The Sports Bench
by Minal & Nani
This podcast will bring you all things from the world of Cricket and Footbal with a special emphasis on news from India. Minal and Nani host a cricket and football show respectively with experts from India. Listen in to stay updated about Sports in India
Episodes
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TSB Cricket: Warren Brennan of Hot Spot Technology Speaks
Warren Brennan, the man behind the Hot Spot technology used in the India England series joins us to talk about his invention, challenges and the controversies surrounding Dravids dismissal in the last test and of course, VVS Laxmans Vaseline non incident.
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TSB Football # 13: Indian Football in a Hurdle Race
Arunava joins Nani to talk about the future of Indian football. With tight budgets, Indian clubs find themselves in a fix and with older players being part of the national side, things dont look bright for Indian football at the moment. Discussion on news like Ariel Ortega, the man who was…
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TSB Football # 12: What is Wrong with West Bengal Football
Dhiman Sarkar of Hindustan Times joins Arunava and Nani to talk about the growing concern surrounding the Mecca of football in India called West Bengal. Arunava and Dhiman feel that while thousands gather to watch important matches in the state, the authorities who run the show have taken a lot…
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TSB Football # 11: Goa Football vs Bengal Football
Kolkata & Goa share the love for two F words: fish & football. The names that flash across the mind immediately on the mention of football in India are East Bengal & Mohun Bagan (not necessarily in that order). However, the fact is that Goan teams that have ruled the roost & sustained the tag of...
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TSB Football # 10 - FIFA is dead. Long Live Football
Arunava joins us from Zurich, the venue for FIFA presidential election. Football lovers from around the world are shocked and concerned after news reports which announced that some FIFA officials received bribes for handing out World Cup bids. In this short podcast, Arunava gives us a ground zero...
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TSB Football # 9 - A Conversation with Horst Wein
Horst Wein is a renowned name in field hockey as well as football across continents. It is difficult to finish listening to someone who has experience spread over several decades and geography. And we found Horst Wein to be an absolutely charming man, full of energy and lots of stories. We have...
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TSB Football # 8 - A little bit of Everything
Finally with the resignation of Bob Houghton as Indian national football team coach, a saga that was increasingly turning distasteful has ended. Discussed are possible replacements and the importance of setting up of or following the system that Houghton set up over the last five years, because...
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TSB Cricket #10: India, the New World Champions
The first ball of the Indian innings in the world cup was put away to the fence and the last ball of the World Cup almost hit the sight screen. Indian Captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni looked unflustered when he played that shot and thats been the story of India in this world cup. Ayaz and Minal talk...
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TSB Cricket #9: The Final Four
Unlike the 1987 World Cup, three teams from the subcontinent have ensured that this wont be a non Asian finals much like the 1996 World Cup finals. With India beating Australia in the quarters and Pakistan thrashing West Indies by 10 wickets, Sri Lanka pulled off an effortless win against…
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TSB Cricket #8: Let the knock Outs begin
The best eight teams have advanced to the quarter finals. India take on Australia on Thursday. Minal and Ayaz talk not just about the fortunes of these teams but also about the minnows like Ireland which has made a mark in the cricketing world. However, over time, all good Ireland players are...
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TSB Football #7 - A little bit of Everything
Nani and Arunava are pleasantly surprised that a few kids in Kolkata are running around in football jerseys during the cricket world cup season. In other news, Italy considers an under 21 side in Serie B after an uneventful world cup campaign. The Indian National team is preparing for the AFC...
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TSB Football #6 - The Derby is in town
If cricket is somewhat of a religion in India, Football in Bengal can perhaps match that hype. In this podcast, among other things, Arunava who is currently in Kolkata on a vacation takes us through his rather rough experience of watching Indian fans in the stadium! Nani and Arunava also talk…
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TSB Football #5 - Indias Chances at the AFC Cup
Nani managed to get a hold of Arunava right before he left for Qatar to cover the upcoming AFC Cup. In this episode, Arunava talks about Indias chances at the AFC cup and how Indians should keep their expectations from its national football team in check. A miracle can always happen, but dont...
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TSB Cricket #7: It's Anybody's Cup Now...
The Round Robin matches are in their last stage. While Group A seems to have sorted themselves out, Group B has made mundane look exciting with England providing the Indian crowds a case study in upsets by losing to Bangladesh and Ireland. South Africa have made it to the quarter finals after...
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TSB Cricket #6: A World Cup of Upsets?
The World Cup is peaking with Ireland recording the first upset of the tournament by beating England. However, Ayaz is vocal about whether they can sustain this success and that there should be a better way of inducting the minnows in the world cup by having a more rigourous selection process.…
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TSB Cricket #5: The wait Ends
With a day more to go for the World Cup, Ayaz and Minal discuss the prospects of all teams. Ayaz shares his experience of meeting with many former cricketers who unanimously feel that India is the top favourite to win the cup. However, he is quick to point out that no host country has won the…
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TSB Cricket # 4 - WC 2011 Countdown Begins
Ayaz and Minal start the podcast by taking us through the recently concluded India and South Africa ODI series and the gains that both countries can look forward to carry in the world cup 2011. While Virat Kohli and Pathan Seniors form gives our selectors some pleasant worry as they will have to...
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TSB Cricket #3 - Ind vs SA Test Series Wrap Up
Ayaz and Minal are back with the wrap up of the India v/s South Africa Test Series. Ayaz had predicted a 1-1 before the series started and that is how it ended. It was a fair result for both the teams. Ayaz would have liked both the teams to be a bit aggressive in the 3rd test by going for the…
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TSB Cricket #3 - Ind vs SA Test Series Wrap Up
Nani managed to get a hold of Arunava right before he left for Qatar to cover the upcoming AFC Cup. In this episode, Arunava talks about Indias chances at the AFC cup and how Indians should keep their expectations from its national football team in check. A miracle can always happen, but dont...
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TSB Cricket #2 - The Best Test Match Day
In the 2nd episode of The Sports Bench - Cricket edition, Ayaz and Minal discuss the two big test matches that are coming up. It's going to be a Test Match lovers dream come true as England-Australia and South Africa-India begin their test matches on the same day. The episode also covers the…
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TSB Football #4 - Indian Footballers Homesick
In this episode, Nani and Arunava talk about the 700 crore deal that was signed between IMG-Reliance and AIFF however it remains to be seen whether the deals leads to any good for Indian football. The other topics include Mohan Bagans horrible start to the I-league, the changes at Blackburn…
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TSB Cricket #1 - The run up begins
After covering the IPL for Indicast, Minal, Indicast's resident cricket nut has started her "run up" to the ICC Cricket World Cup. Ayaz Memon and Minal would be hosting fortnightly podcast covering all things cricket until the end of the Cricket World Cup. For the first episode of this special...
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TSB Football #3 - Will Venky chicken out?
Nani and Arunava are back with more news from the world of Indian Football. The discussion starts with the Arunavas highest point in what could be the worlds shortest professional career for a football player. Arunava probably attained nirvana when he played in the Bayern Munich jersey. The other...
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TSB Football #2 - All in Wane
In this episode, Nani and Arunava begin by discussing the why, where and what-ifs related to Wane Rooney's wish to leave Manchester United. But let us not get carried away with all the action at happening out of India. The I-League, India's national football league, fixtures have been announced…
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TSB Football #1 - India prepares for Asian Cup
Nani and Arunava are back discussing football, football, and more football. After quick updates about the most popular european leagues, the discussion gets meaty about Indian team's preparations for Asian Cup. While in New Delhi, Arunava got a chance to catch up with the team and shhres his...
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Football World Cup 2010 - Finale
The biggest match of the World Cup was played and Spain came out smiling. The Spanish team might have beat Netherlands by only a goal but match wasn't as drab. For the podcast we have a new guest, Corey who follows the Spanish team on World Cup Blog. The other voices on the podcast include…
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Football World Cup 2010 - Netherlands's Big Day
Jan Roskott joins in before Netherlands plays its biggest match since 1974 and may be this time they'll go all the way. Jan has a positive feeling about Netherlands's but is holding back the celebration until the final whistle has been blown. Both teams in the finals, Netherlands and Spain, are...
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Football World Cup 2010 - Germany - Spain Review
Arunava joins in to review the games post semi final of the Football world cup 2010. The young german team finally went down 1-0 to a goal scored by the Spanish defender but whats next for the German team? The game saw a very different German team. They lacked what got them into the Semi finals -...
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Football World Cup 2010 - Post League Stage Review
The league stage of the Football World Cup 2010 is over. France and Italy faile dto make it through. Now, start the knowout phase, where one bad game and the effort put into over two years in the qualification will bite the dust. The tournament has already thrown enough surprises in the form of...
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Fifa World Cup 2010 Week 1 - Vuvuzela & Jabulani
In this episode, we review Group E consisting of Netherlands, Denmark, Cameroon, and Japan. Jan Roskott joins us as a special guest and long with Vikram, our resident contributor. Jan is the chief blogger at the NEtherlands World Cup Blog. He was also fortunate to be present behind the nets when...
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Football World Cup 2010 - Group E Review
In this episode, we review Group E consisting of Netherlands, Denmark, Cameroon, and Japan. Jan Roskott joins us as a special guest and long with Vikram, our resident contributor. Jan is the chief blogger at the NEtherlands World Cup Blog. He was also fortunate to be present behind the nets when...
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Football World Cup 2010 - Group D Review
In this episode, we review Group D consisting of Germany, Serbia, Ghana, and Australia. Arunava Chaudhuri joins us as a special guest and long with Vikram, our resident contributor. Arunava has worked as a football commentator and expert for different Indian TV channels - ESPN-Star Sports, Zee...
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Football World Cup 2010 - Group C Review
In this episode, we review Group C consisting of England, United States, Algeria, and Slovenia. Nani calls this "Group of Hype". England has been a perennial hyped team because of the coverage of English Premier League but Nani doubts that they have what it takes to be World Champions. USA - well...
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Sports Bench - Football WC 2010 - Group B Review
In this episode, we review Group B consisting of Argentina, Nigeria, South Korea, and Greece. Nani calls this group of indiscipline. All teams, ecept South Korea are still figuring out their match strategies, including Argentina. Argentina is having problems with selecting their final 11…
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Sports Bench - Football WC 2010 - Group A Review
In this episode, we review Group A consisting of South Africa, Argentia, Mexico and Uruguay. But even before getting into the podcast with the group discussion, guess how was the Soccer City Stadium inaugrated? to say the least, it was a bit different. Group A is very close to being the Group of...
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Sports Bench - Football WC 2010 Podcast - Kick Off
It's that time again. The World's most popular sport will see which country is the world's best. The Football (not soccer) World Cup 2010 is all set to kick off in 3 weeks. Indicast intends to bring you a special series covering all things Football World Cup 2010 in South Africa. We will not only...
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This podcast will bring you all things from the world of Cricket and Footbal with a special emphasis on news from India. Minal and Nani host a cricket and football show respectively with experts from India. Listen in to stay updated about Sports in India
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