Ashwin is joined by special guest James Buttler of the Cricket Badger Podcast to discuss the 100-run victory for India in the #IndvEng World Cup game, to make it 6 games on the trot undefeated. India now sits at the top of the table while England is at the bottom.

They also discuss Pakistan's 2 losses, Australia's resurgence, and the fight for the top 4 as the semi-finals get close! #CWC23

Find James at: https://twitter.com/cricket_badger
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DJ from Edges & Sledges and Stu from The Top Order Podcast get together to discuss the #IndvNZ #cwc23 game at Dharamsala. With both teams undefeated, match winning performances from Team India's Shami (5 wickets) and Kohli (95) overcame a spirited New Zealand performance led by Daryll Mitchell's 130 (127) to win by 4 wickets.

20 year wait stat: https://x.com/mohanstatsman/status/1716132646257094954?s=46&t=pgzzXnVqB1cLdWJQLrD42w

The Top Order Cricket Podcast: https://spotify.link/BYqGicvb7Db

DJ and Ashwin discuss the #IndvPak game, the 8-36 collapse, the drama around the Pakistan fans and journalists visas and Afghanistan's fantastic win against England. #EngvAfg #cwc23

Sambit Bal article on Pakistan fans: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/india-vs-pakistan-an-atmosphere-like-never-before-but-it-could-have-been-so-much-more-1403343 

DJ and Ashwin discuss #IndvAfg and India's win against Afghanistan in their second game of #cwc23. We talk Rohit Sharma's dazzling hundred to beat Sachin's six World Cup hundreds, Bumrah's 4 for and Kohli's clinical 50.

DJ and Ashwin get together to discuss #IndvAus, which was India's first game of the #cwc23 campaign. We discuss the win, India's bowling performance, India's top order collapse to leave the chase in tatters at 2-3, THAT DROPPED CATCH by Mitch Marsh, the rescue act by Kohli and Rahul, and all the big hits and misses of the Cricket World Cup so far.

It's a full house as Ashwin, Varun and DJ get together to preview the upcoming ICC Men's Cricket World Cup #CWC23 starting on 5 October 2023.

In less than sixty minutes, we run through all the ten teams including their Cricket World Cup history, memorable moments, strengths, weaknesses and X-factors.

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India beat Australia 2-0 in Mohali and Indore ODIs to become the number one 1 ranked ODI side just before the World Cup. We will discuss:

- Shami's five for in Mohali
- Shubman Gill: taking things to the next level with yet another hundred
- SKY: Is he creating a headache for India?
- KL Rahul's magnificent form
- the return of Iyer
- Ravichandran Ashwin
- India's catching/dropping
- #CWC23 World Cup thoughts
- India Women win #AsianGames Gold!

India blow Sri Lanka away for 50 all out and chase the runs with no wickets down to win the #AsiaCup2023 final. We also discuss the final Super Four games where India beat Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka beat Pakistan and India narrowly lost to Bangladesh.

On this week's episode we discuss the Super Four stage of the #AsiaCup2023 with a focus on the #PakvInd match, which was won by India by 228 runs. We discuss King Kohli going past 13k ODI runs with a 77th international century, last minute replacement KL Rahul scoring a ton at number 4, Bumrah's return to ODI and Kuldeep Yadav's 5 for. #IndvPak 

Sid Monga on Bumrah’s opening spell: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ind-vs-pak-asia-cup-inch-perfect-jasprit-bumrah-shows-what-he-is-all-about-1397752 https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ind-vs-pak-asia-cup-inch-perfect-jasprit-bumrah-shows-what-he-is-all-about-1397752 

On this week's episode we discuss the #indvpak match at #AsiaCup2023. India were 66-4 before Pandya and Kishan put together a partnership. Shaheen Shah Afridi took 4 wickets before rain ended the match.