing it in the 2025 season. 

1770
02:01:44,160 --> 02:01:48,840
In fact, there were enough signs
last year also that they are 

1771
02:01:48,840 --> 02:01:51,200
just going to continue because 
in that first game, I think 

1772
02:01:52,040 --> 02:01:56,680
Ishan Kishan scored that century
and then of course he went on a 

1773
02:01:57,520 --> 02:02:02,720
poor run of form. 
Abhishek scored that crazy 141 

1774
02:02:02,720 --> 02:02:08,320
last year as well, but SRH ended
up in the sixth position at the 

1775
02:02:08,320 --> 02:02:12,880
end of it. 
So again, to preview SRH, we 

1776
02:02:12,880 --> 02:02:19,080
have Sartuck take it away. 
I I will go here, I will stick 

1777
02:02:19,080 --> 02:02:22,320
my neck out and say they will 
have to do really well to. 

1778
02:02:22,320 --> 02:02:23,640
Finish higher than six this 
time. 

1779
02:02:24,760 --> 02:02:28,000
As we know now at the point of 
recording, SRH will be without 

1780
02:02:28,000 --> 02:02:32,200
their captain Pack comments for 
the starting few games. 

1781
02:02:32,200 --> 02:02:34,120
We don't know how long the 
injury will take him to come 

1782
02:02:34,120 --> 02:02:37,120
back, but at least the first few
games and comments. 

1783
02:02:37,720 --> 02:02:40,640
Who is not a great T20 bowler? 
He's an OK. 

1784
02:02:40,960 --> 02:02:46,440
A good T20 bowler was by far 
their best bowler, which is 

1785
02:02:46,440 --> 02:02:48,800
saying a lot of things, none of 
them good. 

1786
02:02:49,840 --> 02:02:52,760
We marvel at SRH is batting and 
we'll spend a lot of time on 

1787
02:02:52,760 --> 02:02:55,120
that today and it's still a 
great batting lineup. 

1788
02:02:55,560 --> 02:02:58,000
They have bowling options from 
top to bottom. 

1789
02:02:58,200 --> 02:03:02,280
They can probably on any given 
day have 9 bowling option. 

1790
02:03:02,520 --> 02:03:04,720
None of them are elite T20 
bowlers. 

1791
02:03:04,720 --> 02:03:09,040
There are some who used to be 
very good, there are there are a

1792
02:03:09,040 --> 02:03:12,480
couple bowlers who who obviously
play internationals who used to 

1793
02:03:12,480 --> 02:03:17,200
be really good. 
But I can't, I can't find if SRH

1794
02:03:17,200 --> 02:03:20,200
do not score 200. 
I don't know how they're 

1795
02:03:20,200 --> 02:03:24,120
defending it. 
Yeah, yeah, it it doesn't 200 

1796
02:03:24,120 --> 02:03:26,920
banega. 
They need 200 banega, I think. 

1797
02:03:27,200 --> 02:03:33,000
I think that's why their target 
is 283 hundred. 

1798
02:03:33,360 --> 02:03:36,280
Yeah. 
Yeah. 

1799
02:03:36,480 --> 02:03:42,560
And this is such a, this is such
a like reversal of strategy from

1800
02:03:42,560 --> 02:03:49,200
that 2016 season because the 
template score 160, we will 

1801
02:03:49,200 --> 02:03:51,200
defend it. 
Score 160, we will defend it. 

1802
02:03:51,680 --> 02:03:58,400
And like, yeah, movie Sandeep 
Prachev, it does look very, very

1803
02:03:58,400 --> 02:04:02,160
difficult for SRH man. 
So run through what is a 

1804
02:04:02,160 --> 02:04:06,360
possible SRH team, you have head
Abhishek Ishan Kishan lock in 

1805
02:04:06,360 --> 02:04:09,440
superb. 
Like you will not find the most 

1806
02:04:09,440 --> 02:04:12,000
scary top three amongst 
franchise leagues. 

1807
02:04:13,400 --> 02:04:15,560
I'm assuming Heinrich Lassen 
would be 4. 

1808
02:04:16,920 --> 02:04:20,320
He's a watch because he's 
obviously retired from South 

1809
02:04:20,320 --> 02:04:22,240
Africa. 
So he's not played the World 

1810
02:04:22,240 --> 02:04:23,640
Cup, he's not played the prep 
game. 

1811
02:04:24,160 --> 02:04:28,240
He's he and I don't know if it 
has impacted his touch, if it 

1812
02:04:28,240 --> 02:04:30,360
has impacted his rhythm, I don't
know. 

1813
02:04:30,600 --> 02:04:34,080
But he's a watch if he's in 
form, he's a serious player. 

1814
02:04:34,080 --> 02:04:36,960
So he comes in at 4. 
Liam Livingston will have a 

1815
02:04:37,160 --> 02:04:41,080
thing to prove on to after his 
altercations with Robbie. 

1816
02:04:42,280 --> 02:04:45,000
I hope it's a good season for 
for Nitish Kumar ready. 

1817
02:04:46,000 --> 02:04:51,000
I think he needs a good season 
with because I think alien 

1818
02:04:51,000 --> 02:04:54,360
cricket would start tuning away 
from him if he doesn't follow up

1819
02:04:54,520 --> 02:04:57,120
whatever has happened in the 
last few season with a serious 

1820
02:04:57,120 --> 02:05:01,680
season now. 
And yeah, that's they have 

1821
02:05:01,680 --> 02:05:03,280
battles. 
They have battles all rounders 

1822
02:05:03,280 --> 02:05:07,160
what not. 
They do not have any bowlers 

1823
02:05:07,160 --> 02:05:11,040
man. 
They'll play Smaran at some 

1824
02:05:11,040 --> 02:05:12,920
point there, who I'm very 
excited about. 

1825
02:05:13,560 --> 02:05:17,880
Who's going to bowl for them? 
So essentially it's Harshal 

1826
02:05:17,880 --> 02:05:20,120
Patel. 
It is Bryden Cars. 

1827
02:05:20,120 --> 02:05:23,760
Bryden Cars now has to literally
play every game. 

1828
02:05:24,360 --> 02:05:27,640
Liam Livingston will bowl a bit,
Nitish Kumar Reddy will have to 

1829
02:05:27,640 --> 02:05:30,720
bowl 4. 
Then you're looking at Jared 

1830
02:05:30,720 --> 02:05:36,520
Goonathkat, Zeeshan Ansari, I am
assuming so between head class 

1831
02:05:36,520 --> 02:05:41,240
and Brighton cars, those are 
your 3 overseas gone very 

1832
02:05:41,240 --> 02:05:45,960
important because. 
Aren't they going to play 

1833
02:05:47,360 --> 02:05:51,200
Livingston? 
So Livingston, that's all four 

1834
02:05:51,200 --> 02:05:52,720
one. 
So head class and Livingston 

1835
02:05:52,720 --> 02:05:55,360
cars, that's 41. 
That means you're not able to 

1836
02:05:55,360 --> 02:05:59,640
play Sean Malinger. 
Yeah, so you will. 

1837
02:06:00,080 --> 02:06:02,240
And I don't think they can now 
drop cards. 

1838
02:06:02,440 --> 02:06:06,040
Had comments been playing that 
they wouldn't have played cards,

1839
02:06:06,040 --> 02:06:07,600
they would have had to play 
Livingston. 

1840
02:06:08,040 --> 02:06:11,520
Now do you? 
Do you drop class and slash 

1841
02:06:11,520 --> 02:06:13,880
Livingston to play Ishaan 
Malinga? 

1842
02:06:14,360 --> 02:06:16,560
I. 
Would not be surprised if they 

1843
02:06:16,560 --> 02:06:20,080
go that way because then they 
will play, you know Ravi 

1844
02:06:20,080 --> 02:06:24,200
Shankar, Smaran, they will play 
Harsh to Bay, just back up their

1845
02:06:24,200 --> 02:06:26,640
batting. 
Maybe Aniket Verma comes in just

1846
02:06:26,640 --> 02:06:32,000
to get that I think. 
Aniket Verma plays Niket. 

1847
02:06:32,320 --> 02:06:35,440
Verma, so just to get that, 
which means Livingston yeah, 

1848
02:06:35,440 --> 02:06:41,080
class. 
And so they will have that bit 

1849
02:06:41,080 --> 02:06:45,560
of a problem, the class being so
many bowling options, head 

1850
02:06:45,560 --> 02:06:51,440
bowls, Abhishek bowls, 
Livingston bowls, that possible 

1851
02:06:51,440 --> 02:06:53,440
series, Nitish Kumar Reddy 
bowls. 

1852
02:06:53,440 --> 02:06:57,000
That's 4 potentially 16 overs if
you really want. 

1853
02:06:58,600 --> 02:07:01,480
So that's a lot of overs, which 
is great from the top order, top

1854
02:07:01,480 --> 02:07:06,160
and middle order. 
But what it will not cover for 

1855
02:07:06,320 --> 02:07:09,520
is the lack of firepower in the 
bowling attack. 

1856
02:07:09,520 --> 02:07:12,280
Because remember, unlike the 
World Cup where you saw a lot of

1857
02:07:12,280 --> 02:07:16,960
18190 scores, 160 scores, here 
you won't see them for two 

1858
02:07:16,960 --> 02:07:21,560
reasons. 
SRH need roads to bat, they need

1859
02:07:21,560 --> 02:07:25,800
to score 24250 which means the 
other team will also hit and 

1860
02:07:25,800 --> 02:07:28,280
they just do not have the 
firepower to stop them from 

1861
02:07:28,280 --> 02:07:32,360
bowling attack. 
SRHI do not think will even 

1862
02:07:32,360 --> 02:07:36,600
compete in a 160 match. 
Who's going to compete for you 

1863
02:07:37,160 --> 02:07:40,960
and Harshal Unadkat? 
And those days will come and 

1864
02:07:41,480 --> 02:07:43,280
those days will come because 
there will be blowouts. 

1865
02:07:43,280 --> 02:07:45,240
Those days there will be 
blowouts. 

1866
02:07:45,240 --> 02:07:48,160
There will be games in other 
places which may not give SRH 

1867
02:07:48,480 --> 02:07:52,120
like as the tournament wears on 
in the third week, 4th week of 

1868
02:07:52,120 --> 02:07:54,960
the tournament, the pitches will
also start wearing off so you 

1869
02:07:54,960 --> 02:07:58,000
will get lower scores. 
I'm sure Harshal could have a 

1870
02:07:58,000 --> 02:08:01,840
great day and we might have egg 
on our faces and Unadkat could 

1871
02:08:01,840 --> 02:08:04,560
turn a match here and there. 
Reesan Ansari can turn a match. 

1872
02:08:04,760 --> 02:08:07,640
That's all fine. 
But are they bowlers to take you

1873
02:08:07,640 --> 02:08:11,680
to the playoffs at a time when 
every IPL team plays with 12th 

1874
02:08:11,680 --> 02:08:14,800
place? 
At a time when the average score

1875
02:08:14,800 --> 02:08:17,920
will be 200 plus? 
Are they bowlers who will help 

1876
02:08:17,920 --> 02:08:20,480
you defend that on absolute flat
tracks? 

1877
02:08:20,560 --> 02:08:23,760
I have my doubts. 
And this looks like a grim 

1878
02:08:23,760 --> 02:08:26,840
season ahead for SRH fans. 
And. 

1879
02:08:26,840 --> 02:08:28,120
Yeah. 
And you were started. 6th 

1880
02:08:28,240 --> 02:08:29,280
Cooper. 
Anna Mushkil. 

1881
02:08:29,800 --> 02:08:32,920
Yeah. 6th Cooper. 
Difficult like that. 

1882
02:08:33,560 --> 02:08:36,200
Anybody You're excited to see 
Smaran? 

1883
02:08:36,200 --> 02:08:37,280
Smaran. 
Very. 

1884
02:08:37,280 --> 02:08:40,320
Excited about Smaran, I watched 
a lot of Ranji this season. 

1885
02:08:40,800 --> 02:08:45,280
Smaran is a phenomenal, but 
again, he's composed, he's tall,

1886
02:08:45,280 --> 02:08:47,160
he's got how was. 
His How was his? 

1887
02:08:47,160 --> 02:08:52,640
Smack, Banana run. 
He was golden Smack. 

1888
02:08:52,640 --> 02:08:57,040
Got it, Tabito. 
He played middle order for 

1889
02:08:57,040 --> 02:09:01,760
Karnataka in the semina because 
and because his Smack was so 

1890
02:09:01,760 --> 02:09:03,720
good. 
He was was his Smack was his 

1891
02:09:03,720 --> 02:09:05,040
major. 
What did he click in? 

1892
02:09:05,280 --> 02:09:09,520
I think it was Smack so, but 
yeah, he he had a good domestic 

1893
02:09:09,520 --> 02:09:11,680
season. 
He's obviously got the range, 

1894
02:09:11,680 --> 02:09:13,440
he's got the composure. 
Yeah. 

1895
02:09:13,480 --> 02:09:14,880
Do they play him? 
Where do? 

1896
02:09:14,960 --> 02:09:18,920
They play smart, was smart, was 
decent. 319 runs at an average 

1897
02:09:18,920 --> 02:09:23,680
of 63 and strike rate of 158. 
Yeah, not bad at all. 

1898
02:09:24,240 --> 02:09:26,000
Either the bowling maker like 
that S&E. 

1899
02:09:26,520 --> 02:09:29,840
Yeah. 
So I won't be surprised if Marin

1900
02:09:29,840 --> 02:09:34,000
comes at 4:00 as keep the 
hitting on you. 

1901
02:09:34,640 --> 02:09:36,200
Actually, no, Smaran can't come 
at 4. 

1902
02:09:36,320 --> 02:09:38,720
Top three are all left handers. 
They need a right hand of it, 

1903
02:09:38,720 --> 02:09:40,720
Yeah. 
I have a feeling. 

1904
02:09:40,720 --> 02:09:44,800
They'll play Nitish Kumar Reddy 
at yeah, 3 or so and some 4, 

1905
02:09:45,320 --> 02:09:48,720
then Classen has to come five. 
You can't keep class until after

1906
02:09:48,720 --> 02:09:51,040
that, right, Because it's about 
class in Livingston. 

1907
02:09:51,840 --> 02:09:53,560
One of the two? 
I'm assuming so. 

1908
02:09:53,560 --> 02:09:57,200
Whoever plays has to play 5 or 6
and if Smaran can float I have a

1909
02:09:57,200 --> 02:10:02,040
feeling with with comings out 
Livingston is a lock. 

1910
02:10:02,920 --> 02:10:10,600
Livingston or bowling because 
he'll bowl both right arm like 

1911
02:10:10,600 --> 02:10:16,240
spin and right arm spin. 
So you're saying head Livingston

1912
02:10:16,240 --> 02:10:22,520
Classen and 1 is only one one of
cars slash Hassan Malinga? 

1913
02:10:22,880 --> 02:10:25,000
I think they'll play. 
I'll play cards. 

1914
02:10:25,440 --> 02:10:28,560
Because they want batting cards.
They want more or just type cup 

1915
02:10:28,560 --> 02:10:31,800
pitch pick hailing ago Karcy 
bowling cup Malinga. 

1916
02:10:31,800 --> 02:10:33,520
Istan Malinga is not for those 
pitches. 

1917
02:10:33,920 --> 02:10:37,040
They need to win. 
They'll play 7 home games. 

1918
02:10:37,040 --> 02:10:38,680
No, they need to win six of 
those games. 

1919
02:10:38,840 --> 02:10:42,760
You have any chance of playoffs.
They need to get 10 to 12 points

1920
02:10:42,760 --> 02:10:46,080
at home and just prepare roads. 
That is feedback first, we're 

1921
02:10:46,080 --> 02:10:48,520
going to score 240 feedback 
second, we're going to chase 

1922
02:10:48,520 --> 02:10:50,280
down anything the operation 
scores. 

1923
02:10:50,680 --> 02:10:56,400
So the directive to SRH is key 
for inspiration. 

1924
02:10:56,400 --> 02:11:01,000
You just have to exit the 
Hyderabad airport and look at 

1925
02:11:01,000 --> 02:11:05,200
that outer ring Rd. take a piece
of it and put it inside the 

1926
02:11:05,200 --> 02:11:08,520
stadium. 
All this modern would be a cool 

1927
02:11:09,400 --> 02:11:11,640
impact player. 
I have a feeling where impact 

1928
02:11:11,640 --> 02:11:14,280
player is Aniket Verma. 
And he he did he did very well 

1929
02:11:14,280 --> 02:11:17,000
last year. 
He did very, very well last year

1930
02:11:17,000 --> 02:11:21,920
and and and also knocked out the
chances of Abhinav Manohar also 

1931
02:11:21,920 --> 02:11:24,160
in the team and he was not found
fine. 

1932
02:11:24,280 --> 02:11:26,920
Has not even got an IPL team 
this year. 

1933
02:11:27,040 --> 02:11:30,040
That's the reason. 
Yeah, because Aniket was. 

1934
02:11:30,040 --> 02:11:33,800
Because Aniket was so good, 
right? 

1935
02:11:34,240 --> 02:11:36,440
Smiling is a bit of a personal 
bias, but yeah, Aniket played 

1936
02:11:36,480 --> 02:11:39,200
well so if he gets the chance 
instead, can't complain. 

1937
02:11:39,720 --> 02:11:41,520
Yeah. 
So we stick to our prediction. 

1938
02:11:41,520 --> 02:11:45,360
They're not making the playoffs.
I don't think table position 6th

1939
02:11:45,400 --> 02:11:51,640
or below. 6th or below. 
Which brings us to the important

1940
02:11:51,640 --> 02:11:56,720
question again, which TV show 
character does this? 

1941
02:11:56,960 --> 02:11:59,320
And I have an answer ready for 
this. 

1942
02:12:00,080 --> 02:12:06,880
I think this is this is Daenerys
Targaryen from Game of Thrones. 

1943
02:12:07,240 --> 02:12:09,560
OK, I was going to ask who you 
saved me the trouble. 

1944
02:12:10,080 --> 02:12:14,760
Impossible to contain, 
absolutely explosive, has 1 

1945
02:12:14,760 --> 02:12:18,760
weapon which is a dragon and 
that's the only weapon she has 

1946
02:12:19,640 --> 02:12:24,920
and like it incinerates pretty 
much every opposition. 

1947
02:12:25,360 --> 02:12:29,640
But eventually she lost. 
But I'm I'm actually keen to 

1948
02:12:29,640 --> 02:12:31,320
follow. 
Did you follow the auction? 

1949
02:12:31,840 --> 02:12:33,160
I did. 
Here and there. 

1950
02:12:33,800 --> 02:12:37,280
Then help me out with this 
because this bowling attack is 

1951
02:12:37,280 --> 02:12:41,320
blowing my mind. 
How come they did not get even 

1952
02:12:41,320 --> 02:12:45,280
one good bowler? 
Man, SRH were very, very weird 

1953
02:12:45,280 --> 02:12:47,480
in the auction. 
Man very very weird. 

1954
02:12:48,160 --> 02:12:53,160
Like they who did they purchase?
They purchase Liam Livingston 

1955
02:12:53,160 --> 02:12:57,320
for 13 CR but is Jack Edwards 
for three. 

1956
02:12:57,400 --> 02:13:00,000
Shivam Mavi was their pick for 
bowler. 

1957
02:13:00,480 --> 02:13:06,440
I'll be, I mean, you know, I 
mean, that's the that's the 

1958
02:13:06,440 --> 02:13:08,080
worry, right? 
Like and they and they bought a 

1959
02:13:08,080 --> 02:13:12,880
bunch of players, which is the 
case with every IPL team. 

1960
02:13:12,920 --> 02:13:17,560
You best player of at 30,00,000,
best player at 20,00,000. 

1961
02:13:19,760 --> 02:13:24,400
Exactly. 
He OK, he can bowl. 

1962
02:13:24,880 --> 02:13:28,640
Is he a bowler who can take you 
to the playoffs? 

1963
02:13:29,280 --> 02:13:30,720
I don't think so. 
Prove was wrong. 

1964
02:13:30,760 --> 02:13:32,160
I mean, we'd love nothing 
better. 

1965
02:13:32,320 --> 02:13:35,920
We both marveled at Marvi, at 
the 2018 and the 19 World Cup. 

1966
02:13:36,440 --> 02:13:37,640
Prove was wrong. 
Kill it. 

1967
02:13:37,880 --> 02:13:39,920
Become the star bowler. 
Why the hell not? 

1968
02:13:40,360 --> 02:13:43,480
We don't see it happening. 
And so, which is why our 

1969
02:13:43,480 --> 02:13:46,360
prediction. 
Yeah, right. 

1970
02:13:47,120 --> 02:13:53,160
So with that, that brings us to 
the end of the SRH preview. 

1971
02:13:53,360 --> 02:13:57,320
This also concludes Part 1 of 
the IPL previews. 

1972
02:13:58,000 --> 02:14:02,960
Please do wait for Part 2 which 
will have the remaining teams on

1973
02:14:02,960 --> 02:14:06,280
it. 
That's four in a row various. 

1974
02:14:06,400 --> 02:14:07,520
Goods they're going to blow 
next. 

1975
02:14:08,040 --> 02:14:12,520
In the prodigal son turn, 
Messiah gets a second hundred in

1976
02:14:12,560 --> 02:14:17,840
successive romantic style. 
The whole of Bengal are on their

1977
02:14:17,840 --> 02:14:21,680
feet. 
Not that important. 

1978
02:14:21,680 --> 02:14:25,320
He's gone the next ball. 
The dream has diminished for 

1979
02:14:25,360 --> 02:14:25,600
Carlos.