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@KShriniwasRao

Feb 8

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Let’s take a break from all the franchise-talk. This time, I thought I’ll put out something different.
Tracking cricket all these years has allowed me one big advantage: To travel well across the country and abroad, experience different cuisines, meet people. (1/18)

What I realised was, hotter the region, spicier the food. Vidarbha, Andhra, Rajasthan.
To sit and watch cricket all day, and ask locals where to go and eat after the day's play are super experiences. Whenever a cricketer agreed to join, conversations were great fun too. (2/18)

I’ll list my favourite cricket destinations where food is as luring as the game. Remember, these are not necessarily my favourite cricket destinations to just watch the game – Food has to remain the catalyst. And vice-versa. So, in no particular order… (3/18)

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@KShriniwasRao

Feb 7

#Thread : )

Was torn between two threads I’ve been wanting to do. One on Royal Challengers Bangalore (#RCB) and another on franchises in general who’ve time and again fallen behind in the race to catch up with some other leading teams.
But let me settle for RCB right now. (1/25)

Why RCB? Several reasons, but none more important than this: In 2016, when Diageo took control of RCB following Mallya’s exit, it became the only corporate-run franchise -- not owned by a family or consortium of families or a family-run business enterprise – in the #IPL. (2/25)

Now we have CVC Capital owning the Ahmedabad team. But until now, RCB was the only such entity.

There are positives and negatives to this.
Positives: To be run by management professionals alone; Negative: Risk of vision changing each time the management changed. (3/25)

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@KShriniwasRao

Feb 5

#Thread : )

…You got blood on your face, you big disgrace, waving your banner all over the place… Sing it … Chennaii Chennaii Soooper Kings…

A teaspoon of business, half-a-teaspoon data, strategy for taste, ready to savour. #CSK is a dish born out of its own recipe. (1/25)

The recipe is all about simplicity. The dish itself is the cricket they play, fun they have & emotions that flow.

The pressure cooker 'whistles'. To understand CSK, the first thing to do is keep logic aside. You don't ask your grandma how much salt she put in your stew. (2/25)

Breakfast, cinema, temples, filter coffee, cricket, Thalas – the 6 basic elements that essentially drive the state of Tamil Nadu. #CSK makes it 7. Number 7 belongs to MSD. CSK and MSD make for IPL’s most glorious team-player combo. In that lies the essence of this thread. (3/25)

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@KShriniwasRao

Feb 4

#Thread time!
The upcoming #IPL player auction is on everybody’s mind. Cricketers are busy giving interviews, franchises are busy preparing excel-sheets, geeks are busy doling out stats, media is busy building it for the fans & fans are busy lapping it all up. The works! (1/25)

@mipaltan

Let’s take a look at two unique and most important ways a franchise tends to prepare for a player auction. A) Talent scouting; B) Mock auctions. We’ll look at this thread from the perspective of @mipaltan . Why? Because on both fronts, they were first to set this trend. (2/25)

John Wright, Robin Singh, Paras Mhambrey (moved to Team India now), Zaheer Khan, Kiran More, TA Sekar, Parthiv Patel, R Vinay Kumar -- a single factor binds all of them. They spend hundreds of hours every year scouring talents across India & abroad, for Mumbai Indians. (3/25)

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@KShriniwasRao

Jan 26

When selecting a team, don't pick a player just to show opportunities are given. Pick if you genuinely believe in the talent, and back him even if he struggles initially.

Only thing good players need most is confidence & self-belief.

Indian cricket needs to "invest".

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If you're picking a Ruturaj or Venkatesh, be extremely sure why exactly are they being picked, for what role. And stick with them. A match or two doesn't tell what potential a good cricketer has.

Sourav Ganguly was first picked in 1992. But he came good only in 1996.

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Figure out if Shikhar Dhawan is good enough to play the 2023 WC. He's been a great ODI asset. If he's in the plans, let him know his spot in the team is non-negotiable. If he's not, tell him now.

By not telling, you're neither doing justice to Shikhar nor the newcomers.

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@KShriniwasRao

Jan 24

#Thread
Why I think #IPL should go to SA…
#BCCI has said that as much as possible, they will try and host IPL-2022 in India, unless Covid forces a shift again. Their desperation to host it in India is understandable. After all, it is the ‘Indian’ Premier League. (1/25)

However, I’ll try and share my thoughts on why I don’t think IPL should be hosted in India this season either. Point No.1: If the IPL if once again forced to be played without crowds, then what is the single-most important priority? It must look good on television. Right? (2/25)

Only if crowds are allowed for matches does hosting of IPL in India make any sense. If it’s all about watching the tournament on TV, doesn’t matter whether it’s played in the UAE, Sri Lanka or South Africa – as long as it caters to India’s prime-time viewing. (3/25)

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