Press Box 2020
Twenty memorable journeys around the world, Twenty unforgettable matches, Two very different journalists. One podcast. Where do their paths intersect? In the Press Box. Cricket writers Bharat Sundaresan and Anand Vasu relive some of the incredible events in cricket that they witnessed and covered together.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 41 minutes
- Episodes
- 8
- Years Active
- 2020
Hyderabad 2018: West Indies in three days and a wander off the field
An unusual Test match for the Press Box 2020 podcast. Bharat Sundaresan’s final Test in India as an Indian reporter — he would move to Australia and follow that team soon after. And Anand Vasu was ou…
Bangalore 2010: Cricket in the time of the Commonwealth Games
India and Australia snuck in a thriller of a two-Test series in the shadow of the Commonwealth Games in India in 2010. For the first time in ages, cricket took a back seat in the newspapers and on te…
Melbourne 2014: When MS Dhoni retired from Tests with immediate effect and the shit hit the fan
The Boxing Day Test of 2014 couldn't have ended in a more perfect fashion at the MCG as far as the Press Box was concerned. Despite it having been a run-heavy affair on a Melbourne pitch that was fas…
Mumbai 2013: Sa-chin! Sa-chin! One final time as destiny's man child leaves cricket's embrace
The city that never sleeps, that never stops, was brought to a grinding halt for a brief moment. The year was 2013, and the cricket world turned its collective gaze on one of the world’s great cities…
Johannesburg 2013: The draw is a thing ... Kohli arrives after the Fab Four have left the building
After being battered repeatedly, by Quinton de Kock, rain and South Africa, not necessarily in that order, India went into the Johannesburg Test of 2013 mildly undercooked.
It was, after all, India’s…
Lord's 2019: World Cup for England, Love for New Zealand -- by the barest of margins
By the barest of margins. The baaaarest of margins. The 2019 World Cup was decided — some will argue it wasn’t even decided — by the barest of margins.
When the game was completed, nothing separated …
Kolkata 2016: Brathwaite makes a name and Samuels snarls as West Indies win
Remember the name, remember the game.
On a hot, steamy evening in Kolkata, West Indies and England provided a finish that was made for television, made for drama and will be replayed in minds for som…
Adelaide 2014: Captain Kohli's blaze in the shadow of Phil Hughes
India's tour of Australia in the 2014-15 season was plunged into despair when Phil Hughes died, after being struck on the head by a bouncer, just as India were preparing to leave for Australia's shor…