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No Balls Cricket Unfiltered Episode 48: A Moral Loss for BazBollocks?

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England’s ‘Bazball’ is judged against a 4-1 or 5-0 series result, not slogans.

1. The No Balls Cricket Podcast episode 48 focuses on India versus England at Hyderabad and the hosts’ argument over Bazball after a 126-run defeat for England. 2. Siddharth Vardhan and Aditya Dev host the show, and their cricket analysis matters because both are following India, England, and domestic cricket closely. 3. The episode asks whether England’s attacking style still has value when India win by a large margin. 4. The roundup first covers New Zealand beating South Africa by seven wickets, with Kane Williamson managing the chase. 5. It then moves to Australia women beating South Africa in a Test by declaring on 575 for 9 and bowling South Africa out for 76. 6. Domestic cricket gets a large segment, including Mumbai staying unbeaten and Shardul Thakur taking 10 wickets against Assam. 7. Ajinkya Rahane’s obstructing-the-field dismissal against Assam becomes a law-of-cricket talking point. 8. Vijay Kumar Vyshak’s 106-ball century for Karnataka becomes another standout Ranji Trophy moment. 9. The hosts also discuss Saurashtra, Cheteshwar Pujara’s century, and the tight Group C race involving Gujarat, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu. 10. They mention Jay Shah’s public letter pushing India-aspiring players to keep playing domestic cricket, which they connect to Ishan Kishan’s absence from Jharkhand. 11. The India-England Test discussion turns on England leading India 30 for 3 on the first morning, before India recover through their batting and bowling. 12. Ravindra Jadeja’s century is described as crucial, even though the hosts say he cost runs by running Sarfaraz Khan out. 13. Sarfaraz Khan’s debut Test is treated as a major success because he scores 60-plus in both innings. 14. Yashasvi Jaiswal’s double century and the way he attacks James Anderson become one of the episode’s signature moments. 15. The hosts describe Jaiswal and Sarfaraz as products of Mumbai batting, shaped by school and club cricket in the city. 16. They argue that England’s second-innings sweeping from Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, and Ben Stokes showed poor shot selection on a wearing pitch. 17. The tone is chatty, argumentative, and full of cricket in-jokes, with frequent digressions into laws, appeals, and commentary lines. 18. The format mixes roundup, debate, and live reaction, with the India-England section carrying the longest and sharpest analysis. 19. Listeners who follow India Test cricket, Ranji Trophy, and domestic selection debates will get the most from this episode. 20. Listeners wanting polished preview coverage or non-cricket topics should probably skip it.

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A chaotic post-Test debrief that finds real cricket insight inside the jokes.

The episode treats India's win over England as a quick, funny post-match teardown, with Gavaskar history, moral-victory talk, and Bazball getting the full meme treatment.

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You want a post-Test debrief that is half analysis, half glorious England-poking.

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