Show notes
We are thrilled to have novelist and cricket writer Rahul Bhattacharya to talk about his experiences from the World Cup.
Talking points:
- Cricket writing v cricket analysis - and how each is a specialised job
- Does the BCCI care for what is written about them in the press?
- The antipathy towards Indian and foreign fans throughout this World Cup
- The staggering amount of money people were willing to pay for tickets
- The experience of covering a match at Ahmedabad
- India v Pakistan - and how the discourse seems to be war minus the shooting
- Jasprit Bumrah - what can't he do?
- The electricity of India's fast bowling trio
- Maxwell's fantastical night
- Rohit Sharma - the dada batsman
- Virat Kohli's fitness - and his Djokovic-level fitness
- Australia's perfect game in the final
- Travis Head and his Gilchrist-like audacity
- The 'anyone but India' sentiment pervading much of the cricket world
Participants:
Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee)
Ashoka (@ABVan)
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