WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.200 --> 00:00:10.320 This is India Today Podcasts. You are on India Today Podcasts and you are 2 00:00:10.359 --> 00:00:15.240 in the sledging room. Let me warn you this is not a place for 3 00:00:15.320 --> 00:00:19.920 the faint hearted and the weak need. If you're a sports poff and like 4 00:00:20.039 --> 00:00:24.440 challenging everything you see and hear, stay, if you're a soul Batya fan, 5 00:00:25.160 --> 00:00:41.439 walk away. Right now. We are here after the IPL Classico as 6 00:00:41.479 --> 00:00:47.000 they call it, starting with this you know see that I'm asking you both 7 00:00:47.000 --> 00:00:51.439 a question. Yeah, did you expect that move bi ind insight to be 8 00:00:51.439 --> 00:00:55.960 beaten at the one kiddy, especially after what they did to RCB No scene, 9 00:00:56.000 --> 00:01:00.960 man, see, I was expecting am I to chase down whatever CESK 10 00:01:02.119 --> 00:01:07.640 posted. Fine, but am I being am I under Hardig and Boucher and 11 00:01:07.760 --> 00:01:14.400 especially also the disc intelligent trio, the bowling change that he made. We 12 00:01:14.439 --> 00:01:19.079 alsow what happened? Then Amazoni mania hit one day it was it did not 13 00:01:19.200 --> 00:01:21.959 feel like Mumbai are playing at their home ground. Yeah, it was feeling 14 00:01:22.040 --> 00:01:27.840 like Chennai match and it is all chippuk CSK escape reiberating everywhere. And then 15 00:01:27.879 --> 00:01:32.599 Amazona comes hits those three sixes, runs away, gives the ball to the 16 00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:36.200 spectator and you know the best part for me of that match. I don't 17 00:01:36.239 --> 00:01:42.159 know what it was. Saaskar rant. Sulaaskar went on a rant throughout the 18 00:01:42.159 --> 00:01:46.640 mid innings and after the match, even till today morning day when were shooting 19 00:01:46.680 --> 00:01:49.959 the podcast. He was going on and on and on and on. Do 20 00:01:49.040 --> 00:01:53.120 you see merit in that? Like did he step a line? As in 21 00:01:53.280 --> 00:01:57.599 like any bowler can be hit. Anya was hit by DONI it's not like 22 00:01:57.680 --> 00:02:01.400 okay, dony him before the match that he bowled those three loose balls. 23 00:02:01.519 --> 00:02:07.680 I know it was an outburst of emotions. Sonska called himself a Momba Indians 24 00:02:07.719 --> 00:02:14.159 fans on live commentry h and then he went after hardg Pantia. Was that 25 00:02:14.319 --> 00:02:17.400 okay? Yeah? I mean for me it was completely fine because Hardig Pandia 26 00:02:17.479 --> 00:02:23.919 made a lot of mistakes. And you know when Snaskar and Kim Peterson were 27 00:02:23.960 --> 00:02:27.120 talking after the match, Yeah, Peterson made a very good point which we 28 00:02:27.439 --> 00:02:31.919 have already made it on Slaging Room that Hardwig Pandia is faking his smile. 29 00:02:32.759 --> 00:02:38.800 He is not happy, he is getting affected by those moves across the stadium 30 00:02:38.840 --> 00:02:42.319 wherever he's playing, but just to give up put up a brave face. 31 00:02:42.360 --> 00:02:46.599 He's putting on a smiling face. You can't be doing that except you know, 32 00:02:46.639 --> 00:02:50.319 when Rishapund is playing, you could see that he's seem losing. Schumann 33 00:02:50.599 --> 00:02:53.280 is irritated. San new Zasen was irritated when they lost the only one match 34 00:02:53.280 --> 00:02:58.280 on last wall. But hardg Pantia, Oh okay, they have a man 35 00:02:58.319 --> 00:03:00.520 who is guiding them. What is this? I know? What was more 36 00:03:00.560 --> 00:03:06.039 surprising for me that man did not mention a single word about Roma or Boomra. 37 00:03:06.800 --> 00:03:09.120 It clearly seems a days of fraction in that team. Hello, I 38 00:03:09.159 --> 00:03:16.080 mean no oneas cross Hilarius. He said, woke up, he bought some 39 00:03:16.199 --> 00:03:21.039 loose ball, got it and he was fine. Yeah. And more importantly, 40 00:03:21.400 --> 00:03:25.120 Gauzka did say that it is ordinary bowling and ordinary Captaincy Mumbai did not 41 00:03:25.240 --> 00:03:30.960 choose to bowl their spinners against Shivam Duwe throughout the middle lovers at a point 42 00:03:30.039 --> 00:03:35.360 when their bowlers fast bowlers were getting hit for thirteen fourteen runs over. You 43 00:03:35.400 --> 00:03:39.280 could have slowed down the game. And one of the biggest problems I think 44 00:03:39.319 --> 00:03:43.919 for am I bowling yesterday was that they did not start with Boomra. We 45 00:03:44.039 --> 00:03:47.439 have seen what Trent Bolt and randre Berger did against am I in the first 46 00:03:47.520 --> 00:03:52.199 four overs of that fixture. That could have set the game up for you. 47 00:03:52.360 --> 00:03:57.479 But once again you have decided that clearly Bomra is not worth giving the 48 00:03:57.520 --> 00:04:00.080 new ball, So let me do my things. Yeah, and you know 49 00:04:00.159 --> 00:04:04.599 what, when Nabi is not being utilized properly as an all launder, why 50 00:04:04.599 --> 00:04:09.599 are you not playing one? Every other cricketer has got a chance. Apart 51 00:04:09.639 --> 00:04:14.159 from why, I was asking you the same question in art you also right, 52 00:04:14.199 --> 00:04:16.480 yeah, yeah, why Romrio Shepherd? Yeah, Nabi is going to 53 00:04:16.519 --> 00:04:20.959 give you those three hours of spinn spins. Why have ro Mario Shepherd at 54 00:04:21.040 --> 00:04:25.240 number eight when you already have how many how are packed batting line? How 55 00:04:25.240 --> 00:04:30.600 many finisher do you need? You have tilerg vermay you have got Tim David? 56 00:04:30.920 --> 00:04:32.920 Why do you do Shepherd? Why don't you send in a bowling attack 57 00:04:33.160 --> 00:04:39.639 because that am I bowling attack Apart from Boomera, it's trash, absolute trash. 58 00:04:40.199 --> 00:04:43.199 Boomra is the one who's making it look good. Yeah, he's been 59 00:04:43.199 --> 00:04:45.839 doing all the job, either picking up wickets or stopping the flow of runts. 60 00:04:46.839 --> 00:04:50.319 Like Brittley pointed out on the Man's Day, I wouldn't blame Hardwick for 61 00:04:50.959 --> 00:04:54.759 opting to bowl that over. That was gutsy from him. He didn't want 62 00:04:54.839 --> 00:04:59.519 to expose a youngster who was getting hit already. But it happens here. 63 00:04:59.519 --> 00:05:03.240 Why be so critical of her Padia whatever he has done, like you give 64 00:05:03.279 --> 00:05:08.199 three sixes in last over and when the operat is MS, it happens. 65 00:05:08.240 --> 00:05:12.560 It has happened to so many boers and MS was charged up clearly yesterday, 66 00:05:13.000 --> 00:05:17.079 probably played his last match at the one to day so and and coming to 67 00:05:17.120 --> 00:05:23.120 what Karen Pollard discussed in the press conference right to give a little context to 68 00:05:23.120 --> 00:05:28.680 our viewers and listeners, Karen Pollard was asked a question about Hardik Pandia's tactics 69 00:05:28.680 --> 00:05:32.279 and all that. Honey immediately bluesteam saying that you know, I'm sick and 70 00:05:32.319 --> 00:05:36.680 tired of all this. You know if you ask me personally, Hark is 71 00:05:36.680 --> 00:05:42.079 not the first captain who is being pointed fingers at when you are the captain, 72 00:05:42.120 --> 00:05:45.279 when you take up that question, when you take up that responsibility of 73 00:05:45.319 --> 00:05:48.319 a huge franchise, like am I be prepared to take questions from the press. 74 00:05:48.839 --> 00:05:54.639 That's a great point and that is where essentially where the frustration and the 75 00:05:54.680 --> 00:05:59.319 criticism comes when Pollard chose to answer these questions yesterday. I also thought that 76 00:05:59.560 --> 00:06:01.879 number one, it was a brave question. Whoever from the press asked it, 77 00:06:01.879 --> 00:06:05.079 it should have been asked. Pollard went on and it did not go 78 00:06:05.120 --> 00:06:10.959 on a rant, but took a very analytical approach of what was happening behind 79 00:06:11.000 --> 00:06:14.839 the scenes and how that comes on to how that reflects on the pitch. 80 00:06:15.560 --> 00:06:18.399 If that would have been the case with am I from the very start taking 81 00:06:18.480 --> 00:06:25.519 questions on letting speak, letting speak, things would have been much better. 82 00:06:25.839 --> 00:06:29.120 What has happened is that you have removed a number one, a five time 83 00:06:29.199 --> 00:06:33.160 winning captain, and then it seems that you have put up a barrier like 84 00:06:33.240 --> 00:06:38.759 a like a film in front of you where where where you can't see who 85 00:06:38.759 --> 00:06:43.560 the real coach is, who the real captain is? What's the process behind 86 00:06:43.600 --> 00:06:49.040 the scenes? Is the team? Where is the team dinner? My director? 87 00:06:49.120 --> 00:06:55.759 Director lost ray? Is that man who let him along with made that? 88 00:06:55.959 --> 00:06:58.759 So Bartonship, is he still the team director? Or have you been 89 00:06:58.759 --> 00:07:01.480 that? I think he is, but I'm not seen him. I read 90 00:07:01.519 --> 00:07:08.439 only statement and my website. Yeah, but yeah, so you see the 91 00:07:08.480 --> 00:07:12.800 point why hard they got slammed and Yesterday was genuinely the first time when I 92 00:07:12.920 --> 00:07:16.839 thought there was a little emotion from the Mumbai Indians team where they realized that, 93 00:07:16.920 --> 00:07:20.000 yeah, things have gone bad, but we will stick to our processes. 94 00:07:20.000 --> 00:07:24.199 We won't blame our captain. We will find out what's going on. 95 00:07:24.439 --> 00:07:28.480 And you know what, they can't even blame their captain because it's not just 96 00:07:28.519 --> 00:07:31.040 the captain who has made a mistake. The entire team management, the ownership, 97 00:07:31.480 --> 00:07:35.759 the team owners, the team management, the people who take the creating 98 00:07:35.759 --> 00:07:41.120 incisions. They all are responsible for this fall because am I always are a 99 00:07:41.120 --> 00:07:45.759 slow starter, but they know how to pick and wind to pick because knew 100 00:07:45.959 --> 00:07:48.160 what to do what not to do. Last is also you know who experience 101 00:07:48.319 --> 00:07:55.279 was. He had a shocking he had a yes from MP as his main 102 00:07:55.399 --> 00:08:01.040 spinners, but still he managed with batting mark you there, he's still there, 103 00:08:01.800 --> 00:08:05.800 but she's nowhere in the team. Was the superstar last time, brilliant. 104 00:08:05.000 --> 00:08:09.639 No scene for Nao this time. So this is a collective failure. 105 00:08:09.639 --> 00:08:13.519 It's not just Hardwig's failure. And yesterday it peaked in the middle, like 106 00:08:13.759 --> 00:08:18.319 just getting into the final overs of the game, where am I dug out 107 00:08:18.319 --> 00:08:22.319 wanted to take a time out. The batters either did not see it or 108 00:08:22.360 --> 00:08:26.120 did not want to take a time out. Hardig Panda gets dismissed after a 109 00:08:26.199 --> 00:08:31.000 horrible knock, very short knock, but a tiresome knock. And then when 110 00:08:31.240 --> 00:08:35.320 Pollard, Boucher and Team David have come in, they're having a discussion with 111 00:08:35.919 --> 00:08:41.720 h and the David, the other batter, Hardig sticks around. He's just 112 00:08:41.759 --> 00:08:46.200 standing there looking gazing at the other people. What are you contributing? Or 113 00:08:46.320 --> 00:08:52.919 just gotten out yesterday? And that Bill it was the first time that Roy 114 00:08:52.000 --> 00:08:56.399 and Hardig were batting together after Harvey became captain. I did not see any 115 00:08:56.440 --> 00:09:01.759 counties between those two. There's no communication at all. Rose slowed down, 116 00:09:01.200 --> 00:09:03.759 he was not able to hit. I think he scored seventeen or seventeen in 117 00:09:03.759 --> 00:09:07.120 the last five six hours. Yeah, very bad, very bad, very 118 00:09:07.120 --> 00:09:09.960 bad. Hard Theik played a very very poor knock. And you know what 119 00:09:11.039 --> 00:09:13.200 I have seen of Hardig. You know why Hardick should be blamed. Why 120 00:09:13.240 --> 00:09:18.519 Hardig is rightly being blamed when in that game agains SRG. If you guys 121 00:09:18.519 --> 00:09:20.840 remember am I were on track of that chase. Oh yeah, there's some 122 00:09:20.879 --> 00:09:26.200 horrible twenty four or twenty Hardik actually derailed them. He's a captain, he 123 00:09:26.240 --> 00:09:30.320 should be the man who should be doing something good. But he's not doing 124 00:09:30.320 --> 00:09:31.919 good and then you lose a game. Okay, finally lost the game. 125 00:09:31.960 --> 00:09:35.960 It happens. That is not a problem. What do you say in the 126 00:09:37.159 --> 00:09:41.600 postmatch comments they have a man who rides them how to bowl? They use 127 00:09:41.679 --> 00:09:43.919 the boundary. Well, oh, come on, it's your home ground. 128 00:09:45.240 --> 00:09:48.200 You are the captain a man who was a five time champion. I played 129 00:09:48.240 --> 00:09:52.679 champion. This was the same AMAZONI who was leading in three four finals. 130 00:09:52.720 --> 00:09:54.799 But on those finals. Yes, what is wrong with you now? You 131 00:09:54.840 --> 00:09:58.600 don't know to use you know? That brings me to this question. So 132 00:09:58.360 --> 00:10:03.200 kisuk. We always spoke speak about recent form and all that. When Sancho 133 00:10:03.200 --> 00:10:05.840 Sampson is involved in the okay, what has he done in the last ten 134 00:10:05.879 --> 00:10:11.399 matches? When Richa Pant is being discussed, what has he done in the 135 00:10:11.480 --> 00:10:15.279 T twenty ODI formats? Whether we are mixing formats. But when talking about 136 00:10:15.320 --> 00:10:16.960 Hardik Party, I know he is a permanent fixture of the TNAT World Cup 137 00:10:16.960 --> 00:10:22.200 squad. Looking at his form, especially his bowling form, does he deserve 138 00:10:22.240 --> 00:10:26.440 a spot in the T twenty World Cup In terms of If you're asking inform 139 00:10:26.519 --> 00:10:30.159 recency bias, then even with whatever he has done, what has he does 140 00:10:30.200 --> 00:10:35.120 in as a humble watcher of the game, I'm asking you, is he 141 00:10:35.159 --> 00:10:37.080 a Verard Collie or a road Sharma? No one, and you know what 142 00:10:37.240 --> 00:10:41.960 is nobody? My biggest concern is a lot of cricket. Simon dul and 143 00:10:41.080 --> 00:10:45.000 Lice have pointed out that Hardwick does not look on hundred percent fit when he's 144 00:10:45.000 --> 00:10:48.480 bowling. Yeah, somebody from the team management. I don't care what am 145 00:10:48.480 --> 00:10:52.480 I doing. I'm more worried about in dingraded. Somebody from Indianty management should 146 00:10:52.559 --> 00:10:56.519 talk to him. Marussia is there, whoever wants to go and talk to 147 00:10:56.600 --> 00:11:00.799 him, says his fitness properly, because this one does not go to n 148 00:11:01.120 --> 00:11:05.320 and he trains on his own. He does everything on his own. Please 149 00:11:05.759 --> 00:11:09.480 properly go and talk to him. Because every time he's going to going and 150 00:11:09.519 --> 00:11:13.320 coming back from he's playing thing for matches getting injured. Even the World Cup 151 00:11:13.720 --> 00:11:16.679 World Cup he got enjoyed midway couldn't play because of that. There was a 152 00:11:16.759 --> 00:11:22.639 lot of combination issues. If if Hardy gets injured, as you're saying, 153 00:11:22.799 --> 00:11:26.120 like if Umba, I do want to rest him because he's obviously a key 154 00:11:26.120 --> 00:11:30.720 fixture in the Indian team going into the T twenty World Cup. Do they 155 00:11:30.759 --> 00:11:33.320 have a designated vice captain? I don't think so. I don't think so. 156 00:11:33.480 --> 00:11:41.080 Then I don't take from like for like replacement. Yes, that is 157 00:11:41.159 --> 00:11:46.200 my question. Is he a permanent fixture in the T twenty World Cup squad? 158 00:11:46.759 --> 00:11:50.120 Not for me, I'm not a got firm. I'll what his witness. 159 00:11:52.240 --> 00:11:54.799 He is not one hundred person fit and more than physical fit, is 160 00:11:54.840 --> 00:11:58.799 not mentally fit. Right now, I'm not coasting his mental balance. But 161 00:11:58.879 --> 00:12:01.840 whatever is going through all the booze and everything that is happening, Peterson was 162 00:12:01.919 --> 00:12:05.759 right when he said that as a human being, you have emotions, you 163 00:12:05.799 --> 00:12:09.840 will get affected, and he's not acknowledging that in public. He's smiling, 164 00:12:09.879 --> 00:12:11.840 Oh, everything is fine. Oh come on, please heard the panda for 165 00:12:11.879 --> 00:12:16.039 once. Be real, except that you are going through a bad phase, 166 00:12:16.759 --> 00:12:20.879 loving bored. You know what? For that, Pollard said a very important 167 00:12:20.879 --> 00:12:24.600 thing yesterday. Pollard said that I think this is the time, and he 168 00:12:24.639 --> 00:12:28.360 also brings the right back the same thing that these people are going to be 169 00:12:28.440 --> 00:12:31.080 playing a T twenty World Cup in the next six weeks. So this is 170 00:12:31.120 --> 00:12:35.080 the time that we put a hand around their shoulders and try to lift them 171 00:12:35.200 --> 00:12:41.159 up because at the end, if this hate against Panda continues or whatever whatever 172 00:12:41.240 --> 00:12:45.600 what you were saying that his mental health is affected, I think Mumbai, 173 00:12:45.559 --> 00:12:48.399 I just want to shelter it, at shelter him at this time. And 174 00:12:48.440 --> 00:12:52.559 Paulard did mention that Pandia is one of the greatest all round us to have 175 00:12:52.639 --> 00:12:56.799 ever played for India, which I agree to. And for me, he's 176 00:12:56.799 --> 00:13:01.639 definitely a fixed in the tent. This does not work for me, simple 177 00:13:01.879 --> 00:13:05.200 because am I are not shielding him. They have exposed him. They are 178 00:13:05.200 --> 00:13:07.000 shielding their own selves at the start of the season, the owners, they 179 00:13:07.000 --> 00:13:11.120 have shielded themselves. They put Hardy to face everything. Hardig is the one 180 00:13:11.120 --> 00:13:16.039 who's facing everything in public. There going back and you wanted the captain cy, 181 00:13:16.559 --> 00:13:24.559 okay what someone if you are getting do you not ask you want to 182 00:13:24.559 --> 00:13:26.240 tea I am the captain. I am staying it comes in from some other 183 00:13:26.279 --> 00:13:30.559 other team. He says, Actually, I know your captain has helped even 184 00:13:30.559 --> 00:13:33.120 fact, that is what I want to become captain. So desion that with 185 00:13:33.200 --> 00:13:37.039 you. You know what, Actually I was talking to my father in law 186 00:13:37.080 --> 00:13:41.960 today morning, and we were talking about the same thing. This thing. 187 00:13:41.279 --> 00:13:46.559 So he he told me, this is this is where a person with loyalty 188 00:13:46.600 --> 00:13:50.320 matters. He's he saying. He talked about me only that if you get 189 00:13:50.360 --> 00:13:54.519 a better offer from some somewhere else, the first responsibility that you should have 190 00:13:54.840 --> 00:13:58.279 is that you have to go to your manager and you have to be honest 191 00:13:58.279 --> 00:14:01.000 with him that listen, I have got this offer. Yeah, maybe you 192 00:14:01.039 --> 00:14:03.320 cannot match my salary, but you know what, I love working with you 193 00:14:03.360 --> 00:14:07.840 guys, and even if you give me some of that, I am willing 194 00:14:07.879 --> 00:14:11.799 to stay with you on live television, on live radio. Can you guys 195 00:14:11.799 --> 00:14:16.559 put down? Is that how we look at this? But maybe it's a 196 00:14:18.000 --> 00:14:20.919 it's a message to you about loyalty. It is it is that is what 197 00:14:20.000 --> 00:14:24.000 I'm your father in law. That is what I was saying. So maybe 198 00:14:24.000 --> 00:14:28.759 he wants you to be what are you guys saying? Man, this is 199 00:14:28.759 --> 00:14:35.679 going to be going live on the website. Hell my, My simple thing 200 00:14:35.759 --> 00:14:39.440 is very it has to be very very clear. A lot of captains are 201 00:14:39.480 --> 00:14:45.200 feeling in this has not been able to find his playing eleven Schumann gil on 202 00:14:45.200 --> 00:14:46.600 some games. He has been off and on. Okay, and as you 203 00:14:46.639 --> 00:14:50.679 are now going on losing it and they've lost two matches, the captains have 204 00:14:50.720 --> 00:14:54.360 come out and accepted that they are feeling the pressure, the burnt. Why 205 00:14:54.480 --> 00:14:56.960 can't the one day to do it because he has won an IPL No one, 206 00:14:58.360 --> 00:15:01.120 None of these guys who you mentioned one. This is not how it 207 00:15:01.200 --> 00:15:07.840 works. The greatest captains ever to Grace Cricket, when his team loses, 208 00:15:07.919 --> 00:15:09.720 he comes and accepts the blame. He says, things are not working out. 209 00:15:09.759 --> 00:15:13.919 We are trying. This man is just don't ask him about his retirement. 210 00:15:13.840 --> 00:15:18.840 You want him to retire. You want him to retire maybe, yes, 211 00:15:20.399 --> 00:15:24.480 time to okay, so he's not a let us clear that. Yeah. 212 00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:28.759 Yeah, but like you said, emotions, You want the real emotions 213 00:15:28.759 --> 00:15:33.559 out there right, be the real person. Because fans have no tickets, 214 00:15:33.639 --> 00:15:37.360 fans have gt We like that about. Yes, he approached his game, 215 00:15:37.440 --> 00:15:41.679 that is what I'm saying. Yes, fans are invested in the game. 216 00:15:41.720 --> 00:15:46.639 The mind tickets not to see your pr bullshit. They have spent time. 217 00:15:46.679 --> 00:15:50.519 They have come with their families to see their team. Traffic in which city 218 00:15:50.559 --> 00:15:58.000 they are? I remember that somebody was speaking when Schumann gil fought with kind 219 00:15:58.000 --> 00:16:03.799 of had a tussle with them by over that white you know from one of 220 00:16:03.799 --> 00:16:06.919 those commentators I don't remember the name said it. I'll tell it on you 221 00:16:07.440 --> 00:16:11.240 that it did not look nice because he might get fine. But this is 222 00:16:11.240 --> 00:16:14.559 what being a captain should be. You're leading a team. The passion should 223 00:16:14.559 --> 00:16:17.480 be there as simple as you walk out in the middle of the y and 224 00:16:17.559 --> 00:16:25.720 ask passion. Yeah. Yeah, obviously playing the game against and he asked 225 00:16:25.720 --> 00:16:29.080 for and he gets to know. Of course this is passion, so hard 226 00:16:29.200 --> 00:16:33.039 start doing that, start dictating terms to be you know, to come back 227 00:16:33.039 --> 00:16:38.600 to the point like I particularly don't see him in the T twenty World Cup 228 00:16:38.600 --> 00:16:42.440 squad if he continues playing like this, yes, yes, because you should 229 00:16:42.440 --> 00:16:47.799 be there ahead of any But he's playing, but he's bowling. See, 230 00:16:47.879 --> 00:16:49.440 the only aspect was his bowling. But if he's like sort of mention, 231 00:16:49.519 --> 00:16:55.600 if he's not fit, if he's probably pushing himself when he's carrying a nigol 232 00:16:55.639 --> 00:16:57.360 or something like that, we don't know, but if it from from the 233 00:16:57.360 --> 00:17:00.120 outside, it looks like that because you want that. You know, it 234 00:17:00.279 --> 00:17:03.079 is odd that Hardik Panta does this, you know, because Mumba is possibly 235 00:17:03.119 --> 00:17:07.359 the best place where he can execute the roles that he executes in the Indian 236 00:17:07.359 --> 00:17:10.599 team. You have coats, are you have boom they can care take take 237 00:17:10.640 --> 00:17:12.519 care of power playing death. There you do your middle over thing. But 238 00:17:12.680 --> 00:17:18.680 no, you know why I agree with Sulasshi hard Panda because Harley Panda has 239 00:17:18.720 --> 00:17:22.000 been very very I mean I will not use that word, but I will 240 00:17:22.000 --> 00:17:27.039 say he has not look natural media away and most importantly, his do not 241 00:17:27.160 --> 00:17:30.000 make any sense. On some games he bowls the first over. In some 242 00:17:30.079 --> 00:17:33.680 games he does not bowl some games. Is the last war? What are 243 00:17:33.680 --> 00:17:37.680 you trying to rule? At least know your role floater in the bowling line 244 00:17:37.759 --> 00:17:41.720 up? Yep, definitely, you know coming back. So we have got 245 00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:45.000 comments that we aren't discussing a lot of teams that deserve to be discussed, 246 00:17:45.039 --> 00:17:49.279 right, Yes, yeah, So you know a lot of people wrote off 247 00:17:49.400 --> 00:17:55.000 r R after that one defeat Rajasthan Royals right when they slipped, and but 248 00:17:55.039 --> 00:18:00.480 they now have bounced back with another win that game. Yes, some managed 249 00:18:00.519 --> 00:18:03.960 to win that game. So is it probably there he is this time? 250 00:18:03.480 --> 00:18:10.319 No, because my simple idea of our is they have the greatest team in 251 00:18:10.359 --> 00:18:12.519 the cyple right now. One of the best spin tacks. The first brilliant 252 00:18:12.720 --> 00:18:17.640 attack is ferocious. Their batters are inform a part from you also come infirm. 253 00:18:18.240 --> 00:18:22.680 But their team management is doing something or the other thing every other match. 254 00:18:22.039 --> 00:18:26.119 I don't know what they're up to. Why are you? How does 255 00:18:26.519 --> 00:18:33.279 scodion open for you a couple of big scores for trophy? So you actually 256 00:18:33.599 --> 00:18:37.519 him as a replacement of a spinner. You do not give him a single 257 00:18:37.559 --> 00:18:41.920 over and then he comes over for him for him to be in that playing 258 00:18:42.000 --> 00:18:47.400 level, you made an impact player. But then he did not blowl a 259 00:18:47.400 --> 00:18:52.200 single over and then he comes to open and he had almost overstayed his welcome 260 00:18:52.319 --> 00:18:56.759 as an opener. Okay, and if not for that the last you would 261 00:18:56.759 --> 00:18:57.799 have lost that game. Yeah. Well, I think one of the worst 262 00:18:57.880 --> 00:19:03.480 tri creits ever uh played out in the first six overs. Batter was battered 263 00:19:03.519 --> 00:19:07.440 more than twenty twenty or something like that. You know, after after the 264 00:19:07.680 --> 00:19:11.839 toss was happening. I was on my way back home that day Robin Cinema. 265 00:19:11.839 --> 00:19:17.680 He was explaining AND's ability, how he can how people who are aspiring 266 00:19:17.720 --> 00:19:21.039 off spinners can look to take the place of rsh Win because R is not 267 00:19:21.079 --> 00:19:22.400 going to continue forever. So he was thinking. I was like, okay, 268 00:19:22.400 --> 00:19:26.920 excited to watch what he does, and then he doesn't get over Yeah, 269 00:19:26.960 --> 00:19:32.240 and then he comes to open the exactly. So Samson has given Kotia 270 00:19:32.240 --> 00:19:34.880 and the Stewart benea treatment that Tony gave and you know AAR have always come 271 00:19:34.920 --> 00:19:38.079 up with these things and they failed to win a title. Rushman has opened 272 00:19:38.079 --> 00:19:41.799 for them in the past, has opened for them in the past. George 273 00:19:41.839 --> 00:19:45.319 Butler is opening for them decisions. Yeah, so that form. You know, 274 00:19:45.680 --> 00:19:49.759 AR has a great team. Yeah, a very national captain, a 275 00:19:49.839 --> 00:19:53.480 cool and calm captain who is doing his job as a battle He's not very 276 00:19:53.519 --> 00:19:59.359 good behind the wickets. Are pointing fingers at Kmar for these misadventures. Yes, 277 00:19:59.400 --> 00:20:02.119 why not? I mean you are the actor cricket. You are the 278 00:20:02.160 --> 00:20:06.119 man who responsible for the cricketing decisions up with Sandue Sampson. So what is 279 00:20:06.160 --> 00:20:11.000 your and that explanation of Sandy Sampson ashen the pseudo captain of that team. 280 00:20:11.039 --> 00:20:14.480 Sure, because the way the way they are trying and testing things, it 281 00:20:14.519 --> 00:20:18.480 looks like somebody is doing some other explain to make it look very very like 282 00:20:19.160 --> 00:20:22.720 our podcast. But you know what, Kotian was the worst player that they 283 00:20:22.720 --> 00:20:26.000 could have filled in the opening person. I've seen him in Raji. He 284 00:20:26.119 --> 00:20:30.240 is not good enough to score rapidly those runs, but he's good enough that 285 00:20:30.279 --> 00:20:34.240 he doesn't get out. He's there, he's there, exactly. You have 286 00:20:34.279 --> 00:20:38.039 a tall batting lineup because of players like this. He let him send him 287 00:20:38.039 --> 00:20:45.119 to back someone like that, to anchor similar players at the top twenty four 288 00:20:45.160 --> 00:20:52.440 of that. This is how fans Yeah, yeah, but do you really 289 00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:56.759 think both of you are asking what are the chances of our winning this winning 290 00:20:56.759 --> 00:21:02.039 the season? I don't know about winning, but I'll definitely keep them at 291 00:21:02.119 --> 00:21:04.440 number four or number five. It's not about It's not about winning and losing 292 00:21:04.440 --> 00:21:11.680 for me. Now. They're exciting whatever they do. If thee yes, 293 00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:12.519 But I do I like you if you if you ask, you know what 294 00:21:12.640 --> 00:21:17.240 punains have done in past six days. Let us give some context to our 295 00:21:17.480 --> 00:21:22.319 viewers listeners. So before the I Will starts, there is a captain's meet 296 00:21:22.640 --> 00:21:26.480 which happens with trophy. Okay, the one is not fit, I think, 297 00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:30.640 so they send in I Will put the tweet nine captains when one wise 298 00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:34.720 captain. We realize that this is the new captain and is a vice captain 299 00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:38.039 of Pains. Fine, what a great news for because he had done very 300 00:21:38.039 --> 00:21:42.160 well for the team. So finally are doing something out of the box. 301 00:21:42.400 --> 00:21:47.119 They are actually helping and awarding a player who has done well for them. 302 00:21:47.160 --> 00:21:49.440 Yeah, finally they are doing this. Then comes a point where she is 303 00:21:49.440 --> 00:21:53.480 injured. Who works out? Hootos Sam Kurran? Okay, he's there. 304 00:21:55.400 --> 00:21:57.559 We all are baffled. Why is the vice captain not leading the tide? 305 00:21:57.960 --> 00:22:04.279 Then they lose the match in the last four and then comes who is what 306 00:22:04.599 --> 00:22:11.880 is his position and whatever? He is the main man? There he comes 307 00:22:11.920 --> 00:22:15.880 and he's asked the same question. Why did not captain? Who is? 308 00:22:17.960 --> 00:22:19.680 You know? Sam Karran was not here, so we had to send someone. 309 00:22:19.680 --> 00:22:22.759 So we sent him. We never named him wise captain, un serious 310 00:22:22.759 --> 00:22:26.920 franchise, What is wrong with you? Then second thing, they have got 311 00:22:26.960 --> 00:22:33.960 two very good Indian uncat players as as so ASTs. He has proved that 312 00:22:33.000 --> 00:22:37.519 he reserved to be playing level, not as an impact player. But what 313 00:22:37.599 --> 00:22:41.039 happens is he's again as an He comes as an impact in one of the 314 00:22:41.039 --> 00:22:44.000 games, he didn't get an opportunity to bat, yes, and he wouldn't 315 00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:47.200 have gotten in that game. Also because bangor clarified this later on. He 316 00:22:47.279 --> 00:22:51.200 said that I don't remember the exact reason, but he said that the plan 317 00:22:51.400 --> 00:22:55.680 was not for As to come in because failed, he had to come in 318 00:22:55.720 --> 00:22:57.279 at that point. The plan to the one, I think or some other 319 00:22:57.319 --> 00:23:02.039 spirit, which is very odda this guy is him and Shank are the only 320 00:23:02.039 --> 00:23:04.680 scorers in your lineup, and you want to bench one of those. It's 321 00:23:04.680 --> 00:23:11.759 a weird man. You know what LG. What has happened to Leggy? 322 00:23:11.359 --> 00:23:15.759 Back to back defeats lost to the Capitals. So I don't have a lot 323 00:23:15.799 --> 00:23:18.759 of confidence in their batting order. That's the problem. Why hasn't been in 324 00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:23.440 the great struggle? So when your OS opener is failing, they have Kyle 325 00:23:23.480 --> 00:23:27.640 Mayers. Maybe they can try to switch it up. Last season are not 326 00:23:27.680 --> 00:23:32.599 doing great, but they contribute to the propos with him. This isn't is 327 00:23:32.640 --> 00:23:34.559 not doing great, but they are I think what you essentially have to tell 328 00:23:34.680 --> 00:23:41.480 because okay, and they are struggling to find a number three they worked hasn't 329 00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:45.519 done well in the two opportunities of three opportunity? What what baffled me in 330 00:23:45.559 --> 00:23:53.799 that KKR game? What is that batter's name that was brilliant at number six, 331 00:23:53.960 --> 00:24:00.319 number seven, and then you suddenly promote him. Why when so this 332 00:24:00.359 --> 00:24:03.160 is batting. You already don't have a proper number three. Have you had 333 00:24:03.200 --> 00:24:07.319 batters like particle and hoho? I feel you're not giving market who was good 334 00:24:07.440 --> 00:24:11.079 for you last year, not giving him any chance. Fine, then you 335 00:24:11.079 --> 00:24:12.799 should have a proper battery number four who is in form. And they have 336 00:24:12.920 --> 00:24:18.559 kind of also underutilized cronal Pandia, the bowler, the all rounder, and 337 00:24:18.640 --> 00:24:21.680 after maying CAD's injury, they have looked like, okay, he has gone. 338 00:24:21.799 --> 00:24:23.759 Now there is no one else to step up. That shouldn't be the 339 00:24:23.759 --> 00:24:27.119 In one game they have yes, yes, five at all and then again 340 00:24:27.160 --> 00:24:30.039 they have fallen off the clib yes. So I think what's happened with lerg 341 00:24:30.160 --> 00:24:34.960 batting order especial is that since kal Raho has changed his role for an anchor 342 00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:41.000 to an aggressor in the power play, the problem now, yeah, because 343 00:24:41.279 --> 00:24:44.480 because the last three matches I think he scored at a very high strike rate, 344 00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:47.559 and yesterday also he was doing the same, but he got out. 345 00:24:47.640 --> 00:24:49.759 Now that he's getting out and Quentin's not doing well, they have a major 346 00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:55.680 problem there. And you mentioned that number three and number lost who were calling 347 00:24:55.680 --> 00:25:00.480 out selfish and slow. He has tried to correct that. He has tried 348 00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:02.839 to correct that, which is a good good thing for him, because you 349 00:25:02.920 --> 00:25:04.240 go back to that face or not? What are you saying? No? 350 00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:07.799 No, I I don't think he should go back at all. Maybe somebody 351 00:25:07.839 --> 00:25:11.079 should come and tell q DK that listens. Slow down, you take the 352 00:25:11.119 --> 00:25:17.400 innings through and see what happens. Not a bad call. What about this 353 00:25:17.440 --> 00:25:19.720 when we were talking about Rajasthan Chill, should he go there to the World 354 00:25:19.720 --> 00:25:25.279 Cup or not? I think Chill has been doing whatever he should be doing 355 00:25:25.880 --> 00:25:30.240 to make a case for T in the World Cup and he and Klip will 356 00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:33.960 make a terrific bowling door spinbol too spinners. Why not you you can have 357 00:25:34.119 --> 00:25:37.559 or the squad in the squad you mean, yeah, he should lease in 358 00:25:37.640 --> 00:25:41.799 the squad. Squad He should have chall because he has been keepicking of wickets, 359 00:25:41.160 --> 00:25:45.119 especially in the situations where his team meets wickets. He comes and delivers 360 00:25:45.119 --> 00:25:49.200 a wicket and seventeenth to eighteenth over fifteen to eight or you call him up, 361 00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:52.559 he comes, he gives you a wicket. It will essentially be then 362 00:25:52.599 --> 00:25:57.079 the brave call of dropping Ja and they will not drop, so they'll evidently 363 00:25:57.160 --> 00:26:00.880 drop Boxer, which will be a horrible call. That that that is, 364 00:26:02.119 --> 00:26:06.359 That's that's somems up why we can't win any tournament. So shoot, should 365 00:26:06.400 --> 00:26:11.519 we actually have like low hopes from four? What do you say? It 366 00:26:11.559 --> 00:26:14.559 depends on how the selectors picked the squad. I think to be brave, 367 00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:18.240 they have to be brave with a couple of calls because because if you ask 368 00:26:18.359 --> 00:26:22.839 me, you can't leave out two people. Now, So Pandia and Jada 369 00:26:22.920 --> 00:26:26.839 is essentially what your brave calls are. Dob and Hell in place of Pandia 370 00:26:26.839 --> 00:26:30.640 Anda, No, not in place? Maybe pick them in the fifteen if 371 00:26:30.680 --> 00:26:33.680 you have that more many people do you want? Man? That's why I 372 00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:38.000 kept pushing for Koli and royth open, but you guys didn't agree. Last 373 00:26:38.960 --> 00:26:44.960 saw what happened. One guy scores the other guys cos two hundred you get 374 00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:48.079 two hundred and twenty hours for that unit twenty three hours, twenty hours. 375 00:26:49.200 --> 00:26:52.480 By the way, this big Pandia question that we took whether he has to 376 00:26:52.559 --> 00:26:57.519 go was from a lovely feedback from a certain sus Thanks for sending in the 377 00:26:57.559 --> 00:27:02.319 feedback, and you guys also got a lot of comments some stick and some 378 00:27:02.359 --> 00:27:06.119 good comment for your last week's episode. Yeah think, so can you do 379 00:27:06.160 --> 00:27:08.680 you guys want to will? Yeah? I think I think last week's comments 380 00:27:08.720 --> 00:27:15.000 are quite fun. Yeah. So this is ahmit Kai who's essentially Samit guy 381 00:27:15.119 --> 00:27:18.000 or what is his full name with guy? Oh? Sorry, amitav nine 382 00:27:18.119 --> 00:27:25.279 s one, who summed up rcb's entire sixteen Wars years in just like a 383 00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:29.240 couple of sentences. RCB is one of the worst managed teams of IPL, 384 00:27:29.680 --> 00:27:33.680 relying solely on Wirad Kohli to monetize their brand value. They are least bothered 385 00:27:33.960 --> 00:27:38.160 about winning the trophy. They should be happy that fans have not deserted them 386 00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:42.279 yet. Yeah this so I agree with. I feel for fans whenever I 387 00:27:42.319 --> 00:27:47.839 see a sc batting, bowling or fieling whatever you do. And RCM two 388 00:27:47.920 --> 00:27:51.759 nine one actually asked the rajasthan Royles question, So yeah, thanks man, 389 00:27:51.839 --> 00:27:55.279 I mean it was a great question. I think hopefully we have addressed that. 390 00:27:56.039 --> 00:28:00.119 And yeah, a lot of people saying RCB are a banter team and 391 00:28:00.160 --> 00:28:03.920 a content team. Content team if prod is better content than most franchises. 392 00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:10.039 Yea of the field are very good of the problems on the field. What 393 00:28:10.039 --> 00:28:14.200 do you guys think before we, you know, shut down. We can 394 00:28:14.960 --> 00:28:17.599 stage a comeback. They have done it in the past. It's not like 395 00:28:17.599 --> 00:28:22.359 they haven't done it in the past. I have huge doubts on on this, 396 00:28:22.359 --> 00:28:29.079 this whole idea of RCV making a comeback. Okay, see for that 397 00:28:29.720 --> 00:28:33.880 your team agein't has to make take strict decisions, good decisions, cricketing decisions, 398 00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:40.359 and in the current situation, they didn't look like making those us. 399 00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:41.680 Yes, they can make come back. Any team can make a comeback. 400 00:28:42.119 --> 00:28:48.880 But for that come back, your team selections have to be apt. You 401 00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:52.200 can't drop a cam Green and Mumbai Maxwell can't be playing every game is flopping? 402 00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:55.920 Yeah, okay, if you have a Jax, he should be opening 403 00:28:55.960 --> 00:29:00.000 for me. Perfect should be playing every game if you want him to be 404 00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:03.799 that in player. If the is the best batter, then you should get 405 00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:07.000 more balls and they should also get an opportunity to have a mini option in 406 00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:11.519 the middle of the series. So that has been your best ball and you 407 00:29:11.559 --> 00:29:15.160 can't drop him suddenly of course, So these are every game they make such 408 00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:18.119 baffroom decisions. How do they make come back? How will they make come 409 00:29:18.119 --> 00:29:22.160 back? If Glenn Maxwell leaves before the World Cup, then RCB are in 410 00:29:22.200 --> 00:29:26.319 a little bit of trouble. I think RCB are definitely capable of spring surprises, 411 00:29:26.319 --> 00:29:30.359 you know, like one random game they'll hit two hundred and forty runs. 412 00:29:30.640 --> 00:29:33.759 Get away on the streak. Because now the problem is it's not just 413 00:29:33.799 --> 00:29:37.759 one game. You have to be consistent in the next ten matches, twelve 414 00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:41.279 matches, and that is where I see the problem. One game they will 415 00:29:41.279 --> 00:29:44.640 win and then again they will lose two matches. And I think we all 416 00:29:44.680 --> 00:29:48.680 three of us have maintained that Paja Kings and RCB look the worst team since 417 00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:52.480 the auction, and DC also, But I think we have maintained what I 418 00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:56.160 am see. At least DC are strapped. They couldn't get their combination right 419 00:29:56.440 --> 00:30:00.279 in the first few matches, and now they're slowly warming up. I still 420 00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:03.119 wouldn't know the combinations right. I think the injury to cool Deep and Mooki 421 00:30:03.359 --> 00:30:07.599 hurt them very badly in the three games that they did not Jake Fraser mcgug 422 00:30:07.799 --> 00:30:11.880 you've got him now, maybe you could have got him one or two matches 423 00:30:11.880 --> 00:30:15.599 earlier. Definitely, what a beautiful replacement if you know that he's such so 424 00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:19.000 highly rated, then why delay him? And Ricky Ponting, you know, 425 00:30:19.079 --> 00:30:23.039 man of all people facing was a first person who came out and said after 426 00:30:23.079 --> 00:30:26.880 that, I'm sure that he would have played a major role in getting him. 427 00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:30.960 Yeah, Ricky pont came out said, Jake Idle want a replacement all 428 00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:33.440 FORMID player as an opener. So if he knew that six months ago, 429 00:30:33.519 --> 00:30:38.079 why not play him full gay one? Yeah, and with mcgog like, 430 00:30:38.119 --> 00:30:41.559 he's a hacker, right, let's like in village terms, he's just a 431 00:30:41.599 --> 00:30:45.279 hacker. Make the best use of him till people figure him out and then 432 00:30:45.319 --> 00:30:51.319 bombard him with bouncers or whatever. Just get him through the season, you 433 00:30:51.319 --> 00:30:52.279 know, King. So before we wrap up, I just want to make 434 00:30:52.319 --> 00:30:56.079 a suggestion to you. You know, we we kind of reviewed the comments 435 00:30:56.079 --> 00:31:00.240 that came to us, so many increasious people sending us comments, and we 436 00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:03.039 thought we'll cover every team, maybe try and touch every team. Today. 437 00:31:03.319 --> 00:31:10.960 You go create a fake ID, say please discuss sun rises because doing it, 438 00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:19.240 man, somebody keeps deleting those comments comments next day listen, joke I 439 00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:29.440 suppose because Twitter fake id's and all that. Yeah, please don't make for 440 00:31:29.519 --> 00:31:33.440 another day. But thanks for tuning in. You can send me your feedback 441 00:31:33.440 --> 00:31:36.680 on eight five double eight nine, double six, double nine six. You 442 00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:40.319 could also email on pods at individay dot com and if you were listening to 443 00:31:40.359 --> 00:31:42.599 this on Google podcast, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify, please do rate us 444 00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:45.039 and, like we always say, if you watch us on YouTube, please 445 00:31:45.119 --> 00:31:48.160 leave your comments. Thank you. Have a great week.