Sumedh Bilgi is an entrepreneur, broadcaster, producer and also podcaster. He hosts the Indian Cricket Podcast. Sumedh works with Gujarat Titans in the IPL and has worked with Mumbai Indians in the past.

Santosh Kumar and Sumedh Bilgi dive deep on working in IPL, what makes Hardik Pandya unique, Storytelling and how to capture large audience, India's team selection conundrum, how broadcasting is important and it's influence, money game in cricket, Bazball and more.

Here are the show notes:

(00:00) - Intro

(1:24) - Realizing being a Cricketer is not your life's calling

(5:53) - Santosh shares important lesson from his father

(6:40) - Fiction is understood by logic (on facing and conquering fears)

(11:17) - Spiderman, Peter Parker and Insecurities & Batman, Bruce Wayne and Fears

(12:25) - What Batman teaches about life, suffering and responsibility

(14:00) - Lessons and notes on Storytelling, Capturing large audience

(18:40) - How IPL teams help athletes with mental health

(23:59) - Vijay Shankar’s comeback, breaking myths and the second coming

(27:21) - Why Hardik Pandya is misunderstood, Virat Kohli-esque faith and becoming the man

(31:46) - Will the Impact Player rule take away all-rounder’s jobs?

(36:44) - Why India/BCCI is having a selection headache

(41:26) - Should India have separate teams for every format?

(46:24) - Will Cricket follow the NBA/MLB route? Future of Franchise Cricket

(53:09) - Indian Media vs Global Media, Bazball is an engineer’s marketing move

(58:11) - Why Bazball is being exposed

(1:01:30) - How money in cricket will affect Test format

(1:01:56) - Power of Broadcasting

(1:04:26) - What is “Spirit of the game?”

(1:06:02) - “Laws of cricket” when in your favor, “Spirit of the game” when against you

(1:08:33) - One challenge for you from Sumedh

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