For the first time in 59 episodes, we have a female/male gender ratio greater than 1! And for the first time in our history, we also have a former player on the panel - Ananya Upendran joins the gang for this special episode. Not entirely surprisingly, even though we recorded this on Day 2 of a very interestingly poised 2nd Test of Border Gavaskar Trophy, we discuss the WPL auction, the Women’s World Cup, the structure of the women’s game in India, the might of the Australian women’s team and much more. 

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4. Sameer Mohan: https://twitter.com/sleepyhead148

5. Ananya Upendran: https://twitter.com/a_upendran11

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Show notes:

1. Rachana’s WPL auction tracker: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1byKLWSs-Fte9sljbp0MOD7kNdxl-tmxZ_e1rVap2yrM/edit#gid=592092697 

2. Shikha Pandey’s journey: https://scroll.in/field/1041240/shikha-pandey-interview-from-wanting-to-quit-to-finding-joy-again-a-journey-via-goa-and-australia

3. Sneha Deepthi’s second innings: https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/cricket/2022/jul/22/sneha-aims-to-become-first-cricketer-to-make-india-comeback-after-pregnancy-2479570.html

4. Ananya Upendran’s blog: https://diary-of-a-cricketer.blogspot.com/?m=1

5. Similarity between India V Australia 2013 played in Delhi and the 2023 2nd test match at Delhi: https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/australia-tour-of-india-2012-13-598808/india-vs-australia-4th-test-598815/full-scorecard

6. Sania Mirza’s interview as mentor of RCB: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qju_GVJLRTM

7. Panga trailer (streaming on Disney+Hotstar): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDP6tCC8zTo

8. First time in Tamil cinema: https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/first-tamil-cinema-only-women-centric-films-release-over-new-year-weekend-171560