• New Zealand pull off the unthinkable: India v New Zealand, 2nd Test review
    Oct 27 2024

    We review the second Test between India and New Zealand in Pune where Mitchell Santner bowled New Zealand to their greatest series victory.

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    Talking Points:

    • New Zealand's finest hour: breaking India's 13 year home streak
    • When India were dominated in typical Indian conditions
    • Mitchell Santner's golden Test
    • India's batters caught between defense and attack
    • India's spinners undone by a barrage of sweeps and reverse-sweeps
    • Washington Sundar's terrific spells
    • Were India's spinners too quick for this pitch?
    • The question of length: and the problem in front of Ashwin and Jadeja
    • Rohit Sharma's urge to attack - and how it could be getting him in trouble
    • Jaiswal's blistering knock
    • India's problem of a core group aging together

    Participants:

    Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee)

    Ashoka

    Kartikeya Date (@cricketingview) | Substack| ESPNcricinfo

    Mahesh Sethuraman (@cornerd)

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    Related:

    • Santner Collects Thirteen, New Zealand Make History - Kartikeya Date - Cricketing View Substack
    • Black Caps' greatest achievement fuelled by unlikely spin-bowling hero Mitchell Santner - Andrew Voerman - Stuff.co.nz
    • Bittersweet moment for India, as one of cricket's great winning streaks ends - Sidharth Monga - ESPNcricinfo

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • New Zealand script glorious win: India v New Zealand, 1st Test review
    Oct 21 2024

    We review the first Test between India and New Zealand in Bangalore - a magnificent match that will be remembered for a long, long time.

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    Talking Points:

    • Pitch-perfect conditions for New Zealand's bowlers
    • The sub-air effect: how Bangalore's drainage system played its part
    • India misreading the pitch and choosing three spinners
    • The decision to bat first under cloudy skies
    • Henry, O'Rourke and Southee: unplayable in the gloom
    • Rachin Ravindra: a superstar in the making
    • The astonishing Sarfaraz-Pant partnership
    • Sarfaraz' unique handiwork
    • Bumrah's spell on the final morning
    • India's potential reaction to this defeat - and thoughts on the surface in Pune

    Participants:

    Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee)

    Ashoka

    Kartikeya Date (@cricketingview) | Substack| ESPNcricinfo

    Mahesh Sethuraman (@cornerd)

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    Related:

    • Marvelous New Zealand win in Bangalore - Kartikeya Date - Cricketingview Substack
    • Batting magic in Bengaluru as India threaten something special - Sidharth Monga - ESPNcricinfo
    • How Rachin Ravindra defanged the Indian spinners - Sandip G - Indian Express
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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • New Zealand v an unstoppable force: India v NZ series preview
    Oct 14 2024

    We preview the upcoming three Test series between India and New Zealand - and also discuss England's win over Pakistan in the Test in Multan.

    Talking Points:

    • The India-New Zealand rivalry down the years
    • New Zealand in transition - after the retirements of Boult and Wagner
    • Rachin Ravindra's terrific 92 at Galle in the recent series v Sri Lanka
    • New Zealand's reliance on part-timers to fill in some spin overs
    • Should New Zealand play to their pace strength in Bangalore and Mumbai?
    • The Pakistan-England Test and what it taught us about bowling in Test cricket
    • The batting-centric nature of cricketing discourse and why that is problematic
    • Would a team with a world-class bowling attack and 6 'average' batters win as much as a team with the same bowling attack and 6 great batters?

    Participants:

    Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee)

    Ashoka

    Kartikeya Date (@cricketingview) | Substack| ESPNcricinfo

    Mahesh Sethuraman (@cornerd)

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    Related:

    • Will O'Rourke's Canterbury Tales - Deivarayan Muthu - ESPNcricinfo
    • A freakish ten-for and good old Indian dominance - 81allout review of the India v New Zealand series in 2021
    • Two seamers or three? The big Black Caps question ahead of India tests -Andrew Voerman - Stuff.co.nz
    • Why Pakistan Aren't Winning, And Why Batting Is Irrelevant In Test Cricket - Kartikeya Date - Cricketingview Substack
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • A transcendent win: India v Bangladesh, 2nd Test review
    Oct 3 2024

    We review India's magnificent win over Bangladesh in the second Test in Kanpur.

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    Talking Points:

    • India doing both the expected and unexpected at the same time
    • India's great bowling attack and the art of picking 20 wickets
    • Jasprit Bumrah - in a rarefied space of fast bowling
    • Jadeja's speeds v Bangladesh's spinner's speeds
    • India's batting assault
    • Kanpur 2021 v Kanpur 2024
    • Kohli, Shastri and the decision to play five fast bowlers
    • Jaiswal's remarkable start to his Test career

    Participants:

    Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee)

    Ashoka

    Kartikeya Date (@cricketingview) | Substack| ESPNcricinfo

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    Related:

    • The simple genius of Ravindra Jadeja - Kartikeya Date - Cricketingview substack
    • Rohit Sharma and the sixes that woke up a dead game - Alagappan Muthu - ESPNcricinfo
    • A freakish ten-for and good old Indian dominance - 81allout review of the India v New Zealand series in 2021
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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • Ashwin and Jadeja add to their legend: India v Bangladesh 1st Test review
    Sep 24 2024

    We review India's 280-run win over Bangladesh in the first Test in Chennai.

    Talking Points:

    • Bangladesh complete... then lose by 280 runs
    • Bangladesh's impressive trio of pacers
    • The sessions that Bangladesh won - before the ball got older and runs flowed
    • The sweep v drive ratio: and why Bangladesh chose to sweep much more
    • India's spinners finding the right pace for the conditions
    • Mohammad Siraj's relentless second-innings spell
    • Mehidy and Shakib: too slow with the ball?
    • Rishabh Pant's grand return to Test cricket
    • Shubman Gill's purple patch in Tests

    Participants:

    Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee)

    Ashoka

    Kartikeya Date (@cricketingview) | Substack| ESPNcricinfo

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    Related:

    • Ashwin, Jadeja, Bumrah, Siraj, Akash Deep Lead India Into The Black - Kartikeya Date - Cricketingview substack
    • Ashwin's double act of hundred and six-for secures 1-0 lead for India - Sidharth Monga - ESPNcricinfo
    • Reminiscing special memories from my home test - R Ashwin - YouTube
    • Why does India need a players' association? Ask a former cricketer - Karthik Krishnaswamy - ESPNcricinfo
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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • Can Bangladesh extend dream run? - India v Bangladesh preview
    Sep 16 2024

    We chat with ESPNcricinfo's Bangladesh correspondent Mohammad Isam about Bangladesh's historic series win in Pakistan and their chances in the upcoming two-Test series in India.

    Talking Points:

    • Bangladesh's dream-like comeback wins in the two Tests in Rawalpindi
    • A bowling attack with tremendous variety - world-class spin and promising pace
    • The arrival of Nahid Rana - and his ferocious spells in Pakistan
    • The symbolism of Bangladesh's series win amidst the political climate in the country
    • Mehidy Hasan Miraz - workhorse, counter-puncher, MVP
    • Can Bangladesh's attack adapt to India's varied conditions?
    • The challenge of a two-Test series without any warm-up games
    • India's unsettled top six
    • How spin-friendly conditions could help Bangladesh narrow the gap

    Participants:

    Mohammad Isam (@Isam) | ESPNcricinfo

    Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee)

    Ashoka

    Kartikeya Date (@cricketingview) | Substack| ESPNcricinfo

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    Related:

    • Bangladesh's small wonders conjure a Rawalpindi miracle - Mohammad Isam - ESPNcricinfo
    • Nahid Rana: a new express finds fame in Rawapindi - Mohammad Isam - ESPNcricinfo
    • The quirks and challenges of covering Bangladesh cricket - 81allout podcast with Mohammad Isam on his book 'On the Tiger's Trail'

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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • 'Bumrah so freaky he can walk in and bowl fast' - Paras Mhambrey
    Aug 14 2024

    In the latest episode we chat with Paras Mhambrey on his recent stint as the bowling coach of the Indian team. We discuss India's varied bowling attack and how he managed the transition from one set of fast bowlers to the next.

    Participants:

    Paras Mhambrey

    Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee)

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    ‘We have a cluster of fast bowlers who have got exposure in white-ball cricket and are not far away (from Test call-up)’, says Paras Mhambrey - Indian Express

    Data driven: How Mhambrey's work is helping Shami & Co - Sanjjeev K Samyal - Hindustan Times

    ‘What a bowler thinks and what he actually does are different things’ – Bharat Arun interview with 81allout

    The value of data analysis and how the Indian team embraced it - 81allout podcast with Himanish Ganjoo

    'I cannot tell a bowler what to do or not do. I need to help them understand their own rhythm' - Bharat Arun interview - Karthik Krishnaswamy - The Cricket Monthly

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • How the Indian team embraced data
    Aug 6 2024

    In the latest episode we chat with Himanish Ganjoo on how data can assist cricket teams and what he learnt from his own stint as a data analyst with the Indian side.

    Participants:

    Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee)

    Himanish Ganjoo (@hganjoo_153)

    Kartikeya Date (@cricketingview)

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    Training the Hawkeye on Axar Patel: Angular, Anomalous - Substack

    Understanding T20 - 81allout podcast with Hassan Cheema

    Hitting v Batting: the choice that dictates the shape of a T20 contest - 81allout podcast

    Databall - Kartikeya Date - The Cricket Monthly

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    1 hr and 31 mins