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 53: Let the SKY fall, feat. Brother T
Tareque Laskar aka the Econormist joins Tony, Srinath, Chops and Murali to chat about his unique storytelling style using sport (and pop culture) to explain economics. The gang get meta about early T…
Ep 52: Catch up 22
The friendliest podcast completes one full year of uninterrupted weekly podcasts as the world steps into 2023. Join Srinath, Nitin, Mohan, Choppy, Sameer, and Tony as they round up the action from th…
Ep 51: Make your own stands at the DIY Patil
@Sporty_Baba aka Vipul joins the gang for the latest episode of Bits and Pieces, which is all about the good, the bad and the ugly parts of the Indian cricket fan's stadium watching experience. The d…
Ep 50: Mexican Wavelength
On episode 50 of Bits and Pieces, your friends get together to discuss the Mexican standoff in the selection of Indian test bowlers, the appropriate direction, speed and etiquette of running a Mexica…
Ep 49: England's Warning, India Waning, Australia Warner-ing
Is there any team that can stop Bazball? Should ball-tampering be legalised? What connects David Warner to Shah Rukh Khan (apart from the dance moves on popular social media)? What is Jacques Kallis …
Ep 48: India Pakistan Cricket Podcast
On episode 48 of the friendliest cricket podcast, we have 50-50 India Pak representation as Samee Siddiqui joins the Bits and Pieces stable with Zainub, PGK, and Tony. Join in to find out what Pakist…
Ep 47 - Beautiful Sundries with Bharat Sundaresan
In Episode 47, we have the friendliest, most trans-continental cricket person ever joining the panel. Bharat Sundaresan regales us with stories upon stories of cricketing goodness. He talks about fin…
Ep 46: Crystal (white)-ball gazing and red-ball nostalgia
In the wake of a meh World Cup campaign for India, Chops and Srinath are in a post-mortem-esque mood; they bring to you their own version of armchair handwringing and criticism with hopes against ho…
Ep 45: Reserve-Iyer Dogs
This episode was recorded minutes after England won the final of the T20 World Cup, which now means that an Indian-origin Prime Minister now holds both the ODI and T20 gongs. We subscribe to the 'Any…
Ep 44: A Pakistunner of a semi-final line-up
In the last episode, we had bid a fond and wistful farewell to Pakistan, only to welcome them right back into the World Cup this week! Zainub, Srinath, Nitin, PGK and Chopernos come together to marve…
Ep 43: Pak Has-beens after #PakBean?
PGK, Sameer, Tony, Murali and Nitin assemble soon after India's World Cup defeat against South Africa at cold and bouncy Perth. Does Pakistan still have a chance of making it? Which of the many gaps …
Ep 42: King at the G and Kin at the G
In the immediate aftermath of the greatest T20 match in recent memory, the Bits and Pieces gang get together for some emotional catharsis. Join Murali, Vikas, Sameer, Chops, Tony and some friends at …
Ep 41: RoBro's crowning achievement, and weather it will happen?
Zainub Razvi joins Kaus, MohanK, Krt and Srinath to review the Asia Cup, preview the T20 World Cup, wonder whether the Melbourne weather forecast will allow the India v Pakistan game to happen and di…
Ep 40: Jaa Shimron Jaa, and other flights of fancy
Tony, Chops, Krtgrphr and Nitin come together to analyse the latest from the 248 Twenty20 International series that are currently underway, and the lone ODI series that no one (except Shikhar and San…
Ep 39: Line in the sand, and fine in the rand
On Ep 39 of the friendliest cricket podcast, Tony is joined by Srinath, Mohan, Chops, and Sameer to round up the discussion around the run-out at the non-striker's end, India's chances at the world c…
Ep 38: The Old Mankad who sold his Ferrari
As the cricketing world went into a collective meltdown following Deepti Sharma's run out of Charlie Dean for backing up too far, we convened to ask the important question - what exactly is the Spiri…
Ep 37: Goodbye Uthappa, welcome back Powder Blue
What does cricket's obsession with team sheets have to do with World War 1? Why does India play their LOI cricket in blue jerseys? Can you find swinging sensations like Deepak Chahar on the streets o…
Ep 36: Wanindu Hasaranga and Kohli Kiss a Ring-a
The Bits and Pieces gang takes full credit for breaking Virat's century jinx, and guarantees two 100s every week from The King from now on. Also, a blow-by-blow reliving of the wonderful Asia Cup fin…
Ep 35: Hundred ways to make cricket s*** again!
Why will the next big T20 innovation come from the Women's game? Is Manchester Originals the lamest cricket franchise name ever? What does Shardul Thakur have to do with the change of ends at the end…
Ep 34: Hardik shubhkamnaye
Episode 34 of Bits and Pieces was recorded minutes after Sanjay Manjrekar asked Ravindra Jadeja on air, "You will talk to me won't you?" The podcast features a blow-by-blow review of India's victory …