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-93: ICC (we mean, BCCI) Now Declares WC23 Open
SUMMARY:
TWELVE games in, the latest edition of the 50-over cricket World Cup, WC23, was finally a go. With a star-studded line up of top Indian singers like Arijit Singh, Sukhwinder Singh and Shanka…
Ep 92: Of Ashwin Attribution and Rachin Retribution
It's only fitting that the latest edition of the ODI World Cup kicks off in week 92 of the podcast! Five games into the tournament, Tony, Max, PDP, Nitin and pod debutant Iman Pande assemble to talk …
Ep 91: Prematchure joculation
The world cup has somehow not started yet, but the Bits and Pieces gang is not holding back any punches on preparations and reparations. Join Srinath, Adi, Bisi, Nitin, Tony and debutant and youngest…
Ep 90: At 6s and 7s over No. 8s
The gang this week decides to put on their combinatorics hats to work out multiple combinations for India in the upcoming World Cup, set to the sound of a million boxes being ticked at once. They are…
Ep 89: ODing on ODIs
Join Tony, Nitin, Max, Tareque, Vaishnavi, and Sameer on ep 89 of the friendliest cricket podcast as they get together with the cup of joy overflowing in Asia, hope of ploy growing for Ash na, the mu…
Ep 88: Sharda Ugra shreds the BCCI ogre
The conscience keeper of Indian cricket joins the gang on Episode 88 of Bits and Pieces, for a wide-ranging chat on the heavy-handedness of the BCCI and what that means for Indian cricket in particul…
Ep 87: The Devil is in the Long Tail
Our friendly bunch of friends record this week's episode right after the India vs. Pak match in the Asia Cup ended as a damp squib. They waste no time in likening the proceedings in the first half of…
Ep 86: There are some things Mastercard can't buy...
Big Cricket scenes are upon us again with the Asia Cup, the Asian Games, the ODI World Cup scheduled for the near future. This week's podcast has the five friends still feeling unsure about the ODI W…
Ep 85: The IRCTC World Cup 2023
Join Max, Tony, Hank, Chops, SamMo and Sandy as they bring their ranting A-Game to the ICC World Cup ticketing and scheduling mess that doesn't seem to have an end in sight. The group gets serious wo…
Ep 84: PiPY -- Peace is Peace Yaar
Writer, Podcaster and all-round pop culture connoisseur Ahmer Naqvi joins the Bits and Pieces gang for Episode 84, where they exchange notes about growing up on either side of the border, Imran and …
Ep 83: A Mukesh of Mistaken Identities
In Episode 83, our enthusiasm is undimmed by India's supremely sub-par showing in the Caribbean. As the BCCI continues to muck up the 2023 ODI World Cup, we remember previous better conducted cricket…
Ep 82: Harry di-stressed, Malfoy de-Tests
Vinayakk and Nishit make their pod debuts and join pod regulars Murali, Sameer, Tareque and Srinath to discuss all things from Bazball, Pakball, the circumstances surrounding Harmanpreet Kaur's outbu…
81 not out
Can a nightmare leave you nostalgic? Yes - if you are an India cricket fan whose formative years were the 90s! That glorious decade that continues to hold us to ransom in its thrall, subjecting us to…
Ep 80: ApoCalypso Now
In episode 80, Mohan, Bisi, Murali, Vaishnavi and Tony have a point of view on the end of West Indies cricket, preview potential AI applications, renew the ashes, review the women's Ashes and more. …
Ep 79: Tamim The Meme, and haircut theft
Prashant, Rachana, Bisi, Chops and Nitin gather around for a chat on England's bounceback in the men's and the women's Ashes, the latest goings on in Indian cricket, and on Tamim Iqbal's career that …
Ep 78: Bashball
In the very depths of hell, they say you find the ashes of the greatest sinners and their spirits left to wander. Quite the contrast to the last two weeks, where we have seen the very depths of hell …
Ep 77: This too shall Baz
Join the friendliest podcast with Tony, Vipul, PGK, Srinath, and Sandy as they break down the first Ashes test, the world cup schedule, and the new Indian team. Feat: The BazBall Cage Match between …
Ep 76: Will Duleep Mend His Ashes?
In the aftermath of a deflating loss in the WTC final at the Oval, the legendary Hank Philharmonic Symphony descends to the recording and delivers potential Grammy-winning introductions for those on …
Ep 75: Many a slip between Aus win and Ashwin
Another ICC final, another Indian defeat. The stoicism of the Bits and Pieces panel is tested to the limit, but they show up again (unlike India's Test side) for Episode 75, which spans the soap oper…
Ep 74: Coming back to life
The Great War has well and truly ended and miraculously, we have five scarred survivors who look back on the Great War and look forward to a battle of a different kind to be fought on an almost circu…