In this episode, the veteran sports journalist and NSoJ adjunct faculty, Vedam Jaishankar, speaks with Timothy Franklyn about his recently launched book - Courage, Conviction, Controversy, and Cricket (Westland Sport, 2020). Vedam's third book is a collection of more than 40 incidents that have changed the face of cricket. While discussing his book, we talk about some of the sports most iconic moments that have shaped the way the game is played to today.
We talk about body line, Kerry Packer and player safety, Trevor Chappell and vaseline, why Bishen Singh Bedi lost his county cricket contract, body line, physical fitness and the Greg Chappell and Ganguly fallout, G.R. Vishwanath and the strange coin toss incident, the courage of BS Chandrashekhar who overcame polio to be a champion of the game, the tensions surrounding Rahul Dravid’s declaration in the test match against Pakistan, and more.
Head to long off, grab a pair of headphones and listen to the greatest hits of cricketing instances of courage, conviction and controversy.
Host: Timothy Franklyn
Episode Editor: Shriya Rajachandra (NSoJ BA '22)
Podcast team: Abhik Deb (NSoJ BA '21), Preetika Parashuraman (NSoJ BA '22) and Shriya Rajachandra (NSoJ BA '22).
Music: Upbeat Party by scottholmesmusic.com