Asia's largest cricket talk show – Cricket Predicta celebrated the Women's World T20 Cup to be held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from October 3 through one of its kind cricket-conclave. Cricket legends, women cricket and famous Indian and Pakistan sportscasters participated in this conclave aimed to celebrate the 100th episodes of Cricket Predicta.
The full day conclave touched upon the myriad aspects relating to pain areas and the growth of cricket especially with the associated nations. The free-flowing discussion saw Mudassar Nazar in a belligerent mood where he pointed ills surrounding Pakistan Cricket.
Pakistan's great batsman Zaheer Abbas and world cup winning famous Australian coach Dav Whatmore along with Shahzad Altaf, who played in the 1996 World Cup for UAE, Zimbabwe's women cricketer Tasmin Granger along with Charvi Bhatt, former skipper of UAE women's team and CEO of Boland Cricket James Fortuin participated in this conclave. Among the journalists, Ayaz Memon and Gautam Bhattacharya from India and Majid Bhatti from Pakistan graced the event by participating in the panel discussion.
Three different panel discussions were organized in the Cricket Predicta Conclave. The first session was -Future of Cricket. The second session was -Future of Cricket Journalism and the third session one was -History of Women's Cricket (1745 to till date). Very informative things were discussed about cricket in all three sessions.
Regarding the Cricket Predicta talk show, Whatmore said that it is a data-based program and only facts are discussed in it. Whatmore said, “Cricket Predicta is an innovative cricket talk show that marries data with context of the game. This propels fans interest and engagement. Completing 100 episodes in six languages across Asia is testament of its success.”
Zaheer Abbas, known as the Bradman of Asia, was peeved and concerned about the state of Pakistan Cricket that is scuttling the global economy of Cricket. “If Pakistan does well at ICC tournaments the overall monetary health of cricket will further improve. The former ICC President also paid glittering tribute to his best friend across the border Late Bishan Singh Bedi and highlighted his association with India.
Answering a fan question on why the cricketing son in laws of Kanpur eventually score in tons, just like Gavaskar and himself. He said that's the gift Kanpur city bestows to their son in laws. Just like to Sunny “Master” Gavaskar and me.”
Dashing batsman also alerted the gathering on the imminent danger faced by Test cricket amidst the emergence of new formats of cricket.
Zaheer Abbas said, “Cricket has changed. The style has changed. Money has come into the game. Players are happy but they always have to remember that Test cricket is the real cricket. This is how it is known who is how good a player. In such a situation, players should not distance themselves from the basics of cricket and the one who has the basics can fit in any format.”
Mudassar Nazar, considered as the most thinking cricketer and the man with “Golden Arm” said that with the changing cricket, players should bring changes in their game but their game should always be based on the basics. He said, “We have to prepare players for a new kind of cricket but if we take them away from the basics, they cannot succeed.”
During this, Cricket Predicta founder Sunil Yash Kalra said that he is happy that Cricket Predicta has completed its 100 episodes and many cricket stalwarts graced this celebration with us. Sunil, former CEO of various televised leagues has created a niche in cricket data with live match infographics and contextual data analytics.
“Cricket Predicta is a unique tribute to cricket fans, who crave for quality tv content. The data-based talk show on cricket aims to demystify the complex cricket issue on a relatable manner. With the success of Cricket Predicta in Asian markets we now aim to transcend towards the Middle East and African markets.”
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