 Hello and welcome to 575 ounces the only cricket show for football fans on today's show We're going to be talking about the semifinals and then we are going to do a review of a certain commentator But before that I just want to say that through the show We are going to be using football references And we hope that you can catch them and we hope that you guys can keep putting them in because sort of tired of doing this cricket terminology Joining us is Arjun Pandit and in the studio is Siddhanth Aani nice Used white shirt You guys I'm going to bring up the first football reference first semifinal is that old Trafford? Yeah, but that which club was this? BMRC Strikers Yes, that's good. BMRC United No, but yeah look before before we progress further Earlier you were vehemently against the format and what has the format shown you? The format has shown you that the four best teams have made the semi-finals Which we could have which we had pretty much everyone had said these four teams will be in the semi-finals How are they in the group? Hey, I'll tell you why. Look at the four you had predicted it will be so easy They're right that nothing is going to happen. It has not been easy at all, right? Pakistan was in the fray Bangladesh was in the fray and if you're the eternal optimist and maybe Sri Lanka was in the fray But I don't think they were in the fray so six teams were vying for those top four sports And if the best four have made the semi-final, isn't that a good bullcup? And shouldn't the best team really talk away as the winner? I agree. 100% I think they should have played that's what I think we were saying earlier also We should have played the World Cup with only these 40s Yeah, that's true. I mean why? Yeah, I don't think so I mean, I'm not trying to hit the plate No, it's not about hitting the plate. West Indies was also in with a shout If that six of Kalao's Bradford had gone on the other side of the fence Then today New Zealand and West Indies were fighting here for the top four spot You know the only disappointment in this World Cup has been Afghanistan who's not done anything But other than that someone or the other has had some say or the other throughout this league phase Yeah, there's been a lot to be discussed even in terms of like how the teams that are going through like New Zealand for example The teams they've beaten Compared to the theme that Pakistan have beaten There's a difference in who Pakistan have beaten and who New Zealand have beaten to get to this final Yeah, there's another way of looking at it That the first format that you've played in one match That means there's a chance you're getting knocked out of the World Cup That's super No, so yeah I guess the difference between The league format is the same Because we're football fans We watch a lot of football So the league is the format that we enjoy watching also So I think that way it's a pretty good thing Sometimes a cup competition is a cup competition That's why you love a cup competition also So that's what a Champions Trophy used to be Champions Trophy used to be a knockout tournament Then of course they noticed that India might get knocked out on the first round only Chained it back to a group tournament But anyway, my point being the first semi-final In all likelihood it seems like Australia finishing top India finishing second England finishing third and New Zealand finishing fourth Of course the final day will decide who goes first and second But I don't think Australia is going to lose to South Africa And knowing that if they finish first they will face New Zealand and not in England So why not go all out and get that first spot Which means India taking on England in Birmingham Because that track that England got was India and Birmingham Was flatter than The earth according to certain theories Yeah And really it played into England's hand They were beating each other up But I think the second time coming if India faces England They'll I don't know a good fight But this time they won't commit the same mistakes they made In that last game versus England in Birmingham I mean the last two matches that England The last two matches that England have played Have been on pretty flat tracks both of them But this now suddenly can This show can easily just turn into a criticism The way that England have suddenly turned this world cup around But instead of that So Australia versus New Zealand is basically we are obviously I mean Australia had a slight injury scare today by the way In their nets I know I know Yes Sean Marsh has gone back home with a broken wrist And Glenn Maxwell has injured his forearm Thanks to Pat Cummins And Mitchell Stark They forgot that they were bowling to their own guys And thought they were bowling to their palms No but you know Historically also you see in wherever Australia and New Zealand play each other For some reason or the other Australia has just geared up more for the game Whether it be the 2015 World Cup Depends on what sport we are talking about Davi game Because in rugby it's not that Who is talking about rugby? It's about cricket I am just saying Davi game This is touched by a global audience Okay Sir global audience Your nose will reach there Global audience So I think Australia Honestly speaking In line for a sixth World Cup Really? And no one give them a short term For this World Cup to be honest Everyone here thought that this is a very weak type of Australia team I don't know what's going to happen But suddenly tournament time comes on And these guys all switched on You know big match players Who come together for the big moments And he will be ridiculous Because Ricky Ponting will again get his hands on the World Cup They should just give it to him and then Let him take you home Yeah we'll just start But wait you also Australia and You have given the tournament On the other side But I am saying that If Australia reaches the final Australia is the team Who reaches the final Then they don't give up There is a mentality inside them They win five times In their support staff They are the type of Ricky Ponting So they know exactly what to do How to get geared up for that one game We were talking about Women's World Cup That could be the biggest difference Between USA and Netherlands That the US have been there Done that And that is the one thing That could really work in your favour On the day of the final I don't think talent And how good you play And your skill level comes into play As much as nerves And how well you handle yourself And really get the best out of yourself So that is one thing But I feel Australia is India This will be the final So in the England game Since we are looking at the semi-final How do you think that India Will approach it differently In terms of what they did last time It also depends on what pitch they used I mean can you believe it One boundary was only 55 metres The square of the boundary And England used their brains Because then they attacked the bowlers on that side There were three boundaries India scored two spinners On such a small distance You don't play two spinners Then you play paces So if the same boundary is used Then you bring back a Bhuvaneshwar Kumar You drop one spinner You know So I don't know But it's just a match Then you know Otherwise what else I mean it doesn't matter I forget the pitch conditions And this and that But not just You can't But that's cricket man I mean that's one of the reasons We guys haven't really taken So many variables involved in this game Bitch, boundary Can you believe it Boundary has played a part in Who is walking away with the win And how to approach a game I think a huge amount of cricket is Kheti Badi Isn't it Tapping, cleaning I just think India is too strong a team To let the same thing repeat itself Versus England On the other hand It must also be said that India's middle order has been Passive throughout the tournament Other than the top three And whoever the top three I think At the top they've changed Personnel But besides that nobody is Why are we not I don't know why We keep really picking up this middle order Debate man Kail Rahul is some good Yeah, sure he has And even before scoring The big runs He was getting your 40, 50s and 30s So he's always getting starts Right Rohit and Virat Next level batsman Another left Now Rishabh Pand Who's got a decent strike rate And he seems like a guy To be fair to the guy To be thrown into the tournament In the middle of it He's done pretty well to climb Out of that hole if A lot of people are saying And that speaks volumes about the guy's character And of course the mental You know, ability and all that Then you have Mr Dhoni The Tuk Tuk champion Look, I think as far as If only like It's perfectly balanced When we played room cricket We used to get runs in touch If that's the case Sir, tell me If all your batsmen Will do the same batsmen What's the point? So if Dhoni has a lower strike rate And he's not the biggest hitters Of the ball Before him comes A Rishabh Pand Who can go on 50s strike rate After him comes A Hardik Pand Who goes on 50s strike rate So why not have someone like a Dhoni I think it works for India Who if the situation demands That you don't go big Here's a guy who is happy to sit And play 20 runs of 50 balls 20 runs 60 balls But unfortunately that also Creates a situation where he's batting With Kedar Yadav And then they're just doing 20 runs Maybe he can come A little bit up the order If that Dhoni, I don't know if there's room For that I don't think so I don't think so This is the other problem When you have like Really good batsmen Ahead of you I mean this is If he has more time And he can lose that I think it works on the situation If you lose Virat and Rohit early Then you send Dhoni Because you need someone to Bide his time Yeah, to sort of anchor the rest of the Yeah, sort of put the pressure back On the bowlers Who can you know Lagya main lagya main lagya main But if 30-35th over Then you send of course A Rishabh Pand A little bit of a Hardik Pand To up the strike rate And then you can send Dhoni And they don't even go So then Mr. Dhoni Will have to do something You know But I kind of don't understand Why we always magnify on that guy Which guy I think we all know as a bit tease man And it's not been the same But now his Use in this team At least in the patting order Is different from what it was earlier He's not the Dhoni He's going to finish the game for you That is the Hardik Pand That is the Rishabh Pand That is the Kedar Jadav He's the guy who solely They don't anchor the innings in the middle And let us experience You know Fair point Variety Fair enough And we somehow tend not to focus On his keeping That's because He can still top notch That's because we have four keepers And it's tough to focus on one No it's true Because he's so sharp in his head I think the Wicked keeping So much of it comes with instinct And sort of Being able to read Or understand what the bowler is doing Also I think it's Several points of time Like wherever Virat defends him I think he also defends him From the sense that It's not just Batting and keeping That Dhoni is important for this Also a lot of Influency carries in the way That the field is set What the bowlers are bowling The plans for different batsmen Just He has a lot of Game IQ Basically And I genuinely believe If we play England and Birmingham Then We will not go on with tourist spinners This time Especially the way they Attacked India in the last game I won't be surprised If you use Neshwar Kumar Yeah You know And you have three Shammi Because Shammi has shown That for all his might He also leaks runs in the end Okay So I'm just going to Quickly jump We're just going to jump on From this And this is a good jump Because then Should we pick Ravinder Chedeja Because There's someone who May not agree with that Right Yeah I don't understand this This is our human tendency There's not just about Ravinder Chedeja From We're all Working in TV for a while now Who do you not Have some Who speaks his mind Who's opinionated And who doesn't Give you the same old garbage That you expect someone To do it because he's Towing the line Now I'm going to point a finger at Sanjay Manjrekar For saying that he toes the line He speaks his mind by Whether you like it or not He's getting money To give his opinion on the game Because he's played the game Whether he's played one game Two games He's played it, sir And he's played a lot of domestic cricket as well I mean we tend to We tend to equate everything With international cricket Yeah No, anyway Either way is whether he's played Not played whatever He's a commentator His job is to Comment For Sanjay Manjrekar Has been flowing through the World Cup And most of that criticism Has been that he's His analysis is useless He's always favoring certain players The Bombay boys basically He always brings in Some Bombay angle Or the other constantly And he gets a lot of things wrong And this is That's why everyone When Jadeja came out And furiously criticized him Everyone piled on Because he was Everyone came out of their bills Sir, Jadeja has given us Validity All after that Exactly That's exactly what has happened No, I have a friend there That day we were watching the match And can you believe it He was playing hide and seek With Sanjay Manjrekar So as soon as he's come on In the English commentary He swish to Hindi As soon as he's come on Hindi we swish back to English As soon as you see You know, even in these two places We've gone to dugout I mean I'll admit that I don't I don't enjoy Sanjay Manjrekar's commentary I don't watch cricket Why? I just don't There are way better commentators There are way better Indian commentators I prefer watching Someone like Listening to Someone like Ganguly Or Harshabh Mughal Guys who They give a perspective They're very critical Of certain things And they say things And I don't know I just enjoy the tone In which they say it The words they use Whatever it is So it's subjective Absolutely That's why I don't Enjoy Manjrekar But I do believe that Yes, he should His opinion Is Should be valid There shouldn't be a situation I just think This is A result of the time We live in This social media This Hindi I mean One person That day I saw That actor Siddharth That guy who was In that Rang De Basanti Now he's tweeted out Saying I am hearing Manjrekar Some bullshit he's written About him And I'm switching off my TV Or something I'll say Which Oscar movie Have you made And after that If someone writes about you Will you like it? All you're doing is Generating more public hate Towards someone Yes, absolutely Agreed I don't understand Why people critique So much on social media I just don't buy that concept I find it very weird It's like you're Critiquing me But you're not looking In the eye and critiquing me You're just saying It's easy They never have to meet you Anonymous Yeah I mean we often We also get Often abused For not having a bath And If they If the people who were saying That ever came Next to us They'd know that was true Look at Annie's face You can make up But I think this Like the More important point is also That this is Very often this happens That commentators Indian commentators Avoid Criticizing Indian players And But he is the one That I Yeah It's true That's good Absolutely And that's I think There was a certain point of time When There were some commentators Who were Put together And they were told Not to do this In the IPL There was a Huge Situation made out of it At that point And earlier in this Exact tournament Michael Holding has come out And Criticized the ICP Respect to Michael Absolutely Now listening to Michael Holding is like That's a Very much Subjective Absolutely I agree I also feel like I mean it's one One of the things that The television Also tries to do Right There has to be some Villain in the piece A little conflict It's important to create So that Whatever it is Sanjay Manjurekar I don't think has Become like a Trending subject Ever before Right The way He's become today Sir but this Trending subject is all Piggybacking That Here Popular votes are going So I am also I agree The same is happening Also Absolutely I'm just wondering if Like the conversation points We are also talking about it Are they It's true They are so little To talk about it No there is like I mean can I bring up One more thing Which we just On an extempore Can we talk about Ambati Raidu retiring Who I can I can tell you that the I don't blame Iceland Cricket have offered him I have told him The way to get citizenship And It's a very fake account I hate that account But he did You know why Want for attention Is insane Every time Every Tuesday But funny Backoff Why Backoff They are not a member Of the ICC This is the only way They get attention No I am Just going back I don't know if Jadeja should have tweeted About this man That too during a tournament Absolutely That is something You meet the guy Everyday on the field He is there to In post match interviews If you have a problem With him Go to him on his face And tell him Look I do not Like what you say about me Fair enough Because you are being Spoken about In a public forum But what is this Point of going into Twitter And saying I don't like What you are saying Your verbal diarrhea After that From Saharanpur To Bichnaur To Indore Has climbed on And is abusing the Living daylights Out of Sanjay Manjrekar Actually ideally would be Great if Jadeja plays The Sri Lanka game Gets man of the match And is interviewed By Sanjay Manjrekar Then I think Everything can be resolved Very peacefully I think that The best would be He starts saying Hey Ravindra well played What was that tweet all about Perfect Perfect Or maybe He says Hey Ravindra well played So okay before we We start doing verbal diarrhea Ourselves I think it's time to Cut the show And We'll see everyone Next Before the final Before the final Australia vs India I'm calling it Calling the final I'm calling New Zealand Australia India England New Zealand That's the way to go Just Someone will get it wrong Just to be different Everyone else has said This is the quality of a hipster Absolutely Before the word was invented Okay Thank you for watching