PCCI Podcast 🏏

We discuss a wide range of topics, including the politics of cricket, with Behram.

We discuss the P word, high stakes contests, what the loss means to Indian cricket. Also, the most bizarre post-match presentation for a global event ever.

Humne socha milte chalein...

We discuss the mahaul around the India-Pak game.

More WC rant, our predictions, wishlists, and potential trends to watch out for. Also, what we hate about some batting stances.

We spoke about ashes, controversies of ashes, bazball, women's ashes, worldcup qualifiers and the uninspiring Indian team for west indies tour. 

We review the WTC Final of 2023, and the trends from this cycle and look ahead to India's test team for the next cycle.

We review the 2023 IPL.

P.S - The episode includes a segment on the WTC final which is not outdated because of the delayed episode release. Aplogies for the same and we promise to do a timely review of the final soon after the last day on Sunday.

In the second of two episodes this week, we talk of the WTC final, chaos around the Asia Cup and look ahead to the WC squad.

We ramble on in a free wheeling conversation around this year's IPL and rant a lot about the broadcast.

We talk about psychobabble and the idea of pressure. Also, the spectacle that was the Modi Cricket Rath Yatra followed by some BGT 2023 discussion. Featuring @Vatsal_Sachan, friend of the pod.

We review what has been a very predictable end to India's T20 WC campaign, and discuss the issues with our T20 setup.

Some previous episodes over the last 2 years where we discussed these problems are listed below.

https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/VnfzzqPdZub

https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/ger53OVdZub

In this episode, we review the Ind-SA, the holes in India's T20 lineup and look ahead to a more T20-centric team. Also, we discuss the prospects of sides for the SFs going ahead.

We preview the Ind-Pak World Cup game and also the latest from the T20 WC 2022.

We discuss the trends from the first round of the Asia Cup, and what it means for the T20 WC in Australia.

This week, we discuss the trends from the recently concluded Ind-SA T20 series and the different batting approaches in T20s with @hganjoo153.  Also, some more Indian broadcasting rant. We also discuss the upcoming T20 WC and what could be the format of future T20 WCs. Also, what would test cricket in America feel like?

This week, we rant more about India's T20 conservatism and also go on a tangent about the rule changes that`d serve T20 cricket well.

We discuss some of our earliest memories of watching the sport and the feelings that cricket in different countries and different scenarios evoked.

We discuss various talking points around the IPL.

In this week's pod, we discuss stories from the last few weeks of world cricket -- Pak-Aus,  ICC World Cup (W) 22, Bangladesh-SA, Mohsin and Rizwan Haider, The Unquiet Ones and the IPL

This week we discuss the age-old "Data v Narratives" debate with cricket analytics superstar, Himanish Ganjoo (@hganjoo153 on twitter). Also, we move on to discuss the recent IPL auctions and the squads. We end the pod with some rant about Indian cricket broadcasts.

In this episode, we review Mike Marquesee's cricket classic, War Minus The Shooting, recently republished by @81allout. We discuss Mike's phenomenal and at times prophetic reading of subcontinental cricket and its society. Also, how the author identifies strands of majoritarian nationalism and its presence in everything around the 1996 Cricket World Cup. All this while enjoying the sport itself. 

We'd like to thank the @81allout podcast for introducing us to the book.

In this episode, we examine claims of Kohli's India being comparable to 2000s Australia. Are they really? Is ICC silverware really overrated? What do the overseas W/L ratios for the two sides look like?

In this episode, we discuss Kohli resigning from test cricket, the Ind-SA series, the legacy of this side, and the data versus emotion debate with cricket analysis.

We talk of our favorite Ind-SA innings, bowling spells, Jammy Sir's influence and the current test series.

In this episode we discuss the captaincy announcement and the unnecessary fiasco around it.

In this episode, we discuss how Pakistan's T20 WC has taken so many by surprise, and the fallout of the India-Pak result. 

This episode was recorded a day before the Ind-NZ game.

We discuss the post-match coverage around the India-Pak game and why it was more toxic than usual. Also, we discuss the failings of this current Indian T20 side.

In this episode, we discuss the theatre of the absurd that is Pak cricket Youtube. We then go on to discuss the whole Mauka Mauka cringefest and the general toxicity and jingoism around Ind-Pak cricket in ICC events from the Indian perspective. In the end, we hope cricket is the real winner.

References:

1.) Fanmade Mauka Mauka Jingoism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f20i_F2wnXQ

2.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqIG-q9P9cg

We discuss the recent happenings in the world of cricket starting with the pace of Umran Malik, the continuing annoyance with anchors in T20 and end with some Major League cricket news.

We talk about anchors in t20 cricket, the amazing quality of commentary in the IPL and the recently concluded Ind-Aus ODIs involving the women's sides.

We review the end of the series, the pullout, and Afghanistan cricket.

We talk about Bumrah's spell, Rahane vs VVS and look ahead to the Old Trafford test.

This is just us rambling about the fourth test and possible directions it could take. Also, some more Paaji stories.

We discuss the batting collapse at Headingley, various theories defending the Indian batting, possible tweaks to the lineup for the Oval. We discuss whether all the failings of the current batting lineup can just be attributed to good pace bowling and bowler-friendly conditions. Also, a lot of ranting!

P.S: Apologies for a lot of talking over each other this episode. We had an audio lag between the three tracks and hence the overlap.

In this episode, we discuss the joy that the Indian fast bowling attack gives us, Ashwin's absence, and possible twists to come in this series. Also, we move on to some Tendulkar folklore and why some of them sound fishy. We end with some discussion about the WI-Pakistan series.

This episode is a lighthearted review of the WTC final, possible fallout of the defeat and the road ahead for the WTC as a tournament.

In this episode, we explain why we went on this break, the politics around the IPL and Indian cricket in general. 

Note: We will do episodes on the actual cricket in the coming weeks, now that we have the rant out of the way.

Recommendation:

Sharda Ugra's podcast interview with Cricket Et Cetera

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/language-is-a-virus/id1537742030?i=1000520174180

We are back with a random, free-wheeling conversation about IPL squads for this year and struggle to build playing XIs along the way.

In this episode, we ramble about a lot of old memories about Associate cricket in the World Cups we have watched in our lives. Also random memories of Independence Cups and tri-series/quadrangular over the years,

This episode, we talk of the Ahmedabad pitch, the propaganda commentary by BCCI, and the British cricket podcasts. Also, BCCI vs Aus vs Sky commentary teams, and a lot more.

In this episode, we talk of the Motera test, the Chennai pitch, Arjun Tendulkar and the IPL Auctions. If you are just interested in the cricket, the discussion about the Ind-Eng series starts at 15 minutes.

We talk of our favorite Eng-India test match memories, the 2008 Chennai Test, the 2006 Eng-India series, and also the 2012 Mumbai test. 

In this episode, we continue rambling about the Aus-India test series, all the commentary around it and bask in the glory. Later, we look ahead at the Ind-Eng tests coming up and make some bold predictions (a detailed Eng series preview to follow later).

We discuss the raw emotions we felt immediately after the series win, in a free-wheeling, rambling conversation that talks of various plotlines in this epic series.

Note: We hope to do several other episodes on this series later. This one is an encapsulation of our immediate emotions.

We talk about the Secret Kitchen controversy, cricketers who fared well in India-Pak games, the NZ-Pak series and a lot more.

This week, we look back on one of the best test victories of our time, the miracle in Melbourne. We talk of how debutants Gill and Siraj showed they belong. Also, we discuss the team balance going ahead, and whether Rohit should be force-fitted into this XI for SCG. Also, everything that makes this game so memorable. 

In this episode, we rant about the Adelaide Massacre and its implications. Also, the road ahead for the rest of this test tour.