Strategic Timeout: Malan & Faraaz talk IPL, ball tampering, and captaincy pressure
Test Match Special
BBC
4.4 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 April 2026
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Strategic Timeout is available to WATCH, in full, on the BBC Sport Youtube channel and on BBC iPlayer.
Amber Sandhu, Faraaz Noor and former England international Dawid Malan break down the biggest IPL 2026 talking points. From captaincy debates and pressure moments to high-scoring games and standout performances, the panel explore what’s shaping the tournament so far. With insight from Malan’s IPL experience, the episode dives into the role of captains in T20 cricket, the value of all-rounders in the modern game and whether experience is becoming more important than ever. Plus, the team discuss the Impact Player rule and a wider ball tampering controversy.
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| 0:49.5 | Hello and welcome to another strategic timeout with me, |
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| 0:57.0 | And today, I'm very pleased to say, former England player, David Milan joins me. And he's back for a second week in a row, Traders finalist for Asnal. |
| 1:04.4 | Welcome both. It's lovely to see you. Let's get straight into it. It's been an event for a few days or so of the competition. What have we liked the look of then? What has stood out? What have the highlights been for you whilst you've been watching? I'll let David go first as a guest. Oh, throw me under the bus there. Well, I think that one of the things that stood out is the high scoring. Secondly, the fact that teams chasing have found it so much easier, whether that's |
| 1:27.6 | the impact rule or not. But it seems like even if you score 220, you're pretty much out of the game. And I really like to see all the old boys row it and Coley back in the runs. That's what you want to see in these IPLs. They're just showing that age is just a number, aren't they, in their 30s |
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