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Bits and Pieces : The friendliest cricket podcast

The friendliest transcontinental cricket podcast. Join us, a group of Indian fans located in various parts of the globe as we talk through the goings on in cricket through stories, anecdotes and stats. Liberally smattered with attempts at humour, puns, and banter, Bits and Pieces is ideally coupled with a cold beverage and a pinch of salt on the rim. If cricket be your food of love, play on.

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01:19:01

Ep 76: Will Duleep Mend His Ashes?

Bits and Pieces : The friendliest cricket podcast ·

2023/06/19

In the aftermath of a deflating loss in the WTC final at the Oval, the legendary Hank Philharmonic Symphony descends to the recording and delivers potential Grammy-winning introductions for those on the panel in this episode, thus lifting their hurt spirits. But once the spirits exit the elevator, the friends see Bazball and they see Ashes and meditate a bit about the first Bazball Ashes without realizing that their uncledom is on full display. Then they turn their attention to the Duleep Trophy –

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01:10:20

Ep 75: Many a slip between Aus win and Ashwin

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2023/06/11

Another ICC final, another Indian defeat. The stoicism of the Bits and Pieces panel is tested to the limit, but they show up again (unlike India's Test side) for Episode 75, which spans the soap opera that is India selection, Ashwin's omission, Umesh's inclusion, Shardul's protrusion, Kohli-Pujara-Rohit-Gill's enduring irritation, Rahane's resurrection, Head's accumulation, Starc's excretion and the MCC manual's arbitrary catch arbitration. Who do we end up

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01:09:43

Ep 74: Coming back to life

Bits and Pieces : The friendliest cricket podcast ·

2023/06/04

The Great War has well and truly ended and miraculously, we have five scarred survivors who look back on the Great War and look forward to a battle of a different kind to be fought on an almost circular battlefield. After gazing wistfully at the credits and debits of the War, they shift their attention to the Final which probably doesn’t feel like one. They are hoping for the best but fearing the worst. They are looking at battle formations and weather conditions, jinxes and reverse jinxes, experts

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01:13:15

Ep 73: Clean as a Whistle Podu

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2023/05/30

Moments after Ravindra Jadeja flapped Mohit Sharma to the fine-leg fence to signal CSK's fifth IPL title triumph, the Bits and Pieces gang assembled to discuss the most engrossing final in the world of cricket this year. That's right! Tune in for a detailed preview to the World Test Championship final between India and Australia. Hehe, kidding. We talk till the cows come home about Chennai Super Kings' vexing title triumph, MS Dhoni's coronation not being a causation for their

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01:00:01

Ep 72: IPL Playoff Qualifiers, Kohlifiers and...

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2023/05/22

Moments after the final league match of IPL 2023, Max, Sandy, Murali and Nitin assemble - completely coincidentally, in the colours of the four teams that finally made the playoffs - for another episode of batshit banter and questionable gyan. We take a close look at the leading runs and wickets charts of the IPL and are astounded to note the complete (Naveen-ul) lack of players from Lucknow Super Giants in it. The group jumps from IPL to WTC to Ashes to ICC rule changes with the sort of deft

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01:21:02

Ep 71: Ceat Tyre Strategic Sachin Bat Grip

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2023/05/15

What do you get when you combine mangoes, hot debates, hot takes, IPL bantz, wrong facts, and questions with no answers? That's correct - you get Naveen-ul-Haq's Instagram feed. But you take all of that, and you add in a panel as passionate as this one, confabulating like bosses over four successive Zoom conference calls, attempts at Sachin mimicry, an intense debate on the BCCI's balance sheet, and a detailed discussion on what cricket should learn or unlearn from NBA... and you get

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00:50:59

Ep 70: The IPL is a thing of magic or a thingamajig?

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2023/05/08

70 is that odd phase in an innings, the period when you’re trying to change gears but can you? In Ep 70, we have Sameer from The Brokenhearted Boys Club of RCB and Chops from the 1940s and debutant Varun Murali as President of his RWA’s IPL Debating Society exchanging non-existent notes and reviewing non-newsworthy pieces of news as the IPL juggernaut rolls on in a strangely traffucked sort of manner, especially in the middle of the points table (no, not the one for Fairplay). They also talk about

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01:13:44

Ep 69: Swanny and Friends

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2023/04/30

As the IPL rumbles along, join our knowledgeable gang to find answers to some amazing trivia. For instance, how many times can a bunch of guys crack 69 jokes on the 69th episode of their podcast. Murali, PGK, Sameer, Max, Tony and Nitin also quiz each other on mind-bending IPL facts, which get fact-checked realtime on the show. Who are the Kumars with most wickets in IPL history? Which bowlers have taken most wickets with headbands? What feat do Tendulkar and Kohli share in the IPL, that no other

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01:11:54

Ep 68: UNESCO declares KL Rahul best IPL player

Bits and Pieces : The friendliest cricket podcast ·

2023/04/23

IPL 2023 - a 2 monthlong throwback to the 2015 World Cup, where Dhoni, Rahane, Mohit, Amit, Shami, Ishant et al are in the thick of things - expertly reviewed by a panel barely watching the tournament, only on your favourite cricket podcast. Join the gang as they also celebrate Sachin's 50th in style, but only after paying respects to Tony Sebastian - godfather of this podcast - on his birthday, which even Sachin marked with due respect. Also tune in for some Dickie Bird nostalgia,

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01:14:12

Ep 67: Three fingers Ponting at skillful Mankad-ers

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2023/04/17

Why is Prithvi Shaw? How is Mohit Sharma? Why are spinners bowling at the death? Is Rohit Sharma the first-ever non-playing non-captain? How good is Virat Kohli's strike-rate in balls bowled after he gets out? Did Herschelle Patel Mankad-miss the IPL, mait? Is Ricky Ponting the most unlucky guy at the tournament? How unfollow-worthy is Sourav Ganguly's Instagram account? Can L Siva please come as a guest on a podcast with zero Test caps? This and other important non-questions answered by

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01:13:17

Ep 66: Bantz and Pisses

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2023/04/10

The IPL is back, and all kinds of knowledge and nuance has gone out the transfer window. Phew! It's our time now, join in for good ol' Bits and Pieces Bantz & Pizzes with Sameer, Krt, PGK, Nitin, Sandy, Tony, and Tareque as impact sub as we make the IPL interesting with the B&P jinx, The Ashwin Opening, the Prithvi Shaw Gambit, and Coda, Ghoda, and Veliya Poda. Don't stand on ceremony, jump right in to the trial ball episode. Show Notes 1) Join our fantasy league, Friends of

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01:26:28

Ep 65: It’s Mel-in-da Bits&Pieces House!

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2023/04/03

Aussie cricket media allrounder, Melinda Farrell first puts the gang at ease on their own podcast and then proceeds to rock it with her inimitable brand of humour and her insights laced with empathy about the goings on in cricket across the men’s and the women’s games. She also traces the key events in her own career, reflects on how she started writing long form and explains how she’s such a natural in front of the camera too. There’s also her stellar performance at our carefully curated rapidfire

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01:10:29

Ep 64: Scenes and Memes with Osman Samiuddin

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2023/03/26

Osman Samiuddin, author of The Unquiet Ones and among Pakistan's greatest cricket writers, joins the gang on Episode 64 to discuss Wasim Akram, Memes, the Wasim Akram of Memes, his career as a sports writer over the best part of two decades. Two decades that have spanned a time where there was too much bilateral cricket and dosti between India and Pakistan, to a present where we're left wondering if the rest of our lifetimes will be filled only with Gambhir v Afridi in Legends League Cricket

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00:58:58

Ep 63: Wit and lager with Peter Lalor

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2023/03/19

On Episode 63, we discuss cricket et cetera with the renowned Australian cricket (and beer) writer Peter Lalor. Peter has been coming to India for 30 years, and has seen more of India than most of us, and his outside-in observations on the country's cricket, politics, infrastructure, economy, and yes - beer - should make for interesting listening. Should Australia have come earlier to acclimatize to India ahead of the BGT? Will Cricket Australia convince Cameron Green to get a strategic niggle

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01:09:24

Ep 62: Mann ki Batmobile

Bits and Pieces : The friendliest cricket podcast ·

2023/03/13

After a high profile episode featuring Gideon Haigh, we are back to the giddy highs of our own indulgent banter, this time on the roads of Ahmedabad, the rains of Christchurch, the age of Neil Wagner, the dear leadership of our dear leaders, the humble-pie eating ability of our Ashwin-dissing panelists, the wicketkeeping skills of KL Rahul, and the jersey-launching skills of Lucknow Super Giant supremo Gautam Gambhir. We review the BGT, preview India's squad for the WTC final (roughly 748 games

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01:06:58

Ep 61: The Gideon Haighiography

Bits and Pieces : The friendliest cricket podcast ·

2023/03/04

In Episode 61, Chops, Sameer, Mohan, Krtgrphr and Murali gather around to listen to Bits and Pieces’ newest friend: the legendary cricket writer and South Yarra CC’s premier batter, Gideon Haigh. Listen in as Gideon holds court from Indore on the ongoing India vs Australia Test series, Victor Trumper, Shane Warne, Ian Chappell, Wasim Akram and World Series Cricket while describing how he wrote his books, how he plays his cricket and how he sees the myriad changes afoot in cricket right now. Listen

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01:13:46

Ep 60: Border Gave a Scar that won't Healy

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2023/02/26

On Episode 60, we are (sadly) back to being a sausage fest. Chops, Tony, Max, Sameer, Bisi and Nitin join to dissect Healy's sweeping masterclass and glean meaningful takeaways from it. They ponder Australia's trainwreck of a tour, and their disastrous handling of their spin resources. There's chuckles and sympathy in varying measures for Ashton Agar and KL Rahul. The gang puts Dr. Strange to shame by painting out elaborate scenarios around how Bazball is likely to fare in the Ashes and when

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01:06:17

Ep 59: Women’s Era Bigger than Border Gavaskar

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2023/02/19

For the first time in 59 episodes, we have a female/male gender ratio greater than 1! And for the first time in our history, we also have a former player on the panel - Ananya Upendran joins the gang for this special episode. Not entirely surprisingly, even though we recorded this on Day 2 of a very interestingly poised 2nd Test of Border Gavaskar Trophy, we discuss the WPL auction, the Women’s World Cup, the structure of the women’s game in India, the might of the Australian women’s team and much

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01:12:12

Ep 58: Ointment and disappointment

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2023/02/13

Like the Nagpur Test which featured three debutants in Todd Murphy, SKY and KS Bharat, Episode 58 of your favourite cricket podcast features three smashing debutants - Mayur Narasimhan, Sandeep Lanjewar and Vaishnavi Bhaskaran. The gang assembles to discuss Australia's strangely underwhelming performance in the first Test, the hand-wringing around the pitch, selection headaches and absolute Indian dominance led by Rohit Sharma and the spinning trinity. We wonder if we accidentally passed on the BnP

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01:19:52

Ep 57: A Borderless Gavaskar Trophy

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2023/02/06

A few days before the glorious Border Gavaskar trophy takes off, we dream of a Borderless India that could play our neighbors, while discussing the ignominy of India’s megalomania in choosing not to travel to Pakistan for the Asia Cup. We also dissect the beauty of bowler-friendly T20 wickets, the fabulous U-19 Women’s WC win, spare some kind words for Joginder and Monk on their retirement and lots more, in this rollicking episode. Listen away! Follow us on BnP -

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