We sat down to record the Origin Story of our love with the game.

We discussed -

- Our first playgrounds (societies, mohalla etc)

- How our teams were decided?

- What were the various toss instruments?

- Specific rules for batting (1D, 2D) and bowling (fast, knee height no balls etc)

All of the above across the country since the panel was diverse and we wrapped up with our favourite story of playing Cricket.

In our series of episodes dealing with the lack of cricket in Indian cricket coverage and the rise of jingoism and demi-god worship in cricket media, we have with us accomplished cricket analyst and writer, Gurkirat S Gill.

Sarthak is a writer and music composer. He writes a Substack called Lines on The Grass, and you can find some of his other written work at IndianExpress and EuroSport. He uploads his music on Instagram and YouTube, but only when his morning coffee hits the right spot.

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Listen to Sarthak's music here & you can follow him on Twitter as well.

In this episode, we have both the Adityas, Raj & MV.

We discuss -

- The Hero Worshipping of Dhoni, Kohli & Rohit

- Twitter Fanwars as an extension of how Cricket is packaged

- Inceldom and the violent nature of Cricket discourse

- The Loss of Tenderness in sport

- No room for the stories of 7/10 cricketers (The Hanuma Viharis & Mayank Agarwals)

- Sexualisation of Women in & associated with Sport with Cameramen & how society reacts to 5 second clips of Women in stadia

- Lack of Narrative & History in Cricket Commentary

- BCCI's lack of interest in Women's Cricket