So, what do you recall about that time? What do you recall about the rivalry?

I think the rivalry was absolutely riveting.

You know, it was a very bitter rivalry.

And obviously, the expectations from players of either team, by their supporters, by their country was enormous.

So, I mean, you succeeded against Pakistan.

If you are an Indian player, you became a hero overnight.

almost a legendary figure.

It seems to be somewhat kind of a manipulative situation, as many commentators have said.

And the question that I have to start with is, what's prompted or what is likely prompting the sale of two teams, one of which won an IPL just recently, in such a short span?

Couple of things, Govind.

It's a good point, actually, which a lot of people have glossed over.

So, Rajasthan Royals has been looking for buyers for, you know, for a fairly long time.

Either divesting stake or selling outright or whatever it is.

Manoj Budhale, who's the major stakeholder, has been looking around, shopping around for buyers for a fair while now.

It was a question of when rather than why.

How are you, or rather, what would you say to the incoming owners? I mean, not to them directly, but are there any lessons in some ways? I mean, how sort of successful owners have treated their franchises versus those who may not have been so successful within the IPL context?

Who gets credit for building up Women's Premier League in this form and manner that we see today?

I think you have to give credit to the BCCI because what they've done very successfully is they've shown the inclination to promote, propagate and look after the welfare of the players.

Promote and propagate the women's team.

And in the WPL, what you've got is the big dads of IPL also buying these WPL teams.

For instance, Mumbai Indians has a men's section as well as a women's section.

And so on and so forth.

So not all the teams have been bought by existing IPL teams.

Is there a theme that binds all of this? I mean, all of these stunning performances?

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This was a truly remarkable series.

The result itself suggests how closely fought it was.

But it was not just about the final scoreline to all.

You can have two completely one-sided matches in favor of one team And another two in favor of the other team, which are also completely one-sided.

But here, each match, you know, it was a blow-for-blow contest.

At the end of the day, each session seemed to matter.

But my question is, from your perspective, what was the point? Was there a tipping point where you felt that, OK, you know, here is the point where things have changed, not just for that particular match and that series, but in a way, even if it's only for now, test cricket itself?

So what brought them here to this point, since you're saying that, you know, this is unusual given past IPLs?

Yeah, I think a couple of things.

I mean, in the case of Punjab, they've had a revamped team.

They've got a new coach in Vicky Ponting, new captain in Shreyas Iyer, a new captain.

And I say new captain means he's captaining Punjab this time.

But last year, he was captain of the KKR team, which won the title.

So he's used to winning as a captain.

But that changed,