Twenty memorable journeys around the world, Twenty unforgettable matches, Two very different journalists. One podcast. Where do their paths intersect? In the Press Box. Cricket writers Bharat Sundaresan and Anand Vasu relive some of the incredible events in cricket that they witnessed and covered together.
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Twenty memorable journeys around the world, Twenty unforgettable matches, Two very different journalists. One podcast. Where do their paths intersect? In the Press Box. Cricket writers Bharat Sundaresan and Anand Vasu relive some of the incredible events in cricket that they witnessed and covered together.
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August 24, 2020
Hyderabad 2018: West Indies in three days and a wander off the field
<p>An unusual Test match for the Press Box 2020 podcast. Bharat Sundaresan’s final Test in India as an Indian reporter — he would move to Australia and follow that team soon after. And Anand Vasu was out of the press box, thanks to issues with accreditation. The two stayed together in Hyderabad, perhaps for the first time, this Test and for a change the podcast looks at what goes on behind the scenes in a journalist’s life.</p> <p>Bharat talks about things outside of control and how the life of a sports journalist might look like a constant party while never really feeling like one.</p> <p>The cricket itself only lasted three days. The West Indies did not put up much of a fight and the series was remembered for Prithvi Shaw making his debut and scoring runs. Before the Test Bharat spoke to his old mate Devendra Bishoo about his Indian roots, the manner in which he practices Hinduism and explains why he kept that story away from his mother!</p> <p>Bharat dissects the rivalry between the islands in the West Indies. While the neighbouring islands may not have the kind of tensions India has with its neighbours, the dynamics of the Caribbean are fascinating in their own way.</p> <p>Bharat talks about four member of one batch of one school in Barbados being in the Test team together and the allegations of favouritism towards Barbados. How does Jason Holder deal with this? Can he shake it off? Bharat traces his rise to the captaincy, explores the consistency in the cricketer and his character off the field.</p> <p>Anand traces the differences between being at the ground, where you can take a wider view and look at what you choose, in comparison to television where you only see what is shown to you.</p> <p>And finally Bharat recalls when he first met Umesh Yadav, who walked around the streets of Bangalore unrecognised!</p>
August 17, 2020
Bangalore 2010: Cricket in the time of the Commonwealth Games
<p>India and Australia snuck in a thriller of a two-Test series in the shadow of the Commonwealth Games in India in 2010. For the first time in ages, cricket took a back seat in the newspapers and on television, in India and it was a pity, because the action on the field was taut, tense and memorable.</p> <p>Ricky Ponting got shaded in Mohali by a VVS Laxman special, in one of the last games where batsmen were allowed a runner. The rule might have changed since, but you had to be a beaten Australian captain to remember that game for a runner rather than Laxman’s heroics.</p> <p>The second Test, in Bangalore, a ground where India did not always arrive expecting to win, was easier on the nail-chewing, but had many highlights.</p> <p>With Laxman out injured there was a debut for Cheteshwar Pujara who began shakily but more than made up for it in the second innings, announcing that he belonged at the highest level.</p> <p>Remember Sreesanth, the gun bowler overseas who did not always have the best time in India? And Pragyan Ojha, the man who was Man of the Match in Sachin Tendulkar’s final Test?</p> <p>You may remember that Australia had Marcus North, Nathan Hauritz, and the likes but it takes Bharat Sundaresan to remember Adelaide’s own Peter George from that game. George played that one Test and it was all over for him.</p> <p>Even as India won, Anand Vasu suggests that this was the first time an Australian attack came to India without that fear factor. All good bowlers in that line-up, but not one than opposition batsmen would fear.</p> <p>The Tendulkar-Ponting run-fest rivalry, M Vijay finding his feet, the joys and challenges of open air press boxes and much more from Bangalore.</p> <p>Bharat the outsider eats a lot at Koshy’s and hangs out on Church Street while fails to understand what cool means in a city that oddly felt like home long before it actually was.</p> <p>But, most importantly, Bangalore gave Bharat one of the greatest moments of his life. What was that? Well, you’re just going to have to listen to find out.</p>
August 10, 2020
Melbourne 2014: When MS Dhoni retired from Tests with immediate effect and the shit hit the fan
<p>The Boxing Day Test of 2014 couldn't have ended in a more perfect fashion at the MCG as far as the Press Box was concerned. Despite it having been a run-heavy affair on a Melbourne pitch that was fast-gaining a reputation of being the flattest in the country, the facile draw which gave Australia an unassailable lead in the series meant everybody could go ahead with their New Year plans in stress-free fashion. Dhoni's post-match press conference too added to that relaxed air. Then, just minutes later, all hell broke loose, as a press release from the BCCI announced that the Indian captain had retired from Tests with immediate effect. </p> <p>Anand Vasu & Bharat Sundaresan still shudder while recalling the aftermath of that shock retirement, which included freezing their backsides off outside the Indian team hotel as they desperately tried to make sense of it. Not to forget the impact it briefly had on their personal lives. And in this episode of Press Box 2020, you'll hear a lot about how our co-hosts dealt with the mayhem that Dhoni had casually caused by slipping away into the sunset. </p> <p>While Anand managed to get team director Ravi Shastri that night to reveal the scenes inside the Indian dressing-room, Bharat would go on to write a book on the man who ruined that New Year for him, and he grudgingly shares some of the aspects of Dhoni's life that make him such an enigma while wondering whether the seeds of what would eventually become the book were sown on that chilly evening in Melbourne. </p>
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