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The Dark Side of Cricket

Written by: Vice Media Asia Pacific
Narrated by: Parthshri Arora
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  • Summary

  • Indian cricket enthusiasts often joke about the influence of money, and corruption, and wonder if the wild results in the IPL are “scripted”. Cricketing authorities and media veer away from these subjects to go quickly to the pitches, pink balls, and fluorescent cheerleader outfits.

    Welcome to The Dark Side of Cricket, a show that will shine a light on cricket’s not so shiny moments – from match-fixing and Dawood Ibrahim to doping and mental burnout. Keep listening to the Vice Original.

    ©2023 Vice Media (P)2023 Vice Media
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Episodes
  • Episode 1 - The Don’s Game
    Apr 3 2023
    "If you guys win the tournament, I will give all of you a Toyota car each," underworld don Dawood Ibrahim said inside the Indian team locker room, in 1987, thus changing the sport forever.
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    27 mins
  • Episode 2 - The Bookmaker
    Apr 3 2023
    Match fixing in cricket is a story as old as time, but in the year 2000, in India, cricket’s reputation changed forever, when the game’s biggest match fixing scandal was exposed.
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    25 mins
  • Episode 3 - How Spot Fixing Changed The Game
    Apr 3 2023
    In 2010, just as the cricketing world was coming to terms with the advent of the IPL and the explosion of the internet, spot fixing, aka match fixing on steroids, showed how the sport had been engulfed by money.
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    25 mins

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Excellent Content!

The podcast was really insightful for a cricket noob like me. It was well researched and articulated. Also, the narrator's voice is ❤️

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well done... this was amazing

well done... this was amazing... well researched and presented.... this is an eye opener for a cricket fan

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Different POV on the Cricket

I really liked the content and the in-depth study done by the journalist covering a lot of angles on the Cricket.

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Gr8 listing

Listen entire episode in one go. Nice Edit By Editor. Story telling is very good

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Hits the ball out of the park!

Brilliantly weaves together the research into the lucid narrative! Very well done! This is a must listen for every cricket lover

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a sixer all the way

a very illuminating series. Well researched and narrated with passion of an avid cricket lover.

Parthshri Arora has done an awesome job here.
monetisation of cricket and how a game became a cult with an ugly underbelly.

my favourite episode is on unsung heroes of the game... the ground workers... indignity of labour.

highly recommended listen.

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good read reality

it's interesting to know reality of cricket.
most talks about 'pata hai fix hota hai' while watching ipl
they don't care

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Good narration for unknown side of cricket

very good narration. good for listening for a cricket fan.
must listen.....chapters are divided very meticulously.

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Very well researched and presented

Parthshri Arora, take a bow! you have researched and have researched well and unearthed some such stories around the most sought after game in India that should make the who's who of cricketing fraternity sit up and take a resolution regarding doing at least an iota of good to some of the darker shades of the game. You have covered all possible aspects of the game that needs a look in and have also gone on to caution the fall out of the 'fast and furious' quotient being injected into the game and the intrusion of too much technology into the game that is spoiling the charm of the game more than anything else.

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Exceptional narrative!

One of the first audiobook I 'binge listened'! Kudos to the entire team. This is how audiobooks should be👍. Eye opening narratives about Indias favourite game...

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