by The PCCI Podcast
This is the official pod for all cricket tragics. From the trauma of the 90s to the heights of the Noughties, if you are a cricket fan, this is the pod for you. Also, if you love the niche and the obscure discussions around cricket (color of TV graphics in the 90s, broadcast theme music), this is also the pod for you. This is as much the pod for a Noel David fan as it is for an ABD fan!
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April 2, 2025
<p>Sarthak is a writer and music composer. He writes a Substack called Lines on The Grass, and you can find some of his other written work at IndianExpress and EuroSport. He uploads his music on Instagram and YouTube, but only when his morning coffee hits the right spot.</p><p><br></p><p>Read <a href="https://linesonthegrass.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Lines on the Grass </a></p><p>Listen to Sarthak's music <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@SarthakDev" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">here</a> & you can follow him on <a href="https://x.com/devellix" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Twitter</a> as well.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, we have both the Adityas, Raj & MV.</p><p><br></p><p>We discuss -</p><p><br></p><p>- The Hero Worshipping of Dhoni, Kohli & Rohit</p><p>- Twitter Fanwars as an extension of how Cricket is packaged</p><p>- Inceldom and the violent nature of Cricket discourse</p><p>- The Loss of Tenderness in sport</p><p>- No room for the stories of 7/10 cricketers (The Hanuma Viharis & Mayank Agarwals)</p><p>- Sexualisation of Women in & associated with Sport with Cameramen & how society reacts to 5 second clips of Women in stadia</p><p>- Lack of Narrative & History in Cricket Commentary</p><p>- BCCI's lack of interest in Women's Cricket </p><p><br></p>
March 26, 2025
<p>Today, we have with us Sharda Ugra, a sports journalist for over 30 years who now writes what she wants, when she wants and where she wants. You can read her work in the Hindustan Times and her coverage of the BCCI in The Wire and The Caravan, amongst other publications.</p><p>Along with Sharda, we have Swaroop who has been with The New Indian Express for over a decade and a Red Ink Award winner. He has covered multiple Hockey World cups, Asian Games, Cricket World Cups and, very recently covered the World Chess Championships. </p><p><br /></p><p>Richa, Aditya & MV join them to discuss - </p><p>- BCCI Central Contracts for Women , CA's plan for women's cricket and grassroots investment</p><p>- Why are Ranji Cricketers are paid so little, and why does the BCCI want Int'l cricketers to prioritise domestic over IPL</p><p>- Saudi Money & Golf - How will they move forward with Cricket</p><p>- IPL salaries vs the World's best leagues (Swaroop's piece is linked <a href="https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/cricket/2024/Sep/13/ipl-players-highly-underpaid" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">here</a>)</p><p>- Indian Cricketers Association - The Late Anshuman Gaekwad and current President V Chamundeswarnath, a sexual harassment accused and also an IPL Governing Council Member.</p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Recommendations</strong></p><p><strong>Sharda</strong><strong> </strong></p><ol><li>Temples, Tombs, & Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt by Barbara Mertz </li><li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/5Zn8ObMyLJKua7xC4vCCI5?si=4285ff105ab44000" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Acquired Podcast</a> on IPL (It's only 4.5 hours long)</li><li>Sky Sports Podcast with Nasser & Athers </li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@zeteo" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Zeteo Podcast</a> founded by Mehdi Hasan</li></ol><p><br /></p><p><strong>Swaroop</strong></p><ol><li>The Business of Sport Podcast - Listen <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/1lD0eIjmkyr92VggxZmDuF" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">here</a>.</li><li>Indian Summers by Sharda Ugra & John Wright, which he used as reference material for his Master’s thesis</li></ol><p><br /></p><p><strong>Aditya</strong><strong> </strong> - The Book of Awesome by Neil Pasricha</p><p><strong>Richa</strong><strong> </strong> - Mystery novels by Tana French</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>
March 17, 2025
<p>In this episode, we have Richa and MV joined by Tarutr Malhotra from Best of Cricket.</p><p>---</p><p><a href="https://bestofcricket.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Best of Cricket</a> scours the internet for the best cricket stories and brings them to you straight to your Whatsapp. If that's not enough, they also publish original stories themselves and deepdives into the cricket media landscape and how the game is covered since they're looking at everything from a Bird's eye view and up close, daily. You should subscribe if you haven't already.</p><p>During the WPL, they covered all the games with reporters from all over the world talking about stories beyond the scorecard. You can find their WPL coverage <a href="https://bestofcricket.substack.com/t/wpl-2025" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">here</a>.</p><p>--</p><p>On to the episode -</p><p><br /></p><p>- MI are WPL 2025 Champions!</p><p>- We start with the final. What went right for MI & what went wrong for DC?</p><p>- Gujarat's last minute run to the playoff spot</p><p>- We’ll talk about scheduling and what should change next year- moving away from this to the home and away concept? </p><p>- Revisit the teams at the bottom of the table what went badly for them </p><p>- We discuss Retentions for each team </p><p>We finally end with Awards for the Season - </p><ol><li>Moment of the Season</li><li>Best Young Gun </li><li>Best Redemption Arc </li><li>Who won the Ashes? Did Australian players do better or English players? </li><li>1 Retention and 1 Discard for each team </li></ol><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>
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