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No Balls Cricket Unfiltered Episode 47: BazBollocks 1, JaisWallops 1

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If Jasprit Bumrah played as much cricket as Jimmy Anderson, the hosts think he'd have 900 Test wickets.

The show opens by saying nothing has happened to Bihar in the last week, with the hosts joking that Bihar may not change much on a week-by-week basis anyway. That spills into a tangle of Bihar-born cricketers, Bengal, and Uttar Pradesh, plus the usual mid-thought corrections and side-tracks that make the whole thing feel only half under control. They also note that this is episode 47 and that a proper 50-episode lookback is coming up. One of them wants a compilation of all the weird drinks that have appeared over the years. White wine gets mentioned, because apparently that is part of the brand now. The conversation then shifts to India's Test selection. Kuldeep is treated as penciled into the XI after being outstanding in the last game and giving the side control. The real fight becomes whether Akshar Patel stays or whether India makes room for a specialist batter such as Sarfaraz Khan making his debut. Washington Sundar is floated as the other option because he can contribute with both bat and ball. The hosts bring up Sundar's 96 against England a few years ago. They also point to Akshar's batting record in Indian conditions and keep reminding each other how often he has rescued India at home. The point is that Akshar is not being discussed as a token bowler. On these pitches, he may already be strong enough to be picked as a batter alone. The argument keeps snapping between numbers, roles, and exasperated interruptions. It sounds like two people trying to build a Test XI while arguing over the same whiteboard marker. Then the whole thing swerves into a deadpan visual gag about what happens if all the Himalayan glaciers melt, with Bangladesh relabeled as the Bangladesh Sea Republic in the joke. The hosts close by telling listeners to check the last two episodes as well, including the series preview and the first-Test recap. The episode ends the way this show prefers to end: with a punchline, a correction, and no interest in hanging around politely.

As heard by us

Bihar banter and India Test selection arguments, with enough cricket detail to keep the back-and-forth useful.

Episode 47 stays with the Bihar-born cricketers angle just long enough to give the India Test selection talk some texture, then settles into the real question: what the XI should look like.

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For a loud, nerdy India Test selection fight with Bihar detours.

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