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Vatsal Negandhi joins Dhanush in looking back at 70 fantastic matches of IPL 2024. They review team performances, talk about batter friendly pitches, impact player good or bad and many more
The playoffs race has its final contender with SRH, CSK, and RCB fighting to join KKR and RR in the top 4
IPL 2024 business end is catching up as KKR and RR fight for the top spot. SRH, CSK look strong on 3rd & 4th. But, DC & LSG have a chance to break to the top 4
The business end of IPL 2024 is set to take shape as RR is almost 100% confirmed. With MI & RCB having slim chances, it is the rest six that are fighting it out for the other 3 spots with KKR & LSG looking good, SRH & CSK stuck in a muddle, and DC, GT & PBKS requiring a few results going in their way.
IPL 2024 has reached its mid-season. Some are doing well, some are stuck, some struggling, and some are lost. The venues have been a lot better friendly and 200 has become a norm.
The mid-season of IPL 2024 is becoming spicier as teams are cutthroat competing for the top 4 spots. Some teams are balanced, some are destructive and some are riding on luck as madness creeps in.
The IPL 2024 has lived up to the grand stage for new performers such as Shashank Singh, Ashutosh Sharma, Yash Thakur made a name for themselves.
The 2024 edition of the IPL has seen some incredible batting performances. Fresh pitches have provided for a batting-heavy start. Teams look to seal their perfect 11 as the tournament amps up.
The IPL 2024 lead-up heats up. Mumbai enters the tournament with an all-star squad with an Indian batting core and a fully loaded bowling lineup. LSG has a good squad. The likes of Rahul, Pooran, De Kock, and Stoinis must adapt at their home in Lucknow in the first place. KKR has a good first 11. They need their Indian pacers to step up and aid Starc
IPL Fever is set for a mega start on 22nd March 2024. CSK with the addition of Rachin, Mitchell, and Shardul make this team a complete unit. DC is filled with young guns. Pant's comeback adds more confidence. They enter as Dark Horse. GT might have lost Hardik & Shami. Still, with the additions of Umesh Yadav, Spencer Johnson balances the team.
The Ranji trophy makes history with the 42nd title winning after 8 years. Big names Rahane, Shaw, Thakur, etc make the team worthy champions. The WPL league stage comes to an end with Delhi topping and qualifying for the finals. Mumbai & RCB to face off in the Eliminator.
The much-awaited finals of 2024 are set with Mumbai taking on Vidarbha at Wankhede Stadium. Mumbai eye in to lift their 42nd title and Vidarbha looks to lift their 3rd championship. Both teams have dominated the rest in the tournament winning the most games in the season. Who will lift in the trophy in the finals?
The first half of WPL 2024 saw balanced teams Mumbai and Delhi outperform others. UP sought out their batting issues and looks to dominate the 2nd half. RCB having issues with too many options. Gujarat once again was unable to find its core.
WPL season 2 starts with new names shining in Sajana & Sobhana. Chinnaswamy wicket helping chasing teams. Women bring out their best on the big stage. In PSL, Lahore loses 6 in a row after winning the last 2 seasons. Multan utilizes the home advantage and sits up at the top of the table. PSL is a good platform to breed new talents.
All table toppers who played their home Quarter Finals qualify for the Semis. Vidarbha beat Karnataka convincingly. TN beat Saurashtra one-sided. MP sneaks out a win against AP by holding their nerves. Mumbai bats out Baroda as no.10 & 11 score centuries. Semi-Finals are set for Saturday.
The 7th round of the Ranji trophy finalized the 8 teams to QF. Gujarat and Haryana miss out on qualification. Jharkhand veterans Saurabh Tiwari and Varun Aaron retire from FC Cricket.
The BBL 13 FINAL. is all set between the Sixers and Heat. The SA20 middle phase is dominated by bowlers. ILT20 sparkling with outstanding batting performances.
The 6th Round of Ranji Trophy 2024 was filled with big games. 6 teams won big and earned a bonus point. Big clashes like TN v KAR, and GUJ v PUN lived up to expectations. Veteran Jalej Saxena picked up a 9 fer against Bengal and Prithvi Shaw scored a brilliant century to announce his return.
Sunrise is Eastern Cape make history winning back-to-back seasons, SEC bowlers dominate. ILT20 playoffs set.
The 5th round of Ranji Trophy went extremely well with big teams winning with big margins. Karnataka & Services had close wins by 1 wicket and 1 run respectively. Business picking up in the final stages of 2024 season.
The SA20 has its final 4. Sunrisers seal the top spot to face Durban on Tuesday in 1st Qualifier, Royals to face Super Kings in the Eliminator at Joburg.
The Business is picking in the business end of SA20. Durban sealed their spot in playoffs. MI Cape Town lost their way in the playoffs race whereas MI Emirates topped the table in ILT20 at halfway mark.
The 4th round of Ranji Trophy 2024 was dominated by the batters as we saw Jagadeesan score the first triple-century of this edition. Mumbai lost to UP in a close game. Punjab and Delhi notch up their first win.
The 3rd round of Ranji Trophy 2024 was a round for the batters to dominate. Three double centuries, batting milestones, and 9 teams sealing 6+ points from this round. Dhanush Lavanya brings in the complete roundup.
India clean sweeps Afghanistan. Bishnoi, Dube, and Rinku come out looking good. SA20 becoming a probing ground to Rickleton, van Burren, etc. The Sixers head up to the final beating the Heat. ILT20 and BPL adds more flavor to franchise leagues.
T20 cricket is becoming better by the time in 2024. Team India wins a convincing series against Afghanistan. BBL top four set to face off the Playoffs. SA20 giving room to new talents in Rickleton, van Burran, etc. Presented by: Dhanush Lavanya
The exciting Ranji Trophy had a fun 2nd round with Gujarat stealing the headlines with a shock win against Karnataka by 6 runs. Mumbai continued their winning momentum. Bhuvneshwar Kumar picked up 8/41 against Bengal. Many more things happen as Dhanush Lavanya looks back at the latest episode.
SA20 starts on a big after the opening game gets washed out. Ryan Ricklton and Klaasen light up the tournament. India beat the Afghans convincingly at Mohali. Stars and Strikers fighting out for the 4th position in BBL 13 after Heat, Sixers, and Scorchers almost confirmed their spot in the top four.
The 2nd Edition of the SA20 is all set to begin on Wednesday, January 10th with Sunrisers Eastern Cape taking on Joburg Super Kings. 34 matches will take place across 6 venues. India will be hosting Afghanistan in a 3-match T20I series for the first time on Thursday, January 11th, 2024.
With 6 months of 2024 filled with T20 Cricket across the world, I'm Dhanush Lavanya bringing the stats, records, and analysis from every nook and corner of franchise cricket in the next few months.
The 2024 season of the Ranji Trophy started on 5th January across 19 venues in India. 38 teams played their first round. Mumbai, Chhattisgarh, Maharastra won with bonus points. Whereas, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, and Punjab lost their games. To give a complete roundup, here's Dhanush Lavanya bringing you the results, and the stats and the notable moments from Round 1.
With the new year starting, here's a look into all the big sporting events that are coming up this year. Myself Dhanush Lavanya bring to you all the sporting events in all the notable sports in India.
Arun Sadasivan, an avid gamer & Senior Sports practitioner joins Dhanush Lavanya in having a discussion on how E-Sports is taking shape in India. He details on the growth of this field in India he has seen in last 20 years. He gives information on how psychology and physical fitness is required for an E-Sports Gamer. And, sharing his views on how Metaverse, AI and other technology will help E-Sports become bigger in India.
Parth Pandya, the Executive of Corporate Relations at the International Institute of Sports Management joins Dhanush Lavanya to discuss how Sports Education has grown in India over the last decade. He shares his views on the difference between India and other countries in Sports Education and how IISM has given a large portion of Sports Professionals to the Sports Sector in India.
Madan Rajagopal joins Dhanush Lavanya in discussing the world of Sports Tech & its Innovations. He shares his work-life as a founder, how Ludimos is making coaching jobs better, how Ludimos helped RCB scout Avinash Singh and many more in this informative and educational conversation on Spotlight on Sports Professionals series on The Off Stump Podcast.
The Spotlight on Sports Professionals series had a good start with two good episodes on Sports Nutrition and Sports Operations. With a plethora of insightful and informative episodes coming up in August, the host of the TOS Podcast comes on air to tell the backstory which led to the start of this knowledge based podcast series.
Timeframe: 0:24 - Introduction 2:44 - Backstory leading up this initiative 18:11 - Sports Professionals are Passionate of their jobs. 21:30 - Purpose of Sports Professionals Series 25:35 - The future topics coming up in August 29:05 - Final message and request to the listeners
As the demand and growth of sports academies and businesses are growing, the requirement of a Operations Manager looking after everything is also growing. To educate and inform the listeners about the work life and duties of a Sports Operation Manager, i have Srisha Bhalle who's the Director of Operations at Shikhar Dhawan's Da.One Sports.
Shreya Adhav, the founder of SpirEat a Sports Nutrition Company joins Dhanush Lavanya in discussing the lifestyle of sports nutritionists, young athletes and late bloomers adapting to nutrition and common myths in fitness.
After an impressive debut in IPL 2022, LSG will come into their 2nd edition with a hope to repeat the rights and rectify the wrongs. Is this team made for the Lucknow pitch conditions?
After qualifying to three consecutive playoffs, RCB hopes to reach the finishing line in 2023. Being back in Bengaluru in front of the home fans. RCB hopes to make history.
A team that has backups for almost everyone. A team which looks good on paper. But, will they cover-up the death overs loop holes. Let's see what Rajasthan Royals will offer.
IPL is all set to start in 7 days, let's begin introducing ourselves to the new and upgraded franchises. We begin a side who with sheer team effort won the IPL Title in their debut season - Gujarat Titans
As IPL 2023 Auction comes close, we're going to be looking into KKR, a side that's released a lot of players, PBKS, LSG and MI looking to fill up their gaps. Vatsal and myself breakdown these 4 teams.
As IPL 2023 is set to make some noise in coming weeks. We are here on our podcast breakdown and analyse GT, RCB and DC as they played it safe in the retention process.
After a break of 3 years, KPL is back in a brand new look as KSCA is all set organise the first season of Maharaja Trophy 2022. Manish Pandey, Mayank Agarwal, Devdutt Padikkal and many other Karnataka giants will be a part of this exciting league starting on August 7th 2022.
As there's been a lot of talk and opinions being shared by cricketers and pundits about the relevance of ODIs, we discuss on the journey one day international has gone through over the last 30 years and also talk about the return of Domestic Cricket in India starting this September.
The rescheduled 5th Test between India and England has lots of topics to unpack. Myself and Srisha majorly discuss India's batting, 2nd innings bowling, Dravid as a Coach and the infamous Bazball mindset.
As team India gets ready to play T20Is in England, West Indies and Sri Lanka, I and Vatsal look into the preparation and probable players who'll make it to the top 15.
As Karnataka loses out in another knockout match, myself and Ramchandra are discussing the reason behind Karnataka's failure to reach the finals in the last 7 years.
As IPL fever is done for the year, international cricket takes centre stage as India and South Africa begin their preparation for the 2022 T20 World Cup that will start in October at Australia. Let us see how the 2 sides shape up for the 5 match series.
As the IPL extravaganza is done and dusted, its time to go back to the text book cricket as Ranji Trophy comes back after a 2 month break as we gear up for the knockouts. Listen in to our discussion as we talk about the upcoming QF matches between Karnataka vs UP and Mumbai vs Uttarakhand.
As IPL 2022 is a part of history, myself and Vatsal look back in the 65 day extravaganza and how fun was the 15th edition of IPL. Players who were impressive, good buys, batting strike rate, etc are discussed in this conversation.
After a successful closure of IPL 2022, we look into some of the fascinating things that caught our eye. First, the resurrection of Left Arm Fast Bowlers with Mohsin Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Khaleel Ahmed and others having an extremely good season. Will the resurgence of left arm fast bowlers grow in the coming years?
As the eliminator of IPL 2022 is all set to happen, debutant Lucknow will be facing the resilient RCB at a batting paradise in Eden Gardens. Listen to the Positives and Negatives of these 2 franchises coming into the playoffs.
As the top 2 teams of IPL 2022 are set to face each other in the Qualifier 1 of IPL 2022 Playoffs. Let's look back at the season they have had so far. How much did team work help them in the Tournament?... Let's find out!
The IPL 2022 has been a rollercoaster of a season. Teams that started on top have ended up at the bottom. Amongst the 10 franchises, 3 teams i.e Gujarat Titans, Punjab Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders have had different IPL campaigns. Listen in right here.
Virat Kohli has been the greatest to ever play in the last 15 years. But now, he's going through the darkest phase of his playing career. What might be the reason behind this?
Umran Malik of Sunrisers Hyderabad has been the Breakout Star with 15 wickets bowling at 150 kmph consistently. The prodigy has had an up and down. So, myself and Srisha breakdown the performance of the Express Bowler.
As all franchises have played 11-12 games, Vatsal Negandhi and myself are discussing the potential Top 4, Lucknow's domination, RCB's comeback,etc
Railways dominance, Maharashtra's resilience, Odisha's fight and many more as myself and Juili discuss the recently concluded Senior Women's T20 Championship. Have a listen.
As half of the tournament is done, I and Vatsal Negandhi discuss the ups and downs of all the 10 franchises. What went right? What went wrong? Listen in right here!
NFTs are making a mark in all the field. Sports is one industry it finding huge success. Metaverse is a fascinating world the world is just getting introduced to. Here's an educational episode ft. Chinmay Palshetkar, Product Manager of Rage Fan.
In this special edition of 'The Off Stump', we discuss the ongoing exciting 2022 Women's World Cup at New Zealand. I'm joined by former Mumbai cricketer Juili Ballal as we discuss some excellent stuffs that has happened in the tournament so far. Listen in.
As league stage comes to an end, Ram, Srisha and myself discuss on Karnataka performance and a few excellent knocks from Sarfaraz Khan and Yash Dhull. Listen in right here.
The world of cricket was shocked by the sudden passing of Shane Warne. Myself, Srisha and Ram sit down to talk about the life of the Spin King.
Virat Kohli is a huge influence to the 21st century of Sports. A sports icon, Virat will playing his 100th Test Match against Sri Lanka at Mohali on Friday, March 4th. Being admirers of the legendary batsman, myself and Ramchandra are discussing about the journey and influence of Virat Kohli on World Cricket.
As we chat about second round of Ranji Trophy 2022 from Feb 24-27, Srisha Bhalle and Ramachandra along with Dhanush talk about some match winners across the 19 matches that happened. Who were they?
As the iconic Ranji Trophy returns after 2 years of absence due to Covid-19 Pandemic, 38 teams come out to participate in this historic league with 19 matches happening across the country. Check out which player started off the season on a high.
In this short episode of the off stump, I talk about the ongoing T20 series, Home series in general and a nice announcement. Tune in!
After 2 days of thrill and excitement, IPL Auction had a lot of fun with some players becoming millionaires, overnight riches, surprise big buys and many more.
Punjab Kings have been a side with its fare share of disappointments. A side which has done blunders in the IPL Auction will come in with a big purse once again. Let's hear from our panel on they feel Punjab Kings is going to perform in the Auction.
In the 5th episode of IPL Auction Round Table, we chat about the one of the most consistent performers in IPL i.e Sunrisers Hyderabad. We talk about them backing the bowlers, shaping the side around them, Kane Williamson and more.
In the 4th episode of IPL Auction Round Table, we discuss about RCB and their history of big investments and less returns, their opportunities and chances going into IPL 2022 Auction
As we move on to talking about the champions in IPL history, we talk about the inaugural champions Rajasthan Royals. How will they shape up this time? Will they go and back uncapped players or will they go big on International players??
In the 2nd episode of IPL Auction Round Table, we talk about the most decorated team in IPL history i.e Chennai Super Kings. We discuss about the MS Dhoni, Retention, Tamilnadu players joining in, Fleming and Dhoni's approach, etc.
In the first episode to our lead up to the IPL Mega Auction on February 12-13. The discussion panel of Hrushit Divatia, Srisha Bhalle, Vatsal Negandhi and Dhanush talk in the round table discussion about the approach, the possibilities and the future of IPL's most successful franchise i.e. Mumbai Indians.
In today's episode, I welcome Coach and Former Cricketer Srisha Bhalle who breaks down India's Performance in South Africa and other Overseas countries. Also, we discuss whether cricket is in Weakest phase right now.
Virat Kohli stepping down from captaincy has sent shock waves across world cricket. Also, KL Rahul has a big task as he lead team India against South Africa in the ODI series from Wednesday
As season 3 of 'The Off Stump' begins, I along with my fellow Cricket Enthusiast Abhishek Narayan are going to break down the test series between India and South Africa which saw South Africa win the series 2-1. Check out the conversation.
Team India is all set for the African Safari as they begin their South Africa tour on Sunday at Centurion. Head Coach Rahul Dravid will have his first big assignment of making team India win the test series.
In this episode, we are going to cover the 4 year run of Virat Kohli as team India's captain in the colour jersey. We see the ups and the downs in this epic run by King Kohli. Listen in!
New Zealand tour of India started just 2 days after New Zealand finished 2nd in the ICC T20 World Cup. The visitors got whitewashed in the T20 series. Let's discuss on how the test series went and how ready is team India for the South Africa tour. Let's discuss!
IPL Retention is done. 27 players have been retained. Let's also discuss about the players new franchises can draft in. Go listen!
In this episode, I'm gonna talk about India dominating NZ, AB hanging his boots and ICC schedule facing towards India. Let's discuss!
After a disappointing T20 world cup for team India, New Zealand are the first opponents in this short home season for team India. The series marks the beginning of Rahul Dravid as team India head coach and Rohit Sharma as full T20 captain of team India. Let's discuss on how competitive this series can be and what opportunities are there for the teams.
After an amazing 3 weeks of cricket extravaganza, Australia after 6 years are world champions once again. Let's also discuss on how toss played a huge role, how England and Pakistan dominated and why West Indies necer showed up?
The mother of clashes. India vs Pakistan is here. Let's talk about how amazing this contest can be.
IPL 2021 has rolled back on track and man, the newcomers are shining bright ain't they? Let's talk about 5 youngsters who's been magnificent in IPL 2021.
After 2 years of coming into existence and adding stakes to all test matches by awarding points, the world test championship has finally laid its foundation with the final between India and New Zealand at Southampton. Thus, being the first brick in building a legitimate test championship structure going forward.
As we are talking about future cricket, streaming platforms have grown huge over the last 3 years. Many blockbuster cinemas and web series has led to the growth of these streaming platforms. Will cricket move towards streaming live just like what New Zealand cricket did recently. Check out!
The world of cricket has grown leaps and bounds over the last 15 years. Franchise Cricket has played a major role in this growth. Keeping an eye towards globalizing cricket to countries like USA, Germany, Mexico, etc, is franchise cricket the way?...Have a listen!
After a sudden postponement of IPL, there's nothing to talk about. But, today we got some newsworthy information about Team India Squad to WTC and England Tour. Come on lets analyse.
As all 8 teams are done with 7 games. Ipl stands at the half way mark with 3 teams looking great, one team coming back, 2 teams trying to hang in and the other 2 being miserable. Find out which teams are these as we get ready for the 2 half.
Playing 11 is everything in cricket. The 11 players on the field are the ones who do the work and win matches. In IPL, with the combination of Indian and Foreign International players along with Indian domestic players, its tough to get a perfect 11. So, what's the recipe for it? Check out!
After, 20 awesome in Chennai and Mumbai. Teams move to Ahmedabad and Delhi for next 16 games of this season where each team plays 4 games each. Let's see how teams have managed themselves n what the upcoming matches bring in.
This episode highlights the performances of all the 8 teams of the league in their 3rd game of the tournament from 17th April to 19th April. RCB are on Cloud 9 whereas Sunrisers are yet to rise. Every team have their issues and all that is discussed in this episode. Check out.
After seeing KL Rahul anchoring the Punjab batting for last 3 seasons with low batting strike rate and Manish Pandey sabotaging his own team to defeat twice due to low strike rate. Runs per 100 balls(Srike Rate) has comeback for one more conversation. Is it overrated or underrated? Listen to the podcast and find the answer.
This episode reviews the last 4 matches of IPL 2021 from Tuesday, 13th April until Friday, 16th April. 4 exciting contests had some unexpected results and performances. Listen on how each team performed in these 4 games.
Ipl 14 is back and we gonna see who's going to be no.1 and who's going to take the wooden spoon at the end of the tournament. Also, analysis of the first 4 matches with each teams capacity going forward is discussed.
After 45 days of competitive contest, India managed to win all the 3 formats against England. The dominance in Tests, the comeback in T20s and the luck in Odis helped team India beat England handsomely.
After winning T20 and Test series against England. Will they make a clean sweep in the odis? Will they lose the 1st match just like in T20 and Test series and go on to win the series? Certainly the contest between bat and ball will be at its highest.
The world's biggest stadium is all set for the return of international cricket after 6 years as India hosts England in the 3rd Test in a Day/Night Test match. Both, the teams coming in 1-1 will look to take the lead not only towards winning the series, also to seal the spot in the finals of the World Test Championship Final against New Zealand at Lord's.
Ipl auction brings in a lot of buzz. This year ain't different. A lot of lifes change as cricketers go under the hammer. Smith, Maxwell are the headliners and some unexpected bids will make heads turn.
After a thumping defeat in the first test, team India came back with a bang as they beat England by 317 runs leveling the series 1-1.
After a flop show in the 1st test, team India will look to bounce back against England in the 2nd Test at Chennai. Both teams are not playing their best 11 in order to be fresh for the pink ball test at Ahmedabad. Still the players on the field will give their 100% in this test.
England trash team India in the 1st Test match at Chennai after a dominant performance. With a spot in the World Test Championship hanging in balance. The only way to seal the spot is by winning the upcoming test matches.
The Indian fast bowling has seen a growth in last 5 years like never before. The fitness, the mentality is next level. The number of fast bowlers debuted in last 5 years is immense and a lot of people are to be appreciated for this meteoric rise of the Pace Battery.
After showcasing a stubborn mindset and drawing the test match at Sydney. India came into Brisbane, a place where Australia are unbeaten for last 32 years with an inexperienced side and outplayed the hosts and won the test match and the series 2-1.
After a grueling 5 days, India and Australia gave their everything. But, non of them came out a winner as both the teams settled for a draw and go to the final test with series on the line.
2021 has rolled in and we have a ton of exciting cricket scheduled for this year. A number of tours and matches were cancelled in 2020 and that's going to happen this year. England vs India, T20 World Cup, IPL and a lot more matches are going to happen in 2021. So, get excited to enjoy the game.
Coming into 2021. Both India and Australia will look to start with a win. The win here gives the side the lead going into the final test. Also, this win will help the side going up in the world test championship rankings.
Team India comeback strong after the horrible performance at Adelaide by defeating Australia by 8 wickets. Australia were never in the game and team India fired on all cylinders and won the match and thus leveling up the series 1-1.
On this episode, I'm going to talk about Test Cricket, a format that's the Original form of the Gentleman's game. We are going see how the match progresses, how's the strategies done and how exciting the game is going to become.
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