Abhishek Mukherjee is a cricket writer & historian who has been writing on the sport for the last 7 years. He has recently co-authored the book 'Sachin & Azhar at Cape Town: Indian and South African Cricket Through the Prism of a Partnership' In this episode of 'Gupshup with Gill' he talks of his journey, early memories of cricket, what he thinks is good writing and the relationship of India & South Africa as cricket teams & countries.
Timestamps:
0:00 From writing codes to writing about cricket
07:43 What makes for good cricket writing
11:42 Creating a sporting culture
13:41 Changes in broadcasting
16:36 Anecdotes on Twitter threads
20:13 Icons in sports
22:45 Sachin and Azhar at Cape Town
27:35 South Africa's tour of India after Apartheid era
35:20 Views on Women's cricket in India
39:13 Sports inspiring the society
44:15 Favourite cricket writer
47:48 Favorite biryani and closing thoughts
