The biggest stars of the post-Dhoni era call time on their India Test careers. Nitin, Tony, Chops, PDP and Bisi gather to discuss what may have happened behind the scenes. We rightly conclude that Donald Trump is responsible for their retirements. We also spend about 100 minutes on the legacy of Virat, and 2 minutes on Rohit. Funnily, in an episode about Kohli and Rohit, the jokes are still about Ashwin.
PGK, Srinath, Nitin, Tareque and Max sat together for Episode 167, moments after yet another South Indian Derby classic, and once again, RCB turned the tables and the memes on their cross-border bugbear CSK, whose 'worst ever season by any team in the history of the IPL' gets worse with every passing day.
Join for chatter around the DRS clock, Mumbai Indians' ability to bend time, KKR's stuttering campaign, Gujarat's Tamilians, Kohli's Instagram, Kagiso's recreational habits, justice for Champak the magazine and much more. And in case you missed it the previous 84 times, do listen to installment 85 of BnP's ready reckoner on the IPL copyrights situation.
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As IPL heads into mid season frenzy, Bits and Pieces turns its eyes to the most pressing matters around the greatest show on earth: The origins of Champak the dog, an RCA into RR's demise (not to be confused with RCA's RCA into RR's demise), a meditation on Ishan Kishan Walk-gate, a healthy debate on whether Suryakumar Yadav is in form or not, live images from the street in Chennai that may or may not be named after R Ashwin, and a blow by blow reconstruction of Josh Hazlewood's fantastic four-over spell against... some team... who remembers. Is he even playing this season?
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In which, we go back to the era when MS had Do Knees, and wonder if Umar Gul's Bowl-out inspired Digvesh Rathi, who signs off autographs for Travis Head to distribute to eager fans in supermarkets, and for Abhishek Sharma to flaunt after hitting match-winning 100s. In which Shreyas Iyer inspires order to the proceedings, and in which KL Rahul and Krunal Pandya follow in the illustrious footsteps of Anil Kumble, in two entirely different contexts.
If nothing in the above paragraph made sense, don't panic - CSK's season is making even lesser sense.
After another highly eventful week of the IPL, Max, PGK, Bisi and VaMu take you through the latest in April Fool's trends, Tollywood, c chess, science, AI, New Zealand's energy sufficiency, county cricket and photography. With the return of real cricket, can the BnP Jinx be far behind?
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In this post-preview, "why not preview this gig once again" preview episode of Bits and Pieces, host Tareque Laskar and CSK apologist, Max delve into the ongoing IPL season, discussing team performances, standout players, and the dynamics of the matches. Their conversation highlights the unpredictability of the IPL which seems to suggest that a coin toss would be much more exciting.
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Hello and welcome to the only IPL preview you will ever watch, because it's possible you will self-destruct within 5 seconds of this wonderful episode. Hank, Max, Nitin, Iman, PGK and Vishal come in and go out with random thought streams, and at the end of it all, we declare that the Gujarat Devils will most definitely win this season of Formula 1. Quietly whisper it to your punter friends... Kahiso.. Kahiso.. Kahiso.
India inevitably run to another ICC title, brushing past Australia in the semis, and New Zealand in the finals of the Pakistan edition of the ICC Champions Trophy hosted by Indian Cricket Council almost entirely in Dubai. Tony, PDP, Vikku and Murali join the pod, with thoughts as varied and unpredictable as India's spin quartet, and with jokes, takes and puns as reliable as India's long batting line-up.
Listen along fully to know whether Kohli, Rohit or both of them should retire now. And enjoy some more aftershocks of Tony's violent takedown of all things Kiwi, including Michael Bracewell's dental hygiene.
Right after India wrap up a comprehensive win against a shameful New Zealand team, Vikas, Bodhi, Sandy and Tony get together to make sense of the group stages of the Champions' Trophy.
Join the gang as they create the first draught beer of history.
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PDP, Max and Tareque assemble after India demolish Pakistan in the much hyped league fixture of the Champions Trophy. The gang acknowledges the irony of Pakistan getting eliminated early from their home tournament after playing an away game. Lots of chatter around Aus v Eng, Afg v SA, Ban v Ind and other games from the first week of the tournament.
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“You come macha, we will figure it out” seems to be the way the ICC is going about organizing the Champions Trophy. Srinath, PDP, Max and Murali preview the tournament that refuses to go away, and how it has returned as two separate editions, one in Pakistan and another in Dubai. Virat Kohli and RCB chants make it to Karachi, RCB the content company continues to amaze while the women keep winning on the field. Also, how will Sri Lanka fare in the tournament? Is it South Africa’s double trophy year?
In classic BnP style, they also completely forget to mention Afghanistan.
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Iman Pande hosts (and refuses to edit) his first ever episode of Bits and Pieces. As expected, it is an incoherent trainwreck featuring discussions on Gambhir's masterplan to play 12 instead of 11, headaches in the knee for Rohit Sharma, undue attention to Middle Eastern dew factors, uncalled-for patronage for the poorly made cashgrab Ind v Pak Netflix documentary, an alternative name for the Gaddafi Stadium, and magic carpets that will help New Zealand win the Champions Trophy, just as they helped Sri Lanka win the 1999 World Cup (no shit). Also featuring a well-informed and detailed review of Australia's Galle-maul of Sri Lanka that is being keenly followed by Aussies... By the way, who is Australia's captain?
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Bits and Pieces gets all technical about legspinners and Kohli in the latest episode of BnP. Max, Rahul, VaMu and PGK also chat about India's gun T20 side, India's controversial concussion substitute, and Ashwin's surprise appearance and utterance at the AWS AI summit. Find us on X 1. Bits and Pieces: https://x.com/bnp_cricket 2. Max: https://x.com/maxdavinci 3. VaMu: https://x.com/varunmurali43 4. PGK: https://x.com/peegeekay
Bits and Pieces assembles to survey the train-wreck that is the Indian cricket team discipline policy document leak, including the strange luggage stipulations, spousal visitations, team bus situations and domestic cricket directives. Nitin, Murali, PDP and Tareque catch up at 1 30 AM outside a kebab joint and stay clear of yellow journalists, where they also review India's 2-0 lead in the England T20s, Motie-ji's amritkaal for West Bharat, and effectively jinx Aqib Javed's masterplan for the next WTC.
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As the dust settles and the tears subside, Bits and Pieces looks back wistfully at India's glorious decade in Test cricket that culminated with the BGT loss in Australia. Join PDP, Tareque, Hank, Nitin and Vishal as they relive the biggest highs of the era, and get so overwhelmed by the enormity of the moment that they also start looking at stats and all that.
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The end of India's BGT streak signals the end of an era for the Indian team. Tony, Iman, Mohan, and Nitin take stock of what has been, where we go from here, and how to deal with this heartbreak in a raw, explicit-laden, cathartic episode.
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Conclusion: Shared Memories >> Loss Therapy
Post mortem of The BGT Boxing Day Test, 2024. Many of us from BnP saw and lived every ball of this amazing Test match and . In this episode, we review the loss, shed a tear or two and celebrate friendships...
Mohan, PGK, Iman, Bodhi and Vishal discuss the Boxing Day Aus v India Test match and recollect their memories of an incredible match that they all watched live...
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In an unexpected turn of events - much like an Ash na carrom ball - the Bits and Pieces gang is caught unawares by the surprise retirement of R Ashwin. Join Srinath, PGK, PDP, Kaus, Max, Bisi, Chops, and Murali as they try to find the right balance between a tribute to Ash and good ol' fashioned B&P NIBbing.
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It's one-all in the BGT after Australia smash India in less than half the duration under lights at the Adelaide Oval. Bits and Pieces completes 150 episodes (How cool is that!), and for a change, we wander into technical discussion, and change our muse from Ashwin to Kohli. Abhishek Chopra declares that Kohli has always been a limited batter. That's right! Kohli Army, please make us go viral, and Rohit Army, you know you want a rare something to celebrate this horror week, so please inundate our comments with some love. Bits and Pieces is on Twitter, find us at https://x.com/bnp_cricket
It's the auction episode. Which means, we say Zinta hoon yaar kaafi hai and let AI do the edit. Join Max, Varun, and Sandy as they discuss the bids and teams thread bare.
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