Ep. 63: Kartik Musings

ABCP is in conversation with Kartik Murali, classical left arm spinner and who possessed all the weapons in his armory. He has played 37 ODI's, 8 Test matches and 1 T20I for the Indian Cricket Team. He has also been part of the RCB franchise in the IPL. He, now is an articulate commentator. His voice is crisp and people love to hear him. 

We talk about Ind v Eng

- England beat India at Leeds (3rd Test) 

- 78 all out! Was it India's poor batting? Or was it England's terrific bowling?

- How extraordinary has Ollie Robinson been? 

- How to stop watching, Joe Root score 💯s?

- Should Ajinkya Rahane be dropped?

- What should India's lineup be for the next test? 

We talk about his life and journey 

- On how he got into cricket? 

- His famous Irani Record 

- Story, when Sanjay Bangar lent Kartik his spikes, as he didn't have any during his test debut

- The Great Kapil Dev Praising him

- Story of when, Kartik pranked an Indian actor and made him run for his life (Thank you Nishant Arora) 

Best of Twitter Questions 

-  His experience of Sharing the dressing room with the Great Sachin Tendulkar 

- Why Dhawan and Vijay became scapegoat in tests they both dropped  in spite of having 40 avg and what are the parameters for other cricketers why they get backed continuously?

- Who is the next big thing among spinners in Domestic Cricket ?

- Whats easy to do - commentating in a very close india match or bowling last over for india in a close game?

- Pujara is almost a curiosity to the generation of fans bred on T20 and T10. But for all the white noise, can India really afford to move on from him at this point?Is there a succession plan in place for Test No. 3? 

- Getting called mid way of a series from the broadcasting panel to play the series. How was it? 

- His views on Women's cricket? 

- Toughest batsman to bowl to? 

- His initial experiences in Comm Box

And many questions included from our listeners. We are grateful to our listeners and we thank you all very much, there were 40 questions sent to us, so we had filter out the best ones, actually surprised by the number. 

Thanks to Akash, our editor, to Vijay Lokapally sir, our host and a special person. 

Kartik Murali was so filled with humor in this episode, you will definitely like it.  

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