Democracy's XI: Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar & Harsha Bhogle with Rajdeep Sardesai

Nothing unites India like cricket. The Indian team is a glorious mix of people from big cities and small, from different religions, classes, castes, regions and languages; where the son of a pump manager from Ranchi can dare to dream; where a child prodigy from Mumbai can play beside a Muslim from the back alleys of Hyderabad. And while dynasts can rule the roost in politics and Bollywood, cricket presents a level playing field that mirrors the spirit of our constitution. The sport, then, reflects the best of India.
Juggernaut Books, Royal Opera House, Mumbai and Avid Learning invite you to celebrate the release of journalist Rajdeep Sardesai's new book, Democracy’s XI: The Great Indian Cricket Story, in the presence of cricketing legends Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar.
The duo will then be in conversation with cricket commentator and journalist Harsha Bhogle and the author to discuss themes and anecdotes from the book as well as the history of Cricket- and through it the history of a Nation.

[@praveenkaurwar3188]

Tendulkar and Gavaskar have such a heartfelt relationship ❤️

[@kartikbhasin6087]

Harsha bhogle's comments comparing hitting ability with fixed deposits, equity markets and hedge funds at 49:23 is gold 😍

[@devanshsadh8894]

Totally 💯

[@venkataiyer1]

After all MBA 😁he is very aware

[@SingNostalgiaWithAmogh]

All the sweet souls here, please stop the tag titles of God king etc. This is the reason why we aren't able to make inclusive environment with all fans now. I know SACHIN is greatest and his incredible consistency in 1996 2003 2011 till SEMIS in ODIs & even in toughest conditions SENA WINDIES PAK Tests vs all these lethal bowling & batting firepowers since 1990 itself is the clear eveidence of the same, but don't overglorify it to invite the hate of egoist playerfans or anyone. Please read this. ☺️ All the people including 1950s to 2000s or even 2000s till date cricket fans, don't ever compare two different era players at all, because that comparison comes alongwith multitude of crucial factors like own team strength and opposition strength team count, fielding & old ball rules, pitch & umpiring realities, and different format knockouts introduced since 2007 of T20s and later WTCFINALS. So simply admire the skills of players always, and be graceful to accept their failures as well, be it KOHLI, SACHIN or even SIR VIV. ✌️☺️ Dear friends, even cricketer in earlier years himself & cricket expert HARSHA BHOGLE appreciates the originality of each & every player including SACHIN KOHLI everyone. So let's love the unique skills of every player, rather than any comparison. Let's be sports lovers, not player fanatics, right ✌️☺️ All toxicity ignored always, and polite replies welcome. ☺️ Share this to all ✌️👍☺️

[@SingNostalgiaWithAmogh]

I'm sharing this to maximum possible people, kindly read & share this to every possible mind ☺️ All the sweet souls here, please stop the tag titles of God king etc. This is the reason why we aren't able to make inclusive environment with all fans now. I know SACHIN is greatest of all-conditions batting including in ODI knockouts (3rd after VIV & KIRSTEN as per quora answer to "How often did Sachin Tendulkar deliver when it was really required?") and his incredible consistency in 1996 2003 2011 till SEMIS in ODIs & even in toughest conditions SENA WINDIES PAK Tests vs all these lethal bowling & batting firepowers since 1990 itself is the clear evidence of the same, but don't overglorify it to invite the hate of egoist playerfans or anyone. Please read this. ☺️ All the people including 1950s to 2000s or even 2000s till date cricket fans, don't ever compare two different era players at all, because that comparison comes alongwith multitude of crucial factors like own team strength and opposition strength team count, fielding & old ball rules, pitch & umpiring realities, and different format knockouts introduced since 2007 of T20s and later WTCFINALS. So simply admire the skills of players always, and be graceful to accept their failures as well, be it KOHLI, SACHIN or even SIR VIV. ✌️☺️ Dear friends, even cricketer in earlier years himself & cricket expert HARSHA BHOGLE appreciates the originality of each & every player including SACHIN KOHLI everyone, and doesn't make such typical comparative judgements. So let's love the unique skills of every player, rather than any comparison. Let's be sports lovers, not player fanatics, right ✌️☺️ All toxicity ignored always, and polite replies welcome. ☺️ Share this to all ✌️👍☺️

[@tridibsarma8964]

When Gavaskar is speaking one should just listen. Such an excellent story teller. On the other hand when Rajdeep speaks it feels like pure noise even if he is making some sense.

[@soumick7104]

Can't agree more......

[@drprk6614]

No i don't agree It was as much from the heart as anyone Don't listen to him as a political commentator

[@drprk6614]

I am 66 yr old and have seen this generation of cricketers play.

[@Bond598]

I agree. Oral communication thing that Gavaskar said was just shut down by Rajdeep to lay more importance to Sachin's 11 yr old mental setup. Gavadkars oral and diary stories were really priceless lessons.

[@venkataiyer1]

Rajdeep is a misfit in any intelligent conversation.

[@SSR175]

Mr Sunil Gavaskar still holds the record for most runs in a debut series with his mammoth 773 in 1971 Vs West Indies and overall a staggering 13 test hundreds against the mighty West Indies. Sachin is still the youngest test centurion in 3 continents- Europe (England), Africa (South Africa) and Australia. And 20 of his 100 international centuries coming against the mighty Australian team. These gentlemen are two of the very greatest batsmen ever and immortal in cricketing folklore especially cuz of their battles against the very best teams.

[@shivamp3785]

you are absolutely right sirji. sachin and sunny scored highest centuries and runs against toughest teams like Australia and Windies respectively.

[@SingNostalgiaWithAmogh]

​@@shivamp3785 I'm sharing this to maximum possible people, kindly read & share this to every possible mind ☺️ All the sweet souls here, please stop the tag titles of God king etc. This is the reason why we aren't able to make inclusive environment with all fans now. I know SACHIN is greatest of all-conditions batting including in ODI knockouts (3rd after VIV & KIRSTEN as per quora answer to "How often did Sachin Tendulkar deliver when it was really required?") and his incredible consistency in 1996 2003 2011 till SEMIS in ODIs & even in toughest conditions SENA WINDIES PAK Tests vs all these lethal bowling & batting firepowers since 1990 itself is the clear evidence of the same, but don't overglorify it to invite the hate of egoist playerfans or anyone. Please read this. ☺️ All the people including 1950s to 2000s or even 2000s till date cricket fans, don't ever compare two different era players at all, because that comparison comes alongwith multitude of crucial factors like own team strength and opposition strength team count, fielding & old ball rules, pitch & umpiring realities, and different format knockouts introduced since 2007 of T20s and later WTCFINALS. So simply admire the skills of players always, and be graceful to accept their failures as well, be it KOHLI, SACHIN or even SIR VIV. ✌️☺️ Dear friends, even cricketer in earlier years himself & cricket expert HARSHA BHOGLE appreciates the originality of each & every player including SACHIN KOHLI everyone, and doesn't make such typical comparative judgements. So let's love the unique skills of every player, rather than any comparison. Let's be sports lovers, not player fanatics, right ✌️☺️ All toxicity ignored always, and polite replies welcome. ☺️ Share this to all ✌️👍☺️

[@rahulkamat8575]

Three legends in one frame, Sunny ☀️ , sachin and Harsha. Though Harsha didn't play, his voice is etched in evey cricket lovers hearts ❤💞.

[@helenmathew2019]

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[@sujeetkujur4196]

Gavaskar and sachin are greatest legends ever.

[@abhilashkhajuria]

Yups Gavaskar faced dangerous west indies bowling

[@SSR175]

The mutual respect between them is so good to see. And of course, two of the very greatest batsmen we've ever seen.

[@SingNostalgiaWithAmogh]

​@@SSR175 ✌️☺️Till millennial era events in a nutshell☺️ Interested readers, properly read understand and reply your best cricketing thoughts on this. I won't reply your thoughts, but still your polite appreciation for this refined truthful analysis of several hours efforts & corrective replies are truly welcome ☺️ H : HEROES V : VILLAINS (I've written the HERO & VILLAIN performers from best to worst order) 1975 & 1979 : [ IN BOTH WC IT'S BATTING FAILURE ] CAPTAIN : S VENKATARAGHAVAN 1975 : OUT, 3RD IN GROUP A H : SYED ABID ALI (allrounder) V : GAVASKAR 1979 : OUT, 4TH IN GROUP B H : VISHWANATH GAVASKAR KAPIL (allround okay contribution) & BRIJESH (although small contribution) (All have performed fairly average) V : Whole batting lineup (and even worst bowling), especially GAEKWAD VENGSARKAR AMARNATH with bat vs strong teams WI NZ 1983 & 1987 : [ KEY VETERAN PERFORMERS EITHER INCONSISTENT OR MISSED CRUCIAL KNOCKOUTS, AS IN 1987 ] CAPTAIN : KAPIL DEV 1983 : WINNERS H : BINNY SANDEEP AMARNATH MADANLAL YASHPAL KAPIL SRIKKANTH (BINNY is solid overall throughout) V : GAVASKAR (Single digit streak except 2 odd innings in WC1979) 1987 : LOST SEMIS TO ENGLAND (1st 50 over World Cup) H : SIDHU AZHAR MANINDER SHASTRI GAVASKAR (except his AUS ENG failures) KAPIL (SIDHU AZHAR SHASTRI MANINDER are exceptional, with batting consistency crucial contribution or crucial batter wkts) V : VENGSARKAR GAVASKAR (Both are batting legends, but they've performed only vs AUS or else weak NZ ZIM of this WC unlike relatively stronger NZ ZIM of 1975 till 1983, VENGSARKAR didn't play SEMIS vs ENG which is real big dent to added batting strength, KAPIL is also inconsistent with bat) 1992 TILL 1999 : [ OVERALL BATTING BOWLING FAILURE, TOO MUCH CHOPPING AND CHANGING & NOT BACKING PROVEN PERFORMERS, LIKE WC1987 MATCHWINNER SIDHU EXCLUDED IN WC1992 ] CAPTAIN : MOHD. AZHARUDDIN 1992 : DISQUALIFIED IN TOP4 IN ROUND-ROBIN WORLD CUP H : AZHAR KAPIL SACHIN MANJREKAR PRABHAKAR (bit with ball)/JADEJA V : No consistency except AZHAR KAPIL & somewhat SACHIN/JADEJA/MANJREKAR, and mostly it's batting failure (than bowling vs last SA match), SIDHU exclusion from WC1992 is totally baseless (knowledgeable ones tell me about this) 1996 : LOST SEMIS TO SRILANKA BY RIOTING CROWD (Note that SL had got 2 matches walkover in group stage from AUS & WI due to bombing & safety concerns caused by LTTE in SL) H : SACHIN SIDHU KUMBLE RAJU JADEJA PRASAD & lastly SRINATH (in SEMIS and few other matches, also inconsistent at times) V : AZHAR JADEJA PRABHAKAR KAMBLI (very very inconsistent with bat or ball, and consistent shuffling of batting order by captain with unsettled openers despite matchwinner SIDHU availability) 1998 : LOST SEMIS TO WINDIES H : SACHIN GANGULY JADEJA ROBIN JOSHI DRAVID V : Worst bowling unable to pick wickets or contain runs, especially KUMBLE SRINATH vs strong WI in SEMIS 1999 : OUT, LAST IN SUPER SIX H : DRAVID GANGULY SACHIN ROBIN JADEJA RAMESH (good contributions with bat often at times) & SRINATH KUMBLE PRASAD MOHANTY (either wicket takers or have contained runs somewhat often) V : Extremely inconsistent batting except DRAVID GANGULY SACHIN, JADEJA peeks in super six stage and ROBIN is solid, but often the top trio fails in some crucial matches, AZHAR MONGIA and bowlers except PRASAD MOHANTY SRINATH ROBIN & little of KUMBLE are damn inconsistent and have leaked runs in few matches which led to WC exit with last position in super six, and even GANGULY was very iffy in super six. ☹️

[@SingNostalgiaWithAmogh]

​@@SSR175 All the sweet souls here, please stop the tag titles of God king etc. This is the reason why we aren't able to make inclusive environment with all fans now. I know SACHIN is greatest and his incredible consistency in 1996 2003 2011 till SEMIS in ODIs & even in toughest conditions SENA WINDIES PAK Tests vs all these lethal bowling & batting firepowers since 1990 itself is the clear eveidence of the same, but don't overglorify it to invite the hate of egoist playerfans or anyone. Please read this. ☺️ All the people including 1950s to 2000s or even 2000s till date cricket fans, don't ever compare two different era players at all, because that comparison comes alongwith multitude of crucial factors like own team strength and opposition strength team count, fielding & old ball rules, pitch & umpiring realities, and different format knockouts introduced since 2007 of T20s and later WTCFINALS. So simply admire the skills of players always, and be graceful to accept their failures as well, be it KOHLI, SACHIN or even SIR VIV. ✌️☺️ Dear friends, even cricketer in earlier years himself & cricket expert HARSHA BHOGLE appreciates the originality of each & every player including SACHIN KOHLI everyone. So let's love the unique skills of every player, rather than any comparison. Let's be sports lovers, not player fanatics, right ✌️☺️ All toxicity ignored always, and polite replies welcome. ☺️ Share this to all ✌️👍☺️

[@SingNostalgiaWithAmogh]

​@@SSR175 I'm sharing this to maximum possible people, kindly read & share this to every possible mind ☺️ All the sweet souls here, please stop the tag titles of God king etc. This is the reason why we aren't able to make inclusive environment with all fans now. I know SACHIN is greatest of all-conditions batting including in ODI knockouts (3rd after VIV & KIRSTEN as per quora answer to "How often did Sachin Tendulkar deliver when it was really required?") and his incredible consistency in 1996 2003 2011 till SEMIS in ODIs & even in toughest conditions SENA WINDIES PAK Tests vs all these lethal bowling & batting firepowers since 1990 itself is the clear evidence of the same, but don't overglorify it to invite the hate of egoist playerfans or anyone. Please read this. ☺️ All the people including 1950s to 2000s or even 2000s till date cricket fans, don't ever compare two different era players at all, because that comparison comes alongwith multitude of crucial factors like own team strength and opposition strength team count, fielding & old ball rules, pitch & umpiring realities, and different format knockouts introduced since 2007 of T20s and later WTCFINALS. So simply admire the skills of players always, and be graceful to accept their failures as well, be it KOHLI, SACHIN or even SIR VIV. ✌️☺️ Dear friends, even cricketer in earlier years himself & cricket expert HARSHA BHOGLE appreciates the originality of each & every player including SACHIN KOHLI everyone, and doesn't make such typical comparative judgements. So let's love the unique skills of every player, rather than any comparison. Let's be sports lovers, not player fanatics, right ✌️☺️ All toxicity ignored always, and polite replies welcome. ☺️ Share this to all ✌️👍☺️

[@parthasarathidas8202]

I have been watching cricket since 1977 when Bishen Singh Bedi was the captain in Australia. People say a lot about kind of problem between Kapil and Gavaskar but every time I hear Gavaskar praising Kapil Dev. Anyway, we are proud of these all time greats Gavaskar, Kapil and Tendulkar...

[@SingNostalgiaWithAmogh]

✌️☺️Till millennial era events in a nutshell☺️ Interested readers, properly read understand and reply your best cricketing thoughts on this. I won't reply your thoughts, but still your polite appreciation for this refined truthful analysis of several hours efforts & corrective replies are truly welcome ☺️ H : HEROES V : VILLAINS (I've written the HERO & VILLAIN performers from best to worst order) 1975 & 1979 : [ IN BOTH WC IT'S BATTING FAILURE ] CAPTAIN : S VENKATARAGHAVAN 1975 : OUT, 3RD IN GROUP A H : SYED ABID ALI (allrounder) V : GAVASKAR 1979 : OUT, 4TH IN GROUP B H : VISHWANATH GAVASKAR KAPIL (allround okay contribution) & BRIJESH (although small contribution) (All have performed fairly average) V : Whole batting lineup (and even worst bowling), especially GAEKWAD VENGSARKAR AMARNATH with bat vs strong teams WI NZ 1983 & 1987 : [ KEY VETERAN PERFORMERS EITHER INCONSISTENT OR MISSED CRUCIAL KNOCKOUTS, AS IN 1987 ] CAPTAIN : KAPIL DEV 1983 : WINNERS H : BINNY SANDEEP AMARNATH MADANLAL YASHPAL KAPIL SRIKKANTH (BINNY is solid overall throughout) V : GAVASKAR (Single digit streak except 2 odd innings in WC1979) 1987 : LOST SEMIS TO ENGLAND (1st 50 over World Cup) H : SIDHU AZHAR MANINDER SHASTRI GAVASKAR (except his AUS ENG failures) KAPIL (SIDHU AZHAR SHASTRI MANINDER are exceptional, with batting consistency crucial contribution or crucial batter wkts) V : VENGSARKAR GAVASKAR (Both are batting legends, but they've performed only vs AUS or else weak NZ ZIM of this WC unlike relatively stronger NZ ZIM of 1975 till 1983, VENGSARKAR didn't play SEMIS vs ENG which is real big dent to added batting strength, KAPIL is also inconsistent with bat) 1992 TILL 1999 : [ OVERALL BATTING BOWLING FAILURE, TOO MUCH CHOPPING AND CHANGING & NOT BACKING PROVEN PERFORMERS, LIKE WC1987 MATCHWINNER SIDHU EXCLUDED IN WC1992 ] CAPTAIN : MOHD. AZHARUDDIN 1992 : DISQUALIFIED IN TOP4 IN ROUND-ROBIN WORLD CUP H : AZHAR KAPIL SACHIN MANJREKAR PRABHAKAR (bit with ball)/JADEJA V : No consistency except AZHAR KAPIL & somewhat SACHIN/JADEJA/MANJREKAR, and mostly it's batting failure (than bowling vs last SA match), SIDHU exclusion from WC1992 is totally baseless (knowledgeable ones tell me about this) 1996 : LOST SEMIS TO SRILANKA BY RIOTING CROWD (Note that SL had got 2 matches walkover in group stage from AUS & WI due to bombing & safety concerns caused by LTTE in SL) H : SACHIN SIDHU KUMBLE RAJU JADEJA PRASAD & lastly SRINATH (in SEMIS and few other matches, also inconsistent at times) V : AZHAR JADEJA PRABHAKAR KAMBLI (very very inconsistent with bat or ball, and consistent shuffling of batting order by captain with unsettled openers despite matchwinner SIDHU availability) 1998 : LOST SEMIS TO WINDIES H : SACHIN GANGULY JADEJA ROBIN JOSHI DRAVID V : Worst bowling unable to pick wickets or contain runs, especially KUMBLE SRINATH vs strong WI in SEMIS 1999 : OUT, LAST IN SUPER SIX H : DRAVID GANGULY SACHIN ROBIN JADEJA RAMESH (good contributions with bat often at times) & SRINATH KUMBLE PRASAD MOHANTY (either wicket takers or have contained runs somewhat often) V : Extremely inconsistent batting except DRAVID GANGULY SACHIN, JADEJA peeks in super six stage and ROBIN is solid, but often the top trio fails in some crucial matches, AZHAR MONGIA and bowlers except PRASAD MOHANTY SRINATH ROBIN & little of KUMBLE are damn inconsistent and have leaked runs in few matches which led to WC exit with last position in super six, and even GANGULY was very iffy in super six. ☹️

[@SingNostalgiaWithAmogh]

I'm sharing this to maximum possible people, kindly read & share this to every possible mind ☺️ All the sweet souls here, please stop the tag titles of God king etc. This is the reason why we aren't able to make inclusive environment with all fans now. I know SACHIN is greatest of all-conditions batting including in ODI knockouts (3rd after VIV & KIRSTEN as per quora answer to "How often did Sachin Tendulkar deliver when it was really required?") and his incredible consistency in 1996 2003 2011 till SEMIS in ODIs & even in toughest conditions SENA WINDIES PAK Tests vs all these lethal bowling & batting firepowers since 1990 itself is the clear evidence of the same, but don't overglorify it to invite the hate of egoist playerfans or anyone. Please read this. ☺️ All the people including 1950s to 2000s or even 2000s till date cricket fans, don't ever compare two different era players at all, because that comparison comes alongwith multitude of crucial factors like own team strength and opposition strength team count, fielding & old ball rules, pitch & umpiring realities, and different format knockouts introduced since 2007 of T20s and later WTCFINALS. So simply admire the skills of players always, and be graceful to accept their failures as well, be it KOHLI, SACHIN or even SIR VIV. ✌️☺️ Dear friends, even cricketer in earlier years himself & cricket expert HARSHA BHOGLE appreciates the originality of each & every player including SACHIN KOHLI everyone, and doesn't make such typical comparative judgements. So let's love the unique skills of every player, rather than any comparison. Let's be sports lovers, not player fanatics, right ✌️☺️ All toxicity ignored always, and polite replies welcome. ☺️ Share this to all ✌️👍☺️

[@kapilmakode4302]

What a gem man. Gavaskar is next level.

[@asishnanda2538]

Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar two greatest Indians, God of Happiness Sachin Tendulkar and Hope of india Sunil Gavaskar

[@abinithgowli3954]

"Alignment of the planets",the only thing that could make a 15 year old play for India!!! Sachin simply is the epitome of talent!!!

[@maheshmahatekar2885]

True in astrological terms.

[@MiniVacuumCleane]

First Time I'm seeing, rajdeep speaking by heart

[@SingNostalgiaWithAmogh]

He's agenda-seeker of china owned region 🤯

[@SingNostalgiaWithAmogh]

china owned region salesman at heart 🤯

[@tarunverma1431]

Yes, Mr Gavaskar showed the world that pace is. Can be handled. It is a certain rustic guy, a javelin thrower who changed the mindet of Indian cricket.

[@riyazahmed208]

Gavaskar is an excellent communicator. Even at 68 his charm is irresistible

[@MaheshKumar-qn9vg]

Very true

[@jits2516]

the man in the black is the best thing happened to india after 1947...i saw u played live in 3 matches..wish one day i meet u from a feet distance....still get goosebumps seeing that backfoot punch...simply GODLIKE

[@harishsarda3836]

Very true

[@arunchemparathy199]

Sachin is on point about changing in fitness and preparation. I was doing my PT in India in middle 90s and when our batch attended a sports medicine seminar, one expert mentioned that only preparation Indian cricket team do then prior to match was 5 rounds off running around the ground and some stretching exercises. Ali Irani was the physio for many years. The best thing happened was the board finally got rid of him and hired a professional. This is what Sachin mentioned without naming the former. According to that speaker Indian hockey team then had professional training and preparation compared to cricket team.

[@chandruu1995]

Evergreen Gavaskar sir

[@sadiqkamani3854]

How smartly Harsha Bhogle pinned Rajdeep to let him understand Expertise of cricket which Harsha Posses.

[@nandansubramanian5889]

Man Sachin is such a great player and a human being! Also he has some good stories to narrate..

[@1_percent_upgrade]

19:40 Sachin Tendulkar is Indian's genuine post-liberalization hero He gave India so much happiness than anyone since 1947 20:15 Thank you very much for not letting us down Wow thank you thank you Rajdeep for choosing right words on behalf of billions of us!!

[@abhisheksengupta4600]

Everything about this interview was so perfect apart from Mr. Sardesai. Wish Harsha was the solo anchor throughout.

[@shashikantmane9979]

What a fantastic moment that the two greats complements each other is a real climaxed of the program.

[@chepaukground7608]

Kapil changed Indian cricket for ever. Kapils 175 no at Turnbridge Wells changes Indian cricket for ever. Kapil's catch of Viv Richards changed world cricket forever (not my words but Clive Lloyds).

[@shivamp3785]

abe chutye, where this kapil came here in this column. kapil 175 how many times repeat?? now enough.

[@chepaukground7608]

@@shivamp3785 No need to use abusive language when discussing cricket

[@shivamp3785]

@@chepaukground7608 i m extremely sorry gentleman. i never go against personal generally. i generally never abuse to those who send post. but its my habit to abuse players those who are overrated by blind fans unnecessary. Again sorry sir, forgive me for using bad words to you personally. thnx gentleman. goodluck.

[@SingNostalgiaWithAmogh]

​@@shivamp3785 Learn to take opinions gracefully, dear. No need to nitpick everytime ☺️ Delete your 1st comment if you really feel sorry about your reply ✌️☺️ I'm sharing this to maximum possible people, kindly read & share this to every possible mind ☺️ All the sweet souls here, please stop the tag titles of God king etc. This is the reason why we aren't able to make inclusive environment with all fans now. I know SACHIN is greatest of all-conditions batting including in ODI knockouts (3rd after VIV & KIRSTEN as per quora answer to "How often did Sachin Tendulkar deliver when it was really required?") and his incredible consistency in 1996 2003 2011 till SEMIS in ODIs & even in toughest conditions SENA WINDIES PAK Tests vs all these lethal bowling & batting firepowers since 1990 itself is the clear evidence of the same, but don't overglorify it to invite the hate of egoist playerfans or anyone. Please read this. ☺️ All the people including 1950s to 2000s or even 2000s till date cricket fans, don't ever compare two different era players at all, because that comparison comes alongwith multitude of crucial factors like own team strength and opposition strength team count, fielding & old ball rules, pitch & umpiring realities, and different format knockouts introduced since 2007 of T20s and later WTCFINALS. So simply admire the skills of players always, and be graceful to accept their failures as well, be it KOHLI, SACHIN or even SIR VIV. ✌️☺️ Dear friends, even cricketer in earlier years himself & cricket expert HARSHA BHOGLE appreciates the originality of each & every player including SACHIN KOHLI everyone, and doesn't make such typical comparative judgements. So let's love the unique skills of every player, rather than any comparison. Let's be sports lovers, not player fanatics, right ✌️☺️ All toxicity ignored always, and polite replies welcome. ☺️ Share this to all ✌️👍☺️

[@AdityaRaj-no8nl]

Dada eventually became BCCI Chief! 48:00

[@tusharghadage610]

When sachin and gavaskar talk you just want to listen on and on

[@venkatakrishnams]

Delight listening to Gavaskar and Sachin. The respect Gavaskar has for Kapil is immeasurable it comes out so evidently when he starts speaking of Kapil. 58:30 love it. My two favorite players along with Dilip Vengsarkar in my childhood days n Sachin arrived ... Truly relishingly memorable

[@spatil9801]

Sachin Tendulkar ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@hariprasadp1]

I watched this for Harsha! Yes Dada legacy is missed!

[@SPGhule]

Four Marathi Legends on one platform.❤

[@abhinavyadav3751]

Harsha is just brilliant ❤️

[@vartakmv4336]

I will tell my kids to learn from these 3 guys...how to be gentleman in life

[@hardikchopra9244]

Everything was going right until I read RAJDEEP SARDESAI in the title.

[@karankakkar4777]

Some idiot wasted almost 1.5 hours of time because of Rajdeep 🤣🤣

[@suryansh0075]

Lol 😂😂

[@akshaykulkarni5691]

Would love to hear them all speak in Marathi 😊

[@murtjaali9181]

Omg Sachin and ajharuddin standing next to each other. Superb scence

[@MAli-o9h9n]

1:00:25 loved those stories from Sunil Gavaskar

[@ameya9372]

Sachin ,Sunil, Harsha Maharashtrian trio Represent....

[@varunsharma2268]

Harsha bhogle is a Hyderabadi bro

[@malvanitales]

@@varunsharma2268 but by birth he is a maharashttian

[@Nikhil_Nerlekar]

@@varunsharma2268 he speaks Marathi

[@स्नेहल-ज2घ]

varun sharma Harsha Bhogle is actually Marathi, but born & brought up in Hyderabad, understood..

[@Tejasisphoenix]

harsh is hydrabadi

[@ramkrishnadash4467]

34:47

[@SS-xn6vi]

Gavaskar is amazing n much better story teller

[@gmanjun]

Harsha Bhogle (verbose of cricket) is the Sachin Tendulkar and Virendra Sehwag in commentary and Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag are Harsha Bhogle in batting department. Regards 🌸🌻🌾🔔🔔🔔

[@vamanonlinespokenenglishco4467]

It is such a great great great time when we watch two greatest cricketers and equally great anchors , love you Gavaskar , Sachin and equally Harsha Bogle

[@bahadurrajendra6612]

What ever you say ....the Harsha bhogle is the best english commentater in across the world but not only in the India...his accent and way of pitching English is the better than native English speaker. We love you gentleman...

[@RB-om8sk]

I noticed Sachin never gives due to dada that the Indian team changed under Dada's captaincy....while Speaking of attitude how can Sunil n Sachin n harsh not mention dada as he not only changed cricket playing attitude but he instilled pride in every Indian that India is no less than anyone

[@RB-om8sk]

Adi Bhattacharyya yes may be Sachin could never become a great captain n the jealousy stems from That aspect as dada gradually became the finest leader in India ...

[@RB-om8sk]

Adi Bhattacharyya yes indeed they were and still are....

[@ruchirmundhra6716]

R B Bro nope Sachin can never be jealous of Dada. He has no reason to be jealous. They both are best of friends and pls u don't try to misunderstand their friendship

[@RB-om8sk]

Ruchir Mundhra OK got your point hope they remain frens forever..... It was just wat I felt over the years although Sachin has never bad mouthed dada it's just that I thght he never praises him as much as I would have liked 😀

[@nv9719]

Sachin has always been selfish

[@MrRajsmart]

Always great to have Harsha on a panel from television watching same to youtube interesting always

[@shubhamshukla8067]

Rajdeep spoke from his heart .

[@rafid_samin]

Two mumbaikars Two world champions Two master blasters

[@001smartritesh]

Rajdeep, man you are actually annoying..... This could be an epic session but every time it peaks you ruined it

[@ashishsharma3854]

Ell mlljjml ✅🏦😄😄👌😁😆😁🏦😁↙️🔼⏬🆕↙️⏬↙️🤣✅ was 😄🤣😄😄😆↙️◀️

[@arunmathur2849]

@Illiterate Mad swot of God Rajdeep is a piece of shit

[@viswambharandattaguru2890]

The host actually beats Rajdeep.....at being annoying, of course

[@venugopalrao2963]

@@ashishsharma3854 ..

[@madhukiranattivilli2321]

I came into this comments section to write exactly what u wrote

[@ananthusr924]

Inspiring ❣️

[@sadiqkamani3854]

Rajdeep from left, Harsha from right, I believe this was certainly an interrogation meet for Sachin & Gavaskar, though cricketers were able to pulled up well....

[@kalyantpv]

Simple.. the change happens in every sport or every field.. Indian cricket has the advantage of Indian cricket fans and therefore money. Sachin's generation's batting line up is equally or even more talented to do what the current gen is doing too. Bowling is a different story. But sport evolves, fitness techniques, medicine and everything does. We are seeing that in all sports...

[@aompt]

Will this ever happen as Sachin and Kohli together- the next generation of record holders? It says a lot how Sachin respected Gavaskar those days which now is not with #Virushka.

[@nareshmalyala1030]

Alignment of the planet's ❤️ ..

[@DC-zi6se]

Important Indian players of each decade in my knowledge: 30s: Merchant 40s: _-_-_-_-_-_-_ 50s: Mankad 60s: Pataudi 70s: Gavaskar 80s: Kapil Dev 90s: Tendulkar 00s: Ganguly-Dravid 10s: Kohli-Dhoni

[@bhanusingh9258]

I think I agree 😃😄

[@karthikbalasubramanyam3052]

40s hazare

[@vijaym3667]

2000's can be Ganguly-Dravid-Kumble. Kumble was our greatest match winner.

[@deepgupta2730]

2000's sachin dravid ganguly laxman and sehwag

[@krs9043]

I loved the way how Harsha put the person in the right place ....

[@bangalorebadmintonderby2937]

Rajdeep sardesai converted even a cricket conversation into politics

[@nav6593]

legends sitting patiently beside annonying harsha and rajdeep

[@ananthrajkishan7387]

Harsha is not annoying,he is factual but Rajdeep is annoying

[@lakshya2227]

Yeah Harsha's role is of an anchor, he needs to speak and moderate

[@venkatprakashyerramilli650]

VEERENDRA SEHWAG TOO GAVE HAPPINESS.

[@rafid_samin]

Gavaskar was not in a good form in 83 World Cup but Sachin was one of the leading run scorers of 2011 World cup.He scored 482 runs

[@vidyashukla7516]

A real feast for cricket lovers👍👍👍🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@rav9897]

I still love Sunnys straight drive

[@atharvamukkawar44]

All marathi men in one frame🎉🎉🎉 Hatts off ❤❤

[@nagarajabillurrao]

Trust Rajdeep. He can find differences in any system, drive knives, split blood and make money.

[@nagarajabillurrao]

Spilt and not split. Correct?

[@sanjeshkumar3719]

@@nagarajabillurrao Yes

[@riyazahmed208]

Kapil is much much bigger and greater cricketer than dhoni. Dhoni was very average batsman in tests. And dhoni had a ready made team which was built by saurav. No comparision between Kapil and Dhoni pls.Kapil was great - bowling , batting , fielding and captaining a weaker team which was not even paid proper match fees . For a player to be called great his record in tests compulsorily superb and record in odis is an additional ability .

[@bimalkumardeb2435]

Riyaz u hit the bulls eye..

[@riyazahmed208]

@@bimalkumardeb2435 thanks

[@rakshithnayak1206]

Kapil also had ready made team experience dhoni had average team

[@arunchemparathy199]

Sourav Ganguly from middle class family? What I heard is he is from very rich family. He was called a prince because of that and his attitude.

[@sriramkasyap6590]

Both Harsha Bhogle and Rajdeep Sardesai grasping at straws trying to draw parallels between politics and India and Tendulkar and Gavaskar looking at each other like what the fuck did I sign up for.

[@sriramkasyap6590]

The fuck is he doing talking about people's eating habits. What in the world is this guy doing sitting on the same stage as these legends.

[@arkoprobhobhaduri2847]

loved every bit of it

[@rahulghosh9039]

Sunil Gavaskar, Virender Sehwag, Dravid, Kohli, Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Dhoni, Kapil Dev, Zaheer Khan, Anil Kumble, Ishant Sharma. 12th Man: Bhajji Indian all time Test 11 ❤️💯☺️

[@patilprashant4910]

Harsh Bhogle the gem ..

[@TJSaw]

The problem with Rajdeep is that he loves the sound of his own voice too much.

[@vivekkoranne]

I think there should have been a separate 1 hour session with Harsha & Rajdeep.

[@krissivamurthy5810]

Why the introduction in this video talks about religion, caste and family background.Cricket is a sport and sports never had any differences.Its an insult to talk about differences in sports.If we stop mentioning about caste, religion and status we will slowly forget it.This way we can make a better society

[@sanjithsrinivas4659]

48:04 Rajdeep is a brilliant oracle what he hath spoketh has happened 5 years hence 😵🤯🤔😂😁

[@googoo9051]

Neice

[@English-r8n]

Rajdeep have some manners. See others how they behave and learn from them.

[@samprasad2743]

Rajdeep is indeed very annoying. I think he has a chip on his shoulder, that he cannot consider himself an equal to Sachin, Gavaskar and others like his dad! Sad, serious inferiority complex

[@AR-qt8fs]

35:13 W_ _ _ Charlie? Does anyone know full name of the cricketer he is referring to?

[@vivekb42]

Waiting for a book of such type by Harsha Bhogle!!

[@riyazahmed208]

Nari contractor waS truly courageous

[@pegasusconsulting3116]

@ Rajdeep, Harsha and the 2 Master Blasters all of you totally forgot to mention the name of the "finest Indian batsmen ever - not the greatest "but the finest" - the one and only Gundappa Vishwanath" while talking of players of different eras! There could have been other noteworthy mentions - Dilip Vengsarkar, Dilip Doshi, Karsan Ghavri, M Amarnath, Lala Amarnath, Kripal Singh, Javagal Srinath and a few more.....

[@krs218]

Ears hurt listening to Sardesai 😔😒

[@NaThan-eu4un]

The job of the host is to make the guests comfortable so the guests let their guards down and open up to make the show better for everyone and the host as well. Here, the guests were doing everything to make it better for Harsha but Rajdeep kept on stealing the thunder and ruined it completely as if he is interviewing everyone on CNN-IBN. The title of the book is a complete misnomer. The word "democracy" does not belong there. "11 Plurocrats" would be a better title. Sounds like Rajdeep wasted his college days at Oxford drinking and hence he brought up a beer-culture often during the discussion. @sardesairajdeep #rajdeepsardesai

[@rav9897]

Diamonds r for ever

[@chinmaya.6934]

At 17:20 Gavaskar Sir is right. Asinine asshole Mr. Sardesai defended but he was wrong. If we go to 11:38 we can see that he said 16(I think 60) thousand. Mr Gavaskar never wore a helmet against Windies pl don't mess with his concentration Rajdeep. Great to see the two legends on one stage.

[@hardikadhikari9539]

48:00 If you offer Sourav Bcci chief. He will take it. He is the BCCI chief right now.

[@5555anurag]

Ganguly changed the whole game

[@Bodhitree-i4y]

When you call Sunny, dont make him a listener. Sunny is/was simply the grammar of batting. This is one which everyone knows and will agree. He is also among of the pioneers of English commentators who could match with English and Australian commentators, and we used to feel proud for that, just like we used once to be proud of his batting.

[@sankethkelagalale6013]

If dalit issue doesn't come unless he s rajdeep

[@jaihindurastra1547]

सुनील गावस्कर मुझे सबसे इंटेलिजेंट प्लेयर लगते है

[@bhupesharunparab8667]

Whether its success of cricket or movies in India, its a tight slap on the face of those who preach Hindu rashtra. Indian cricket team and Hindi movies represent an ever shining secular and liberal India.

[@sujeetkujur4196]

Why are there so much haters of rajdeep sardesai?

[@prashantkumarchoudhary6124]

@Jingle Jangle You said it perfectly. He is an idiot.

[@kumargvivek]

rajdeep is so annying .

[@aham-mumukshu-asmi]

5:48 - They are standing in reverse order of Cricket earnings. (Not disrespecting any one, just an observation of how cricketers before 80s rarely made living)

[@riyazahmed208]

Sachin at 5 ft 5 inch looks quite taller than gavaskar sir. Wonder what sunil sirs height would be?

[@vaibhavbandekar2031]

48.08 It happened now Thank you

[@ameyachavan6636]

all 3 maharashtrians.....so proud..

[@invinciblesoldiers5654]

Please can someone edit the video and upload without Rajdeep. Kya pakau hai ye

[@sushantsurwase]

Notice for every statement Sunny G makes, there's an applause. Such a talented cricketer and a good commentator.

[@ashwaryrao7127]

where is Kapil Dev?

[@vindybaba]

The book has some good things ... but rajdeep you seem to error a lot in public forms .. you got the total scores wrong . Somehow somehow you seemed very alone here on this stage for your own book ...

[@rosepereira7832]

❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@GreatMan_from_East]

1:00:25 1:02:00 1:09:05 1:16:40

[@NaThan-eu4un]

Rajdeep always has "holier than thou" attitude. And to go to that extent in front of two cricketing "thou" ... what a poor attempt to steal the thunder. His dad Dilip must have rolled his eyes in his grave today. Rajdeep is ironically from the same college as Sunny but with a huge difference bet articulation and ability to listen before responding. No wonder he fails as a journalist. He is more of a talk show host than a journalist anyway.

[@tushprr]

We had heard about a corruption case of 10 crores on Rajdeeps dad in mid 90s