On episode 56 of Bits and Pieces, six of your friends get together to discuss the Women’s Premier League (WPL), Women’s Under 19 World Cup, the Ranji Trophy quarter-finals line-up, the India-NZ white-ball series, player burn out and much more. Much banter, laughter and “chalk throwing in the era of zoom”. Join Mohan, Rachana, Chops, Tareque, Vikas and Bisi. Join in for all the fun!
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SHOW NOTES:

1. Women’s U19 World Cup
1a. India U19 Women showing ‘em how it’s done: https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-women-s-under-19-t20-world-cup-2022-23-1336137/points-table-standings
1b. All Chopras have their googlies sorted (including the one on our podcast): https://twitter.com/thethingygirl/status/1617138120259997696?s=20&t=Tr0_sRtnPU5mG99jDfeg1g
1c. Firdose Moonda on the rise and rise of Rwanda: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/rwanda-set-to-take-next-step-forward-at-under-19-women-s-t20-world-cup-1353487
1d. Cricket Builds Hope (Rwanda): https://www.cricketbuildshope.org/our-story
1e. A little argy bargy and the Spirit of Cricket is obstructed, you say?: https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/lucy-hamiltons-controversial-run-out-in-under19-womens-t20-world-cup-sparks-debate/news-story/268059202c31949f7f8becba9988a85a
1f. PeDROs are here to stay!: https://www.latestly.com/socially/sports/cricket/zamina-tahir-pakistan-bowler-pulls-off-mankad-run-out-during-during-icc-u19-womens-t20-world-cup-2023-match-watch-video-4717287.html
2. Women’s Premier League
2a. The final franchises are in: https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/womens-cricket/womens-ipl-teams-live-announcement-wipl-auction-updates/article66431213.ece
2b. For comparison, the $$$ in 2008 for the Men’s IPL: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ipl-announces-franchise-owners-33
3. Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2023
3a. 2004 was when Australia got past the Final Frontier of India: https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/australia-tour-of-india-2004-05-61430
3b. Harbhajan 1-0 Ponting in a #throwback battle of words: https://wisden.com/stories/features/harbhajan-v-ponting-the-story-of-a-mouthy-feud-that-still-burns-strong
3c. In prep for Prof. R Ashwin’s kutti koschen paper, Marnie Boy is thulping all his notes and how: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/marnus-labuschagne-plotting-how-to-tackle-the-r-ashwin-puzzle-aus-vs-ind-1353508
3d. Jason Gillespie pitching in with 201* pieces of advice for the Aus tourists in 2023: https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/when-virat-kohli-comes-to-bat-i-would-love-to-see-pat-cummins-take-the-ball-and-australia-great-jason-gillespie-predicts-explosive-matchup-101674806915562.html and https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/australia/cricket-australia-2023-test-great-jason-gillespie-says-india-tour-can-be-career-defining/news-story/093f5c77dbefc83cb2e479f696ee698b
3e. Whether Jasprit Bumrah or Godot?: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/rohit-wary-about-rushing-bumrah-responds-to-criticism-of-his-odi-form-1355756
3f. Australia announces its BGT squad: https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/australia-tour-of-india-2004-05-61430
4. Ranji Trophy:
The rare occasion when Ranji Trophy gets full formal and gets ties plus other stories: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ranji-trophy-round-up-andhra-make-the-quarter-finals-after-rare-first-innings-tie-1356117?platform=amp
5. Manipur cricket is already a story for the ages: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ranji-trophy-manipurs-homegrown-heroes-prepare-for-life-in-the-elite-lane-1355381
6 Ben Stokes on Packed S------e and Workload: https://www.sportskeeda.com/cricket/news-ben-stokes-slams-tight-scheduling-via-cryptic-tweet-post-england-s-loss-south-africa-first-odi