Cricket Unplugged- A Podcast on Cricket

2023 has undoubtedly been the year for Indian Cricket across formats. Despite a resounding performance in Tests & ODIs, they were unable to get past a familiar foe in Australia who beat India enroute to becoming ICC World Test Champions and also ICC World Cup champions. This is a beginning of a new season of Cricket Unplugged where I am delighted to have my close friend Mayur: (A proud and sen...

 10 teams bought as many as 204 players after shelling out a total of ₹551.70 crore at the mega-auction in Bengaluru. Ishan Kishan was the most expensive buy at ₹15.25 crores when MI bought the wicketkeeper-batsman back to their franchise that has won a record five titles! It was a dramatic mega auction when the auctioneer, Hugh Edmeades had to be replaced by Charu Sharma due to health reason...

It has been a while since me & Sooraj came together for a full-fledged episode on 'Cricket Unplugged' to discuss about Cricket! This reunion of sorts explores a broad variety of topics that has happened in the world of cricket in the past 3-4 months! From the apathy of seeing Sri Lankan cricket, to India fielding two separate teams due to COVID and also building up to the India-England Test se...

It's that time of the year when most parts of India celebrate the beginning of a new year! And ever since the IPL has started, it adds a lot more fun & enjoyment to the festivities! So we at Cricket Unplugged decided to merge both: Festivals, albeit in times of a worrying second wave of the Coronavirus & IPL 2021!  We have Sooraj, Dr Manjunath & a debutant on this podcast: Chandra...

It just feels like the other day that IPL 2020 finished successfully in rather unique circumstances in the UAE! Cricketers have spread so much joy & happiness by playing such memorable cricket in very unusual circumstances in the past year or so. This episode of Cricket Unplugged, Snippets focusses on IPL 2021 and what Cricket fans, analysts have to say about the tournament!  We have to a...

It has been truly phenomenal to see that despite not being able to publish content on a regular basis in the past month or so, the popularity & eagerness to listen to the latest episode hasn't come down! In that endeavor, it's the time to make a format change & bring in more voices on the podcast!  Presenting you 'Cricket Unplugged Snippets', where we get different voices talk about o...

A big part of my love & passion for the game has got to do with players who shaped my fondness for the game. One such iconic greats who will go down as someone who has shaped many people's childhood & someone we look upto is Sourav 'Dada' Ganguly! It's a pleasure to have my cousin S Badrinathan or 'Badri' recollect & talk about someone who has been instrumental in our love for the game...

For any Cricket fan, nothing can beat the experience of watching a game in a stadium! After an especially tough year in 2020 where fans in India were starved of too much live Cricket owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are witnessing Cricketing action now in Indian shores with the ongoing India vs England series! Among the lucky 15,000 spectators who got the opportunity to witness India take on Eng...

It was a pleasure to look back on probably the best Test series in a long time!! The recently concluded India-Australia series has managed to evoke varied emotions across the globe where Test Cricket ended up as the biggest winner. In this special episode, where we look back on India's monumental achievement of winning the series 2-1 against all odds, we discuss in detail on the following points:...

It's probably the biggest achievement for me as a Cricket Analyst to have the honor and luck to have had a freewheeling chat with a former cricketer for India, Minoti Desai! Not everyone has had that opportunity to have interviewed someone who has played for the country and is still as passionate about the game!  In the first episode of Cricket Unplugged to be featured on Chai Aur Samachaar, I...

It has been a truly unique year, 2020 where due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the way we perceive life has changed. What matters and should matter has dramatically changed! It's a year where I was able to start this podcast with a dear mate Sooraj and it has been truly an honor to have completed 35 episodes on the podcast!  So we decided to present a wrap-up special episode of 'Cricket Unplugged'...

A significant reason for the increase in visibility & reach for 'Cricket Unplugged' is the traction and acceptance from 'Cricket Twitter'!  So keeping that in mind, we decided to take lot of statements, opinions & discussions we saw on Twitter and decided to give our take in this unique episode conceptually.  A great to welcome back our co-host Sooraj on the show as he was 'missi...

In Part Two of the preview to the Border Gavaskar Trophy, we continue where we left off in the first part. The major highlights of what was discussed in this episode are: 1. Sledging, Banter & Controversies; an integral aspect of the India-Australia rivalry over the years. 2. A little bit on 'The Test' documentary on Amazon Prime. And my personal takeaways as an Aussie fan from the show. 3. An...

As we build up to the Border Gavaskar series, we at 'Cricket Unplugged' have something unique to present as a preview, with Sri Hari taking on the mantle of the host with me coming on as an Australian fan! Here are some of the key highlights discussed in the first part of the preview series: 1. How come I am such a big Aussie fan despite being in India and following cricket. 2. Most earliest memor...

It has been a thrilling ODI series with the likes of Steven Smith, Aaron Finch, Glen Maxwell shine for Australia to help them seal the series 2-1. India did have their own stars as well like Hardik Pandya, Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja.  In this episode, we get different perspectives on this ODI series, one which saw someone like T Natarajan make his ODI debut, an inspiring story to Virat K...

In this segment of the Preview Episode to India's tour Down-Under, I have Abhinav and Manjunath and we discuss about how there is absolute lack of clarity when it comes to role definitions and selections for the LOI format for India in the Virat Kohli- Ravi Shastri regime. And we end this two part series by giving our take on Virat Kohli's decision to take paternity leave and also how certain play...

In Part one of the definitive preview to the India-Australia series which would start from November 27th, 2020 onwards, we at 'Cricket Unplugged' have two guests on our show Abhinav & Manjunath to present their thoughts on various aspects leading up to the highly anticipated series! In this segment, we get their opinion on their favorite knocks played by Indians in Australia over the years, to...

Probably the most heated and talked about rivalry in modern day cricket is the India-Australia contest. With India's rise as a team across formats, it has made this contest even more coveted and something every fan of the game looks upto with great level of anticipation!  To talk about the memories one has of watching a game played in Australia, to looking back on some memorable contests betw...

It has been a truly memorable IPL 2020, with it being the most competitive of seasons in the tournament's history! For over two months, Cricket rose above all hurdles and troubles and delighted us all! The tournament was fabulously executed without too many glitches & considering the time we are in now, truly hats off Sourav Ganguly and the folks at BCCI for pulling this off so well!  In...

This season has been truly memorable and has been the most competitive with the last qualifier being decided in the last league game speaks volume about the quality of cricket on display in the past couple of months.  As we head into the business end of IPL 2020, we at 'Cricket Unplugged' have come out with a League Stage Round Up special episode. Who have been the players that have impressed...

It has been an amazing journey to get a platform to talk about and express our views on the game that's really close to our hearts! What started off as  making conversations between the crew of 'Cricket Unplugged' more professional to have completed 25 episodes! It does feel good and helps us to push ourselves to deliver better content in each episode that would keep our listeners entertained...

In this episode, we have a special guest, Dr V. Manjunath who goes by the twitter handle @thefallingsweep. A plastic surgeon by profession, hes a huge cricket lover and describes himself as an eternal optimist! It was great having him come onboard our podcast to do a Mid-Season review of Dream11 IPL 2020!  We get to discussing on various aspects of this IPL such as the price tag and how that...

Everyone knows that the IPL is the best possible platform where talent meets opportunity. The best players in the world converge in a two month T20 carnival which allows youngsters and upcoming stars to rub shoulders and share the dressing room with their idols.  One breakthrough season for their respective franchises could propel them to national glory for their countries.  In this epis...

As we see the biggest T20 league in the world, Indian Premier League(IPL) unfold in the UAE currently, we decided to shed light on a rather grim and dark time in the league's history that led to two franchises especially one of the most loved in the IPL, CSK being banned for two years.  We get our host Sooraj, who has been a CSK fan since the tournament's inception to provide his take on what...

Cricket is a beautiful game and will continue to be so. But one can't deny that there have been certain incidents/ scandals that have presented the game in bad light. Apart from being a Cricket Analyst, I have been and continue to support the Australian cricket team. The teams under Steve Waugh's leadership and Ricky Ponting have played a defining role in my passion for the game.  In this epi...