Sledging Room

Questions have been asked of Australia’s team selection. Pat Cummins’s captaincy has been questioned and the visitors have been ravaged by injury concerns. Do they have it in them to stage a comeback and battle for pride and manage a draw? Listen in!

Australia could perhaps learn a lesson or two from India who defied the odds in 2019 and 2021 to win back-to-back Test series Down Under. Akshay Ramesh and Saurabh Kumar join Rajarshi Gupta for a fiery episode where the Aussie media's conspiracy theories were busted. Listen in!

Is it fair to say the Indian team has lost the killer instinct in Test cricket with Rahul Dravid as coach? Under Ravi Shastri, India won Tests in South Africa and England and secured back-to-back Test series in Australia, a feat that was once considered impossible to achieve. Can India continue their dominating run against Australia or will the visitors shock the hosts? Rajarshi Gupta was joined b...

The Women's Premier League is finally happening. Record bids for broadcast rights and team ownership showed there is massive interest and women's cricket in India has now come of age. There is little doubt the WPL will do a lot of good for women's cricketers in the country but can it make an early impression? Should the WPL have been launched earlier or is this the right time? How important will t...

Should India have selected Sarfaraz Khan for the Test series against Australia? Despite lots of runs in the Ranji Trophy, Sarfaraz Khan continues to be out in the cold. Several former India cricketers have questioned the move and questioned the obsession with cricketers who look a particular way instead of focusing on the real hard runs scored in the middle. Sarfaraz Khan has been one of India's t...

Mankading, not anymore. Call it what you will, the furore over non-strikers' run-outs is intense every time a bowler removes the bails to 'Mankad' a batter. Rohit Sharma withdrew an appeal after Mohammed Shami dismissed Dasun Shanuka on 98 in an ODI which India already had in their grasp. Then there was an instance of a non-striker being run-out for backing up too far. But why the controversy when...

Ishan Kishan, exactly a month after scoring a record-breaking double hundred against Bangladesh, was dropped for India's next ODI against Sri Lanka. The reason? Rohit Sharma said it was only "fair" to give Shubman Gill a chance after his consistent run in the format. Meanwhile, Suryakumar Yadav, who scored a breathtaking hundred in the series-deciding T20I against Sri Lanka, did not find a spot in...

Will Hardik Pandya take over India's white-ball captaincy soon? The all-rounder has been named as captain of the T20I side for the Sri Lanka series and has been elevated to vice-captain role in ODIs. While the Indian cricket board (BCCI) has not confirmed the change of guard in T20Is, it appears as if India are preparing for transition. Will the injury-prone all-rounder be able to manage the rigou...

KL Rahul, standing in as captain for Rohit Sharma, failed in both Tests while Shubman Gill who scored his maiden Test hundred is sure to keep the former on his toes. Kuldeep Yadav returned to the Test side, scored runs, got wickets, won the man-of-the-match award and was dropped from the second Test. The Indian thinktank was severely criticised and KL Rahul had little to offer in terms of explanat...

Did Mbappe deserve to win the tournament a little more than Lionel Messi, or was it Messi's brilliance throughout the tournament that had more weight? Can Mbappe keep shining and overtake Miroslav Klose’s all-time scoring record in World Cup? We discuss in Sledging Room. Listen in!

Messi vs Ronaldo. Who is the greatest of all time? Which of these two will end their international careers with the higher accolades? That debate seems to have been settled at the Qatar World Cup after Ronaldo's Portugal crashed out of the quarterfinals while Messi's Argentina stormed through to the final. We discuss in Sledging Room. Tune in!

What can Indian cricket learn from the Ronaldo saga? Is Ronaldo no longer needed for Portugal and heavyweight European clash? We discuss in this episode of Sledging Room. Tune in!

The Sledging Room dived deep into some aspects of the FIFA World Cup which have dominated headlines the world over. Many around the globe have been left perplexed with the additional time deployed in these World Cup matches and several others have wondered if it was right for FIFA to ban teams from expressing their stand on 'One Love'. Apart from football, cricket was obviously in the focus in the...

How independent are the selectors when it comes to selecting India's cricket teams? No, we are not suggesting sacking the selection committee was a bad move. But a lot more needs to be done. How about a specialist coach? How about a different captain for the T20 format for India? Tune in to The Sledging Room.

India with all their cricketing riches, have not won an ICC trophy in 9 years. India have an abundance of talent but new players need to be looked at immediately and given a long rope. Who will take the lead and finally concede that India have been way too conservative in T20 cricket and need to think of and implement new and fresher plans? Listen in!

Yes, Pakistan are in the title clash but they needed to beat only two good teams to get there. South Africa had one poor hour against Pakistan and then choked against Netherlands. There are plenty of arguments to be made and plenty of questions to be answered. We discuss. Tune in!

Why are India still persisting with KL Rahul? Why did India look to bat first in Perth? Why did India's pacers not bowl more yorkers? We discuss this in Sledging Room. Tune in!

Is KL Rahul a weak link in India’s top-order? Can this bowling attack step up against stronger teams? We discuss this in Sledging Room. Tune in!

Can India start the tournament with a win in a high-pressure game? There is a lot at stake for both teams. We discuss in Sledging Room. Listen in!

Are India well prepared or should they have at least played a couple of games against the Australian national team in their backyard? We discuss in this episode of Sledging Room. Tune in!

KL Rahul's approach has often been criticised even in the IPL where he is famed for his run-scoring consistency. As India opener, has Rahul failed to keep with the team's new approach of attack-at-all-costs? Does Rahul's reluctance to accelerate at the top put more pressure on Rohit Sharma? We discuss in the Sledging Room. Tune in!

The run-out stirred a controversy which overshadowed India's historic 3-0 whitewash of England in the ODI series. But why this fuss over a dismissal which was completely within the laws of the game? Tune in!

Rohit Sharma's captaincy has also raised some eyebrows. Is he more composed as Mumbai Indians skipper? Is he showing too many emotions as India captain? How about his bowling changes and field placements? We discuss in Sledging Room. Tune in!

Some burning questions addressed in this podcast which does tend to get a little.... well.. overwhelming and perhaps mean. Tune in!

At the Asia Cup, India's familiar problems resurfaced. While Rohit Sharma’s captaincy has come under scanner, bowling is a huge cause for concern. Tune in to Sledging Room to know!