Featuring in this episode: Amol Karhadkar (Deputy Editor, The Hindu) https://x.com/karhacter Aditya Joshi (Team Sports Katta) https://x.com/aditya1387 Aalok Agashe (Team Sports Katta) https://www.instagram.com/aalok_agashe Shubman Gill lead from the front, shattering all sorts of record for a batter in a Test match. Ravindra Jadeja settled all the doubts over his place with two fine knocks and accurate bowling. Mohammed Siraj ensured India did not miss Jasprit Bumrah. And Akash Deep made more th...
Jul 06, 2025•26 min
Featuring in this episode: Amol Karhadkar (Deputy Editor, The Hindu) https://x.com/karhacter Aditya Joshi (Team Sports Katta) https://x.com/aditya1387 Can India bounce back in the second Test against England, after a disappointing loss in the series-opener in Leeds? What kind of conditions will Shubman Gill and Co. encounter at the Edgbaston Cricket Stadium in Birmingham? Should India persist with the same line-up? Will Jasprit Bumrah play? Is it fair to convert Shardul Thakur into a scapegoat? ...
Jun 30, 2025•24 min
Featuring in this episode: Amol Karhadkar (Deputy Editor, The Hindu) https://x.com/karhacter Aditya Joshi (Team Sports Katta) https://x.com/aditya1387 Yashasvi Jaiswal? Prasidh Krishna? Mohammed Siraj? Ravindra Jadeja? Sai Sudharsan? Or all of the above? Who should be blamed for India's sorry loss in the first Test against England despite a glorious beginning to the Shubman Gill captaincy era? Here's our take and we wait for yours in comments section जयस्वाल? प्रसिध? सिराज? जाडेजा? साई सुदर्शन? ...
Jun 25, 2025•26 min
Featuring in this episode: Amol Karhadkar (Deputy Editor, The Hindu) https://x.com/karhacter Aditya Joshi (Team Sports Katta) https://x.com/aditya1387 There is more to South Africa breaking the 27-year-old ICC title drought to Temba Bavuma's men winning the World Test Championship final in style. Why was the comeback against Australia was a momentous occasion in its sporting and social history? And the Test cricket fans will continue to have their attention fixed in England, with India set to st...
Jun 17, 2025•26 min
Featuring in this episode: Aditya Joshi (Team Sports Katta) https://x.com/aditya1387 Dr Yash Kashikar (Cricket Commentator) https://www.instagram.com/yash_kashikar Aalo Agashe (Team Sports Katta) https://www.instagram.com/aalok_agashe Each of the three cricket associations in Maharashtra - Mumbai, Maharashtra and Vidarbha - is conducting its own T20 league simultaneously. Sports Katta's correspondents from each of the three leagues - Aditya Joshi in Mumbai, Aalok Agashe in Pune and Dr. Yash Kash...
Jun 10, 2025•23 min
AMA with Aditya Joshi and Amol Karhadkar on all things IPL final, Virat Kohli, Andy Flower, Dinesh Karthik and beyond... Follow us on: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SportsKattaMarathi Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sportskattamarathi Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SportsKattaMarathi Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sports_Katta For enquiries and collaborations: barachkaahi@gmail.com
Jun 03, 2025•50 min
Featuring in this episode: Amol Karhadkar (Deputy Editor, The Hindu) https://x.com/karhacter Aditya Joshi (Team Sports Katta) https://x.com/aditya1387 Shreyas Iyer's captain's knock not only ended Mumbai Indians' topsy-turvy campaign but also set up a tantalising summit clash against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru! Who is the favourite to lift the trophy on June 3? Let's discuss Follow us on: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SportsKattaMarathi Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sportskattama...
Jun 03, 2025•22 min
Featuring in this episode are: Wilkin Mota (Cricketer, Coach, Match Official) https://www.instagram.com/wilkinmota Amol Karhadkar (Deputy Editor, The Hindu) https://x.com/karhacter He is the first Maharashtrian - a Mumbaikar - to pick a wicket off his very first ball in the Indian Premier League. He was involved in the first major controversy in IPL. Although he didn't play that famous match in IPL 2008 that is remembered for Harbhajan Singh coming to blows with S Sreesanth, he remembers what fo...
May 31, 2025•37 min
Featuring in this episode: Amol Karhadkar (Deputy Editor, The Hindu) https://x.com/karhacter Aditya Joshi (Team Sports Katta) https://x.com/aditya1387 Jitesh Sharma led Royal Challengers Bengaluru from the front as RCB joined Punjab Kings in top two in style. But was Jitesh run-out - NOT Mankaded - at the non-striker's end by Dignesh Rathi? While the two on-song teams will take each other on in the first qualifier, Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans will have to regroup in the Eliminator to stay ...
May 28, 2025•22 min
Featuring in this episode: Amol Karhadkar (Deputy Editor, The Hindu) https://x.com/karhacter Aditya Joshi (Team Sports Katta) https://x.com/aditya1387 India's men's national selection committee, chaired by Ajit Agarkar, is set to announce the squad for the five-Test series in England, starting June 20. Who will be the captain? Who will replace Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli - the veterans who announced their Test retirement earlier this month? Will Mohammed Shami be picked in the squad? Let's disc...
May 23, 2025•30 min
Featuring in this episode: Aditya Joshi (Team Sports Katta) https://x.com/aditya1387 Amol Karhadkar (Deputy Editor, The Hindu) https://x.com/karhacter "Mumbai Indians' match against Delhi Capitals is as crucial as a quarter-final for Mumbai. The equation is simple: if they win this match, they will secure their playoff ticket directly. However, if Mumbai loses this match, they will have to rely on 'if-then' scenarios based on the performance of other teams. Lucknow Super Giants, who performed im...
May 20, 2025•21 min
Featuring in this episode are: Aditya Joshi (Team Sports Katta) https://x.com/aditya1387 Amol Karhadkar (Deputy Editor, The Hindu) https://x.com/karhacter The Indian Premier League is ready to return after a weeklong pause. So are a majority of overseas stars who had returned home. But with the extended tournament, it will result in multiple replacements for overseas stars. Will it result in a short mini-tournament or will the teams be able to carry on from where they had left on May 7? आठवडाभरा...
May 17, 2025•25 min
Featuring in this episode are: Aditya Joshi (Team Sports Katta) https://x.com/aditya1387 Amol Karhadkar (Deputy Editor, The Hindu) https://x.com/karhacter What prompted Virat Kohli to announce his retirement in Test cricket less than a week since Rohit Sharma did so? Does it mean the duo was forced to call time on their glorious Test career? Will Kohli be remembered as India's greatest Test batter? Will the void be filled during the forthcoming Test series in England? Who are the frontrunners to...
May 12, 2025•33 min
IPL 2025 is now in its final stage. Therefore, there is intense competition for the playoffs. Rajasthan Royals, Chennai Super Kings, and Sunrisers Hyderabad are the three teams that have been eliminated from the playoffs race. The remaining seven teams are fighting for four spots. So, the excitement has increased. If Lucknow Super Giants want to advance, they will have to win all their matches. This is only possible if Rishabh Pant regains his form. It is also important from the perspective of I...
May 06, 2025•31 min
Featuring in this video Aditya Joshi (Team Sports Katta) https://x.com/aditya1387 Amol Karhadkar (Deputy Editor, The Hindu) https://x.com/karhacter Vaibhav Suryavanshi smashed the second-fastest hundred ever - and the fastest by an Indian - in the history of the Indian Premier League. Has the youngest batter's sensational hundred ensured Suryavanshi will keep trending for all the right reasons? Why have the left-handed batters dominated IPL 2025? Do you agree with Sanjay Manjrekar's surgical str...
Apr 29, 2025•26 min
Featuring in this episode are: Aditya Joshi (Team Sports Katta) https://x.com/aditya1387 Amol Karhadkar (Deputy Editor, The Hindu) https://x.com/karhacter इशान किशन गेल्या वर्षी BCCI च्या कॉंट्रॅक्टमध्ये नव्हता? यावर्षी असं काय बदललं? अभिषेक नायरचा पत्ता कट होणार हे भाकित स्पोर्ट्स कट्टाने आधीच वर्तवलं होतं, ते इंग्लंड दौ-याच्या आधी झालं. श्रेयस अय्यर आणि विराट कोहली यांच्यामध्ये तुझी नि माझी खुन्नस असं का झालं? १४ वर्षांचा वैभव आणि १७ वर्षांचा आयुष यांनी IPL मध्ये पदार्पणातच युवा पिढीची बेदरकार...
Apr 21, 2025•28 min
Featuring in this episode are: Aditya Joshi (Team Sports Katta) https://x.com/aditya1387 Vikram Sathaye स्टॅंड अप कॉमेडियन, इव्हेंट मॅनेजर, कॉर्पोरेट ट्रेनर, ब्रॉडकास्टर, पॉडकास्टर अश्या वेगवेगळ्या अवतारांमध्ये गेली २२ वर्ष आपल्या समोर येत असलेला अवलिया म्हणजे विक्रम साठ्ये. या सगळ्या गोष्टी करण्यामध्ये एकच समान धागा, तो म्हणजे क्रिकेट आणि हा अवलिया गेली २२ वर्ष प्रत्येक भारतीयाचं स्वप्न जगतोय. भारतीय संघासोबत दौरे करतोय, इव्हेंट्स करतोय. सचिन तेंडुलकरचा दोस्त म्हणून फिरतोय. २००३ साली स्टॅंड अप ...
Apr 19, 2025•1 hr 4 min
Featuring in this episode are: Aditya Joshi (Team Sports Katta) https://x.com/aditya1387 Amol Karhadkar (Deputy Editor, The Hindu) https://x.com/karhacter श्रेयस अय्यर हा IPL २०२४ चा विजेता संघ KKR चा कर्णधार होता. पण KKR ने विजेत्या संघाच्या कर्णधाराला रिटेन केलं नाही आणि पंजाबने विक्रमी बोली लावून अय्यरला ऑक्शनमध्ये आपल्याकडे खेचून आणला. पंजाब विरूद्ध कोलकाता सामन्याची त्यामुळेच उत्सुकता होती. अय्यरने त्याच्या आधीच्या संघाला धडा शिकवला का? करूण नायर हा गेल्या आठवड्यातील ट्रेंडिग विषय, बुमराहला...
Apr 16, 2025•27 min
Featuring in this episode are: Surendra Bhave (Cricketer turned renowned coach, Odisha Head Coach at present) Amol Karhadkar (Deputy Editor, The Hindu) https://x.com/karhacter The impact of the Indian Premier League on global cricket landscape is widely discussed, but for Indian cricket, IPL's impact on Indian domestic cricket is paramount. Has IPL been a boon or bane to Indian domestic cricket? Has it killed Test specialists? Has IPL been a boon or a bane to indian cricket? How has young cricke...
Apr 12, 2025•58 min
Featuring in this episode are: Aditya Joshi (Team Sports Katta) https://x.com/aditya1387 Amol Karhadkar (Deputy Editor, The Hindu) https://x.com/karhacter Yashasvi Jaiswal has made a surprising move, having quit Mumbai and joined Goa instead in Indian domestic cricket? Has he fallen out with captain Ajinkya Rahane? Will it affect his international career? Let's discuss यशस्वी जयस्वालने मुंबई सोडून गोवा संघासाठी खेळण्याचा निर्णय आश्चर्यजनक आहे. का घेतला त्याने हा निर्णय? त्याचे आणि कर्णधार अजिंक्...
Apr 08, 2025•26 min
Featuring in this episode are: Sharad Kadrekar (Cricket writer) https://www.facebook.com/sharad.kadrekar Aditya Joshi (Team Sports Katta) https://www.instagram.com/adityajoshi1387 Sharad Kadrekar - a leading light in Marathi sports journalism. After serving for nearly three decades in the sports department of 'Maharashtra Times', he is an independent cricket writer now. Watching cricket, reading cricket and traveling for cricket - be it for watching matches or various stadia - is his passion. Cr...
Apr 05, 2025•53 min
Featuring in this episode are: Aditya Joshi (Team Sports Katta) https://x.com/aditya1387 Amol Karhadkar (Deputy Editor, The Hindu) https://x.com/karhacter Who is Ashwani Kumar? Is it time for Chennai Super Kings to move on from Mahendra Singh Dhoni? Why has Sunrisers Hyderabad complained about blackmailing by Hyderabad Cricket Association president? And should IPL franchises get home advantage of pitches? Let's shed some light on all of it अश्वनी कुमार आहे तरी कोण? चेन्नई सुपर किंग्जने महेंद्रसि...
Apr 01, 2025•23 min
Featuring in this episode are: Aditya Joshi (Team Sports Katta) https://x.com/aditya1387 Amol Karhadkar (Deputy Editor, The Hindu) https://x.com/karhacter A thriller between Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants; an old rivalry revived between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings; three controversies and multiple unknown faces on the horizon! That's the summary of the first four matches. We present our take on it, waiting to read yours in comments! दिल्ली कॅपिटल्स आणि लखनौ सुपर जायंट्स यांच्...
Mar 25, 2025•24 min
Featuring in this episode are: Amol Karhadkar (Deputy Editor, The Hindu) https://x.com/karhacter The Indian Premier League is set to witness its 18th edition from March 22. Do check out our 18th peculiaities about IPL 2025 and comment with what you are excited about इंडियन प्रीमियर लीगचा १८ वा हंगाम २२ मार्चपासून सुरु होत आहे. २०२५ च्या IPL मध्ये कर्णधारांपासून ते संघमालकांबद्दल पर्यंत अनेक बदल झाल्याने IPL चर्चेत आहेत. जाणून घेऊया १८ व्या IPL ची १८ वैशिष्ट्ये Follow us on: YouTube: https://www....
Mar 23, 2025•19 min
Featuring in this episode are: Ajinkya Naik (President, Mumbai Cricket Association) https://www.instagram.com/aj.naik Amol Karhadkar (Deputy Editor, The Hindu) https://x.com/karhacter A successful entrepreneur. Mananger of Mumbai's Ranji Trophy team. Then the Mumbai in Cricket Association secretary and now the youngest president of the MCA. Ajinkya Naik has had an impressive run as a cricket administrator so far. Let's know more about Naik's journey and the MCA's plans in the coming years in Kat...
Mar 16, 2025•37 min
Featuring in this episode are: Aditya Joshi (Team Sports Katta) https://x.com/aditya1387 Amol Karhadkar (Deputy Editor, The Hindu) https://x.com/karhacter What was india's secret recipe for an overwhelming success in the Champions Trophy? How has Rohit Sharma catapulted India into the best limted-overs team in the world? Has Rohit's success in the last 18 months resulted in him being India's most successful captain along with MS Dhoni? Will Rohit last till the 2027 World Cup, though? What about ...
Mar 11, 2025•30 min
Featuring in this episode are: Aditya Joshi (Team Sports Katta) https://x.com/aditya1387 Amol Karhadkar (Deputy Editor, The Hindu) https://x.com/karhacter Matt Henry doubtful. Virat Kohli in red-hot form. Rachin Ravindra may be looking good. But Varun Chakravarthy is used to picking wickets bagful. Glenn Phillips is the best catcher. Can he match Shreyas Iyer's big hits? Still, are you sure India will beat New Zealand in Sunday's final? Tell us why! मॅट हेन्री दुखापतग्रस्त, विराट कोहली करत आहे ग...
Mar 08, 2025•25 min
Featuring in this episode are: Aditya Joshi (Team Sports Katta) https://x.com/aditya1387 Amol Karhadkar (Deputy Editor, The Hindu) https://x.com/karhacter We celebrated Virat Kohli's exploits that led to India defeating Australia in the Champions Trophy semifinal in a YouTube live. And we analysed India's performance too! Follow us on: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SportsKattaMarathi Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sportskattamarathi Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SportsKattaMarathi...
Mar 04, 2025•58 min
Featuring in this episode are: Vijay Lokapally (Veteran Sports Journalist) https://x.com/vijaylokapally Akshay Lokapally (Co-author, Net Flicks) https://www.instagram.com/akshay.lokapally Aditya Joshi (Team Sports Katta) https://x.com/aditya1387 बॅडमिंटन म्हटलं, कि हल्लीच्या मुलामुलींसमोर येतात सायना-सिंधू आणि सात्विक-चिराग. बॅडमिंटनची लोकप्रियता गेली काही वर्षं सातत्याने वाढत आहे. पण बॅडमिंटन आणि प्रामुख्याने त्याच्या इतिहासावर फार कमी पुस्तकं आहेत. ज्येष्ठ पत्रकार विजय लोकापल्ली आणि त्यांचा मु...
Mar 01, 2025•33 min
Featuring in this episode are: Aditya Joshi (Team Sports Katta) https://x.com/aditya1387 Amol Karhadkar (Deputy Editor, The Hindu) https://x.com/karhacter India and New Zealand are through to the semifinals. Pakistan has been knocked out of the tournament with the host yet to play a league game. Will the other group of the Champions Trophy end up being interesting? Or will the Ranji Trophy final between Vidarbha and Kerala be far more interesting than the proceedings in Pakistan and Dubai? Besid...
Feb 25, 2025•24 min
