Bits and Pieces : The friendliest cricket podcast

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 lot...

On episode 56 of Bits and Pieces, six of your friends get together to discuss the Women’s Premier League (WPL), Women’s Under 19 World Cup, the Ranji Trophy quarter-finals line-up, the India-NZ white-ball series, player burn out and much more. Much banter, laughter and “chalk throwing in the era of zoom”. Join Mohan, Rachana, Chops, Tareque, Vikas and Bisi. Join in for all the fun! Follow Us: Bits...

On episode 55, Bits and Pieces is joined by the lofty and loveable Andrew Fidel Fernando. Join Srinath, Chops, Krt, Sameer, and Tony as they chat with Fidel about the secret of Jayasuriya's bat, the fitness of Ranatunga, Herath, and Sri Lankans, the sexiness of the dad bod, and some amazing stories from the emerald Isle and New Zealand.  Follow Us:  Bits and Pieces on Twitter: https://tw...

Do you remember that day, many decades ago? Travel back in time. What do you see? Do you see that young, handsome kid with short, curly hair and a straight bat, performing magic in the middle? He's defending the danger balls solidly, covering his stumps when the angle is threatening, and shredding the bad balls - rock, paper, scissors. The entire city has come to watch him play. There are three ti...

Tareque Laskar aka the Econormist joins Tony, Srinath, Chops and Murali to chat about his unique storytelling style using sport (and pop culture) to explain economics. The gang get meta about early Twitter's impact on building strong, like-minded communities among sports fans, playing club cricket in England and Europe filled with plenty of tea, scones and biryani . As always, there's a wrap-up of...

The friendliest podcast completes one full year of uninterrupted weekly podcasts as the world steps into 2023. Join Srinath, Nitin, Mohan, Choppy, Sameer, and Tony as they round up the action from the week, and a look at the Bits and Pieces jinxed year for Indian cricket. The gang also reminisce some of the favourite moments from the 52 episodes from 2022 and give you a hint of perhaps what lies a...

@Sporty_Baba aka Vipul joins the gang for the latest episode of Bits and Pieces, which is all about the good, the bad and the ugly parts of the Indian cricket fan's stadium watching experience. The discussion spans Bangalore's N Stand, the abominable Kotla, the worst stadium experience in India (even we are surprised that Kotla didn't win this one), and many lovely tales around Bombay's North Stan...

On episode 50 of Bits and Pieces, your friends get together to discuss the Mexican standoff in the selection of Indian test bowlers, the appropriate direction, speed and etiquette of running a Mexican Wave in a stadium, and a quick look at the 4th T20I between India and Australia at Brabourne. Join Nitin, Kaus, Sameer, Chops, Murali and Tony who trust the podcasting process so much, that they even...

Is there any team that can stop Bazball? Should ball-tampering be legalised? What connects David Warner to Shah Rukh Khan (apart from the dance moves on popular social media)? What is Jacques Kallis doing at #5 in the list of all-time great six-hitters? Who was England's Prime Minister the last time Jaydev Unadkat played Test cricket for India? All the answers in Episode 49 of your friendly neighb...

On episode 48 of the friendliest cricket podcast, we have 50-50 India Pak representation as Samee Siddiqui joins the Bits and Pieces stable with Zainub, PGK, and Tony. Join in to find out what Pakistan really thought about the Indian team growing up, our collective disgust of Bazball, and the therapeautic white noise space that helps you get through life like a KL Rahul innings. Follow us: Samee:...

In Episode 47, we have the friendliest, most trans-continental cricket person ever joining the panel. Bharat Sundaresan regales us with stories upon stories of cricketing goodness. He talks about finding the intimate side of the intimidating Mitch Johnson, and about being an innocent bystander who got co-opted into Marlon Samuels' boorish post World Cup presser. He regales us with tales of driving...

In the wake of a meh World Cup campaign for India, Chops and Srinath are in a post-mortem-esque mood; they bring to you their own version of armchair handwringing and criticism with hopes against hope that things will change for the better as far as Indian men's T20I cricket is concerned. With not much cricket of note during the week gone by, they shift their attention to trading personal stories...

This episode was recorded minutes after England won the final of the T20 World Cup, which now means that an Indian-origin Prime Minister now holds both the ODI and T20 gongs. We subscribe to the 'Anybody But England' school of thought, but in Episode 45 our main question is 'Can anybody beat England?' Tony, Murali, Sameer and Nitin once again relive the agony of India's horrendous defeat in the se...

In the last episode, we had bid a fond and wistful farewell to Pakistan, only to welcome them right back into the World Cup this week! Zainub, Srinath, Nitin, PGK and Chopernos come together to marvel at the jigra, the jazba, the dileri and just the 'haal' of Pakistan, and their stunning entry into the semis following a series of incredible events, aided by tbe bumbling Proteas and Bungle-a-Desh....

PGK, Sameer, Tony, Murali and Nitin assemble soon after India's World Cup defeat against South Africa at cold and bouncy Perth. Does Pakistan still have a chance of making it? Which of the many gaps in the Indian team can Rishabh Pant plug? Inzy was a run out expert, but would he have ever gotten Mankaded? What are Joe Rogan, Bam-Bam Bigelow and Akshay Kumar doing in a cricket podcast? Stay till t...

In the immediate aftermath of the greatest T20 match in recent memory, the Bits and Pieces gang get together for some emotional catharsis. Join Murali, Vikas, Sameer, Chops, Tony and some friends at the stadium for some raw thoughts that lay the smackdown on the royal rumble that was India taking on Pakistan at the MCG.  *Follow us:  Murali: https://twitter.com/muralisatagopun Vikas: htt...

Zainub Razvi joins Kaus, MohanK, Krt and Srinath to review the Asia Cup, preview the T20 World Cup, wonder whether the Melbourne weather forecast will allow the India v Pakistan game to happen and discuss all the epic memes from the captains' photoshoot. Also contains your weekly Dada's brand endorsement update, and good old BCCI political drama.  Follow us: Zainub: https://twitter.com/zainub...

Tony, Chops, Krtgrphr and Nitin come together to analyse the latest from the 248 Twenty20 International series that are currently underway, and the lone ODI series that no one (except Shikhar and Sanju) wanted. Why did Shimron Heymyer miss so many flights? What is the latest embellishment on Gautam Gambhir's CV? Did Kyle Mayers play the shot of the year in the first T20 v Aus? Just how memorable w...

On Ep 39 of the friendliest cricket podcast, Tony is joined by Srinath, Mohan, Chops, and Sameer to round up the discussion around the run-out at the non-striker's end, India's chances at the world cup, and more - including a special appearance by Sebastian Kochukudy - Tony's Dad.  Follow us: Tony: https://twitter.com/notytony Mohan: https://twitter.com/mohank Srinath: https://twitter.com/sri...

As the cricketing world went into a collective meltdown following Deepti Sharma's run out of Charlie Dean for backing up too far, we convened to ask the important question - what exactly is the Spirit of Cricket? Is it that peg of Old Monk that makes bad Bollywood cricket movies go down easy? It is the pissy smell you get in the poorly maintained toilets at Indian grounds? Is it the spit that's be...

What does cricket's obsession with team sheets have to do with World War 1? Why does India play their LOI cricket in blue jerseys? Can you find swinging sensations like Deepak Chahar on the streets of Dubai? Answers to all your burning questions on cricket are (not) answered in Episode 37 of your friendly neighbourhood cricket podcast. If you have the answers though, do write to us! Tony: https://...

The Bits and Pieces gang takes full credit for breaking Virat's century jinx, and guarantees two 100s every week from The King from now on. Also, a blow-by-blow reliving of the wonderful Asia Cup final, that capped off a top-notch tournament with a well-deserved Sri Lankan win. Which commentator should be working with the fire department? Who is the LinkedIn of the commentary world? These, and oth...

Why will the next big T20 innovation come from the Women's game? Is Manchester Originals the lamest cricket franchise name ever? What does Shardul Thakur have to do with the change of ends at the end of each over? Is Sourav Ganguly the biggest social media whiz going around? Get answers to all your burning cricket questions on Episode 35 of Bits and Pieces, featuring our biggest panel ever! Follow...

Episode 34 of Bits and Pieces was recorded minutes after Sanjay Manjrekar asked Ravindra Jadeja on air, "You will talk to me won't you?" The podcast features a blow-by-blow review of India's victory against Pakistan in their first game of the Asia Cup game in Dubai, and a review of England's series-levelling win against South Africa. Also featuring a detailed explanation of the WTC table by our in...

Episode 33 has Srinath, El_Chopernos and Knittins taking special relish in ripping into England following their dramatic defeat against South Africa in the first Test. They also take equal relish in doing their best impressions of VVS Laxman saying 'Jimbobay', even as Shikhar Dhawan continues to plough the lone furrow for the ODI format that no one seems to be watching. Digs at KL Rahul,...