In the Nineties, match fees were fatter and the stakes higher, yet the temptations were darker. The match-fixing scandal exposed an underbelly of bookies, betting and sleaze. At the turn of the century, as heads rolled and reputations were sullied, the game weathered its darkest phase. In the decade of redemption that followed, captains and coaches employed analytics to decide match strategies. In Ganguly, India found an aggressive skipper who walked his talk. No one embodied leadership and team spirit like Dhoni, inspiring international espect for Team India that was buoyed by the dramatic 2011 World Cup victory. From the colourful radio commentaries that brought the game alive in the early days of Test Cricket to the elaborate theatrics of T20 in modern television broadcasting, cricket has travelled the distance. As it takes to the global stage at the 2028 Summer Olympics for the first time since 1900, we can say that the sport has truly come of age. Reliving these defining moments, Raghu and Giri hang up their gloves in this series finale of Well Caught. Thank you for listening. Credits: Akshay Ramuhalli, Bijoy Venugopal, Bruce Lee Mani, Narayan Krishnaswamy, Prashant Vasudevan, Seema Seth, Shraddha Gautam, Supriya Joshi and Velu Shankar Acknowledgements and Resources: YouTube: Zee TV Closedown (1997) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky5I81rYeVo Javed Miandad last ball sixer in sharjah cup final 1986 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhYJqV-cbMI India Pakistan Cricket Classic SHARJAH PEPSI CUP 1996 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22QqFrlmkww Fmr cricket captain threatens to reveal match fixing names https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNy7IaJpwRo INDIA: CRICKET MATCH FIXING ALLEGATIONS: REPORT (V) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqMa1EIJwo4 Not Cricket ! - Match Fixing (Orig 2001) Pt1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVOmJVTeIEc Manoj Prabhakar presents a videotape on match-fixing in 2000 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNYa2yuhNn8 deepanshu madan on match ka mujrim kon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu7YGK1a0bo Dadagiri ( Title treck ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjLJhCiDdvM Harbhajan Singh Rips Apart Australia | 15 Wickets in 1 Match | INDvAUS 2001 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_cfSOcOB8A Sourav Ganguly: The Courageous Captain | Ian Chappell, Sachin Tendulkar | Discovery Plus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4DY8iBQd5o Cricket Connected: Nasser Hussain on Sourav Ganguly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq3J-JEk9JA INDIA VS AUSTRALIA 2001 KOLKATA HIGHLIGHTS INDIA'S historic TEST MATCH WIN after followon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT2pMi3VhA8 1966 West Indies India Bombay (new footage) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWkSS2ZYcdE Books by Giri and Raghu: Mid-Wicket Tales — From Trumper to Tendulkar (Sage India, 2014) https://www.amazon.in/Mid-Wicket-Tales-Trumper-Tendulkar-Giridhar/dp/8132117387 From Mumbai to Durban: India’s Greatest Tests (Juggernaut, 2016) https://www.amazon.in/Mumbai-Durban-Indias-Greatest-Tests-ebook/dp/B0821B37QT