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Why this IPL season comes with additional pressures for the player, and whether the organizers will manage to pull this off without anyone getting infected.

The impact of the PUBG ban on India’s esports community and what it takes to make it big in the field.

Why a ridiculously long list of awardees is a problem, how it devalues the entire point of awards, and the shortcomings of the National Sports Awards selection committee.

In this episode, Gaurav and Mihir discuss whether it is too risky to have the US Open this soon and what precautions can be taken so that it doesn’t turn into Djokovic’s Adria Tournament.

Indian Express’ National Sports Editor, Sandeep Dwivedi joins Gaurav to take a look back at MS Dhoni’s 16-year-long storied career.

Whether or not India should hold off on starting training camps, how contracting the virus can affect the athlete’s performances, and how quarantining itself can cost them.

VIVO pulls out of IPL, Chinese boycott hurts Indian sports industry and the Women’s T20 controversy.

Why the BCCI could not afford to postpone the IPL, why UAE has been picked as the destination and what its logistics would look like.

In this episode, Mihir and Gaurav discuss what the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics has meant for Indian athletes and what India’s chances would have been this time.

Gaurav and Mihir talk about the return of test cricket, the conditions under which the match took place and whether a live audience ends up helping or hurting the player's performance and the viewing experience.

Gaurav and Mihir are joined by Shivani Naik to talk about Lin Dan's career, his rivalry with Chong Wei, and what made him one of the best Badminton players in the world.

In this episode, Daksh Panwar, the co-founder of this podcast, joins Gaurav to talk about why Cricket Samrat was like ‘ESPNCricinfo, Sports Illustrated and Star Sports in one package’ and how it made cricket accessible to a whole generation from the Hindi heartland before TV and the internet.

How the Adria tour became a COVID-19 hotspot and why Novak Djokovic’s bizarre beliefs seem to have now proved dangerous.

In this episode, Gaurav and Mihir talk about how sports broadcasters are trying to re-invent themselves with the help of virtual reality and whether it will help recover their mounting losses post-pandemic.

Gaurav and Mihir talk how athletes have spoken out about social issues in the past and the problems that have arisen when they have done so. Gaurav also speaks to the former Chicago Bulls star, Craig Hodges, who was run out of the league for being politically outspoken, about this matter.

In this episode, Gaurav and Mihir talk about what made him India’s most-decorated athlete. Mihir also talks to former Hockey Olympian Aslam Sher Khan about his relationship with Singh, how he was as a manager, and his legacy.

In this episode of Game Time, Gaurav and Mihir talk about when will cricket restart, what different countries are planning, and the losses that organisations like BCCI are likely to face.

In this episode, Gaurav and Mihir discuss what the absence of a live audience means for sports - for both the players and the fans.

In this episode, Mihir Vasada talks to football historian and author Novy Kapadia about these two giants and how they came to define Indian football.

In this episode, Gaurav and Mihir look back at what was, at the time, perhaps the most hyped boxing match – the 1996 bout when Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield fought for the first time. Listen as our hosts break down the fight blow by blow and revisit the two boxers' controversial careers.

Mihir Vasavda and Nihal Koshie look at the economic fallout of the pandemic on the sports world and how it is bleeding it dry.

Updates from the sporting world - from Kapil Dev's new look and Novak Djokovic resisting the idea of a coronavirus vaccine to IPL's future plans and what this pandemic will do to smaller sports leagues.pandemic will do to smaller sports leagues.

A look back at four El Clásico matches and what made them one of the craziest phases in sporting history.

In this episode of Old Scores, Mihir and Gaurav revisit the 2009 French Open match, when Robin Söderling defeated Nadal, causing one of the biggest upsets in Tennis history.

We kick off a limited series called Old Scores for all you sports fans, in which we at the Express Sports team will revisit some of the greatest moments in the history of sports.