The Edges & Sledges Cricket Podcast

On this week's podcast episode, Varun and DJ discuss India's 4-1 victory against England in the T20 series, #ViratKohli's disastrous return to the #RanjiTrophy and look ahead to the #indveng ODIs

Ashwin and DJ get together to talk this week about India's 2 wins in the first 2 games against England's T20I side at Kolkata and Chennai. England are playing their first series with Brendon McCullum as T20 coach, and some of the effects of Bazball are already visible. They talk about Tilak Varma and Abhishek Sharma's heroics with the bat, as well as Arshdeep Singh and Varun Chakravarty's good series with the ball so far.

They also cover the return of key Team India test players to Ranji trophy - Rohit, Yashasvi and Pant had forgettable results, while Gill and Jadeja had memorable performances.

It's a full house this week as Ashwin, Varun and DJ get together to talk about the newly released BCCI 10-point diktat that is causing some challenges for the players, and has evoked a strong reaction from skipper Rohit Sharma! They also cover the squad for the Champions Trophy 2025 which sees the return of Mohammad Shami, but Siraj being left out, as well as preview of the upcoming 5 match T20 series vs. England.

This week Varun and Ashwin get together for the first episode of 2025 to review the crushing 3-1 defeat in the Border Gavaskar Trophy. The review the players, performances and discuss what's next for India's cricket legends in particular Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.

This week Ashwin and DJ get together to talk through the chaotic, rain-affected 3rd test match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy #BGT at the #Gabba which saw India narrowly avoid a follow on thanks to batting heroics from Akash Deep and Bumrah - and then go on to draw the game. 

The end of the test also came with the surprise announcement from Ravi Ashwin of his retirement from all forms of International Cricket. Ashwin and DJ share their favourite memories from his career!