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Cricket Chinwag

Cricket Chinwag

By: Anand Vasu Jaideep Varma
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Cricket Chinwag is a cricket podcast where Anand Vasu and Jaideep Varma break down the game with clarity, rigour, and respect for your intelligence. Each episode dives into tactics, selection calls, match-ups, and the numbers behind the headlines, offering context you won’t get from post-match soundbites.


Anand prefers words to numbers, concepts to certainties, and trusts his feel for the game, earned from nearly three decades of watching, reporting, and thinking about cricket as a journalist. He brings shape and narrative to the discussion, grounding arguments in experience and instinct, and along the way shares some of the best stories he has picked up from the game over the years.


Jaideep Varma is a writer, director, and long-time cricket obsessive who brings an analytical, data-led lens to the conversation, backed by an endearingly unhinged conviction that he knows best. Irritatingly, he is right a lot of the time. He is also the author of Impact Index, which evaluates the importance of performances within the context of a match or series, rather than through raw numbers alone.


From Test-match tempo and ODI strategy to T20 innovations and domestic cricket, Cricket Chinwag is for listeners who enjoy the conversation but care even more about the substance.

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Episodes
  • India Have Changed the Game of T20!

    India Have Changed the Game of T20!
    Mar 10 2026

    In this episode of Cricket Chinwag, Anand Vasu and Jaideep Varma look back at India’s commanding win over New Zealand in the World Cup final.

    They discuss New Zealand’s toss decision, the team selection call to leave out off-spin, and why putting India in to bat may have handed the advantage straight to the eventual champions.

    The conversation then turns to India’s batting, with special focus on Sanju Samson’s third straight 80-plus score in a knockout game, Shivam Dube’s underrated value, and how India’s aggressive batting approach powered them through the business end of the tournament.

    They also reflect on Jasprit Bumrah’s place in Indian cricket history, the delayed presentation ceremony, and the atmosphere in Ahmedabad for the final.

    A wide-ranging final episode on India’s triumph, Samson’s legacy, Bumrah’s greatness, and the evolution of this Indian T20 side.

    Chapter

    00:11 Final thoughts and the Ahmedabad atmosphere

    02:18 Did New Zealand get the toss and tactics wrong?

    04:42 India’s batting power and Dube’s finishing role

    08:10 Samson’s third straight knockout masterclass

    12:25 What Samson’s innings did for the team

    15:19 India’s turning point in the tournament

    17:37 Do champion teams need setbacks?

    21:33 How this India side changed T20 cricket

    24:17 Bumrah, player of the match, and his place in history

    27:48 Why did the presentation ceremony take so long?

    29:57 Press conference takeaways: Gambhir, Surya and team culture

    33:35 Outro


    #T20WorldCup #IndiaCricket #SanjuSamson #JaspritBumrah #INDvsNZ #NewZealandCricket #TeamIndia #CricketFinal #CricketAnalysis #CricketPodcast #T20Cricket

    Music by Jaimin: https://jaimin.in

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    35 mins
  • India outscore England, New Zealand Stun South Africa & The Final Awaits

    India outscore England, New Zealand Stun South Africa & The Final Awaits
    Mar 6 2026

    Summary:

    In this episode of Cricket Chinwag, Anand Vasu and Jaideep Varma look back at India’s semi-final win over England and ask whether the match was closer than it really felt.

    They discuss Sanju Samson’s brilliant 89, Jasprit Bumrah’s decisive spell, India’s much-improved fielding, and the questions around Varun Chakravarthy, Abhishek Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav heading into the final.

    The conversation then shifts to New Zealand’s emphatic win over South Africa, what went wrong for the Proteas, and why New Zealand remain such a formidable knockout side.

    The episode closes with a preview of the final in Ahmedabad, including the toss, dew, conditions, and what both teams may be thinking going in.


    Chapters:

    00:00 Intro

    00:20 India vs England: closer than it looked?

    01:20 Bumrah’s over and the fielding difference

    06:23 Samson’s 89 and India’s batting effort

    07:32 Varun Chakravarthy and the bowling questions

    10:34 Abhishek and Sky under the microscope

    12:00 Hardik’s balance and Bethell’s remarkable innings

    14:24 New Zealand hammer South Africa

    16:40 Did South Africa freeze again?

    19:37 New Zealand’s knockout pedigree

    22:21 Final preview: Ahmedabad, dew and the toss

    23:49 Bad questions from Indian cricket media

    Music by Jaimin: https://jaimin.in

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    29 mins
  • Samson’s Masterclass, Sri Lanka–Pakistan Strangeness & Four Continents in the Semis

    Samson’s Masterclass, Sri Lanka–Pakistan Strangeness & Four Continents in the Semis
    Mar 2 2026

    India survive a tense quarter-final against West Indies, thanks to a composed and career-defining knock from Sanju Samson.

    Anand Vasu and Jaideep Varma break down one of the great T20 knockout innings — how Samson balanced aggression with risk-free cricket under immense pressure, and how India’s supporting cast held their nerve at crucial moments.

    The episode also explores Abhishek Sharma and Surya Kumar Yadav’s tentativeness, England’s looming semi-final challenge, whether the best four teams have reached the last stage, and the curious Sri Lanka–Pakistan encounter.

    With four continents represented in the semi-finals, the tournament now reaches its most compelling phase.

    Chapters

    00:00 A Historical Parallel & The “Samson Option”

    01:02 India vs West Indies – Quarterfinal Tension

    01:16 Samson’s Composed Match-Winning Innings

    04:26 Why This Was Samson’s Greatest Knock

    05:13 Leadership, Faith & Post-Match Reflections

    05:56 India’s Supporting Cast – Tilak, Dube & Hardik

    08:18 Abhishek & Surya – Signs of Nerves?

    09:11 Managing Pressure in a World Cup

    12:03 Are India Now Clear Favourites?

    13:32 The Best Four Teams in the Semis?

    14:20 The Interesting Semi-Final lineup

    15:10 Sri Lanka vs Pakistan – Strange Stakes

    18:06 England vs South Africa – Will Henry Return?

    18:52 Four Continents, One Final Four

    Music by Jaimin: https://jaimin.in

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    20 mins
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