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PCCI Podcast 🏏

The PCCI Podcast

This is the official pod for all cricket tragics. From the trauma of the 90s to the heights of the Noughties, if you are a cricket fan, this is the pod for you. Also, if you love the niche and the obscure discussions around cricket (color of TV graphics in the 90s, broadcast theme music), this is also the pod for you. This is as much the pod for a Noel David fan as it is for an ABD fan!

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01:37:49

Peace is Peace Yaar

PCCI Podcast 🏏 ·

2025/10/02

There’s some strong language in this episode. If that’s not your vibe, you’ve been warned.In this podcast, we discuss peace. Only fitting it's out on Mahatma Gandhi's birthday!

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01:19:10

Asia-Cup 25, and the idea of the perfect enemy

PCCI Podcast 🏏 ·

2025/09/17

We discuss the noises about a boycott, the profiteering around the boycott, the lack of nuance and professional decency in Ind-Pak cricket coverage.

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00:54:46

Cheteshwar Pujara: One of a kind

PCCI Podcast 🏏 ·

2025/09/01

In this episode Richa, Aditya and MV are joined by Sarthak Dev to discuss the career of Cheteshwar Pujara.We dive into our earliest memories of Cheteshwar Pujara, tracing his evolution as a batter and how he cemented his place at No. 3. Along the way, we relive some of his finest and most underrated innings, admire his mastery against spin, and explore the unique challenges faced by modern Test batters in the era of the WTC, tricky pitches, and the pace bowling pandemic. Pujara's career, like

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01:05:16

GamBall in Oval, Siraj-Krishna magic - Initial Thoughts

PCCI Podcast 🏏 ·

2025/08/04

We just quickly got together to record some initial reactions after the stunning game at the Oval. We will come back with a more detailed analysis of what has been a fantastic test series.

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01:04:29

Cricket and The Media: A Discourse on Coverage and...

PCCI Podcast 🏏 ·

2025/07/28

This episode is a chat with the folks on The Last Wicket Podcast. Do listen to their previous podcasts which have tremendous nostalgia value and a lot of depth in variety of the topics discussed.The current landscape of cricket journalism and television coverage is characterized by a significant decline in quality and depth, as discussed in our latest podcast episode. We explore how the monopolistic tendencies of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have led to a homogenization of

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00:44:56

England vs India - 3rd Test Review

PCCI Podcast 🏏 ·

2025/07/15

We sat down to discuss England's win at Lord's.We discussed why Jadeja should have attacked more, why is this team so defensive?, what is the secret of Ben Stokes' energy? (No we didn't) but definitely marvelled at Archer's return and the dangers of Siraj being overbowled before looking ahead to the Manchester Test where we think Kuldeep is a must (heck, we thought he was a must in all tests).There is sadly no media review but an observation that the Indian fan and YT creators

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01:16:51

Toota Hai Edgbaston ka Ghamand

PCCI Podcast 🏏 ·

2025/07/09

2nd Test Review of the Anderson Tendulkar TrophyMedia Roundups (multiple times, as one must)Mulder Brainfade?The wives of cricketers are to blame for everythingPredictions for the Lord's Test

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00:50:00

Pradeep Magazine on Representation in Indian Cricket

PCCI Podcast 🏏 ·

2025/07/01

Pradeep Magazine is a cricket writer, columnist, and former sports editor of The Pioneer, the India Today e-paper, and the Hindustan Times. He began his journalistic career in 1979 with the Chandigarh edition of The Indian Express and served as its cricket editor in 1999–2000. He writes on cricket regularly in The Tribune. He has written 2 wonderful cricket books - Not Just Cricket & Not Quite CricketIn this episode we chat about -SA’s remarkable WTC win with a black captain in Temba Bavuma at

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00:58:50

England vs India First Test Review

PCCI Podcast 🏏 ·

2025/06/25

In this episode, we discuss the changing nature of Bazball, Gill in his first test as captain, Yashasvi's drops affecting the game, the joy of Rishabh Pant, the finesse of KL Rahul, the vitriol against Siraj and Prasidh, the uselessness of Ravindra Jadeja and of course a media review of our favourite Youtube channels.

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01:04:16

Test Cricket - A History with Tim Wigmore

PCCI Podcast 🏏 ·

2025/06/16

Tim Wigmore is a sports writer for The Daily Telegraph and has also written for The Economist, The New York Times, ESPN Cricinfo, and The New Statesman, among others. We sat down to discuss his latest book - Test Cricket - A History, which is his most fascinating book yet. There is a unique mix of history, context, aesthetics, race & class which another writer could have easily papered over. Tim excels in his ability to weave stories across centuries with this one and making the history of the

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00:59:55

Chinnaswamy, One Week On: Silence & Scrutiny with...

PCCI Podcast 🏏 ·

2025/06/11

The only way to honour the memories of those who lost their lives in the stampede at Chinnaswamy on 4th of June is to continue talking about it. We speak to Sarthak Dev, who wrote an excellent piece for News Laundry. You can read The story of a disaster: An IPL win, a city’s joy, and a tragedy that was waiting to happen here.Tarutr runs BestofCricket Substack where he publishes a Daily Newsletter with the best cricket stories (text, audio & video). You can read & subscribe here.

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02:36:53

The Tragedy at Chinnaswamy & IPL 2025 Review

PCCI Podcast 🏏 ·

2025/06/05

Trigger WarningMentions of the Tragedy at Chinnaswamy are discussed at multiple points in the episode. There is an outline and trigger warning at the start of the episode.We are joined by Dave, Shay, Richa, Aditya, Tarutr & MV in this episode and there are 5 RCB fans who sent in voice notes on how they felt about winning the first league title.What is covered in this episode?1. RCB Fans from across the world share what it felt to win the first IPL title. (1:48 to 9:42)2. We speak to Tarutr

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01:23:01

IPL Down Memory Lane

PCCI Podcast 🏏 ·

2025/05/19

In this episode, we have long time listeners Saurabh, Shay & Fahad to discuss their memories of the IPL.It’s a great mix of folks from varying age groups and their association with the league. While Saurabh is largely neutral despite having a soft corner for SRH & RR, Fahad loves CSK & Shay is an RCB fan from North India. It gives us an insight into how the IPL has evolved and how the evolution affects the people watching it. Are they still as chuffed at watching the IPL from their first

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01:22:46

Gully Cricket Memories

PCCI Podcast 🏏 ·

2025/05/11

We sat down to record the Origin Story of our love with the game.  We discussed -- Our first playgrounds (societies, mohalla etc)- How our teams were decided?- What were the various toss instruments?- Specific rules for batting (1D, 2D) and bowling (fast, knee height no balls etc)All of the above across the country since the panel was diverse and we wrapped up with our favourite story of playing Cricket.

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01:33:37

(De)Evolution of Indian cricket coverage with...

PCCI Podcast 🏏 ·

2025/04/28

In our series of episodes dealing with the lack of cricket in Indian cricket coverage and the rise of jingoism and demi-god worship in cricket media, we have with us accomplished cricket analyst and writer, Gurkirat S Gill.

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02:00:58

Fanwars, Inceldom & Packaging of Cricket with Sarthak...

PCCI Podcast 🏏 ·

2025/04/02

Sarthak is a writer and music composer. He writes a Substack called Lines on The Grass, and you can find some of his other written work at IndianExpress and EuroSport. He uploads his music on Instagram and YouTube, but only when his morning coffee hits the right spot.Read Lines on the Grass Listen to Sarthak's music here & you can follow him on Twitter as well.In this episode, we have both the Adityas, Raj & MV.We discuss -- The Hero Worshipping of Dhoni, Kohli & Rohit- Twitter

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01:08:19

Cricket Doesn't Pay Enough ft. Sharda Ugra & Swaroop...

PCCI Podcast 🏏 ·

2025/03/26

Today, we have with us Sharda Ugra, a sports journalist for over 30 years who now writes what she wants, when she wants and where she wants. You can read her work in the Hindustan Times and her coverage of the BCCI in The Wire and The Caravan, amongst other publications.Along with Sharda, we have Swaroop who has been with The New Indian Express for over a decade and a Red Ink Award winner. He has covered multiple Hockey World cups, Asian Games, Cricket World Cups and, very recently covered the World

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01:33:15

WPL 2025 Season Review ft. Tarutr Malhotra (Best of...

PCCI Podcast 🏏 ·

2025/03/17

In this episode, we have Richa and MV joined by Tarutr Malhotra from Best of Cricket.---Best of Cricket scours the internet for the best cricket stories and brings them to you straight to your Whatsapp. If that's not enough, they also publish original stories themselves and deepdives into the cricket media landscape and how the game is covered since they're looking at everything from a Bird's eye view and up close, daily. You should subscribe if you haven't already.During the WPL, they covered all

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00:52:51

Evolution of Fantasy Cricket in India

PCCI Podcast 🏏 ·

2025/03/10

Trigger Warning & Disclaimer: Gambling, Betting, and Fantasy sports involve risk. A lot of information shared here might be triggering for those who gamble or in recovery. We recorded this to bring forth the issues involved with Gambling, Betting, and Fantasy Sports. Same goes for all the links in the shownotes.In this episode, we have MV and Aditya who are joined by Swaroop Swaminathan from The New Indian Express.Swaroop has been with the daily for a decade and has covered two Asian Games, two

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01:25:28

WPL 2025 Week 2 Review ft. Dave | The Coin Tossing...

PCCI Podcast 🏏 ·

2025/03/02

In this episode, we have Dave from USA who has been following the WPL along with Richa and MV. We speak about The Gardener Show at GG, they are at the bottom of the table but are things looking up?UPW are the first and only team to successfully defend a total and win a Super Over game, are they too dependent on individual performances? Can they just have one great day and win the whole thing?RCB collapse at home, 4 consecutive losses including 1 from a winning position against UP-W, is their bowling

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