Sledging Room

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A weekly India Today podcast, Sledging Room is a sports show which will hold discussions related to sports, especially cricket. This is a podcast with a difference, a podcast where tempers will flare and participants, to put it mildly, are not always polite. For your weekly dose of sporting hostilities, this is your final destination. Sledging Room will dissect views and bring in new perspectives with a dash of irreverence.

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187 episodes
Updated Oct 1, 2025

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May 3, 2023 · 35 min
Kohli vs Gambhir Spat: The Ugly Side to Cricket Heroes, Nobody Wants to Watch | Sledging Room, Ep 47
Virat Kohli is no stranger to controversies. He has been involved in some arguments and sledge-fests with opposition players in the past but his stature has grown in world cricket. Naveen-ul-Haq might have been at fault in needling Kohli but the...
Apr 26, 2023 · 30 min
End of Mumbai Indians' Domination in the IPL? | Sledging Room Ep 46
Mumbai Indians, the most successful side in IPL history, looked good for a while before two straight defeats. Their bowlers have leaked runs in the death overs and batters have failed to chase down big totals. They still have some brilliant players in...
Apr 19, 2023 · 39 min
Is The MS Dhoni Magic Working For CSK Again? | Sledging Room, Ep 45
In the latest episode of the Sledging Room, we discuss whether India's top batters need to take the strike-rate conversation a little more seriously? Why is it that batters from Australia, England and West Indies always come out and bat so rapidly...
Apr 12, 2023 · 37 min
IPL 2023: Delhi Capitals' Horror Start, Strike Rate Concerns and RCB's Nightmare | Sledging Room, Ep 44
Delhi Capitals went for David Warner as their stand-in captain but the Australia opener, who was battling for place in the Australian side, has struggled to get going. He has hit 3 fifties in 4 matches but those runs have come at a cost. Delhi...
Apr 5, 2023 · 34 min
Is Rohit Too Flustered As Captain And Is The Dhoni Magic Back? | Sledging Room, Ep 43
Both Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings had a poor time last season. Can they make a comeback this season? For Royal Challengers Bangalore, Virat Kohli has started the season brilliantly. These are good early signs for a team which has shocked...
Mar 29, 2023 · 32 min
IPL 2023: Will RCB Finally Repay Their Fans’ Loyalty With A Maiden Title? | Sledging Room, Ep 42
The new season of IPL will get underway from March 31 with defending champions Gujarat Titans taking on Chennai Super Kings in Ahmedabad. A lot is expected of IPL 2023 as the tournament returns to home and away format for the first time since 2019....
Mar 22, 2023 · 33 min
India's Top-order Collapse in Vizag ODI Frustrating And Scary | Sledging Room, Ep 41
India had won 8 ODIs before the Vizag game but the worrying signs were there in Mumbai as well as Kolkata against Sri Lanka. KL Rahul had pulled his team out of trouble on each of those occasions. This is a World Cup year and India are still trying...
Mar 15, 2023 · 32 min
Kohli Silences Critics in Boring BGT Season Finale | Sledging Room, Ep 40
Should India and Australia have shown more intent in the final Test? Have India answered every question despite another series win against Australia? How much did India miss Rishabh Pant? Burning questions were once again asked on one of the podcasts....
Mar 8, 2023 · 43 min
Virat Kohli faces tough questions despite controversial pitches | Sledging Room, Episode 39
Virat Kohli is of course not the lone batter to struggle in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The Indore pitch was in focus after India's dramatic collapse in the first innings and another below-par performance in the second. After a 9-wicket defeat, India...
Mar 1, 2023 · 40 min
Is England A better Test Team Than India? | Sledging Room, Ep 38
India have done remarkably well at home - they have been invincible in their own backyard but in the last few years, that success has been largely due to the spin twin of R Ashwin and R Jadeja and the emergence of Axar Patel. Not only have they taken...
Feb 22, 2023 · 36 min
Is Pat Cummins's Side The Worst-ever Australian Team To Tour India? | Sledging Room Ep 37
Questions have been asked of Australia’s team selection. Pat Cummins’s captaincy has been questioned and the visitors have been ravaged by injury concerns. Do they have it in them to stage a comeback and battle for pride and manage a draw? Listen in!
Feb 15, 2023 · 30 min
Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Australia Need to Stop Whining And Start Playing | Sledging Room, Ep 36
Australia could perhaps learn a lesson or two from India who defied the odds in 2019 and 2021 to win back-to-back Test series Down Under. Akshay Ramesh and Saurabh Kumar join Rajarshi Gupta for a fiery episode where the Aussie media's conspiracy...
Feb 8, 2023 · 30 min
Does India's Test Team Have the Killer Instinct to Beat Australia? | Sledging Room, Ep 35
Is it fair to say the Indian team has lost the killer instinct in Test cricket with Rahul Dravid as coach? Under Ravi Shastri, India won Tests in South Africa and England and secured back-to-back Test series in Australia, a feat that was once...
Feb 1, 2023 · 34 min
Can the Women's Premier League Make an Early Impression in India? | Sledging Room, Ep 34
The Women's Premier League is finally happening. Record bids for broadcast rights and team ownership showed there is massive interest and women's cricket in India has now come of age. There is little doubt the WPL will do a lot of good for women's...
Jan 26, 2023 · 28 min
The Controversial Sarfaraz Khan Non-selection and is Gill the Next Kohli? | Sledging Room, Ep 33
Should India have selected Sarfaraz Khan for the Test series against Australia? Despite lots of runs in the Ranji Trophy, Sarfaraz Khan continues to be out in the cold. Several former India cricketers have questioned the move and questioned the...
Jan 18, 2023 · 36 min
Why The Double Standards Over Non-Strikers' Run-Outs | Sledging Room, Ep 32
Mankading, not anymore. Call it what you will, the furore over non-strikers' run-outs is intense every time a bowler removes the bails to 'Mankad' a batter. Rohit Sharma withdrew an appeal after Mohammed Shami dismissed Dasun Shanuka on 98 in an ODI...
Jan 11, 2023 · 37 min
Shocking: Why Were Ishan and SKY Dropped for Guwahati ODI? | Sledging Room, Ep 31
Ishan Kishan, exactly a month after scoring a record-breaking double hundred against Bangladesh, was dropped for India's next ODI against Sri Lanka. The reason? Rohit Sharma said it was only "fair" to give Shubman Gill a chance after his consistent...
Jan 4, 2023 · 36 min
Is Hardik Pandya Ready for White-Ball Captaincy? Ronaldo Arrives in Asia | Sledging Room, Ep 30
Will Hardik Pandya take over India's white-ball captaincy soon? The all-rounder has been named as captain of the T20I side for the Sri Lanka series and has been elevated to vice-captain role in ODIs. While the Indian cricket board (BCCI) has not...
Dec 28, 2022 · 30 min
India's Test Woes and The IPL Auction Madness | Sledging Room, Ep 29
KL Rahul, standing in as captain for Rohit Sharma, failed in both Tests while Shubman Gill who scored his maiden Test hundred is sure to keep the former on his toes. Kuldeep Yadav returned to the Test side, scored runs, got wickets, won the...
Dec 21, 2022 · 29 min
Messi vs Mbappe: Can We Compare a Prodigy to a GOAT? | Sledging Room, Ep 28
Did Mbappe deserve to win the tournament a little more than Lionel Messi, or was it Messi's brilliance throughout the tournament that had more weight? Can Mbappe keep shining and overtake Miroslav Klose’s all-time scoring record in World Cup? We...