Shami v. Zampa to Virat, Maxwell & Rachin, Amrit Mathur on Iconic World Cup 2023 Moments

[00:00:00] Hello and welcome to this podcast with the Quint and the World Cup is over finally

[00:00:05] a very live live book come-ahol here because Karat Kojohoa.

[00:00:11] But he care today I have with me Mr. Amrath Mathur, he is a former cricket administrator

[00:00:17] and an author and I got him today to just chat with me about his favorite moments of

[00:00:24] this world cup my favorite moments of this world cup and what this world cup in general

[00:00:28] means for the sport of cricket and for in-in cricket.

[00:00:32] So I am really with how are you doing how has your the the past one day of your life been

[00:00:38] world was was it heartbreaking was it what's the feeling right right now because in our

[00:00:43] office it is our Matham Kapura Mahavala.

[00:00:46] It is a great to be at the venue to Mahavaros, to test the quint terms of everything that went

[00:00:53] on the spectacular fly past the entertainment package.

[00:01:00] We cricket several more than one lack people at a ground, the noise was really something else.

[00:01:07] So great atmosphere but a bit disappointing after all that you know we had done in terms of 10

[00:01:14] on 10 so that's how big it is that's how big it is. So why is there any disappointment

[00:01:19] that you have to understand that it is a sport and on a particular day maybe you are second

[00:01:24] best not many people have had many occasions to play in front of a crowd of the size and also

[00:01:31] to be playing in with that kind of noise. So actually while you are focusing on your game

[00:01:39] and the ball I am sure at some period it causes a mind that you know you are in that arena with so many

[00:01:46] people against you, apparently against you but I guess you are good.

[00:01:51] I think that became like that pressure that you are talking about that became the most evident

[00:01:56] during India's feeling right because I could feel that it is not as good as it usually is

[00:02:07] and do you think like the crowd had something to do with it like that?

[00:02:09] I don't think India felt poorly or there feels no whatever mistakes they were because of the crowd.

[00:02:17] I think the audience was very, very exciting because when you are watching and television there is

[00:02:22] a difference between television and being on ground. See when you are watching at home you only see

[00:02:28] what the camera is showing you. So you you are getting the entire picture. You are not getting

[00:02:35] the entire picture. The entire ground you are not getting to see what happens between

[00:02:39] over during a break or whatever. So you have a much experience on ground in terms of you

[00:02:47] see many more things. Secondly what stands out what stood out yesterday was to now in a feeling

[00:02:54] of those feelings, not just in terms of catching but of chasing, sprinting, diving, stopping

[00:03:02] those boundaries. It's got it down on the fence, you know, that's that is that's fitness,

[00:03:08] that's agility, that's you know, you would call explosive sprint into sprinting. So I think

[00:03:18] there was a superior team really yesterday and definitely like not to take credit away from

[00:03:24] the Indian team as well right like we've won as you said that we were the second best team.

[00:03:30] Yeah, we all yesterday maybe if you play again we'd win. You know,

[00:03:34] we kind of phenomenal 10 games and I don't think there's been an Indian team as good ever

[00:03:41] because you had 14 players 11 playing and almost every time you're 11 playing to top potential.

[00:03:51] We look back on the World Cup you will find very few cases where somebody has not played

[00:03:56] to potential and odd player for the names. Well, otherwise it'll be almost flawless in

[00:04:02] listen. It's a small tournament. It's 45 games this year. One thing out.

[00:04:07] It's almost 2-3rds over IPN season.

[00:04:12] So it, you know, lot of things happen in 45 days. You can get fatigue, you can, you know, get momentum

[00:04:20] you can get tired, you know, your form can desert you. So it's more, you know, something is

[00:04:27] happened over 2 weeks a 10 days while your bi-lectency is not getting. Or you can start slow as the

[00:04:32] or still, or Srelian did and then pick up like this. It's a 25-20 second of a Srelian 10 days.

[00:04:39] 5-mascle 10 days done, katham. But this is 45 days. So many factors come in and not just

[00:04:47] you're actually, we are traveling, you're training, you know, all can be happening.

[00:04:54] So talking about like reflecting back to these 45 days what has been your personal favorite,

[00:05:00] you know, moment from this whole world cup.

[00:05:03] Listen, where is one? Luxembourg's new things in the world cup.

[00:05:08] A, I don't think we've seen this level of involvement of that country in a tournament and investing in

[00:05:15] a team. How do you say that? It's been amplified in terms of the media attention,

[00:05:21] the reporting, the constant conversations around the world cup. So that's a very high level

[00:05:28] and that is reflected in the television numbers, in terms of audiences, in terms of people

[00:05:33] are following live and outside, Disney or other numbers have come out. So that shows a growth

[00:05:40] in terms of people actively following the game. It has dominated conversations in houses,

[00:05:46] you know, coffee, offices everywhere. So I think that's a high compared to what we've been used to.

[00:05:57] We obviously, the Indian disease performance have been phenomenal in terms of, you know, such

[00:06:02] extended success over 10 games and not just success, it's been domination, you know?

[00:06:10] You gain 300 runs. You got top 10, not 180 or whatever. This I don't happen earlier. So this is

[00:06:18] something new and when did we last peak of India winning because of a very destructive

[00:06:26] bowling attack? bowling attack. Yeah. Five borders, you didn't require a six.

[00:06:33] Where you played a lot more than the tournament in five. And you didn't do look at a six

[00:06:37] option because you're so sure of the ability and skills of the five. So that's against

[00:06:43] something new about the Indian team. We're always somebody chipping in to do Ken and so that's

[00:06:50] a change and I think we also can have different kind of play. Traditionally our template has been

[00:06:58] a bit of caution, building a name, partnership, say, records, which typically is a little batting,

[00:07:05] you know, performance. I don't know, Charma, I live by, you know, somebody else. So that

[00:07:10] was a fact, I kind of a new way of playing. So I've been in this. Now when you're watching games

[00:07:18] for what you've had days, very often these, you tend to focus on the result, you tend to focus on

[00:07:22] the veins and loss of, but these, the individual under the surface maybe will be where you play

[00:07:29] changes in your team composition and sometimes you overlap these. But as you, these are

[00:07:38] changes which have emerged as far as the Indian curriculum itself. But world,

[00:07:43] capitalists are I think they've been very good moments in terms of what Neveron's did, you know,

[00:07:48] stunning South Africa, South Africa, from our guy's son did over extended, you know,

[00:07:55] things in the world cup. At the same time, does you disappointed about, you know,

[00:08:01] very ordinary performances from Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, England and even ultimately

[00:08:11] New Zealand subpar, just about straight through into the time plan, New Zealand is a better team than

[00:08:18] that. Also, I would say West Indies even like before the,

[00:08:23] the, not, not, but there is this subtle change of hierarchy in terms of who's good and how

[00:08:30] good, it's a little later with more tournaments, but I think the success story really was a

[00:08:38] Afghanistan because nobody expected them to do this well, we expected India to went down

[00:08:45] to the world. Nobody expected Afghanistan to beat strong sides and it was 91% of the

[00:08:52] Australia, you know? So what do you think teams like Neatherlands and Afghanistan are doing right?

[00:09:00] Listen, what people tend to overdo because Afghanistan cricket is pretty organized.

[00:09:05] They have not so good in Afghanistan, we still think that they are playing out of refugee camps, that's

[00:09:09] from the fact. Yeah, they have a fairly decent domestic structure which is more to a

[00:09:19] 20 over cricket and 40 over cricket but they also have a lot of golf cricket, they have a domestic

[00:09:26] season and they were four or five grams obviously, you know, Kabul being the main one and at least

[00:09:35] 10 of the cricket are playing the professional leagues, at least 10 that's something we all

[00:09:40] will look, all the spinners, all the backfins, they don't do the IPL in the big ones but they are

[00:09:47] in the IIT 20, they're playing Bangladesh, they're playing Sri Lanka, some of them are playing IPL,

[00:09:53] some of them are playing big bash. So you know, they've been around and it's not just one of the

[00:09:57] seasons, they've been around four or five years. So that exposure to international standards is

[00:10:03] and the top level international standards. And not only exposure, they're doing well there,

[00:10:08] whether it's me whether it's Navi, whether it's Guru Bhaad, whether it's Rashid Khan,

[00:10:13] Nuh, Navi Nirak, he's our known professionals on the international circuit. What is the

[00:10:22] situation is all that they could come together and win matches and the real surprise was the

[00:10:29] battle. Earlier that very inconsistent, there's good buzz in the sky and others would do well

[00:10:36] not do well but now we had a smart, a hash smart, over, so suddenly you had a middle order

[00:10:46] of his toad and may transfer, they've chased down to AIT against Pakistan for two games.

[00:10:52] So not only when the cable was just making grounds, it took the order will be good buzz,

[00:10:57] they successfully chased scores against top teams and we took the internationalism. So

[00:11:04] I think they have suddenly come sort of grown in this tournament, people are taking notice of

[00:11:12] Afghanistan now and we think of it there at the moment I had a bummer that I had a shell and

[00:11:18] you know, the way of maybe it's better than the party side of the moment.

[00:11:24] I think this will make way for more bilateral to be had with Afghanistan so that they play

[00:11:31] these internationally. I have more to offer to FTP. So that's a big issue because

[00:11:38] we don't even play Bangladesh. So the balance of the tough, at least for India because

[00:11:46] we already was hugely crowded calendar schedule. We are talking today on the 20th.

[00:11:55] At 30, 20 on the 20th. Yeah.

[00:12:00] I could see the South Africa, Vala Ags during the welcome final. While the final was going on,

[00:12:10] I was seeing Ags and promotional stuff for the other.

[00:12:12] It's the game of the 20th. You have to assemble at least 21st which is tomorrow morning.

[00:12:20] After 45-day tournament you just about have time to go home every 1 million, take a flight next

[00:12:27] morning. I think the viewers wouldn't have mentally recovered from the world cup.

[00:12:31] Let alone the players. I don't think you are having to watch those matches as closely

[00:12:37] as we've done the world cup. Well, after such a high-order extended period, the interest has to

[00:12:43] dip. It has to come down and I'm going to ensure what purpose is five matches serve.

[00:12:51] Now coming back to the cup, I want to talk about one really like because we were talking about

[00:12:56] favorite moments. One of my most favorite and precious moments was just seeing this guy

[00:13:02] at the general in the play. What a beautiful start to career. What would you want to do?

[00:13:09] Actually, we started looking at the players. You just started with India.

[00:13:15] The way the world chair was a major major change.

[00:13:21] We saw phenomenal transformation of Shriya.

[00:13:25] Shriya, Shriya, exactly.

[00:13:27] Okay. He or had an injury issue, he had a form issue, he had a technical issue but

[00:13:35] despite all that, he came back a much stronger player, made those 200s and looked a real solid

[00:13:44] impactful player. So major transformation. Our pace moving both again in a revelation,

[00:13:50] in the end of the World Shami day and in the World Shami day.

[00:13:54] This is due to the game yesterday. They went past the job, it happens has

[00:14:01] of stumped 20 times. One edge at a time could have changed the game. That's how close the

[00:14:08] margin is. So I think there was many changes and many things to remember,

[00:14:14] so the Indian team is also saying, when you come to the individual performance,

[00:14:18] obviously Maxwell is going to handle 100 year kind of performance.

[00:14:22] How do you rate personally rate that innings?

[00:14:25] Listen, it's an impossible innings.

[00:14:28] Are you going there on ground?

[00:14:30] I got the knowledge.

[00:14:31] You should have a question.

[00:14:33] Then you get the same position, 100 times and I've gone in some way to 100 times.

[00:14:38] If you look at the game, it's sort of a play-gening.

[00:14:42] Not Maxwell, not Don Bradman, not the game.

[00:14:47] 91 per 7, 200 to get, but 200 or whatever to get and the man makes 200 or 1 leg.

[00:14:53] Can't move and it's not all.

[00:14:57] Despite all these physical problems, every ball the hit went out of the ground.

[00:15:01] I don't remember a biscuit in those, it's a T2 200.

[00:15:07] So, I don't know how it happened and I'm sure here I could earn no.

[00:15:12] I never go back.

[00:15:15] You met in the Rachen, fantastic for an under-nineteen gigator.

[00:15:19] We know success previously to come in at 300.

[00:15:23] Great.

[00:15:24] Obviously it's phenomenal in talented.

[00:15:27] Good fielder, more than usual left-arms, will have.

[00:15:30] So, you have a start for the future and not just in a 20 or 50 game, as you will be a major player in all formats.

[00:15:40] What was surprising was, Zampa getting to 21vkits?

[00:15:44] Yeah.

[00:15:45] When we want to go into whatever, Muggishanka relatively new bowler succeeding.

[00:15:50] So, these are new players, Zampa not new, but I think Muggishanka is very new.

[00:15:55] So, he's like Rachen somebody new, is coming made a mark in a world cup.

[00:16:00] Then the new South African bowler, for the least 140 plus he looks to be a major baseball player.

[00:16:11] You just mentioned Muggishanka and that got me thinking what is happening to Sri Lankan cricket?

[00:16:18] I mean, a country which has had history of, I think, personally growing up in the 2000s.

[00:16:26] If there was any country other than Australia that we would, you know, fear it would be that Sri Lankan sport.

[00:16:33] They don't also have the tough end of the region.

[00:16:37] Okay, I'm not sure how to say that.

[00:16:40] Shana Kaka came to go and injured.

[00:16:41] So, these are top players, they have to, they have to maintain the level.

[00:16:45] So, you can lose in between, they have to remain in the level, obviously there's a top.

[00:16:51] But doesn't that also hint at a more structural problem in terms of your bench strength?

[00:16:57] It does. But I think injuries are a problem in every team.

[00:17:01] Now we are major injuries, we are care out, we are a boomerah, we were struggling.

[00:17:07] We got to fit in time and perform well but we had major issues or team balance because

[00:17:13] boomerah needs to care out, so, she is a real player.

[00:17:19] This is all a problem.

[00:17:21] Also, talking about the England team now.

[00:17:26] As you were also mentioned, one of the biggest surprises I think we all got this season,

[00:17:32] just like crumbling down what's the story there.

[00:17:35] So, I've been to everybody's answer that how come,

[00:17:39] my so-butler, stoves, I did look, everybody failed collectively.

[00:17:45] And not only failed, they didn't look like it, they didn't look like you.

[00:17:51] Sometimes you have two bad games, you have bad decision.

[00:17:56] But you're looking at, yes, you're eating a ball well and you're not.

[00:18:01] Stokes made it 100 towards the end but didn't really matter,

[00:18:03] he seems out of the competition. So maybe you were the reluctant member of the team

[00:18:09] who's having a tired, he was pulled back to come to the world cup.

[00:18:13] But did you get to describe it? I think there are times of teams where, you know,

[00:18:19] suddenly things go wrong and you have to sort of, he said and reboot.

[00:18:24] So, the conversation about Ende Vanera for the English team,

[00:18:28] rather than that squared corrective stuff, we'll need to get new players

[00:18:33] and maybe find some new inspiration. They have a series from.

[00:18:40] I think this is such a revelation even for us as fans, right?

[00:18:47] These classical cricket nations are not doing as well in these new countries,

[00:18:53] places like Afghanistan and Netherlands. How does it make you feel as a person who is observed cricket for so long?

[00:19:00] What's it like for you? Have you ever imagined that England,

[00:19:05] in the same way as in the Netherlands and Afghanistan?

[00:19:08] You see, in the same way, you have to be like,

[00:19:11] you see, India has to be like this.

[00:19:15] In the same way, you have to be convinced that you are not a player.

[00:19:19] Not that was such a flip in it.

[00:19:25] And I was like, the men's, it's more likely to be more like a good one.

[00:19:30] I think, actually my surprise, not, I don't remember.

[00:19:33] So, one guy saying, win the toss and bowl.

[00:19:36] And what a cup of...

[00:19:38] Yeah.

[00:19:39] So, in all of our bots have groups, it was like,

[00:19:41] oh, how did he bowl out?

[00:19:43] He still stood up, man.

[00:19:44] What you're saying, I would have batted everybody else,

[00:19:47] and win cause, bad put, turns on the ball.

[00:19:50] So, he converted totally flip-clip convention wisdom,

[00:19:56] wield it, and dismiss you over foot to foot to foot to foot to foot to foot to foot to foot to.

[00:20:02] So, his decision is completely obligated.

[00:20:04] He's proved right.

[00:20:05] I have a plan, I would have played against this way,

[00:20:08] and I've done it.

[00:20:10] And I said, I have to get chance and I failed.

[00:20:13] Yeah.

[00:20:14] He's got my own turn.

[00:20:14] And even after like a bit of a setback in the bowling power play,

[00:20:19] in India's bowling power play,

[00:20:21] just getting that innings back on track was like...

[00:20:24] Yeah, I think 84, 1 or so, it can go.

[00:20:28] Yeah, 10 out.

[00:20:29] He's going to sit next to foot to your allowed.

[00:20:31] And, luckily, he went to a game.

[00:20:33] It's not just that he got to foot to foot to foot to the game.

[00:20:38] But also, when there's a partnership building,

[00:20:40] he didn't allow them to handle bachelor's programs.

[00:20:44] Okay, there is this adding statistic that between this over and that over,

[00:20:47] there's the boundaries code on five boundaries.

[00:20:51] For at least I think one hour or something,

[00:20:53] there was no boundaries code.

[00:20:55] He's one of the tallest.

[00:20:56] He's got the right border in place.

[00:20:58] He's set the right field.

[00:20:59] He's controlled the game and he's this specific to foot.

[00:21:03] So that's phenomenal strategy

[00:21:07] and phenomenal execution is one thing to make strategy,

[00:21:10] but you have to go and do it.

[00:21:11] He did it.

[00:21:13] So from their perspective, it's a perfect game.

[00:21:16] Even though they're battered, there's deliberate.

[00:21:18] It's not a border and which bachelor's is throwing the bats.

[00:21:21] They're doing it because they want to get out to a start,

[00:21:24] get to 70, 80 before something happens.

[00:21:27] So with the job, it didn't happen.

[00:21:30] It didn't work out.

[00:21:30] So they fell back on traditional ticket to bail.

[00:21:34] Exactly.

[00:21:35] So I think perfect game from their side and look at Robert said,

[00:21:39] he was injured out of the tournament.

[00:21:41] Got a hundred.

[00:21:43] First game he came back.

[00:21:45] Man of the bats, semi-finals.

[00:21:46] Man of the match, final.

[00:21:48] And he did it against India over the last six months ago.

[00:21:51] He made 160 then and he made 130 yesterday.

[00:21:55] So given credit for season, the opportunity on a big occasion

[00:22:00] and delivering big time.

[00:22:03] And how do you think of Rahul Travitz role in this whole season

[00:22:08] and in general?

[00:22:09] That's a cool thing.

[00:22:11] He's an ultimate professional.

[00:22:13] And he's an ultimate selfless person.

[00:22:16] Now who always put Indian cricket, Indian team ahead of everything else?

[00:22:23] Don't forget, as a player, forget his skills of the court,

[00:22:28] cloud is I think, played about 168 matches or test matches.

[00:22:31] Which I think we need to over three people have played more.

[00:22:34] Are they pointing in anglics and such in I think?

[00:22:37] That's it.

[00:22:38] But, and he's the highest catcher in double.

[00:22:44] I think 200 catchers on the interest really.

[00:22:47] But don't forget the scint outrowing.

[00:22:50] Who's the number one person to take catcher in test cricket?

[00:22:54] As kept, we get for 20, 40, you know, 120 and 20.

[00:22:59] You know, what he has.

[00:23:01] So, just think about it.

[00:23:04] It's a sharp strip, really.

[00:23:05] He's three main.

[00:23:07] He's keeping the biggest 100 matches.

[00:23:10] It's not an occasional match.

[00:23:11] If you can't do it, somebody will enjoy it.

[00:23:14] You know?

[00:23:15] And I think during the most crucial time of Indian cricket keeping...

[00:23:19] I think it's one more than 100, could he?

[00:23:21] I just kept a wickedster.

[00:23:25] And I think in terms of teaching anybody about commitment, focus, determination, hard work,

[00:23:34] there's nobody better than that.

[00:23:37] Not in India not anywhere.

[00:23:39] He's ultimate.

[00:23:41] You think he'll be continuing in the future as well as the coach.

[00:23:44] He hasn't been there.

[00:23:45] He's been there for so many years.

[00:23:47] And the reason is not easy being a coach of an international team because you are on the

[00:23:56] move 8 to 10 months.

[00:23:59] And if you have formally children, you will have other commitments.

[00:24:02] You will have nothing of that kind.

[00:24:03] You just get tired mentally with the train.

[00:24:07] So, I'm pissed off.

[00:24:09] All that Zoonos.

[00:24:12] And who do you think?

[00:24:13] Let's say hypothetically if he won't be continuing.

[00:24:15] Who do you think could be filling those shoes?

[00:24:18] I really don't know.

[00:24:19] But the indication as we see from time to time is optimal.

[00:24:22] You know, he's never, doubt will not be available within India, USA.

[00:24:28] On a relatively, you know, a tour where doubt will take you break.

[00:24:33] So, I need to know.

[00:24:35] There you go now.

[00:24:37] Okay, coming back again to this world cup.

[00:24:39] Obviously, no world cup can be finished without some little controversy.

[00:24:45] And this year, the biggest one obviously was Angela Matthew's time out.

[00:24:49] I mean, what do you think about that?

[00:24:52] No, that two things.

[00:24:54] That two views.

[00:24:55] A is a ridiculous thing.

[00:24:58] There are.

[00:24:59] It's a law I understand.

[00:25:01] So, technique to be is out.

[00:25:03] The employees have no option but to declare out one's there is an appeal.

[00:25:09] They were two minutes and passed.

[00:25:11] Even before the slap issue came up.

[00:25:15] So, the question.

[00:25:17] But I think it's somehow not done to appeal for this.

[00:25:22] And the fact that it hasn't happened one in 50 years, it's true for that.

[00:25:27] Yeah.

[00:25:28] If it's not that he's the first player to come to go beyond to come late.

[00:25:33] Exactly.

[00:25:34] As soon as it happened there, people were citing examples.

[00:25:37] It was a few minutes later.

[00:25:40] It's not a norm but it happens practically every day.

[00:25:44] There.

[00:25:45] You know?

[00:25:46] Are you much too appeal for this?

[00:25:50] No.

[00:25:51] So, I think what happened is that, I think he had not appealed.

[00:25:55] Or when given an option of taking it back, he would have accepted it.

[00:26:00] Yeah.

[00:26:01] And his side is obviously that we were at a war stage.

[00:26:05] So, all of these things didn't matter to me.

[00:26:08] Yeah.

[00:26:09] You will argue it both way.

[00:26:11] But he passed the figure this.

[00:26:13] 9 out of 10 would say view to the figure.

[00:26:16] Yeah.

[00:26:17] We've been together for a long time.

[00:26:19] Out of the outer.

[00:26:20] I'm going to fill it up.

[00:26:22] It's like a whole, man-coding debate all over again.

[00:26:26] That's different.

[00:26:27] There's somebody taking an unfair advantage.

[00:26:31] Yeah.

[00:26:32] What is that advantage?

[00:26:35] There are 30 seconds beyond two minutes.

[00:26:38] He's not getting any advantage.

[00:26:40] He's not getting an extra run.

[00:26:42] He's not getting something to benefit him.

[00:26:44] So, there's a big difference between the non-strikes.

[00:26:47] No, not going beyond it.

[00:26:50] Yeah.

[00:26:51] What's that again?

[00:26:52] Marko, I have no sympathy for the non-strikes.

[00:26:55] No, it's like a ha ha.

[00:26:57] It's your job to stay here and not taking unfair advantage.

[00:27:02] And if you do all around, you know, a peer and a peer you can get you out.

[00:27:06] But I don't want to speak to you.

[00:27:08] I'm going to talk about the method.

[00:27:09] Okay, we are about at the end of our conversation.

[00:27:17] And I just want to have like a general idea from you.

[00:27:19] How do you think the future of Indian cricket looks in,

[00:27:22] let's say, the next one, one and a half years.

[00:27:25] Something.

[00:27:26] There's an eight to seven million questions on it all.

[00:27:28] Change.

[00:27:29] But if you take a larger picture of Indian cricket,

[00:27:34] I think the big change is going to be better quality women's cricket.

[00:27:41] You have to get where the WPL, I don't know.

[00:27:47] Yeah.

[00:27:48] Some very good players coming through, whether it's Smithy or whether it is Harman Priyath or Jimima or you know others.

[00:27:56] But I think suddenly you have stars.

[00:28:01] The standard is result, but you just about as little tip of the iceberg.

[00:28:05] You know, much more need to be done.

[00:28:07] And I think the next five years you see a major growth in women's cricket.

[00:28:13] Because I somehow draw parallels to Afghanistan's approach to their men's team.

[00:28:20] And I somehow sort of equate that to what we are and should be doing with our women's team right?

[00:28:27] Listen, our women play test cricket.

[00:28:31] Women have played test cricket on the lights abroad.

[00:28:36] But let us do Red ball tournament in India.

[00:28:40] They don't play what they call day-to-day cricket.

[00:28:43] So you're playing a chess match without having played with a red ball.

[00:28:48] That is reality today.

[00:28:51] So structure of domestic cricket where you play beyond 50-over.

[00:28:57] You play a two-day tournament or a three-day tournament.

[00:29:00] That you need to do.

[00:29:01] You have to develop that part of women's cricket.

[00:29:04] And you also have to get more and more girls into cricket.

[00:29:07] A B-dome, a pool is small.

[00:29:11] And if you look at the states who are playing,

[00:29:16] the number of girls who play the 16-19-23 senior is not more than 100.

[00:29:24] So the same scenario goes with different age groups.

[00:29:28] So I think everybody has to get more and more girls in and that is happening.

[00:29:32] And you need to have what is called red ball cricket.

[00:29:36] That's what will, you know?

[00:29:40] And it's unfair to ask a good team to go into a test match.

[00:29:43] When they were never playing, we did again.

[00:29:47] Yeah, that's true.

[00:29:49] That was a great chat with you.

[00:29:51] Thanks a lot for having this competition.

[00:29:53] I think it was interesting to just contextualize all of these events that are happening.

[00:29:58] Because for us as you said, the Viratkoly's entry or Rohit Sharma 50,

[00:30:04] it's a statistic but what it means actually to the largest port of cricket.

[00:30:09] That's what it's more important.

[00:30:10] Thanks a lot for having this chat with me.

[00:30:12] Thank you very much.

[00:30:13] And I'll see you in the next one.

[00:30:15] Thank you very much. Bye.