The voice of Bihari cricket

🚨 If you’re an RCB fan, I’d love if you could fill out this 2-minute survey on how you feel about the franchise this year. I plan to create a graphic story of your answers soon! 🚨

🏏 Cricket Roundup: Rinku’s perfect night, CSK’s horror show, & Tufnell would’ve loved playing for Baz.

• 🏆 KKR BEAT LSG | Sidharth Monga on Rinku Singh’s extraordinary batting & fielding. | Sidharth Monga thinks Angkrish Raghuvanshi was deservedly given out for obstruction. | 📊 Roshan Gede on Kagiso Rabada’s powerplay form. |

• 🏆 GT BEAT CSK | Narbavi R on CSK’s impact player horror show in the first powerplay. | Probuddha Bhattacharjee on CSK’s odd use of Prashant Veer. |

• 🏏 THE CRICKET ROUNDUP | Andrew Miller with Danni Wyatt-Hodge on ENG’s World Cup dreams. | Mohammad Isam with Josh Clarkson on making an impact in a depleted NZ team. | 🔒 Simon Wilde talks to Phil Tufnell, who would’ve loved the support of Bazball in his career. | 📊 Sampath Bandarupalli on the IPL’s statistical trends. | Matt Roller talks to Samit Patel about winding up his 24-year career, and his future as a coach. |

📚 Best Features: The commentator uplifting Bihar, & Headley’s improbable victory over racism.

• “Giving Bihar cricket its voice”
  ✍️ Akshay Ramesh profiles Robin Singh, a local coach-turned-commentator who is helping to find cricketing gems in the relative backwater of Bihar – including, of course, everyone’s favourite teenager this IPL.

• “His Middle Name Should Be Atlas”
  ✍️ Giles Wilcock on the brilliance of the West Indian George Headley amongst impossible racial standards in the early 20th century.

🗞️ Quick News: Knight Riders’ new Olympic stadium.

📺 A/V: The man behind Mr. Nags, & WI’s annual report.

• “How I Became RCB’s Mr. Nags”
  📽️ AB de Villiers talks to Danish Sait, the local comedian behind RCB’s famous Mr. Nags. [YouTube]

• “What now?”
  📽️ Machel Hewitt & Santokie Nagulendran discuss the West Indies’ annual financial report. [YouTube]

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