IPL 2026 Predictions, Then v Now, Best Ever Players
Test Match Special
BBC
4.4 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 28 March 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Amber Samdhu looks ahead to the IPL 2026 with The Traitor's (and cricketer) Faraaz Noor and former IPL star Abhishek Jhunjhunwala.
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| 0:11.9 | What a line-up. |
| 0:13.3 | Oh, thanks very much. We do get some great guests on the show. |
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| 0:42.4 | Hello and welcome to Strategic Time Out with me, Amber Sandu, |
| 0:46.5 | the show where we chat all things IPL. |
| 0:49.2 | Now, it's not long to go until the 19th edition of the competition gets underway. And here, we're going to be |
| 0:55.4 | debriefing it all from shots to stories to wickets and all the wonderful stuff in between. And each |
| 1:01.7 | week, I'm going to be joined by a couple of fab guests. This week, everyone's favourite |
| 1:06.0 | faith, well, quite surreal, actually, seeing you in person. Traitor's finalist for us and all joins |
| 1:10.3 | us. And a former IPL player knows the competition inside and out. Abishik, Jundravala. Abishak, Farras, hello. Hello. Farras, we're going to come to you first. Now, you are a massive sports fan, but also grew up playing cricket. You still do play as well. Yeah, still playing. Try it anyway. I know, I've seen you batting, actually. You've got the Stuart Broad. Brody appreciated it, didn't he? So not too bad. For context, Stuart Broad commented on Faraz's video of him batting, saying shot. So I think that gives you the approval, doesn't it? Talk me through some of your earliest memories of cricket and watching the IPL. I remember playing earliest cricket is like just playing in the dad, with my dad, in the gully, so of speak, playing gully cricket with my cousins as well and stuff. So much fun, honestly, I absolutely loved it. And then I remember just like watching the IPL. You see all the colours with all the kids and everything like that you see all the stars you see all the donies |
| 2:01.8 | and then the pollards |
| 2:03.2 | and all this and all that |
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