In what can only be classified as a coup (and as South Asians, we don’t use this term lightly), we have Sharda Ugra, Ahmer Naqvi, and Mohammad Isam to talk through the recent crisis in international cricket.

We often explore these themes through Shah Rukh's movie metaphors, starting with K3G and ending with Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman.

The episode serves as a reminder that we need to keep lines of communication open between the public, and it’s even more important to do this with the current media landscape.

We briefly touch upon the associates at this World Cup and who we are most looking forward to watching.

Our guests are joined by hosts Richa, Nishant, Sarthak, and MV.

We have a star studded line up for this!

Richa is joined by

• Tarutr Malhota from Best of Cricket Stories
• Neha Shetty from Never on the Backfoot Podcast
• Praatibh from Cricket by JB
• Shayan Ahmad Khan from Commbox

We discuss RCB’s win (some of us still can’t believe it), talk about each team and even crown Sophie Devine as Falguni Pathak, worry about UP-W, wonder what went wrong with MI-W and end with some fun awards and a draft of the team of WPL 2026 which includes an uncapped player in this edition.

India-Pakistan cricket tensions are back in focus after Pakistan’s announcement of a boycott of the February 15 clash, raising fresh questions about the future of cricket diplomacy and global governance in the sport.

To discuss this and more we spoke to Senior Journalist Chander Shekhar Luthra who has been covering the sport for over 30 years and long time friend of the pod, Behram Qazi.

There are a ton of tangents but that's how it is, isn't it?