The Off Stump

T20 cricket is becoming better by the time in 2024. Team India wins a convincing series against Afghanistan. BBL top four set to face off the Playoffs. SA20 giving room to new talents in Rickleton, van Burran, etc. Presented by: Dhanush Lavanya

The exciting Ranji Trophy had a fun 2nd round with Gujarat stealing the headlines with a shock win against Karnataka by 6 runs. Mumbai continued their winning momentum. Bhuvneshwar Kumar picked up 8/41 against Bengal. Many more things happen as Dhanush Lavanya looks back at the latest episode.

SA20 starts on a big after the opening game gets washed out. Ryan Ricklton and Klaasen light up the tournament. India beat the Afghans convincingly at Mohali. Stars and Strikers fighting out for the 4th position in BBL 13 after Heat, Sixers, and Scorchers almost confirmed their spot in the top four.

The 2nd Edition of the SA20 is all set to begin on Wednesday, January 10th with Sunrisers Eastern Cape taking on Joburg Super Kings. 34 matches will take place across 6 venues. India will be hosting Afghanistan in a 3-match T20I series for the first time on Thursday, January 11th, 2024.

With 6 months of 2024 filled with T20 Cricket across the world, I'm Dhanush Lavanya bringing the stats, records, and analysis from every nook and corner of franchise cricket in the next few months.

The 2024 season of the Ranji Trophy started on 5th January across 19 venues in India. 38 teams played their first round. Mumbai, Chhattisgarh, Maharastra won with bonus points. Whereas, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, and Punjab lost their games. To give a complete roundup, here's Dhanush Lavanya bringing you the results, and the stats and the notable moments from Round 1.

With the new year starting, here's a look into all the big sporting events that are coming up this year. Myself Dhanush Lavanya bring to you all the sporting events in all the notable sports in India.

Arun Sadasivan, an avid gamer & Senior Sports practitioner joins Dhanush Lavanya in having a discussion on how E-Sports is taking shape in India. He details on the growth of this field in India he has seen in last 20 years. He gives information on how psychology and physical fitness is required for an E-Sports Gamer. And, sharing his views on how Metaverse, AI and other technology will help E-Spor...

Parth Pandya, the Executive of Corporate Relations at the International Institute of Sports Management joins Dhanush Lavanya to discuss how Sports Education has grown in India over the last decade. He shares his views on the difference between India and other countries in Sports Education and how IISM has given a large portion of Sports Professionals to the Sports Sector in India.

Madan Rajagopal joins Dhanush Lavanya in discussing the world of Sports Tech & its Innovations. He shares his work-life as a founder, how Ludimos is making coaching jobs better, how Ludimos helped RCB scout Avinash Singh and many more in this informative and educational conversation on Spotlight on Sports Professionals series on The Off Stump Podcast.

The Spotlight on Sports Professionals series had a good start with two good episodes on Sports Nutrition and Sports Operations. With a plethora of insightful and informative episodes coming up in August, the host of the TOS Podcast comes on air to tell the backstory which led to the start of this knowledge based podcast series. Timeframe: 0:24 - Introduction 2:44 - Backstory leading up this initia...

As the demand and growth of sports academies and businesses are growing, the requirement of a Operations Manager looking after everything is also growing. To educate and inform the listeners about the work life and duties of a Sports Operation Manager, i have Srisha Bhalle who's the Director of Operations at Shikhar Dhawan's Da. One Sports.

Shreya Adhav, the founder of SpirEat a Sports Nutrition Company joins Dhanush Lavanya in discussing the lifestyle of sports nutritionists, young athletes and late bloomers adapting to nutrition and common myths in fitness.

After an impressive debut in IPL 2022, LSG will come into their 2nd edition with a hope to repeat the rights and rectify the wrongs. Is this team made for the Lucknow pitch conditions?

After qualifying to three consecutive playoffs, RCB hopes to reach the finishing line in 2023. Being back in Bengaluru in front of the home fans. RCB hopes to make history.

A team that has backups for almost everyone. A team which looks good on paper. But, will they cover-up the death overs loop holes. Let's see what Rajasthan Royals will offer.

IPL is all set to start in 7 days, let's begin introducing ourselves to the new and upgraded franchises. We begin a side who with sheer team effort won the IPL Title in their debut season - Gujarat Titans

As IPL 2023 Auction comes close, we're going to be looking into KKR, a side that's released a lot of players, PBKS, LSG and MI looking to fill up their gaps. Vatsal and myself breakdown these 4 teams.

As IPL 2023 is set to make some noise in coming weeks. We are here on our podcast breakdown and analyse GT, RCB and DC as they played it safe in the retention process.

After a break of 3 years, KPL is back in a brand new look as KSCA is all set organise the first season of Maharaja Trophy 2022. Manish Pandey, Mayank Agarwal, Devdutt Padikkal and many other Karnataka giants will be a part of this exciting league starting on August 7th 2022.

As there's been a lot of talk and opinions being shared by cricketers and pundits about the relevance of ODIs, we discuss on the journey one day international has gone through over the last 30 years and also talk about the return of Domestic Cricket in India starting this September.

The rescheduled 5th Test between India and England has lots of topics to unpack. Myself and Srisha majorly discuss India's batting, 2nd innings bowling, Dravid as a Coach and the infamous Bazball mindset.

As team India gets ready to play T20Is in England, West Indies and Sri Lanka, I and Vatsal look into the preparation and probable players who'll make it to the top 15.

As Karnataka loses out in another knockout match, myself and Ramchandra are discussing the reason behind Karnataka's failure to reach the finals in the last 7 years.

As IPL fever is done for the year, international cricket takes centre stage as India and South Africa begin their preparation for the 2022 T20 World Cup that will start in October at Australia. Let us see how the 2 sides shape up for the 5 match series.