All’s not well in the wrestling circuit since the news of Sushil Kumar’s involvement in murder of fellow wrestler has come out. Gloom prevails in the Indian Women’s team due to non-payments and omissions. Mr. Fantastic comes bearing updates about IPL and the World Test Championships. Prospects of Rahul Dravid taking charge of the Indian Cricket Team also emerges.
Snapping out of cricket, he also engages with Soumil Arora in a fiery conversation about the Formula 1 scene which turned into a Greek tragedy once Charles LeClerc crashed. There are talks about Hamilton and Mercedes having serious competition in the Driver’s Championship.
A lot of action continues to take place on the football grounds as Athletico won the La Liga title and Lille bagged their first title in a decade. An inquisitive Mr. Fantastic also raises questions about some very important players. On the tennis front Grand Slam is back and the big question is who is going to win it – the Gods of Tennis or the Next Gen?
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Speaker 1: Welcome
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Speaker 1: Hello and welcome to Sports Weekly. I'm your host. I
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Speaker 1: asked me and this week's program, we've got a heck
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Speaker 1: of a lot of stories and some really interesting ones.
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Speaker 1: Also controversial ones, also some bizarre ones. And I must
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Speaker 1: talk about the bizarre one. First, first it's about Sushil Kumar,
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Speaker 1: the most celebrated wrestler from India who was on the
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Speaker 1: run from the cops on a murder charge has finally
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Speaker 1: been arrested. It took the police three weeks to locate
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Speaker 1: him in. Meanwhile, Social Kumar was going from one state
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Speaker 1: to another in North India, from Haryana to U. P.
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Speaker 1: To Delhi and finally he was nap. But this is
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Speaker 1: a story that is going to
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Speaker 1: reverberate for a long time to come. I think we're
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Speaker 1: going to talk also about cricket. There's a lot of
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Speaker 1: cricket in this week's edition, there's women's cricket, there's uh
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Speaker 1: international cricket that is happening. And also we're heading into
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Speaker 1: the World test championship in june that's between India and
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Speaker 1: new Zealand both the teams and the final. We look
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Speaker 1: at what the prospects are for both teams
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Speaker 1: and then there's, I've got Mr fantastic, I'm going to
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Speaker 1: draw into the show very soon after that, we'll be
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Speaker 1: joined by Samuel Aranda, we're going to talk about Formula One,
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Speaker 1: about football, about tennis, remember we've got the french open
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Speaker 1: coming up all in all, a lot of stories happening
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Speaker 1: in the world of sport and thank God for that
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Speaker 1: with otherwise we're just also suppressed by just looking and
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Speaker 1: reading and trying to make sense of what's happening in
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Speaker 1: pandemic driven world. But let me first start with the
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Speaker 1: big story this week before I get in. Mr Fantastic.
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Speaker 1: And that's to do with social Kamala, the wrestler. As
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Speaker 1: I mentioned, he's the most celebrated wrestler we've had, he's
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Speaker 1: won olympic medals twice. In fact, I was there in
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Speaker 1: London in 2012 when he won the silver medal before
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Speaker 1: that in Beijing also, he had won the medal. So
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Speaker 1: social Kumar has been the toast of the country and
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Speaker 1: then you suddenly find on social media, I first got
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Speaker 1: to know about social Kumar being alleged to have got
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Speaker 1: involved in a murder case
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Speaker 1: and then as the story kind of built up the
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Speaker 1: allegations became stronger, the story got even more
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Speaker 1: diabolically if I might put it that way. And then
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Speaker 1: the parents that I can draw with social Kumar case
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Speaker 1: was with O. J. Simpson way back when maybe 2.5
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Speaker 1: decades ago in the U. S. And then of course
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Speaker 1: in 2015 more closer to our time, Oscar Pistorius, the
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Speaker 1: South African athlete who was also involved in a murder
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Speaker 1: rap
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Speaker 1: in his own house, that was
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Speaker 1: O. J. Simpson also in a murder rap in his
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Speaker 1: own home, social Kumar in the Nacala which is virtually
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Speaker 1: like his home. So the 38 year old double olympic medalist,
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Speaker 1: the reason for getting involved in such a sinister case
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Speaker 1: is something
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Speaker 1: that boggles my mind still. I mean you know the
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Speaker 1: person who got killed in this episode was Sager Juncker
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Speaker 1: who was also a wrestler from the charleston South Academy,
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Speaker 1: which is uh social cameras base and uh Southern uncle
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Speaker 1: was somebody who idolized, looked up to social camara. Somehow
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Speaker 1: they had a fallout. There's, there's some story about a
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Speaker 1: flat
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Speaker 1: which belonged to social camara and these guys were staying
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Speaker 1: there tanker and some other people, they were refusing to
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Speaker 1: vacate the flat and so on. And it's just so
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Speaker 1: bizarre to my mind of trying to understand what the hell,
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Speaker 1: you know, how could somebody like a social Kumar who
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Speaker 1: had the world at his feet, so to speak, who
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Speaker 1: was probably a few months back preparing to go to
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Speaker 1: the Tokyo olympics. It was uncertain whether he would go,
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Speaker 1: but he was in line
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Speaker 1: uh suddenly sucked into a murder rap criminal. I mean
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Speaker 1: this is not something you associate with people from the
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Speaker 1: sporting arena, so to speak, especially such celebrate people. So
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Speaker 1: social tomorrow I'm afraid. You know, he is now in
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Speaker 1: police custody, there's no expertise with which one can say
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Speaker 1: what exactly has happened and where this will lead to.
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Speaker 1: But
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Speaker 1: clearly this is a big blow to his personal prestige,
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Speaker 1: once the cases on below what he has to say.
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Speaker 1: But also it's left the world of sports in India,
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Speaker 1: certainly in a state of shock, but swiftly and quickly
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Speaker 1: let me invite. Mr Fantastic, my co host at most times.
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Speaker 1: He's been straining at the leash to get in and
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Speaker 1: why not? He's got so many questions to be asking me.
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Speaker 1: He mentioned to me the other day
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Speaker 1: when we were discussing what we could be talking about
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Speaker 1: this week and he said, you know, where do I
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Speaker 1: start in Redway? And so mr. Fantastic. You can start
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Speaker 1: wherever you want. But let's get cracking on some really
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Speaker 1: interesting stuff.
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Speaker 2: Thanks as I want to get started in hit on cricket.
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Speaker 2: Uh First the I. P. L. Is back in focus
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Speaker 2: and well it's not really a rumor anymore but the B. C. C. I.
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Speaker 2: Has stated openly that they want to complete this tournament.
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Speaker 2: But the question is when does it happen? And where
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Speaker 2: and these two are obviously very closely linked. So where
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Speaker 2: do you think it's likely to be the U. A.
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Speaker 2: Or the U. K. You tell me?
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Speaker 1: Million dollar question? Mr. Fantastic. Will the I. P. L.
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Speaker 1: Be played in England or in the USA will be
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Speaker 1: played in England in the month of august between the
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Speaker 1: world has Championship final which ends in the last week
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Speaker 1: of june and then the indians test series against England
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Speaker 1: begins only in august august 4th. The first test might begin.
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Speaker 1: So there's a good seven weeks in between. Will
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Speaker 1: the I. P. L. B. Kind of slipped in there?
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Speaker 1: Will it be accommodated? There are will it take place
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Speaker 1: after the five test series ends which is around the
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Speaker 1: 10th or 12th I think of september, so same middle
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Speaker 1: mid september. And then remember there is the world T
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Speaker 1: 20
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Speaker 1: begins in India are scheduled to begin in India on
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Speaker 1: october 18. So again, there's a 56 week window available
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Speaker 1: there for the people to be squeezed in and that
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Speaker 1: is being mentioned. That tournament or the completion of the
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Speaker 1: second half of the tournament will take place in the
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Speaker 1: it will also serve as a dress rehearsal as a
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Speaker 1: build up to the world T 20 now I think look,
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Speaker 1: both things are possible,
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Speaker 1: but I think the two taking place on the completion
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Speaker 1: of the tournament taking place in England
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Speaker 1: is a bit of a problem because as soon as
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Speaker 1: the World Chess Championship ends and before the test series
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Speaker 1: against India begins, you know England, there's the 100 which
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Speaker 1: is England's version of or T 20 tournament, much like
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Speaker 1: the I. P. L. And the big bash is the
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Speaker 1: inaugural season. I don't think that you know, the english
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Speaker 1: authorities are going to surrender that. I mean if you
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Speaker 1: have to surrender it, there'll be a massive
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Speaker 1: quid pro quo basis. There will have to give and
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Speaker 1: I don't think that's gonna work out. I mean it's
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Speaker 1: not just about quid pro quo. I think there's a
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Speaker 1: lot of pride
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Speaker 1: for the cricket administration in England, which they will have
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Speaker 1: to surrender, which I don't think they will remember. They
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Speaker 1: also beholden to their counties. So to fit in that appeal,
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Speaker 1: they have to juggle around the dates of the India
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Speaker 1: England test series testing. These tickets have already been put
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Speaker 1: on sale.
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Speaker 1: Counties are already recording Brisk sales because it was a
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Speaker 1: big draw in England, as you know, in fact everywhere.
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Speaker 1: So there are too many hardships in the world and
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Speaker 1: the offers a good opportunity for all kinds of players
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Speaker 1: from all over the world to come. And we had
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Speaker 1: a successful tournament there in 2020, the Pakistan Super League,
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Speaker 1: the remaining part is going to be held there. So,
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Speaker 1: all things considered the seems a better prospect to finish
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Speaker 1: the tournament.
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Speaker 1: The reason, of course, by the tournament needs to be
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Speaker 1: finished and we're halfway through the season is because it's
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Speaker 1: the tournament is not completed. The BCC s chance to
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Speaker 1: lose a whopping 2500 crawl. Yes, you heard it right?
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Speaker 1: 2500 crores. Obviously they don't want to lose that kind
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Speaker 1: of money
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Speaker 1: and I think also players want to play that because
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Speaker 1: there's so much
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Speaker 1: attention, fame money, they all get from the people. Why
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Speaker 1: wouldn't they want to play? So, I think there will be,
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Speaker 1: I think agreement, consensus amongst the players amongst the cricket boards.
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Speaker 1: England will be happy that there's no encroachment on their
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Speaker 1: domestic season. Itineraries, India will of course be happy that
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Speaker 1: finally the appeal is completed. So if something can be
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Speaker 1: worked out where everybody is happy, what could be better
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Speaker 2: after the court saga. Last week, indian women's cricket is
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Speaker 2: back in focus and this time it's about pending payments
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Speaker 2: for last year's World Cup.
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Speaker 2: And also the fact that central contracts have been announced.
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Speaker 2: Which is good but there's a few notable emissions in there.
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Speaker 2: I mean what's going on with women's cricket?
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Speaker 1: Right? So that's a that's a very
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Speaker 2: pertinent issue
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Speaker 1: you raised. Mr fantastic about women's cricket and indian women's
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Speaker 1: cricket because after finishing
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Speaker 1: In the final or losing in the final last year
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Speaker 1: in the World Cup T20 World Cup in March 2020,
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Speaker 1: I was there for that match and
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Speaker 1: it was a terrific tournament and we had a packed
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Speaker 1: house in the M. C. G. Because of the indian girls,
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Speaker 1: I might add of course the Australian team was also there,
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Speaker 1: but you know, to get 80 odd people for women's
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Speaker 1: cricket final. That you know, absolutely fantastic. And remember this
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Speaker 1: is around the time that the pandemic was beginning to
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Speaker 1: rear its ugly head uh in Australia, it wasn't declared
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Speaker 1: a pandemic till then.
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Speaker 1: But you know, a lot
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Speaker 2: of people are traveled
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Speaker 1: from I know from India and I was one of them.
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Speaker 1: The
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Speaker 2: point I'm trying to make is
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Speaker 1: women's cricket in India and indian women's team had been
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Speaker 1: making waves internationally. Uh you know, they've done extremely well.
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Speaker 1: So you would expect that there will be a lot
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Speaker 1: more
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Speaker 1: respect and time given to women's cricket by the indian
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Speaker 1: cricket authorities. In one of the past programs,
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Speaker 1: we've had this conversation that charlotte was our guest then
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Speaker 1: and we discussed how the BCC actually has abdicated their
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Speaker 1: responsibility and this is just another example which has been
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Speaker 1: highlighted that the women's team is yet to receive the
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Speaker 1: prize money for the 2020 World Cup. Now remember that's
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Speaker 1: about a good Lord. About 14 months back and this
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Speaker 1: is an I. C. C. Tournament. So within a couple
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Speaker 1: of weeks, maybe a month
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Speaker 1: the I. C. C. Would have sent the money to
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Speaker 1: the respective cricket boards, to the Australian cricket board for
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Speaker 1: the winning team, to the business here, for the runner
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Speaker 1: up team. And then you would expect that within maybe
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Speaker 1: another four weeks that's two months and all the money
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Speaker 1: would have reached the players.
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Speaker 1: But 14 months later it's not yet reached the players.
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Speaker 1: Now that's that's shocking. It shows that there is a
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Speaker 1: administrative lethargy, not just lethargy. I would think that's apathy
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Speaker 1: that they take so long to process something that should
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Speaker 1: not have taken.
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Speaker 1: I think even 10 minutes once the peoples come to you.
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Speaker 1: And
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Speaker 1: one of the stories which are red and this is
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Speaker 1: important is, you know, in fact, the story was broken
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Speaker 1: in the Daily Telegraph, London's Daily Telegraph. This story that
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Speaker 1: in the women's team hasn't received its money has yet.
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Speaker 1: And one of the things that is mentioned there is
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Speaker 1: that there is no affiliation to the cricketers association internationally
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Speaker 1: is very weak in indian cricket. In fact, even in
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Speaker 1: the men's section,
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Speaker 1: that holds too, not just in the women's section and
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Speaker 1: therefore there is no platform or front which can fight
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Speaker 1: for you. That's really becoming an issue. That's something to
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Speaker 1: be taken care of now or what I hear is
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Speaker 1: that the BCC says yes, they will disperse the money
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Speaker 1: swiftly quickly. I wonder why they have to get a
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Speaker 1: rap on the knuckles, from the players, from the media,
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Speaker 1: from some other country before they move into action. But
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Speaker 1: there it is, I think this issue should be shorted out.
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Speaker 1: The other issue, of course, the women's contract central contracts
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Speaker 1: have been announced, Grade A Grade B, grade C, much
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Speaker 1: like the men's team. But look at the difference in
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Speaker 1: the value of the contract women's cricket grade A 50
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Speaker 1: lack where its seventh role for the indian team, men's
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Speaker 1: team in Grade B, it's
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Speaker 1: 30 lack, it's three crore and then in the women's great,
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Speaker 1: see it's 10, like while it's one clove in men's crickets,
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Speaker 1: which shows the disparity now, you know, there are pros
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Speaker 1: and cons the arguments are there that where does the
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Speaker 1: business here make more money from from men's cricket, of
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Speaker 1: women's cricket and so on. The argument goes on and on.
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Speaker 1: You know, but sometimes I think one has to these
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Speaker 1: disingenuous arguments, you have to kind of snuff out. So
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Speaker 1: let me give you an argument which may, I mean,
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Speaker 1: you know, if it makes any sense is how do
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Speaker 1: I see it? For instance, you've got new state cricket
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Speaker 1: association's coming and say are some cricket association or you know,
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Speaker 1: darkened or one of these which have come up lately
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Speaker 1: and then there is Mumbai cricket association molester cricket association.
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Speaker 1: So as to cricket association,
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Speaker 1: when the disbursement of the money takes place from the
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Speaker 1: BCC for these, it's not a chalk and cheese difference,
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Speaker 1: you know, it's not the Mumbai cricket association will get
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Speaker 1: 100 Kroll and darken Cricket association will get five or
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Speaker 1: 10 crore. It doesn't happen like that. The job of
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Speaker 1: the BCC is to ensure apart from transparencies, as much
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Speaker 1: clarity as possible. So, I think that's something
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Speaker 1: that needs to be addressed by women's cricket is concerned.
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Speaker 1: The other issue you raise about if the base is
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Speaker 1: being committed, though, she's been picked for all three formats
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Speaker 1: for India's to to England, I think that can be
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Speaker 1: an anomaly. So just to give an example, I'm not
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Speaker 1: exactly sure what the status was, but suppose you have
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Speaker 1: a guy like a shark attack or or or human
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Speaker 1: girls who were in Australia actually ended up playing all
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Speaker 1: three formats. Now, these are anomaly. These things can happen.
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Speaker 1: I hope it's not deliberate, but if it's an anomaly,
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Speaker 1: it should be addressed quickly and things should move on.
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Speaker 2: Now. Here's a curious question I have, how many national
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Speaker 2: teams does India have
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Speaker 2: I asked this because we have a team traveling to
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Speaker 2: England next month while this team is, they're playing the
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Speaker 2: world test championship and the tour of England, we'll also
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Speaker 2: have a team playing in Sri Lanka, Is this even okay?
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Speaker 2: Because the other team going to Sri Lanka has not
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Speaker 2: even been called India.
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Speaker 1: A
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Speaker 1: well, yes, India is sending a team to Sri Lanka
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Speaker 1: in july is for a couple of uh limited overs
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Speaker 1: series or white ball cricket series. I think there'll be
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Speaker 1: 3 to 20 matches, the audio matches and there's a
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Speaker 1: whole set of players who would, you know, could easily
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Speaker 1: be in the indian team. That's how rich and strong
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Speaker 1: the indian cricket scenario is right now. I mean, look
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Speaker 1: at somebody like a trigger, the one he started to
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Speaker 1: be the captain there split three show their school the
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Speaker 1: period of not signing and so many others who were
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Speaker 1: with the indian team not too long back, but they
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Speaker 1: haven't found a place for the series against England. So, yes,
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Speaker 1: I mean, you could say that, I
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Speaker 2: don't know whether it's going to be a trend
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Speaker 1: of two teams to national teams coming up because I
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Speaker 1: don't think
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Speaker 1: most of the,
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Speaker 1: any other country has this kind of bench strength as
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Speaker 1: India has currently in the old days, we used to
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Speaker 1: say as journalists that, you know, Australia can feel two
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Speaker 1: teams easily. Now, India can feel two, perhaps even three teams,
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Speaker 1: but I don't think the other teams can not Australia,
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Speaker 1: not England, not South Africa Pakistan. So I don't know
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Speaker 1: if that's going to be the trend, but
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Speaker 1: what might happen is that another engine, you know, you
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Speaker 1: could call it India or whatever it is, could be
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Speaker 1: with promising players or bench players. Those have not found
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Speaker 1: a place if they are engaged if they kept busy.
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Speaker 1: And remember, most countries would love to host such a
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Speaker 1: team because indian players offer an attraction for sponsors, broadcasters, etcetera.
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Speaker 1: So this could happen that India keeps sending another team
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Speaker 1: across the cricket world regards to Dravid. Now, you know
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Speaker 1: how robert is the chairman of the National Cricket Academy
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Speaker 1: has also been the mentor for the India 18 before
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Speaker 1: that the indian under 19 team, but currently his head
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Speaker 1: of the N. C. And it said we don't know
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Speaker 1: as yet completely but robert will accompany the team as
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Speaker 1: coach is something that is being discussed widely
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Speaker 1: in indian cricket circles and there are two reasons for it.
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Speaker 1: One is of course that you know, he's not available,
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Speaker 1: he's in England, he's in England with the indian cricket
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Speaker 1: team and he's there to mid september by the time
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Speaker 1: they're to rent and then he comes back and then
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Speaker 1: of course they'll be preparing for the world T 20.
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Speaker 1: So he's not available robert because he's been in this
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Speaker 1: role mentor with the India under 90 teams
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Speaker 1: Is the best option to pick fall, not just for
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Speaker 1: because he's been there and you know, he's seen all
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Speaker 1: these players, he's groomed them, but also because after the
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Speaker 1: world t. 20 that is rubbish as his last assignment
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Speaker 1: from what I gather is that he will not continue,
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Speaker 1: he does not want to continue.
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Speaker 1: This is what I hear. I don't think that the
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Speaker 1: BCC offered him also a continuation but that technically that
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Speaker 1: is the last assignment. So if you have somebody who
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Speaker 1: has to step into fast issues, take the baton from him,
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Speaker 1: so to speak, then drive. It becomes a logical choice,
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Speaker 1: you know, and then it becomes a very smart move
00:16:02
Speaker 1: the BCC to send them to shillong first. It all
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Speaker 1: depends on
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Speaker 1: whether rahul Dravid wants the coach's job for a length
00:16:11
Speaker 1: of time for a period of time. You know, it's
00:16:12
Speaker 1: a one of assignment is a different thing from having
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Speaker 1: a two or three or a four year term as
00:16:17
Speaker 1: has happened in the case of uh of rubbish. So
00:16:20
Speaker 1: that will depend on how Darwin himself sees his role.
00:16:24
Speaker 1: If it interests him to become the coach. I think
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Speaker 1: that will be, it will be a great thing for India.
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Speaker 2: Well, maybe one day Rahul Dravid will be the coach
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Speaker 2: of all indian teams playing out there.
00:16:33
Speaker 2: But till then ravi Shastri is, it has to
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Speaker 1: do. And that's the big match coming up in june
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Speaker 1: the World Test
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Speaker 2: Championship final against New Zealand. Three weeks left to go.
00:16:44
Speaker 2: What do you think? The chances are areas for the
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Speaker 2: team who are the favorites and how's the preparations going?
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Speaker 1: Right? You're right. Absolutely right. Mr. Fantastic. The big, the
00:16:53
Speaker 1: big story coming up next month and cricket is the
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Speaker 1: World
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Speaker 1: Test Championship finals between India and New Zealand. Before that
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Speaker 1: of course, New Zealand is going to play a couple
00:17:01
Speaker 1: of tests matches against England. So they get a chance
00:17:04
Speaker 1: to warm up build up because a test environment that
00:17:08
Speaker 1: they are using to prepare for the World Chess Championship Final,
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Speaker 1: which is not the case with India. So in that
00:17:13
Speaker 1: sense you can say that
00:17:15
Speaker 1: perhaps a bit of a handicap for India in terms
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Speaker 1: of preparation. And remember also the indians,
00:17:20
Speaker 1: the team flies there on june the second and the
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Speaker 1: match begins on 18th of june 18 to 22nd is
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Speaker 1: the World Chess Championship Finals. So there are some warm
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Speaker 1: up matches, but that's after the quarantine period, so useful
00:17:32
Speaker 1: and advantage of having reached early to test matches, momentum
00:17:37
Speaker 1: they can carry into
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Speaker 2: the World has Championship
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Speaker 1: finals but of course they lose badly in that momentum
00:17:42
Speaker 1: could be negative.
00:17:43
Speaker 1: Now as far as the teams are concerned we know
00:17:46
Speaker 1: what the teams are selections are in England or english
00:17:49
Speaker 1: conditions could be very beneficial to new Zealand. I mean
00:17:52
Speaker 1: they've got high quality pace attack. The patting seems a
00:17:55
Speaker 1: little bit wobbly in test cricket and the five reformat
00:17:57
Speaker 1: not in the audio format apart from Kane Williamson. They
00:18:01
Speaker 1: need to get runs from sale ross taylor and some
00:18:04
Speaker 1: of the other senior pros. But when you look at
00:18:06
Speaker 1: the bowling attack they've got Trent bold tim Southee kylie Jamison,
00:18:11
Speaker 1: it's a formidable pace attacks that they've got. They've also
00:18:15
Speaker 1: got some spinners Michele Santana who could be of value
00:18:18
Speaker 1: in England, it's the first last operate fielding team.
00:18:22
Speaker 1: Of course India have done exceptionally well in the lead
00:18:24
Speaker 1: up to the W. T. C. So is the number
00:18:27
Speaker 1: one ranked team is also number one
00:18:29
Speaker 1: in the W. T. C. Points system. So and they've
00:18:32
Speaker 1: had a couple of great winds won against Australia in
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Speaker 1: Australia and then beating in England at home by the
00:18:38
Speaker 1: time you know India and you then get down together
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Speaker 1: to play the World test championship. It'll be about five
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Speaker 1: months since in the last period of test match.
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Speaker 1: But I think when you look at the batting lineup
00:18:47
Speaker 1: there's gil and there's a glory Sharma, the genre
00:18:51
Speaker 1: without calling Ronnie punt then they all around us. You
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Speaker 1: know Georgia is back, R Ashwin top of the game.
00:18:57
Speaker 1: Show me his back camera is there and asian Sharma
00:19:01
Speaker 1: so it's a very strong indian lineup and I think
00:19:05
Speaker 1: India are riding high because they've tasted success in very
00:19:08
Speaker 1: adverse situations
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Speaker 1: even
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Speaker 2: when they beat England
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Speaker 1: at home. Remember they lost the first match
00:19:14
Speaker 1: so to come from behind and won a test series.
00:19:16
Speaker 1: So emphatically his credit to the indian team I think
00:19:18
Speaker 1: that you know I had a chance to speak to
00:19:21
Speaker 1: the city just before he went into the bubble and
00:19:23
Speaker 1: he says that you know I've just been having casual
00:19:26
Speaker 1: chats with the players and they are all raring to go.
00:19:29
Speaker 1: I mean they missed out on the I peel the
00:19:31
Speaker 1: completion of the I. P. L.
00:19:32
Speaker 1: Remember look at it from without call this point of view.
00:19:35
Speaker 1: He's got all the runs the titles, the plotters, the accolades.
00:19:39
Speaker 1: But it doesn't have their two things he doesn't want.
00:19:41
Speaker 1: He doesn't have the appeal title for RCB the other
00:19:44
Speaker 1: you don't have an I. C. C. Title. So while
00:19:46
Speaker 1: the indian team has been number one in test cricket
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Speaker 1: for a long while under uh police captain See there's
00:19:51
Speaker 1: no I. C. C. Tournament. That is one not the
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Speaker 1: Champions Trophy not the World T. 20 not the O. D. I.
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Speaker 1: World Cup. Now this is an opportunity
00:19:59
Speaker 1: to get
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Speaker 2: an I. C.
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Speaker 1: C. Trophy on discovered because India has been the most
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Speaker 1: consistent team in test cricket over over the last four
00:20:08
Speaker 1: years now. Every year, the last year they finished on
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Speaker 1: top as the number one ranked team. So that is
00:20:13
Speaker 1: something that I think Cali and the other players will
00:20:16
Speaker 1: want to take into that self belief that we can win.
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Speaker 1: We can win even if the matches in England not
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Speaker 1: at home
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Speaker 1: and we can win this the inaugural World Chess Championship.
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Speaker 1: I think it'll do wonders for both these countries, not
00:20:28
Speaker 1: just India but India more so because there are more
00:20:29
Speaker 1: people following cricket India remember what happened when India won
00:20:32
Speaker 1: the World Cup in 1983 for the first time and
00:20:35
Speaker 1: then the 2007 T 20 World Cup, the inaugural one
00:20:39
Speaker 1: for the first time. You know, it just took India's
00:20:43
Speaker 1: indian cricket to another level
00:20:44
Speaker 1: I suspect if India in this World Test championship final
00:20:47
Speaker 1: uh will have a similar impact. So even as the
00:20:50
Speaker 1: pandemic rages and we all wonder where the world is headed,
00:20:53
Speaker 1: you know, it's it's good to know that a lot
00:20:55
Speaker 1: of activity in the sports world is happening. I mentioned
00:20:58
Speaker 1: so much about cricket and then of course there is
00:21:00
Speaker 1: football, Formula One, tennis and much, much more. And for
00:21:04
Speaker 1: this to discuss all these, let me welcome Samuel Aurora
00:21:07
Speaker 1: to join Mr Fantastic and myself welcome Samuel onto the show.
00:21:11
Speaker 2: Thank you so much as always, a great pleasure to
00:21:14
Speaker 2: be a part of this show. And yeah, we've got
00:21:16
Speaker 2: so many good things to discuss today. I think it's
00:21:18
Speaker 2: gonna be a fun shot.
00:21:19
Speaker 2: So let's get started with the Formula One Samel That
00:21:22
Speaker 2: was a bit of a greek tragedy over the weekend,
00:21:24
Speaker 2: wasn't it? Ferrari was already to come in from the cold,
00:21:28
Speaker 2: they got the pole position, but then, like crashes and
00:21:33
Speaker 2: even after that there was a good chance they would
00:21:34
Speaker 2: have raised dressed normally, but the gearbox failed
00:21:38
Speaker 2: and you could see him on track as he was
00:21:40
Speaker 2: entering the opening lap. He was heartbroken. It's just a
00:21:44
Speaker 2: terrible tragedy, isn't it?
00:21:45
Speaker 2: It is. It is. But the actual issue, the reason
00:21:49
Speaker 2: why he could not start the race was not as
00:21:51
Speaker 2: gay box. Of course, the gay box failed on his
00:21:53
Speaker 2: way to the grid, but it was also a driveshaft issue.
00:21:56
Speaker 2: And now many people are wondering why did Ferrari Tate
00:21:59
Speaker 2: the extra gamble, shouldn't they have just taken a five
00:22:01
Speaker 2: place grid penalty and change the game box and the
00:22:04
Speaker 2: drive shaft
00:22:05
Speaker 2: and send him out right there with a good come
00:22:07
Speaker 2: and he would have started in P. Six, so he
00:22:08
Speaker 2: would not have had the best chance to get to
00:22:10
Speaker 2: the podium, but still at least they would have got
00:22:12
Speaker 2: some really critical points ahead of McLaren, the major rivals
00:22:16
Speaker 2: who also got a podium here this weekend. So many
00:22:19
Speaker 2: wonder what happened there with Ferrari. Was it a bit
00:22:21
Speaker 2: of a two passionate judgment? Was it a bit too
00:22:23
Speaker 2: emotional for the moment? I think perhaps here, I think
00:22:26
Speaker 2: they should have focused more on the long term, but
00:22:28
Speaker 2: what's good for them is that Carlos Sainz, their second
00:22:31
Speaker 2: driver has gone in and gotten second place, his best
00:22:34
Speaker 2: finish here at Monaco. What a race weekend that was
00:22:36
Speaker 2: for him.
00:22:37
Speaker 2: Absolutely. And one thing that's happened with the result that's
00:22:40
Speaker 2: come over is uh, the driver's championship is wide open. Hamilton,
00:22:44
Speaker 2: in fact, is now second and does Mercedes finally have
00:22:48
Speaker 2: serious competition?
00:22:49
Speaker 2: I think they do. So here's a start, courtesy of
00:22:52
Speaker 2: my colleague at the podium syndrome. We found out that
00:22:55
Speaker 2: whenever rebel has led the championship, they have ended up
00:22:58
Speaker 2: winning it, both the drivers and the constructor's championship. This
00:23:01
Speaker 2: has happened in 2013, 12, 11, 10. All the years now,
00:23:05
Speaker 2: this is the first time since ages, I think, how
00:23:08
Speaker 2: can I'm 2018
00:23:09
Speaker 2: that any team or driver apart from Mercedes has led
00:23:13
Speaker 2: both the drivers and the constructor's championship. It's a new
00:23:16
Speaker 2: position for max Verstappen and the gap is quite big
00:23:19
Speaker 2: here right now between Verstappen and Hamilton. It just shows
00:23:22
Speaker 2: you that they are, as I mentioned previously as well,
00:23:24
Speaker 2: they're walking on a tightrope one error and you could
00:23:27
Speaker 2: see the gap opening up so widely.
00:23:29
Speaker 2: But knowing Hamilton Mercedes, they'll be bouncing back very, very
00:23:32
Speaker 2: quickly and I feel that we're going to have a
00:23:34
Speaker 2: very good championship battle on our hands this time
00:23:37
Speaker 2: really, I mean you expect the Mercedes team to come
00:23:39
Speaker 2: back immediately know frailties exposed during this weekend.
00:23:43
Speaker 2: Uh, it takes so this was more of a track
00:23:46
Speaker 2: specific one Monaco, they just weren't able to make things
00:23:48
Speaker 2: work as for voluntary boathouses retirement. It was a very
00:23:52
Speaker 2: absurd pit stop error from Mercedes and it's a bit
00:23:54
Speaker 2: of a sad thing that Mercedes have made many, many,
00:23:58
Speaker 2: many pit stop errors since sake last year, they just
00:24:01
Speaker 2: haven't been able to get in the groove
00:24:03
Speaker 2: And they're losing 1 2nd on average on every pit stop,
00:24:06
Speaker 2: red bull racing this time. What what happened was that
00:24:09
Speaker 2: they actually bolted up the nut of the wheel so
00:24:11
Speaker 2: they actually changed the alignment of it while the wheel
00:24:14
Speaker 2: gun was being put in so they couldn't really get
00:24:16
Speaker 2: the wheel out and in fact it's monday morning, the
00:24:18
Speaker 2: wheel is still not out of the country bottles this car,
00:24:20
Speaker 2: there was no chance in which he was able to
00:24:22
Speaker 2: compete ahead. So for Mercedes, I hope it's a one
00:24:25
Speaker 2: off
00:24:25
Speaker 2: because I really don't want to see them struggling like
00:24:27
Speaker 2: they did in Monaco
00:24:28
Speaker 2: for Hamilton, it was more of a base deficit kind
00:24:30
Speaker 2: of thing, just not able to make the setup work
00:24:33
Speaker 2: but surely, surely the next time modern baku we're going
00:24:36
Speaker 2: to see a straight up headway fight between rebels and
00:24:38
Speaker 2: the series
00:24:39
Speaker 2: well exciting race but for a season that's just a
00:24:42
Speaker 2: few races in, there's still a lot more to happen. That, however,
00:24:46
Speaker 2: is not the case with the world of football, is
00:24:48
Speaker 2: its symbol?
00:24:49
Speaker 2: No, it isn't. All the championships have ended. And where
00:24:52
Speaker 2: do we begin? Mr Fantastic. Because everywhere there are so
00:24:56
Speaker 2: many good narratives to speak about.
00:24:58
Speaker 2: All right, you want to walk us through everything that
00:24:59
Speaker 2: transpired over this weekend?
00:25:01
Speaker 2: Of course, why not? Let's speak about la liga first,
00:25:04
Speaker 2: because that's the league that ended the first out of
00:25:06
Speaker 2: the major ones. And Atletico Madrid are your brand new
00:25:10
Speaker 2: LA liga champions for the first time since 2013 and
00:25:14
Speaker 2: 2014 within the title by just two points. They beat Valladolid,
00:25:19
Speaker 2: they did not slip up right there. That was the
00:25:21
Speaker 2: final hurdle.
00:25:22
Speaker 2: And even though Real Madrid beat Villarreal on the final day,
00:25:25
Speaker 2: nothing they can do to topple Athletico Madrid. They I
00:25:28
Speaker 2: a brand new champions. And many wonder what was the
00:25:31
Speaker 2: difference with Atletico Madrid this year? Why were they so
00:25:33
Speaker 2: much better than they have been in the last few years?
00:25:36
Speaker 2: The reason according to Diego Simeone, the legendary manager, luis
00:25:40
Speaker 2: Suarez to anyone goals this season before in the overall
00:25:43
Speaker 2: goal tally and was Atletico's top scorer as well. What
00:25:47
Speaker 2: a team effort. That was, their intense, aggressive style. Finally
00:25:50
Speaker 2: paying off mister fantastic. And it's so good to see
00:25:53
Speaker 2: a new winner, right? Absolutely. And luis Suarez? Yes, so
00:25:56
Speaker 2: many goals. But what's more interesting statistically is he scored
00:26:00
Speaker 2: 16 goals in matches that
00:26:02
Speaker 2: Atletico was supposed to lose because they were trailing. So
00:26:06
Speaker 2: those are points that he's brought back and I'm pretty
00:26:08
Speaker 2: sure that Barcelona is ruing the fact that they let
00:26:11
Speaker 2: him go last year. Exactly. But luckily for them, if
00:26:16
Speaker 2: the rumors are correct, Sergio Aguero might be on his way.
00:26:19
Speaker 2: but I think that's just solving the tip of the
00:26:22
Speaker 2: iceberg in terms of their problems. They've got so many
00:26:24
Speaker 2: more issues. The conundrum of messy. What about the younger
00:26:27
Speaker 2: players
00:26:28
Speaker 2: and more importantly, mr. Fantastic. How do they not go
00:26:31
Speaker 2: bankrupt in this situation?
00:26:33
Speaker 2: Absolutely. Well, that's something for the big money guys to
00:26:36
Speaker 2: figure out. Maybe the super League will save them, who knows?
00:26:38
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, if it ever happens, I certainly hope it doesn't. Yeah,
00:26:43
Speaker 2: so moving on to France. There's some very interesting and
00:26:46
Speaker 2: exciting news coming out of there as well.
00:26:49
Speaker 2: There is an at last we have a new champion
00:26:53
Speaker 2: here as well. It is L O S C a loss.
00:26:56
Speaker 2: Clearly whatever they like to call it. But yes, lille
00:26:58
Speaker 2: is your new french champions. They have beaten PSG fair
00:27:02
Speaker 2: and square and what what a sight it is, mister
00:27:05
Speaker 2: fantastic for years. PhD have won the legal, they've dominated that.
00:27:09
Speaker 2: They call it a Farmer's League.
00:27:11
Speaker 2: The farmers have come up with something special. They have
00:27:13
Speaker 2: toppled big money team and lille. What a story, right.
00:27:17
Speaker 2: No big superstars in that team. No major highlighted name
00:27:21
Speaker 2: as such. Walking into this season. But they have gone
00:27:23
Speaker 2: in there. They have won the league from P H.
00:27:25
Speaker 2: G by just one point that got rather nervy at
00:27:29
Speaker 2: the final few weekends.
00:27:31
Speaker 2: Absolutely. And while the french Champions were announced yesterday as
00:27:35
Speaker 2: with the spanish, England had its champion a couple of
00:27:37
Speaker 2: weeks ago. But that doesn't mean that there were any
00:27:40
Speaker 2: less exciting games over the weekend. Oh, yes, Chelsea tried
00:27:44
Speaker 2: their very best to put Leicester into the Champions League spots,
00:27:47
Speaker 2: but well, Lester don't take favors to, they counter Chelsea's
00:27:50
Speaker 2: 12 lost to Aston Villa by losing
00:27:53
Speaker 2: too far on their own double the margin. Let's lose.
00:27:56
Speaker 2: Big
00:27:57
Speaker 2: Let's lose. Big indeed. So let me describe this as
00:28:00
Speaker 2: it really happened, right? So the game began for Leicester
00:28:03
Speaker 2: City to get into the Champions League. They needed Chelsea
00:28:07
Speaker 2: to lose a and them to win. So what happened
00:28:10
Speaker 2: was that things were going on where less? They got
00:28:12
Speaker 2: a penalty first up against bombers escorted, but then in
00:28:15
Speaker 2: the 40th minute, Harry Kane equalised.
00:28:17
Speaker 2: So there
00:28:18
Speaker 2: things got a little bit shaky for them. Chelsea fans
00:28:20
Speaker 2: right there at Villa Park started to celebrate but three
00:28:22
Speaker 2: minutes later asked him with us go with a gold.
00:28:24
Speaker 2: They were one nil up against Chelsea. So there that
00:28:28
Speaker 2: was an even more fun thing. So in the end,
00:28:30
Speaker 2: will have a leading one nil at half time. Leicester
00:28:32
Speaker 2: were 11 with spurs that was a bit of an
00:28:34
Speaker 2: intriguing sight to watch. But the second half is where
00:28:37
Speaker 2: things really, really got very interesting spurs considered a penalty.
00:28:42
Speaker 2: Jamie Wiley scored his second 1 to 1 to Leicester
00:28:45
Speaker 2: and then Aston Villa they got another penalty to. So
00:28:48
Speaker 2: in the 52nd minute they go to channel up against Chelsea,
00:28:51
Speaker 2: it was all looking like Leicester City had booked their
00:28:54
Speaker 2: berth in the Champions League. And you know what happened
00:28:57
Speaker 2: right there? A simple thing.
00:28:59
Speaker 2: It felt like Leicester City started to play not to
00:29:01
Speaker 2: lose
00:29:02
Speaker 2: instead of playing to win. You could see their fear,
00:29:04
Speaker 2: you could see something happening in their body language, decided
00:29:07
Speaker 2: to be a bit more fearful of everything. And so
00:29:09
Speaker 2: KASPER Schmeichel, it's a bit of a handful of the name,
00:29:11
Speaker 2: isn't it? He ended up conceding an own goal by
00:29:14
Speaker 2: punching the ball into his net. After a shot came
00:29:17
Speaker 2: in from the Chelsea side to to what happens now,
00:29:20
Speaker 2: what happens then Villa Park
00:29:21
Speaker 2: is that Chelsea go ahead, They scored the first goal
00:29:24
Speaker 2: with Ben Chilwell. So right now Chelsea is 21 but less,
00:29:28
Speaker 2: there are 22 at this stage, they would be out
00:29:31
Speaker 2: of the Champions League on goal difference, but then Gareth
00:29:34
Speaker 2: bale just comes in and knocks them straight in the
00:29:36
Speaker 2: face gets it, scores two goals right at the very end.
00:29:39
Speaker 2: Unless there are out, it's
00:29:41
Speaker 2: just what the Premier League is all about. Mr fantastic.
00:29:44
Speaker 2: Those last minute last day changes,
00:29:46
Speaker 2: you could see the pendulum swinging right before your eyes
00:29:49
Speaker 2: and I think that is just the peak of live sports.
00:29:53
Speaker 2: This is what true entertainment really is like in the
00:29:55
Speaker 2: world of sports, I was jumping on top of myself,
00:29:57
Speaker 2: I was so excited to see what was happening and
00:30:00
Speaker 2: a consequence of that. Tottenham's due for win means that
00:30:03
Speaker 2: arsenal now
00:30:04
Speaker 2: No longer have European football for the first time in
00:30:07
Speaker 2: 25 years. Next season, baffling stuff. I think it's 26
00:30:11
Speaker 2: years actually. But then hey, who's counting among the good
00:30:14
Speaker 2: news was the fact that Liverpool managed to sneak back
00:30:16
Speaker 2: into the top three, not just four, and that doesn't
00:30:20
Speaker 2: bode well for English football.
00:30:23
Speaker 2: There are some open questions to bite at the end
00:30:25
Speaker 2: of this week is hurricane going to stay back at sports.
00:30:28
Speaker 2: The jersey that they recently launched does have his number
00:30:31
Speaker 2: is sergio. We're headed to Barcelona like you've already suggested
00:30:34
Speaker 2: and is most, all are going to be around for
00:30:36
Speaker 2: Liverpool's next year's campaign, a lot of exciting stuff coming
00:30:39
Speaker 2: home to follow. What do you think I have on?
00:30:42
Speaker 2: These are sort of finishes that really make league football
00:30:45
Speaker 2: what it is and
00:30:46
Speaker 2: you know, makes the super league look just what it
00:30:48
Speaker 2: is a greedy and out of placed on them and
00:30:50
Speaker 2: that never should have been conceptualized in the first place.
00:30:53
Speaker 1: Oh absolutely mister fantastic. I think, look, the super league
00:30:57
Speaker 1: got exposed, you know, for the hubris, for the greed
00:31:00
Speaker 1: that was being pursued by the team owners and obviously
00:31:03
Speaker 1: those new promoters who wanted to come in, but I
00:31:05
Speaker 1: think they were put in their places by fans. I
00:31:08
Speaker 1: think the power of the fans came through your
00:31:10
Speaker 1: and I think it's uh, let me put it very
00:31:14
Speaker 1: with a lot of Canada and the world just seems
00:31:16
Speaker 1: a better place for that.
00:31:17
Speaker 2: Well, thanks for that ideas. And while the football actions
00:31:22
Speaker 2: allowing us a little bit of time to breathe Grand
00:31:24
Speaker 2: Slam tennis is back and now it's french open. We've
00:31:27
Speaker 2: seen all the big names in action over the last
00:31:29
Speaker 2: few weeks. Nadal has had some titled winds. Novak has
00:31:32
Speaker 2: had some finals team has struggled when he's actually been
00:31:35
Speaker 2: absent for the last couple of weeks
00:31:37
Speaker 2: and federal will continue to struggle. He is himself said
00:31:39
Speaker 2: that he is not likely to win the title,
00:31:41
Speaker 2: but this is actually one of those years where it
00:31:43
Speaker 2: really seems like one of the next gen could win it.
00:31:47
Speaker 2: I know we spoke about this on our last episode
00:31:49
Speaker 2: as well, but if you look at the last few
00:31:51
Speaker 2: tournaments that have happened, it's always been one of Citypass
00:31:54
Speaker 2: Zverev Medvedev, Bertini now even Casper Ruud,
00:31:59
Speaker 2: well then the shape of Olive would have played, but
00:32:00
Speaker 2: he's pulled out of injury as of monday.
00:32:03
Speaker 2: So it's really one of those years where you feel
00:32:05
Speaker 2: that it's probably not going to be a Nadal or
00:32:08
Speaker 2: Djokovic winning the title. Of course, it all comes down
00:32:11
Speaker 2: to mental strength. The same kind of upheaval is also
00:32:14
Speaker 2: being seen in the women's game. It's going to be
00:32:17
Speaker 2: tough to pick a champion, but it's also hard to
00:32:19
Speaker 2: really look beyond the teenage defending champion in grocery attack
00:32:22
Speaker 2: 1 # one Ash party or Naomi Osaka
00:32:26
Speaker 1: who has past
00:32:27
Speaker 2: experience in winning grand slams.
00:32:28
Speaker 2: There's always an outside chance for the creates like serena Williams.
00:32:32
Speaker 2: But other than this, you really have to wonder if
00:32:34
Speaker 2: anyone has the mental fortitude to win. Two weeks of
00:32:38
Speaker 2: relentless tennis and in the women's game, if ever ceilings
00:32:43
Speaker 2: just don't matter. So we almost expect to be proven
00:32:46
Speaker 2: wrong even with our predictions. What do you guys think?
00:32:48
Speaker 2: So who do you pick for the title? So I'm
00:32:51
Speaker 2: going to start with the men's singles for this one
00:32:53
Speaker 2: and I really have no clue right. Nadal has traditionally
00:32:57
Speaker 2: been the favorite. He's the one everyone has their money on,
00:33:00
Speaker 2: but this year since it seems to be in good
00:33:02
Speaker 2: for me recently, won the leon to 50 then. Yeah,
00:33:05
Speaker 2: you might say it's just the 2 50 tournament, but
00:33:07
Speaker 2: he seems to be in a good groove. He's playing
00:33:09
Speaker 2: good tennis at this stage team you mentioned, maybe not him,
00:33:12
Speaker 2: he's not had the best of runs in the last
00:33:14
Speaker 2: few weeks, but Diego Schwartzman was really, really good last year.
00:33:18
Speaker 2: I want to see what he does this time out,
00:33:20
Speaker 2: but for him, I think the semi's might be the
00:33:23
Speaker 2: place where we see him eventually. He was only there
00:33:25
Speaker 2: in the same as last year, ended up losing the joker, which,
00:33:28
Speaker 2: but let's see what he can make up this time out.
00:33:30
Speaker 2: As for Medvedev,
00:33:32
Speaker 2: he's just
00:33:34
Speaker 2: in the worst possible run a form that he could
00:33:37
Speaker 2: possibly ask for. I think Roland Garros is the last
00:33:40
Speaker 2: place and nobody wants to be at this stage considering
00:33:42
Speaker 2: how uncomfortable he looks in the clay, so can't Medvedeva
00:33:45
Speaker 2: can't team out, but again, it's the french open, right?
00:33:48
Speaker 2: We never know which way things could be going eventually.
00:33:51
Speaker 2: Maybe you could have
00:33:53
Speaker 2: a big shock. Who knows what happens, right? It's a
00:33:55
Speaker 2: grand slam. Everyone is allowed to take part. Of course
00:33:58
Speaker 2: you do qualify as that is, but still, I I
00:33:59
Speaker 2: expect to see some major upset, more so in the
00:34:02
Speaker 2: women's skin, in the men's one. Well, for all, you know,
00:34:05
Speaker 2: federal might be standing with the trophy at the end
00:34:07
Speaker 2: of the next three weeks. Thank you so much. Mr Fantastic.
00:34:10
Speaker 2: Thank you so much. I ask for having me on
00:34:12
Speaker 2: this week. I'm very keen to see what happens in
00:34:14
Speaker 2: the Roland Garros this time out the first time, properly
00:34:17
Speaker 2: following tennis, like a hardcore fan, I think I'm not
00:34:19
Speaker 2: going to be disappointed. That's it from me for this week.
00:34:22
Speaker 2: Thanks for having me on the show again. I'll catch
00:34:24
Speaker 2: you next week.
00:34:25
Speaker 1: Thanks for that. Some of them Mr Fantastic. Tennis world
00:34:28
Speaker 1: is in a state of german, is it going to
00:34:30
Speaker 1: be the next or is it going to be the
00:34:33
Speaker 1: old guard which is going to prevail in the french open,
00:34:36
Speaker 1: the Syria and the women's championships to follow. And of course,
00:34:39
Speaker 1: all the other grand slams that the U. S. Open,
00:34:42
Speaker 1: Plus the other 80 autonomous. The jury is out on that.
00:34:44
Speaker 1: I would still tilt towards the likes of Djokovic and Nadal,
00:34:49
Speaker 1: also federal, in case, you know, if he's recovered and
00:34:52
Speaker 1: he's completely fit but of that for another day. Thanks
00:34:55
Speaker 1: a lot for joining in. Some L. Fantastic. And I'll
00:35:00
Speaker 1: call on you again next week.
00:35:02
Speaker 1: There is going to be a lot of action has
00:35:04
Speaker 1: been not just in tennis, but
00:35:06
Speaker 1: the cricket scene is holding up. The football scene is
00:35:08
Speaker 1: holding up. And we'll also have an update on what's
00:35:12
Speaker 1: happened in the Sushil Kumar, bewildering story about social command.
00:35:17
Speaker 1: I'll catch up with you again next week. Same time
00:35:19
Speaker 1: on the same show. Obviously. Take care till then. See you.
00:35:25
Speaker 1: Mhm.
00:35:27
Speaker 1: Yeah.