Bits and Pieces : The friendliest cricket podcast
The friendliest transcontinental cricket podcast. Join us, a group of Indian fans located in various parts of the globe as we talk through the goings on in cricket through stories, anecdotes and stats.
Liberally smattered with attempts at humour, puns, and banter, Bits and Pieces is ideally coupled with a cold beverage and a pinch of salt on the rim. If cricket be your food of love, play on.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 65 minutes
- Episodes
- 173
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Ep: 133: Mr Gambhir, ‘You are not the CEO of Me’; The Ambanis are!
BroT, Hank and poDebutant, Vishal Shah, discuss the Ambani wedding, which was the most important event in Indian cricket this week. They then discuss, in passing, the Indian Team support staff setup,…
Ep 132: We Welcome Grumpy and Farewell Grumpy: Hello Gambhir. Goodbye Jimmy
Choppy, Max and VaMu say hello and welcome to Gautam Gambhir as coach of the India cricket team. They farewell Jimmy Anderson. And also talk about India's games in Zimbabwe. Along the way, R. Ashwin …
Ep 131: Euphoria from a heady Wankhede evening
In Mumbai, India gave its cricketing heroes a massive and spontaneous reception to mark their memorable World Cup triumph. Vipul from the Bits and Pieces gang - a North Stand Gang regular, and a majo…
Ep 130: Rohit and Dravid's India are champions!
After 4024 days, India end their ICC tournament drought in incredibly dramatic fashion in Barbados. An ending that you could not have scripted, for Rohit, Kohli and Dravid. A redemption arc for Hardi…
Ep 129: Gulbadin's Oscar, and Jay Shah's gif that keeps on giving
We originally wanted to record this episode on the weekend, since we expected Semifinal slots to be decided well before India played Australia. But as it transpired, we ended up recording in multiple…
Ep 128: Of Nepal's Walker and Netravalkar
After a sizzling second week of the World Cup filled with close games, upsets, near-upsets and a teary farewell to New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka (and nearly England), Hank, Max, Nitin and Adi j…
Ep 127: Pakistan defeated by India, and by India H1B
Despite the ICC's best efforts with messed up pitches at strange venues, ticketing faux-pas, scheduling gaffes and comical broadcast deals, the first week of the T20 World Cup has been a low-scoring …
Ep 126: This time for America
It's time for that flagship, marquee cricketing event ... that happens every year. No, we aren't talking about the IPL anymore (and so thank you god) - It's time for a World Cup, in the oddest corner…
Ep 125: Ab ki baar KKR
As IPL 2024 winds down to anti-climactic conclusion, Tony, Chops, Bisi and Nitin come together to ponder the most important question of all - who has won the Fairplay Award (PS: We had to check). The…
Ep 124: Sambar Derby, Sweet Finish
On the day after RCB poured sambar all over the sweet strawberries of CSK, the gang get together to cry/celebrate about the outcome of the best match of the season and the qualifiers to the IPL play…
Ep 123: Cricket's holy cows, with Sharda Ugra
When was the last time the media, the selectors, the commentators, or even the coach could speak their mind freely or take a hard call in relation to an Indian superstar? India's anchor-heavy T20 Wor…
Ep 122: Selective Selection Outrage, Unending Umpiring Umbrage
Tony, Chops and Nitin chat about the latest happenings in the unending IPL, and cast their deep focus on the strange edge-case that was witnessed at the end of SRH v RR, where Bhuvneshwar Kumar pinne…
Ep 121: Uncomfortably Numb - reacting to scores of 260+
From book cricket to stick cricket to cheat mode, the scoring rates in IPL 2024 continue to soar out of the realms of anything we could have imagined. Max, VaMu and PDP come together in Episode 121 t…
Ep 120: Dhoni's journey - from strike-farming to strawberry farming
Kookaburras in England, Kiwis in Pakistan ... and Ducks in India. As the IPL moves into mid-season madness, our knowledgeable friends assemble to kill many birds with one stone. We ruminate on Travis…
Ep 119: Is Jasprit Bumrah a Product Manager at Cred?
The answer is no, of course, but why let that come in the way of a buzzword filled headline for your podcast episode!
But no, seriously, in Episode 119, we come together and wonder if Bumrah is toug…
Ep 118: East or Vest, Shreyas is the best
It's IPL season, so naturally Max, PGK, Varun, and Tony want to start the episode with the team selection for the T20 World Cup. Which Mahabharats characters will make the plane to North America? Als…
Ep 117: Prodigal son returns after a year and nothing has changed
Kaustubh Kumar returns to the pod after nearly a year and says "nothing has changed". The same folk are doubing down on the same views on most things. The episode, which is hosted by doubler-PDP feat…
Ep 116: One finger points to third man, three fingers point back at Hardik
Two bouncers per over, TV umpires sitting with directors, bright AF stumps, and some ridiculous cricket. As the IPL clown car drives past the first round of matches, you see the bits and pieces gang …
Ep 115: Ee Sala Cup Namdu!
After 16 years, Royal Challengers Bangalore are champions. We lived to witness this fine day. Whodathunk!
Nitin, Max, VaMu and Brother T assemble soon after RCB's victory, to review a memorable seco…
Ep 114: Chatsguru by ESPNCricinfo
On the wonderful occasion of R Ashwin's 100th test, the gang get together to finally deliver the long promised Cage Match. Join Tony, PGK, Srinath, Hank, and Chops as we talk about what we talk about…