When you think of America & sport, you think of Basketball, Baseball, Rugby, Tennis, etc. Cricket is the last thing you relate America with, yet. So how unique would it be, to be an American Cricket Journalist. The next guest on Gupshup With Gill, Peter Della Penna, is that kind of unique.   Peter is an American Cricket Journalist who covers Associate Cricket as well as anyone else. In this episode, watch him talk about his journey, how matches of Associate Nations are much consequential, Afghanistan's rise through the Intercontinental Cup, patience among fans towards new teams, and much more.

He wears many hats (producer, presenter, jester), but for a lot of us, he was someone who made us look forward to the pre-match shows of the IPL, brought us many stories from our favourite cricketers, and most importantly made us think that LIVE TV is ridiculously easy.   In this episode of Gupshup with Gill, we have the de facto face of IPL, the producer of Breakfast with Champions, founder of Oaktree Sports, Gaurav Kapur. He talks about his journey, his break with the IPL, experiences of broadcasting, future projects of Oaktree sports, and much more!  

Timecodes:- 

0:00 Intro 

1:00 Career of more than 2 decades

5:57 How did 'Extra innings' happened? 

13:35 Broadcaster's workload 

19:32 On handling differences in opinions

23:38 How the process of interview changes you

29:20 Gaurav remembering his college days

32:00 Gaurav's 3 favourite sportspersons

38:35 Cricketers' WAGs travelling together

44:45 Oaktree Sports' future plans

50:20 Closing thoughts

Mazher Arshad is a cricket statistician who digs up cricket numbers for a living. He's worked with various broadcasters on many tournaments like the ICC World T20 2016, the ICC World Cup 2015, and all editions of PSL. He has his own YouTube channel as well where he interviews cricketers and does his own analysis.  In this episode of 'Gupshup with Gill', Mazher Arshad talks about digging up real-time numbers, sharing stories of Indo Pak cricket, the Kohli fandom in Pakistan along with many more stories.  

Timestamps:- 

0:00 Introduction 

4:00 Working on real-time statistics

 7:25 Which commentator is thorough with his research

 11:10 Receiving flak on social media 

14:48 PSL's growth as a brand 

21:50 India's historic tours of Pakistan 

25:50 Indo Pak stories 

28:40 Kohli's fandom in Pakistan 

32:55 On Misbah ul Haq 

40:30 Rapid Fire 

49:00 Closing Thoughts

Jarrod Kimber is a cricket writer, author, journalist, filmmaker, commentator, podcaster, consultant, and YouTuber. Forget being a jack of all, he's the master of all when it comes to cricket content.

Ben Jones, is an analyst with CricViz, a Cricket Data analytics company.  Ben, in his very short career, has worked with the likes of Melbourne Stars, Sky Sports & Fox Cricket.  

In this episode of 'Gupshup with Gill', Ben talks about the importance of data in cricket, how it can be analyzed in various ways, how much the off-field persona of cricketers affects their perceptions about their cricket, his love for Rishabh Pant, how despite the advancements of data, instinct will still have a place in cricket. He also talks about the CricViz models along with what he looks for in a young player and much more.

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

In this episode of Gupshup With Gill, we have veteran journalist Vijay Lokapally, who talks about the beginning of his career, a few memorable moments of a 40-year long journey, and what he thinks about sports journalism today among many other things of life & sport.   

0:38 Career of 40 years and counting

 2:20 Venturing into sports journalism 

5:08 Turning point of Vijay Lokapal's career 

8:06 Covering sports other than cricket

 12:12 Player's trust is the most valuable thing for a sports journalist 

14:57 Sportsmen under intense scrutiny 

17:00 Umpire's strategies 

18:43 Golden time for sports journalism in India 

22:53 State of Indian stadiums 

29:25 Favourite memories 

36:44 Sportstar and its posters

 40:37 Sportsmen asking "Humara poster kab chapega?"

 42:00 On written sports journalism 

48:46 Upcoming books of Vijay Lokapally 

51:00 Closing thoughts

In the first episode of Gupshup With Gill, with talks to the famous ESPNCricinfo presenter, Raunak Kapoor.   Raunak Kapoor has been in the Cricket broadcasting space for 10 years now, having worked with All India Radio for 2 years before he joined Cricinfo.   He might be a lawyer by qualification, but his calling was always sports. In this episode, Raunak talks to us about his journey, working at Cricinfo, what he thinks about changes in cricket broadcasting, and what value do cricketers hold in public life.

All that and much more in this episode of Gupshup with Gill  

1:18 Journey of becoming a Sports Presenter 

8:26 What is Luck? 

9:55 Sambit Bal's influence on ESPN Cricinfo 

15:00 "Batsman" to "Batter" 

21:03 On the state of Indian Cricket Commentary

34:20 Influence of cricketers on society 

43:21 Role of a Captain in T20s

50:30 Quickies 

51:41 Closing Thoughts