Abhishek Mukherjee is a cricket writer & historian who has been writing on the sport for the last 7 years. He has recently co-authored the book 'Sachin & Azhar at Cape Town: Indian and South African Cricket Through the Prism of a Partnership'   In this episode of 'Gupshup with Gill' he talks of his journey, early memories of cricket, what he thinks is good writing and the relationship of India & South Africa as cricket teams & countries.

Timestamps: 

0:00 From writing codes to writing about cricket 

07:43 What makes for good cricket writing 

11:42 Creating a sporting culture

13:41 Changes in broadcasting

16:36 Anecdotes on Twitter threads

20:13 Icons in sports 

22:45 Sachin and Azhar at Cape Town

27:35 South Africa's tour of India after Apartheid era 

35:20 Views on Women's cricket in India 

39:13 Sports inspiring the society

44:15 Favourite cricket writer

47:48 Favorite biryani and closing thoughts