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Sep 2024
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Team India, Dhoni, Future Cricketers, In...

Raj Shamani
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Timestamps: (00:00) - Introduction (02:22) - How he got into cricket (08:17) - Parents being unsure of a sport career (13:16) - Playing for team India (21:35) - His injury (25:45) - Match that got him into team India (35:04) - Gautam Gambhir (40:38) - Competition around the world (44:00) - Future of cricket (51:33) - Correct age to be a cricketer (54:46) - Favourite emerging players (59:51) - Best Captain: M.S. Dhoni (1:09:57) - Yuvraj Singh’s gripe with Dhoni (1:11:49) - Becoming a commentator (1:19:20) - His highest point in commentary (1:24:44) - BTS of commentary (1:28:50) - Biggest mistakes (1:29:48) - Favourite moments (1:33:50) - IPL pay gap between Bumrah & Starc (1:35:36) - Change one thing about Indian cricket (1:38:47) - Salary for playing Ranji Trophy (1:40:42) - Salary of a commentator (1:42:26) - Is he biased? (1:45:50) - Taking care of his voice (1:46:36) - Thank you! In today’s Figuring Out podcast, we have Aakash Chopra in conversation with Raj Shamani. He is an Indian cricketer, a cricket commentator, an analyst, and an author. He is one of the most loved commentators in India and his names given to the cricketers have gone viral and are loved in our country. In this episode, we talked about his journey of entering cricket, stories from his childhood days, and his family’s contribution to his dream. We then talked about how he got selected for different levels of cricket tournaments before getting selected for the Indian cricket team. We also talked about his memories of cricketers like Gautam Gambhir and Mahendra Singh Dhoni and how they were during the initial phase of their careers. Towards the end, we talked about how he entered into cricket commentary, how he started initially with writing and slowly worked on his craft, his mistakes in his commentary career, his favorite memories, and who he thinks will outperform as a cricketer from the new talent pool of cricketers. We ended our conversation by talking about how much commentators earn. For such insightful conversations, subscribe to our channel now! Follow Aakash Chopra Here: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cricketaakash/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@cricketaakash Twitter: https://twitter.com/cricketaakash Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AakashChopraOfficial/


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