When you think of America & sport, you think of Basketball, Baseball, Rugby, Tennis, etc. Cricket is the last thing you relate America with, yet. So how unique would it be, to be an American Cricket Journalist. The next guest on Gupshup With Gill, Peter Della Penna, is that kind of unique. Peter is an American Cricket Journalist who covers Associate Cricket as well as anyone else. In this episode, watch him talk about his journey, how matches of Associate Nations are much consequential, Afghanistan's rise through the Intercontinental Cup, patience among fans towards new teams, and much more.
He wears many hats (producer, presenter, jester), but for a lot of us, he was someone who made us look forward to the pre-match shows of the IPL, brought us many stories from our favourite cricketers, and most importantly made us think that LIVE TV is ridiculously easy. In this episode of Gupshup with Gill, we have the de facto face of IPL, the producer of Breakfast with Champions, founder of Oaktree Sports, Gaurav Kapur. He talks about his journey, his break with the IPL, experiences of broadcasting, future projects of Oaktree sports, and much more!
Timecodes:-
0:00 Intro
1:00 Career of more than 2 decades
5:57 How did 'Extra innings' happened?
13:35 Broadcaster's workload
19:32 On handling differences in opinions
23:38 How the process of interview changes you
29:20 Gaurav remembering his college days
32:00 Gaurav's 3 favourite sportspersons
38:35 Cricketers' WAGs travelling together
44:45 Oaktree Sports' future plans
50:20 Closing thoughts
Mazher Arshad is a cricket statistician who digs up cricket numbers for a living. He's worked with various broadcasters on many tournaments like the ICC World T20 2016, the ICC World Cup 2015, and all editions of PSL. He has his own YouTube channel as well where he interviews cricketers and does his own analysis. In this episode of 'Gupshup with Gill', Mazher Arshad talks about digging up real-time numbers, sharing stories of Indo Pak cricket, the Kohli fandom in Pakistan along with many more stories.
Timestamps:-
0:00 Introduction
4:00 Working on real-time statistics
7:25 Which commentator is thorough with his research
11:10 Receiving flak on social media
14:48 PSL's growth as a brand
21:50 India's historic tours of Pakistan
25:50 Indo Pak stories
28:40 Kohli's fandom in Pakistan
32:55 On Misbah ul Haq
40:30 Rapid Fire
49:00 Closing Thoughts
Jarrod Kimber is a cricket writer, author, journalist, filmmaker, commentator, podcaster, consultant, and YouTuber. Forget being a jack of all, he's the master of all when it comes to cricket content.
Ben Jones, is an analyst with CricViz, a Cricket Data analytics company. Ben, in his very short career, has worked with the likes of Melbourne Stars, Sky Sports & Fox Cricket.
In this episode of 'Gupshup with Gill', Ben talks about the importance of data in cricket, how it can be analyzed in various ways, how much the off-field persona of cricketers affects their perceptions about their cricket, his love for Rishabh Pant, how despite the advancements of data, instinct will still have a place in cricket. He also talks about the CricViz models along with what he looks for in a young player and much more.
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
In this episode of Gupshup With Gill, we have veteran journalist Vijay Lokapally, who talks about the beginning of his career, a few memorable moments of a 40-year long journey, and what he thinks about sports journalism today among many other things of life & sport.
0:38 Career of 40 years and counting
2:20 Venturing into sports journalism
5:08 Turning point of Vijay Lokapal's career
8:06 Covering sports other than cricket
12:12 Player's trust is the most valuable thing for a sports journalist
14:57 Sportsmen under intense scrutiny
17:00 Umpire's strategies
18:43 Golden time for sports journalism in India
22:53 State of Indian stadiums
29:25 Favourite memories
36:44 Sportstar and its posters
40:37 Sportsmen asking "Humara poster kab chapega?"
42:00 On written sports journalism
48:46 Upcoming books of Vijay Lokapally
51:00 Closing thoughts
In the first episode of Gupshup With Gill, with talks to the famous ESPNCricinfo presenter, Raunak Kapoor. Raunak Kapoor has been in the Cricket broadcasting space for 10 years now, having worked with All India Radio for 2 years before he joined Cricinfo. He might be a lawyer by qualification, but his calling was always sports. In this episode, Raunak talks to us about his journey, working at Cricinfo, what he thinks about changes in cricket broadcasting, and what value do cricketers hold in public life.
All that and much more in this episode of Gupshup with Gill
1:18 Journey of becoming a Sports Presenter
8:26 What is Luck?
9:55 Sambit Bal's influence on ESPN Cricinfo
15:00 "Batsman" to "Batter"
21:03 On the state of Indian Cricket Commentary
34:20 Influence of cricketers on society
43:21 Role of a Captain in T20s
50:30 Quickies
51:41 Closing Thoughts
