This is an archival episode from March 24, 2019.

Bad news: we’ve lost our stats and analytics man, technical producer, junior pro cricketer, and resident bad analogy merchant, Siddharth Solanki, who needs a break from cricket as he struggles to deal with the difficulties of trying to have a life while living in the far reaches of Kandivali.

But the show must go on, even after a two-month delay. And Siddhant and Aditya will maintain they were always the smart ones on the pod anyway.

So get ready for some intelligent analysis on the World Cup, a disdainful but still incredibly smart IPL preview, and get this – we’re so smart, we don’t even do the regular IPL fantasy; Siddhant and his friends have created one for themselves. It may have no relevance to the outside world but we’ve even done an analysis of that, just for our loyal Guyana crew.

In other words: we’re back, and better than ever before. (Siddharth will be welcomed back with open arms when he feels like rejoining, but until then, he’s our easy target.)