The Off Stump

Vatsal Negandhi joins Dhanush in looking back at 70 fantastic matches of IPL 2024. They review team performances, talk about batter friendly pitches, impact player good or bad and many more

The playoffs race has its final contender with SRH, CSK, and RCB fighting to join KKR and RR in the top 4

IPL 2024 business end is catching up as KKR and RR fight for the top spot. SRH, CSK look strong on 3rd & 4th. But, DC & LSG have a chance to break to the top 4

The business end of IPL 2024 is set to take shape as RR is almost 100% confirmed. With MI & RCB having slim chances, it is the rest six that are fighting it out for the other 3 spots with KKR & LSG looking good, SRH & CSK stuck in a muddle, and DC, GT & PBKS requiring a few results going in their way.

IPL 2024 has reached its mid-season. Some are doing well, some are stuck, some struggling, and some are lost. The venues have been a lot better friendly and 200 has become a norm.

The mid-season of IPL 2024 is becoming spicier as teams are cutthroat competing for the top 4 spots. Some teams are balanced, some are destructive and some are riding on luck as madness creeps in.

The IPL 2024 has lived up to the grand stage for new performers such as Shashank Singh, Ashutosh Sharma, Yash Thakur made a name for themselves.

The 2024 edition of the IPL has seen some incredible batting performances. Fresh pitches have provided for a batting-heavy start. Teams look to seal their perfect 11 as the tournament amps up.

The IPL 2024 lead-up heats up. Mumbai enters the tournament with an all-star squad with an Indian batting core and a fully loaded bowling lineup. LSG has a good squad. The likes of Rahul, Pooran, De Kock, and Stoinis must adapt at their home in Lucknow in the first place. KKR has a good first 11. They need their Indian pacers to step up and aid Starc

IPL Fever is set for a mega start on 22nd March 2024. CSK with the addition of Rachin, Mitchell, and Shardul make this team a complete unit. DC is filled with young guns. Pant's comeback adds more confidence. They enter as Dark Horse. GT might have lost Hardik & Shami. Still, with the additions of Umesh Yadav, Spencer Johnson balances the team.

The Ranji trophy makes history with the 42nd title winning after 8 years. Big names Rahane, Shaw, Thakur, etc make the team worthy champions. The WPL league stage comes to an end with Delhi topping and qualifying for the finals. Mumbai & RCB to face off in the Eliminator.

The much-awaited finals of 2024 are set with Mumbai taking on Vidarbha at Wankhede Stadium. Mumbai eye in to lift their 42nd title and Vidarbha looks to lift their 3rd championship. Both teams have dominated the rest in the tournament winning the most games in the season. Who will lift in the trophy in the finals?

The first half of WPL 2024 saw balanced teams Mumbai and Delhi outperform others. UP sought out their batting issues and looks to dominate the 2nd half. RCB having issues with too many options. Gujarat once again was unable to find its core.

WPL season 2 starts with new names shining in Sajana & Sobhana. Chinnaswamy wicket helping chasing teams. Women bring out their best on the big stage. In PSL, Lahore loses 6 in a row after winning the last 2 seasons. Multan utilizes the home advantage and sits up at the top of the table. PSL is a good platform to breed new talents.

All table toppers who played their home Quarter Finals qualify for the Semis. Vidarbha beat Karnataka convincingly. TN beat Saurashtra one-sided. MP sneaks out a win against AP by holding their nerves. Mumbai bats out Baroda as no.10 & 11 score centuries. Semi-Finals are set for Saturday.

The 7th round of the Ranji trophy finalized the 8 teams to QF. Gujarat and Haryana miss out on qualification. Jharkhand veterans Saurabh Tiwari and Varun Aaron retire from FC Cricket.

The BBL 13 FINAL. is all set between the Sixers and Heat. The SA20 middle phase is dominated by bowlers. ILT20 sparkling with outstanding batting performances.

The 6th Round of Ranji Trophy 2024 was filled with big games. 6 teams won big and earned a bonus point. Big clashes like TN v KAR, and GUJ v PUN lived up to expectations. Veteran Jalej Saxena picked up a 9 fer against Bengal and Prithvi Shaw scored a brilliant century to announce his return.

Sunrise is Eastern Cape make history winning back-to-back seasons, SEC bowlers dominate. ILT20 playoffs set.

The 5th round of Ranji Trophy went extremely well with big teams winning with big margins. Karnataka & Services had close wins by 1 wicket and 1 run respectively. Business picking up in the final stages of 2024 season.

The SA20 has its final 4. Sunrisers seal the top spot to face Durban on Tuesday in 1st Qualifier, Royals to face Super Kings in the Eliminator at Joburg.

The Business is picking in the business end of SA20. Durban sealed their spot in playoffs. MI Cape Town lost their way in the playoffs race whereas MI Emirates topped the table in ILT20 at halfway mark.

The 4th round of Ranji Trophy 2024 was dominated by the batters as we saw Jagadeesan score the first triple-century of this edition. Mumbai lost to UP in a close game. Punjab and Delhi notch up their first win.

The 3rd round of Ranji Trophy 2024 was a round for the batters to dominate. Three double centuries, batting milestones, and 9 teams sealing 6+ points from this round. Dhanush Lavanya brings in the complete roundup.

India clean sweeps Afghanistan. Bishnoi, Dube, and Rinku come out looking good. SA20 becoming a probing ground to Rickleton, van Burren, etc. The Sixers head up to the final beating the Heat. ILT20 and BPL adds more flavor to franchise leagues.

T20 cricket is becoming better by the time in 2024. Team India wins a convincing series against Afghanistan. BBL top four set to face off the Playoffs. SA20 giving room to new talents in Rickleton, van Burran, etc. Presented by: Dhanush Lavanya

The exciting Ranji Trophy had a fun 2nd round with Gujarat stealing the headlines with a shock win against Karnataka by 6 runs. Mumbai continued their winning momentum. Bhuvneshwar Kumar picked up 8/41 against Bengal. Many more things happen as Dhanush Lavanya looks back at the latest episode.

SA20 starts on a big after the opening game gets washed out. Ryan Ricklton and Klaasen light up the tournament. India beat the Afghans convincingly at Mohali. Stars and Strikers fighting out for the 4th position in BBL 13 after Heat, Sixers, and Scorchers almost confirmed their spot in the top four.

The 2nd Edition of the SA20 is all set to begin on Wednesday, January 10th with Sunrisers Eastern Cape taking on Joburg Super Kings. 34 matches will take place across 6 venues. India will be hosting Afghanistan in a 3-match T20I series for the first time on Thursday, January 11th, 2024.

With 6 months of 2024 filled with T20 Cricket across the world, I'm Dhanush Lavanya bringing the stats, records, and analysis from every nook and corner of franchise cricket in the next few months.

The 2024 season of the Ranji Trophy started on 5th January across 19 venues in India. 38 teams played their first round. Mumbai, Chhattisgarh, Maharastra won with bonus points. Whereas, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, and Punjab lost their games. To give a complete roundup, here's Dhanush Lavanya bringing you the results, and the stats and the notable moments from Round 1.

With the new year starting, here's a look into all the big sporting events that are coming up this year. Myself Dhanush Lavanya bring to you all the sporting events in all the notable sports in India.

Arun Sadasivan, an avid gamer & Senior Sports practitioner joins Dhanush Lavanya in having a discussion on how E-Sports is taking shape in India. He details on the growth of this field in India he has seen in last 20 years. He gives information on how psychology and physical fitness is required for an E-Sports Gamer. And, sharing his views on how Metaverse, AI and other technology will help E-Sports become bigger in India.

Parth Pandya, the Executive of Corporate Relations at the International Institute of Sports Management joins Dhanush Lavanya to discuss how Sports Education has grown in India over the last decade. He shares his views on the difference between India and other countries in Sports Education and how IISM has given a large portion of Sports Professionals to the Sports Sector in India.

Madan Rajagopal joins Dhanush Lavanya in discussing the world of Sports Tech & its Innovations. He shares his work-life as a founder, how Ludimos is making coaching jobs better, how Ludimos helped RCB scout Avinash Singh and many more in this informative and educational conversation on Spotlight on Sports Professionals series on The Off Stump Podcast.

The Spotlight on Sports Professionals series had a good start with two good episodes on Sports Nutrition and Sports Operations. With a plethora of insightful and informative episodes coming up in August, the host of the TOS Podcast comes on air to tell the backstory which led to the start of this knowledge based podcast series. Timeframe: 0:24 - Introduction 2:44 - Backstory leading up this initiative 18:11 - Sports Professionals are Passionate of their jobs. 21:30 - Purpose of Sports Professionals Series 25:35 - The future topics coming up in August 29:05 - Final message and request to the listeners

As the demand and growth of sports academies and businesses are growing, the requirement of a Operations Manager looking after everything is also growing. To educate and inform the listeners about the work life and duties of a Sports Operation Manager, i have Srisha Bhalle who's the Director of Operations at Shikhar Dhawan's Da.One Sports.

Shreya Adhav, the founder of SpirEat a Sports Nutrition Company joins Dhanush Lavanya in discussing the lifestyle of sports nutritionists, young athletes and late bloomers adapting to nutrition and common myths in fitness.

After an impressive debut in IPL 2022, LSG will come into their 2nd edition with a hope to repeat the rights and rectify the wrongs. Is this team made for the Lucknow pitch conditions?

After qualifying to three consecutive playoffs, RCB hopes to reach the finishing line in 2023. Being back in Bengaluru in front of the home fans. RCB hopes to make history.

A team that has backups for almost everyone. A team which looks good on paper. But, will they cover-up the death overs loop holes. Let's see what Rajasthan Royals will offer.

IPL is all set to start in 7 days, let's begin introducing ourselves to the new and upgraded franchises. We begin a side who with sheer team effort won the IPL Title in their debut season - Gujarat Titans

As IPL 2023 Auction comes close, we're going to be looking into KKR, a side that's released a lot of players, PBKS, LSG and MI looking to fill up their gaps. Vatsal and myself breakdown these 4 teams.

As IPL 2023 is set to make some noise in coming weeks. We are here on our podcast breakdown and analyse GT, RCB and DC as they played it safe in the retention process.

After a break of 3 years, KPL is back in a brand new look as KSCA is all set organise the first season of Maharaja Trophy 2022. Manish Pandey, Mayank Agarwal, Devdutt Padikkal and many other Karnataka giants will be a part of this exciting league starting on August 7th 2022.

As there's been a lot of talk and opinions being shared by cricketers and pundits about the relevance of ODIs, we discuss on the journey one day international has gone through over the last 30 years and also talk about the return of Domestic Cricket in India starting this September.

The rescheduled 5th Test between India and England has lots of topics to unpack. Myself and Srisha majorly discuss India's batting, 2nd innings bowling, Dravid as a Coach and the infamous Bazball mindset.

As team India gets ready to play T20Is in England, West Indies and Sri Lanka, I and Vatsal look into the preparation and probable players who'll make it to the top 15.

As Karnataka loses out in another knockout match, myself and Ramchandra are discussing the reason behind Karnataka's failure to reach the finals in the last 7 years.

As IPL fever is done for the year, international cricket takes centre stage as India and South Africa begin their preparation for the 2022 T20 World Cup that will start in October at Australia. Let us see how the 2 sides shape up for the 5 match series.

As the IPL extravaganza is done and dusted, its time to go back to the text book cricket as Ranji Trophy comes back after a 2 month break as we gear up for the knockouts. Listen in to our discussion as we talk about the upcoming QF matches between Karnataka vs UP and Mumbai vs Uttarakhand.