Is Indian Cricket Biased Towards North Indians - Robin Uthappa Discusses On TRS

[@closestewart]

Man's not wrong. Karnataka won 3 Ranji Trophies in 4 yrs between 1995-99, and thats when you saw a bunch of Karnataka boys in the national team. That was Robin's point. If you are not from Bombay/Delhi, it takes that level of winning to get merely noticed.

[@pulkitjain8135]

Bombay/Delhi =/= North

[@sachinshinde1513]

Bombay has won most of the time in domestic leagues. So deservely have best players in India. Just can not ignore them.

[@sasiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii]

Anil kumble, venkatesh prasad,javagal srinath,Robin singh

[@ClubHouseIndia]

​@@sachinshinde1513 delhi too maximum players have been from Delhi

[@dhirajpawar6501]

Mumbai guys who are selected are also ranji winners

[@prashkvrk]

From South Karnataka always produced great cricketers but other states couldn't. Agree with Robin that you need to win Ranji trophy

[@AWATISAVITRI]

its karnataka ........not like south or north cricket is not only one sport there are other sports too where all parts of karnataka ppl have participated

[@quirkyquark99]

Tell him Mumbai is a city and part of Maharashtra 😅

[@user-19710-dk]

​@@AWATISAVITRIjust like that it's India, not south or north.

[@rahulgowda3711]

​@@AWATISAVITRII think he is trying to tell from south part of India, Karnataka produced............ But not south Karnataka or north Karnataka

[@bhaurajteli9224]

Definitely it's Karnataka, but see the records of partiality, most players are only from south part of ka. No one from north ka. I know very good players from belagavi, gulbarga. But they never get any chance in Karnataka ranaji team.

[@vaidyasethuraman452]

IF Sanju Samson were from Punjab , what would have been the opportunities last five years?

[@hrishikeshmb6695]

Finally, this time he is in the t20 squad! :)

[@thetruthseeker5307]

He had enough chances and look at DK stats as well, he also got more matches but failed to perform at higher level.

[@johnstaciocardozo7117]

@@thetruthseeker5307 you’re right Samson got enough chances only enough for South Indian

[@esports5076]

@@thetruthseeker5307 really? compared to how much pant got after repeated failures in t20 international and odis , he was constantly in for a long rope unless he performed in australia, he was just failing again and again. and for what reason pant was handed over captaincy for delhi , we all know how cricket in delhi works .

[@007m3]

Don't worry dude, Indian team will barely defeated in semi final itself.

[@mohammedsuhayl9190]

Rohit failed to score runs during 2007 to 12, but he was given chances after chance by Dhoni and sustained with his background. At least Rohit fans respect Dhoni for what Rohit today is

[@Sudhirchoudhary2788]

Dhoni also failed in first few matches then dada sent him from number 7 to his batting spot and he scored 148n.o.,ever seen any captain do that to a new comer?sacrificed his opening slot for sehwag,later send dhoni at number 3 Least you can do is thank that gentleman named sourav ganguly that u have mahi who u admire so much❤🙏

[@rishabh8575]

​@@Sudhirchoudhary2788dhoni didn't have struggles likewise to rohit the thing you told is right it was dhonis fifth match

[@rangergaming8316]

​@@Sudhirchoudhary2788 no one is saying Ganguly isn't great but comparing Dhoni to Rohit is nonsensical because Rohit's struggle lasted 6 years whereas Dhoni was new to the team and struggled for only a few matches. That's a lot different because I can guarantee you that if Dhoni had failed in that match or in the next few matches then he would have been dropped and we would've never seen him again.

[@sutanubhattacharyya2849]

Yes exactly. Rohit's batting was horrendous for 5-6 years on the trot! But I'm glad dhoni stuck with him. We got an absolute champion from 2013!!!​@@rangergaming8316

[@jetpark3743]

But he's India's best batsman and not from north India

[@abhisheknagesh5673]

Lucky that Dravid Sir could break all the hurdles and represent at international level.. Even when there was no IPL 's during those days. 🙏🙏

[@Nikhilkh24]

Dravid was a run machine. He averages about 81 in Ranji trophy. If they would drop Dravid in odi in 1998 he would score 100 in next few games to come back in the next series. Dravid was the best batsmen in the world between 2002-2006.

[@sauravsen98]

There were many South Indians playing for India.. say VVS Laxman, Dravid, Anil kumble, javagal srinath etc..

[@rishikamath6718]

Bhai uss se pehle Kumble, Prasad aur Srinath India ka strike bowlers ban chuke the. Dravid ne koi barrier nahi tode. Amazing servant of Indian cricket... But your point is invalid.

[@TJSaw]

There was no hurdle. There were many south players playing for India before that. Azharuddin was literally the captain of the team when dravid made his debut. You south guys of today love to play the victim all the time.

[@shobhittodi9540]

Dravid is marathi, he is not even south indian.

[@alvalloli3213]

Uthappa spitting facts !!!🔥🔥🔥

[@ranganathpolur]

IPL is not helping Indian cricketers, it's helping foreign players to understand Indian conditions well and they are winning international tropies.

[@jaymagh7538]

Another fact reality not producing good fast bowler and fast bowler all rounder

[@yashvanthbalaji359]

Being a fast bowling all rounder is very very tough bro. That's why in the world there are not many fast bowling all rounders. Player needs to be natural fit. And they will undergo more injuries than anyone. It is really tough​@@jaymagh7538

[@sihfbns]

Bcuse he is a Kannadiga. Kannada Pride. ​@@ranganathpolur

[@sihfbns]

​@@jaymagh7538. Kodava Pride. Kannadiga Pride - Robin Utthappa

[@saurabhb1041]

Robin is on point. Precisely why India has a rich history of the world class cricketers but very rarely a consistently winning team. Because the players in general are not trained to play as a team to win. And the Mumbai culture is to blame.

[@siddhantvichare]

00:02 Indian Cricket bias towards North Indians 01:39 Indian cricket has biased representation towards North Indian states. 03:13 Selection bias in Indian cricket towards North Indian players 05:02 Southern Indian cricket culture differs from northern India. 06:29 Discussion on bias in Indian cricket towards North Indians 08:00 Indian cricket needs a balance of Indian and foreign coaches 09:29 Education plays a significant role in shaping a cricketer's personality 10:57 Balancing education with cricket career

[@RanjodhRJ]

After yuvi and bhajji, It took a long time for a player to come from Punjab. Only in couple of years that Gill and Arshdeep started playing for India continuously.

[@user-pm6pl6zj4b]

Even then at the start Gill used to get ignored and Shaw hyped until Gabba happened.

[@satypk8664]

Vrv singh was punjabi bowler but couldnt sustain for lomg time . Manpreet goni also .

[@KarthikNambirajan]

VRV Singh, Sarandeep Singh, RS Sodhi, Dinesh Mongia

[@narendranath4323]

Not punjab man its delhi

[@PratikChaubey23]

Arshdeep Singh is actually from Madhya Pradesh

[@himanshusingh2558]

Under Sachin captaincy period I saw Kumble, SujithSomasundaram, Prasad, Srinath, Dravid, Vijay Bharadwaj, Sunil Joshi, Dodda Ganesh & David Johnson all played for India. 1996 - 97 season India toured SA/ WI for long series. All of them except Sujith Somasundaram & Vijay Bharadwaj part of Indian team. When we look at squads which toured Windies & SA we can find RahulDravid, Kumble & Prasad in all 8 tests, spinner Sunil Joshi in 4 tests in WI, Srinath in 3 tests in SA, pacer D. Ganesh in 3 tests, 2 vs SA & 1 vs WI & pacer D.Johnson 1 test vs SA. These all players played for India from 1st test in SA tour to 1st test in WI tour under Sachin captaincy. In first 4 tests 20 were filled by these Karnataka & rest were Sachin, Mongia, Azhar & Ganguly in all 4 tests, Laxman in 3 tests, V. Rathore & W. V. Raman in 2 tests and Sidhu in only one test. taking up from Nathaniel Dharmateja's answer in Quora

[@closestewart]

Karnataka won 3 Ranji Trophies in 4 yrs between 1995-99. That was Robin's point. If you are not from Bombay/Delhi, it takes that level of winning to get merely noticed. You comment here proves Robin's point.

[@Lol06987]

Hey , y r u spamming every where ​@@closestewart

[@mayankdewli1010]

South lobby was pretty active back then but these days you have IPL and you can't fool anyone

[@Shreyas191]

Exactly.. it's because Karnataka won lot of Ranji trophies that time.. There is nothing like North South and stuff. It's who wins more, those teams send highest players. But, now IPL has changed everything

[@nalt8884]

What a wonderful role model for the youngsters in India? Well spoken and very articulated. Well done Robin.

[@rohanprakash1087]

Robin forgot to mention Murali vijay from Tamilnadu while mentioning tamil players playing for india... He played longer than karthik for india in tests

[@MinisterOfAffairs]

What about Kisnabadar Sreekaath? Aangineeyar.

[@pprasanna710]

There are reasons outside cricket why his name is not mention. He doesn't have respect by his peers and the fraternity. Though ppl have included him in commentator box he has a stain to his personality and reputation.

[@rohanprakash1087]

@@SagarSTPatil but not this.. U want us all to forget the wins and draws he was responsible in Australia and England?

[@ERaHuL-bn7rx]

3d 👓

[@alenantony6156]

​@@rohanprakash1087murali vijay doesn't deserved any respect. No one should even mention him. Betrayer

[@NikhilRandev]

Rahul dravid dinesh kartik venkatpaty raju sreesanth vcs anil jumble azhrudin gundpa viwhwnath laxman srinath venkatesh parsad parsaana all from south and we proud of them as indian

[@debasishsingh5430]

kumble and javagal srinath

[@BilalAhmed16590]

Dravid is actually from Indore and is actually Marathi ,he once made fun of kanaddigas in a interview as well

[@chinmaykatarki3110]

​@@BilalAhmed16590bullshit he's birthplace is Indore he has grown up in Bangalore he did his education in Bangalore get your facts right

[@Nikhilkh24]

@@BilalAhmed16590Dravid lived in Bangalore since 2-3. He went to St Jospehs boys high school. Lived in indira nagar for most of his life. Debuted for Karnataka in Ranji trophy in 1991 scored bucked loads of runs till he was selected for India in 1996. Dravid won Ranji trophy 3 times for Karnataka. Dravid was IPL captain for RCB. Dravid lives in Bangalore throughout his life..

[@BilalAhmed16590]

@@chinmaykatarki3110 his mother tongue is Marathi ,so he not a kannadiga

[@syedjafferimam5789]

So much respect for this man.❤ Robin❤

[@NikhileshSurve]

0:32 Couldn't agree more, although most people will vehemently disagree with that. 3:27 I feel just like how Madras Cricket became Tamil Nadu Cricket, Bombay Cricket not becoming Maharashtra Cricket instead of Mumbai Cricket haa been a huge loss for the possibilities Cricket in rest of Maharashtra could have had.

[@Omnamahshivay8079]

Robin is absolutely correct. I don't think there has ever been a time when the BCCI selection committee did not have someone from Mumbai, Delhi or even Karnataka. Despite him being right on most points , there was a time when Karnataka also pulled a lot of influence in the BCCI. It's also worrisome that real talent, goes unnoticed, merely because of politicking and regional biases. Saurashtra beating Mumbai few years ago , probably is indicative of an equalising landscape. I have great respect for ROBIN uthhapa , after this interview. Way more articulate than some poster boys of Indian cricket today.

[@rangergaming8316]

Look at Sanju Samson, dude has shown time and time again that he deserves to be a regular in the team but he never gets opportunities and that's because he's from Kerala. The last big name player from Kerala before Sanju was Sreesanth and that was a decade ago.

[@anitaojha6711]

​@@rangergaming8316 yes truly

[@kevinmenezes8386]

Rohit Sharma was really lucky to play for Mumbai and MI. I can't think of any other cricketer who had been given as many chances as he was from 2007 to 2013. He was the real comeback man making a Test comeback in 2019 Edit: I'm glad he made his opportunities count because no other cricketer would have been backed that much in future if he failed

[@user-ml2br6fq1t]

Yes I remember the days.

[@debasishsingh5430]

yeah true but he had alwas potential

[@Sunny-sc5vq]

Yes he was given backing, but he also had potential. Plus he wasn't playing at his preferred position because the position was already reserved by Sachin, sehwag, gambhir. He sometimes even played in the lower order.

[@shantanujaiswal4308]

​@@Sunny-sc5vqobviously he was a bowling all rounder when he was selected so he played at that slot.

[@jetpark3743]

But still India's best batsman

[@benarcher8060]

Had T Natarajan was from Mumbai, he would have played atleast ten matches extra than what he played currently. Its s fact theres slight edge to north players than south folks

[@krish5554]

2:23 and without any Brahmin and Khats, BCCI is the most castest organisation ever existed, if you check the history you can see there has always been 4-5 brahmis in the squad and there was time were out of 11 players 7 wer brahmins which is only 5% of our total population, if BCCI selected players based on skil rather than caste India would have wone the entire world cup and remain top

[@sasiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii]

Prasanna, Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, Gundappa Viswanath, Roger Binny, Brijesh Patel, Raghuram Bhat & Syed Kirmani led Karnataka to 3 Ranji titles (and 3 runners up title) in a span of 10 years between 1973 and 1982 also Many Karnataka cricket players have represented India, including Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble, Javagal Srinath, Sunil Joshi, Venkatesh Prasad, Vijay Bharadwaj, and Dodda Ganesh.

[@guruvision4999]

When Vjay Bharadwaj, Dodda Ganesh, Sunil Joshi represented India, Who was teh Chairman of Selectors. You will get the answer

[@jayanthmanutd]

@@guruvision4999 who was it ?

[@guruvision4999]

Brijesh Patel@@jayanthmanutd

[@deepalakshmi5890]

It’s only Karnataka not Kerala Tamilnadu or andra

[@abhiar9690]

At one time there was more than 5 player in indian team Dravid, shreenath, venki, kumble, vinay kumar, Manish Pandey, Mayaank etc. Stupid question and stupid answer. KL Rahul, Prasid Krishna even after failure gets lot of chance. I am from karnataka, I never felt there was bias in selection from karnataka.

[@Snoozefor10minutes]

Dude that's what he said, Karnataka at that time were winning ranji trophies, that's why they got chances, but KL is an exception

[@GamerShail]

@@Snoozefor10minutes KL himself won ranji trophy thats why he got selected. after getting selected for team india he took only 18 inning to score 3 test 100, one odi 100 and one t20 100,, people really have no idea how much performance kl rahul has put in his career to being treated like this today, his only failure has been to not be able to deliver in big stage where he is not exception, there have been many cricketer who couldn't deliver on big stage.

[@nitlover8319]

Yes exactly. Only zone that can complain might be from East zone where you really had to break door open like what Dhoni did in 2000s

[@satypk8664]

Dravid and kumble were much seniors and sreesanth got max support from dravid .

[@amitsharma26679]

Chill bro it's a trend nowadays to blame North Indians for everything 😅😇.

[@shahzadirani]

Uthappa speaking about the importance of Indian coaches in the IPL was on point.💯

[@nirenshah7386]

Excellent discussion ! Uthappa talking facts - more Indian coaches are needed in the IPL !

[@swarajpradhan1083]

भूवी,shami,Praveen kumar,Deepak chahar, kuldeep yadav

[@chaitanyabenna4893]

That actually works the other way round. Indian coaches come with a lot of ego and grudge games. Players ignored during domestic seasons will never be able to break into a franchise. Foreign coaches have no such bias

[@shahkarim3394]

Before ganguly, no captain even recruited talents from the eastern India. So before arguing about north v south, the real question should be why the east is less represented

[@vinnyloid]

Robin;s 16 runs of 16 balls when Rohit Scored that momoth 268. He was with Rohit from 100 runs. Yes he is a team man

[@Navin4061]

Either what Robin is saying or you if you get a chance, you have to be extraordinary talent-wise consistently at what you do like a Ravi Ashwin. Even Ashwin had his struggles and his place was threatened when he had a lean patch. One of the reasons Indian cricket struggles in tournaments.

[@MrAB0712]

Let’s not rant abt this north south thing. Whoever stands out with his exceptional talent and performance deserves a place in Indian team. That’s it !

[@kaushikraj6007]

Exceptional talents get given opportunities. But if they fail in the national team a couple of times, they don't get given the long rope like many Mumbai players do. That's the point here.

[@Sunny-sc5vq]

​@@kaushikraj6007because the mumbai players come from ranji winning teams. Just see kl Rahul, he's not from Mumbai, but he's got so many chances.

[@darksoul4721]

​@@Sunny-sc5vqcos he has a unique skill to score runs overseas conditions.

[@Sunny-sc5vq]

@@darksoul4721 right , similarly how Rohit was given a long leash because everyone saw what he was capable of. It's not about a particular state, it's about the individuals too.

[@darksoul4721]

@@Sunny-sc5vq nah Rohit has only 1 overseas test hundred you simply cannot compare with KL who has 7 hundreds overseas.

[@shanthalakshmi2082]

This man is giving lot of insights.kudos❤😮

[@KKpandita88]

Now it makes sense regarding Sarfaraz Khan. He was also selected after Mumbai won this year Ranji Trophy.

[@poovanna4284]

I agree let's say you're a really good cricketer but they never win Ranji trophy so that' means he will never get selected that's very sad actually

[@bikramadityaghosh1450]

I remember Azhar's team having 6 from Karnataka (1995-97), Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble, Javagal Srinath, Venkatesh Prasad, Sunil Joshi, Vijay Bharadwaj together.

[@saketsawant]

Vijay Bharadwaj played in 1999. You missed David Johnson who also played along-with his other 5 team mates from the Karnataka Ranji team in the period of 1995-97

[@Hegde-wj6hd]

@@saketsawant our Kannadiga Pride. Kannadiga Power

[@mrbme]

Azhar himself was from south. May be that's why. There will always be region bias in India bcz of different cultures. Captain always prefers players who suits their mindset. I don't say it's wrong though bcz our country is so big and picking 11 is really tough.

[@LearnCrate]

Ranveer is not a good observer , it means.....there are many south indian players.....many times 4-5 from same state....srinath, kumble, venkatesh prasad, sunil joshi all at the same time in indian cricket .....love you all .....just for data check sharing this.

[@venugopaln821]

Half of 90s team was filled with players from South (Specially Bangalore ) .. dravid, kumble, srinath, sunil joshi, venkatesh prasad, vijay bharadwaj, vvs laxman, venkatapathy raju .

[@ashok7177]

Karnataka won many Ranji Trophies in 90s

[@PrCH-x7f]

The point he said about paying more to foreign coaches is true for the English Premier League too.

[@pawanraj9475]

In the last 30 years The indian team has always had good representation from the south even in the worldcup winning team of 1987 had 4 sI player 5 if you include Ravi shastri (Originally from Udupi but represented Mumbai)

[@deepalakshmi5890]

😂 Ravi shastri is Mumbai lobby dude

[@pawanraj9475]

@@deepalakshmi5890 yeah born in Udupi don't you know Mumbai is filled with people from Coastal karnataka running Udupi restaurants , banks , even people of North Karnataka live in large nos there

[@pawanraj9475]

@@deepalakshmi5890 Maharashtra isnt exactly north India they're culturally close to karnataka

[@genuinetakes]

Naa, I feel Punjab has been replaced by Gujarat big time, will agree on Mumbai and Delhi

[@harmanjeet1454]

Nope! punjabis still rule Indian team.. Look at the current best player - Kohli (punjabi) Future - Gill ( punjabi) Give me any big gujju name ?

[@niteeshmanat5707]

Pandya,jadeja, bumrah

[@sahildadhwal]

@@harmanjeet1454Kohli is from Delhi he has always played from Delhi don’t include him there and if u r talking about Gill he hasn’t been your average cricketer growing up dude has smashed almost all records in junior cricket along with Prithvi shaw and were captain and vice captain of India under 19 winning team so u can’t just say because he was Punjabi that’s why he is there

[@krishansharma1000]

​@@harmanjeet1454 kohli kbse Punjabi ho gya. Delhi ka hai wo bhai😂 Just bcoz he like sidhu mosewala doesn't make him Punjabi

[@harmanjeet1454]

@@niteeshmanat5707 Jaspreet Bumrah belongs to Punjabi Sikh family! Lol He’s born in Gujarat but is Punjabi Lmao

[@EriOliyanVaenthi]

Mannn, Robin uththappa is just answering nonsense just to not hurt the bug northie and Mumbai lobbies. The shark truth is so many south indians so talented and skilled could not get a break through. Few crickets from south who got a chance are brahmins.

[@KishoreNarayanan-s9e]

South India should be seperate country

[@Shreyas191]

I disagree with Robbie, being from his state Karnataka. Many players played for India from Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Where I agree with him is that your team had to win the Ranji Trophy for selectors to notice you in the past. Team with great Ranji Trophy record like Mumbai, Karnataka, Delhi, Tamil Nadu and others have produced good amount of cricketers

[@JayZee22-f7p]

without seeing this video i would say that BCCI has always been biased and partial towards south players and have only supported north players always and will continue to do so - thats indians for you the only time there were 6players from south in an indian team was when DEVE GOWDA from karnataka was the prime minister of india people should not forget that

[@rangergaming8316]

Even then most of them were from Karnataka. Guys from Kerala and other states never get any opportunities. Sanju Samson came the closest but he doesn't get regular opportunities.

[@bharath2508]

Same with politics, People don't get equal representation. I remember my northie friend saying annamalai can't become pm because he speaks Tamil. Why is one language ruling the entire country?

[@kushwanthsai49]

I'm from karnataka But you do know that hindi is understood even by karnataka Andhra telangana. If he can start speaking both hindi and tamil there won't be an issue

[@kushwanthsai49]

pv Narasimha rao was from erstwhile andhra pradesh and he pushed important decisios in indian parliament as pm . There is not much discrimination as told. Its simply a narrative pushed to create more division and get votes

[@Sunny-sc5vq]

Because people won't be able to relate with him. Most of india speaks Hindi or some form of Hindi that is amalgamated with their own regional language. How will people relate with anamalai if they don't even understand him? Edit- you've to understand that Hindi isn't a language restricted to a particular state. It's a language that has connected people from different states. Gujarat has its own language, but the people speak Hindi that is heavily influenced by Gujarati, same goes for Maharashtra, Punjab, Odisha, UP, rajasthan, West Bengal and many other states. Not everyone had the luxury to study in an English medium school, so Hindi became the connecting language during the early days, and that is why Hindi has a strong influence now.

[@bharath2508]

@@kushwanthsai49 I am from karnataka too. Specifically bangalore. My primary language is kannada. I am just saying that people in southern states understand Tamil better than hindi. If you are exception then can't help. I talk to shops in Tamilnadu for my import and export business and picked up Tamil in 6 months. Infact malayali and telugu speakers speak Tamil fluently but we are the odd one out. I was in thirupathi they didn't understand English and kannada so I spoke in Tamil and they understood. Same with kerala people. Hindi is so similar to language spoken in Pakistan and it is a threat to our national security. Instead Tamil should have been our unifying language. Anyway we all watch Rajnikanth movies. I was in karkarla when annamalai became ips officer. People ruled by mughlas speak mughal language hindi.

[@kushwanthsai49]

@@bharath2508 If you were really from karnataka you would know quite a lot of people can understand telugu as it has similar vocabulary and few common words. I will ask you to list me some words in tamil similar to kannada that are common to understand

[@ravihc4626]

There was a time where Indian team had 4 karnataka players like Rahul Dravid, J.sreenath, A.Kumble and Venkatesh prasad. That was the golden era for karnataka players. ❤

[@rj6404]

Its not just Ashwin or Kumble who r engineers , Javagal , Venketesh Prasad r also in the same ranks , in the early days EAS Prassana , Dravid is well qualified too , they had to b top in studies & top in game too .

[@Rajatsharma-mk5df]

How many people from Himachal, Utrakhand, J & K actually played for India ? Or are they not North Indian states

[@saicharan6013]

It’s absolutely biased towards North Indians. If you are from south, you have to excel like crazy to get a chance. But if you are from North, just good performance would get you a place

[@SandySS0710]

We all need to remember there are only 11 spots in the team for a huge country. So there will be always be players who miss out. Having said that Mumbai always used to get preference specially under biggest politician in Indian Cricket, Sunil Gavaskar. He always played for his own records and gave preferential treatment to Mumbai players.

[@mahanidhibanakar3019]

It's just like these Mumbai cricketers taking over the Indian cricket and it's still going on

[@VV-lq4di]

Sunil Gavaskar is the greatest opener Test cricket has seen. He played valiantly in Test cricket, carrying his bat several times. Faced the likes of Lillee Thompson, roberts croft, holding marshall, garner with ease, without helmet. Bombay dominated in ranji trophy and deservingly got its players selected.

[@Sunny-sc5vq]

​@@mahanidhibanakar3019 They've got valid reasons though. Mumbai has won 42 Ranji trophies, while no other state has won it even more than 10 times. You can't do politics in winning cricket matches.

[@mahanidhibanakar3019]

@@Sunny-sc5vq ik but u won't get quality cricketers only in Mumbai. BCCI is so weak in exploring.

[@Sunny-sc5vq]

@@mahanidhibanakar3019 exploration is the reason why so many cricket tournaments are held in India. Ranji trophy isn't the only criteria for showcasing talent. On top of that, the IPL teams have their own scouts that do talent hunting, so that way players can make their name in the IPL and then perform well in local tournaments to get selection in the Indian team. Cricket Players have got it way better now than they ever had. Be it money wise or facility wise. But at the same time, you've to understand that the indian team has only 11 or 15 spots. Not everyone is going to get a chance to fill that spot. Even most of the mumbai players don't get to play for India.

[@aneeshkk2141]

Powerful cricket boards like Tamilnadu, Karnataka has edge over other southern States.Mumbai Delhi other powerful boards.After the arrival of Dhoni state like jharkhand got recognition introduction of IPL many other players got chance in Indian team.

[@quentinfernandez4673]

In the near future we will never see cricketers from the metros. The cricketers will come from remote towns but ofcourse get selected after they relocate to the metros.

[@Kkc3126]

Nitesh reddy from ap will be future pace bowling allrounder.

[@logicalbhakt4483]

More then north India Indian team is mostly filled with players from metro cities since 1st team till niw u feel many players from Mumbai 2nd comes delhi

[@halfvolley11]

Not just Cricket, even Bollywood and Media are controlled by North Indians. Marathas and Bengali families pioneered Bollywood but they got replaced by Chopras Kapoors Khannas Roshans. This is exactly why Bangladesh separated from Pakistan. Its because North indians are fair-skinned. @halfvolley11 0 seconds ago Not just Cricket, even Bollywood and Media are controlled by North Indians. Marathas and Bengali families pioneered Bollywood but they got replaced by Chopras Kapoors Khannas Roshans. This is exactly why Bangladesh separated from Pakistan. Its because North indians are fair-skinned.

[@prakharparashar2049]

​​@@halfvolley11 wow I saw your comment on one of the videos way back in 2015 and too see halfvolley11 again in 2024 man brings back memories lol.Youve been around forever on KZbin

[@halfvolley11]

@@prakharparashar2049 thanks man I remember you as well. Married now ?

[@AmanKumar-nz4pl]

It's not about north, south, east and west it's about the skills and hardwork any one puts in the game. And if you really want to ask about a getting representation from the different regions then you should also ask about north east and states like Bihar.

[@deepalakshmi5890]

That’s bull shit it’s about licking board members and bring in their good books and Mumbai Delhi punjab lobby is too much

[@iamreallyright]

Not always. There was a time, when 50% of the team was made of South India, especially Karnataka. G R Vishvanath, BS Chandrashekhar, Prasanna, Kirmani, Brijesh Patel, Venkat Raghavan were in one team. Later there was an era when Dravid, Kumble, Srinath, Venky were together. Yet, if you take longer period it is true that N.India had more representation.

[@deepalakshmi5890]

Well none from Tamilnadu after Ashwin why not nattu fir bowling in t20 just accept fact that North Indian are biased towards their players and those who speak Hindi

[@UK-xv1db]

Karnataka mumbai Tamilnadu Punjab gujarat are overrepresented ,rest of India is underrepresented😮

[@nanuveg]

Huh? Karnataka? Care to explain?

[@mK_SanJay]

​@@nanuvegyes bro it is

[@nanuveg]

@@mK_SanJay how many play for Indian team from karnataka presently?

[@mK_SanJay]

@@nanuveg oh I think u r expecting all 11 players form Karnataka?

[@nanuveg]

@@mK_SanJay buddy see the comment to which I have replied he says over represented

[@midhunraj7765]

I’m loving that shirt Robin is wearing.. can’t take my eyes off it

[@kiklocus4660]

not only cricketers, 99% of indian billionaires are northern Indians, these are facts this is data, data dont lie

[@abhilashburi3991]

Robin' s sir attire was so nice that if those are available, definitely I want to buy

[@mayanksharma3832]

India has a population of 1.5 billion. When you add the population of Australia, NZ, England, WI, South Africa, Pakistan, Bangladesh, SL, Afghanistan etc even then India has bigger population so in my opinion India should have at least 2 teams competing in ICC events simply because our population is way bigger and that would provide more opportunities to boys in South or East etc.

[@alokdash8339]

Mumbai, Punjab, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu have traditionally been the bastions of Indian cricket. Spare a thought for Eastern India. Barring MSD, Ganguly, Deep Dasgupta, Manoj Tiwary, Debasis Mohanty, Shivsundar Das, hardly any folks have played for India in the last 30 years.

[@BonBonShrimp]

Md Shami? W Saha?

[@alokdash8339]

@@BonBonShrimp Sorry, I missed those two. Still, East and Northeast have had the lowest representation. BCCI should work towards providing better coaching and training facilities in the East.

[@gopushree7145]

Beg to differ with Robin on one point. He mentioned that you have to win Ranji trophy to get noticed. If that is so how many players from vidharbha and MP have been selected though they were Ranji champions two years back.

[@robinrahul2176]

I guess Ranveer is meeting with lot of woke people that is why he is getting such question in his head...within North itself there is less talent coming out of Bihar, Jharkhand, UP, MP while most people are either Gujrati or Marathi...but these are just nonsense question to even ask...where there is better facilities, people will hail from there...question should be why there is no facilities is Jharkhand, Bihar or North East...Is it centre government faults or State government incompetency or lack of vision...

[@MyCrazy4]

One more hard fact. North Indian players are aggressive which is prime need of cricket.

[@srikanthsrikanth9565]

I would disagree on his Indian coach thing, franchise cricket anywhere shouldn't be restricted on nationality, it should be more widespread. Indian coach thing might be suitable for national teams but ironically 2011 coach was african national.

[@ravikiran6281]

If IPL teams would set up academies in the coming years I guess we could have a lot of indian coaches for that.

[@rangergaming8316]

​@@ravikiran6281 CSK already has an academy set up and they're setting up academic for their sister franchises in South Africa and the US as well.

[@Snoozefor10minutes]

You couldn't get what he said, he talked about cultural and language barriers between a foreign coach and indian player. I mean someone urban place could learn a lot easier from coach compared to someone from rural and interior part of India

[@srikanthsrikanth9565]

@@Snoozefor10minutes I understood that and I feel coaching at IPL is less about improving one's game, there's entire first class game system for that. IPL is more about dealing situations and pressure. Getting guidance from seniors like lara, ponting, langer etc., cant be replaced until some indian senior replaces them (eg. Ganguly for DC). Many teams already have indian subordinates to solve the issues you mentioned.

[@ravikiran6281]

@@rangergaming8316 Yeah but need all teams to do that and IPL needs to provide incentive for the academies like having 5 U21 academy players in your team.

[@authoenthu]

I really don't know what Punjabi players Ranvir is talking about. There are so less representatives from Punjab. Its Harbhajan and Yuvi literally started popular punjabi players and now Kohli.

[@Wolverine2601]

Bishansingh bedi,Navjot singh sidhu,Mohinder Amarnath, Dinesh Mongia,Shubman Gill,Arshdeep,Madan Lal,Yuvraj singh,Lal Amarnath,VRV singh,Harvinder singh....I can go on and on ...but I guess you got the point here

[@authoenthu]

@@Wolverine2601 yes I knew these players. But Many many more south Indians and Maharashtrians represented India from that time.

[@Wolverine2601]

South India comprises of 5 states...You are comparing 1 with 5 .

[@Uttrakhandi_balak]

I think it's about the facilities and coaches. Like in my state uttarakhand I don't think there's not so much academy and etc so basically they move early in childhood to big cities. It's my opinion , same goes for north east and other states i think. I mean like if you have money you wanna join academy obviously you will choose a good and reputed one and that you will find in a metro city. Like i think ayush badoni , pant , Anuj rawat , even dhoni belongs to uttarakhand but they move to big cities just because of facilities. Dhoni is a expectional case here.

[@MAKAMAKHYA]

Discussion worth listening

[@sukumarchandrasekhar4391]

Having Gora coaches is to ensure these big retired players don't go around bad mouthing the IPL. They actually become the cheerleaders because they are making good money. The day all these foreign coaches are replaced by Indian coaches, the very same guys will play a leading role, backed by their boards, to discredit the IPL. So having these guys as coaches and commentators is a necessary evil, that lets the IPL get bigger and bigger.

[@BilalAhmed16590]

Correct , IPL is a circus

[@Snoozefor10minutes]

😂😂😂😂

[@johnstaciocardozo7117]

Didn’t justify the topic, Utthapa changing topics faster than Osho

[@siddusaik]

First of all people should know south India is not half of India it’s 5 out of 28 states+some UT. That’s just 30% roughly. And we do feature 1/3rd of team. So the question we get ignore that’s not true Also people in south don’t see much value in cricket as much as someone in Mumbai. We see more value in other stuff like IT sector that’s our strength and don’t forget North East and some part of south is also more influenced by Football.

[@yashmishra4409]

I think guys from Karnataka are very talented and I like their eco system

[@nithina6147]

This interviewer keeps interrupting. When the guest is speaking and the viewer is interested, this interviewer interrupts with his own half baked knowledge.

[@viveksingh3187]

The problem in Southern stats 1. Andhra & Kerala are weak teams. Even Hyderabad is a mediocre team. 2. TN & Karnataka are strong teams. But TN dont have fast bowlers, they only produce spinners & batters...so they are in competion with Mumbai straight away. 3. Karnataka does produce fast bowlers..but after Srinath/Prasad. All the likes of Vinay Kumar, Sreenath Aravind, Abhimanyu Mithun etc were flops in the internationals. Prasidh had some success and was backed, but flopped badly. KL is the only one who is getting some support. Anyway North India is such a big geography, except these 4-5 states..everything is clubbed as North India..while in reality Mumbai, MH, Gujrat, WB arent "North India" technically.

[@jetpark3743]

Exactly

[@itsymtv]

Earlier it may be but After IPL not exactly Because Sanju Samson Y Jaiswal, and Sai Sudharsan sai kishore ruturaj tilak verma hardik krunal all have came to noticed because of IPL and played for India already

[@thetruthseeker5307]

Punjab had sporting culture in almost all games but it has long gone past and now it’s just in cricket and hockey. If people from Punjab represented at international level in the past more than any other state of India it was mostly because of their skill and strength. But, now time is changing and our number is decreasing at all levels.

[@ramaswamyg5919]

I am really sorry. It was always either from Mumbai or Karnataka. They ruled Indian cricket until iPL came into the picture.

[@arjungowda535]

Robin was great sensation.... He lost his way for changing his batting technique so many times... His coaches spoiled his career... The Robin who use to come and hit big sixes for RCB was best than he opening batting for KKR...

[@Qwertyindiw25]

what about bihar and assam, not even one player from assam in ICT till now....

[@avanishsarmah2636]

Entire Eastern India is ignored, after Ganguly and Dhoni no big name from East India has represented India , Shami plays for Bengal but is from UP, Odisha only produced two cricketers SS Das and Debashish Mohanty, East India is always ignored

[@Qwertyindiw25]

@@avanishsarmah2636 absolutely

[@rahulgupta2322]

Riyan parag

[@Qwertyindiw25]

@@rahulgupta2322 not played for India till now

[@qwerty-zk6ig]

If the best 11 players of india come from any 1 state then they should play. there shouldn't be any quota. irrespective of east, west,north,south and central. But saying these are the best of the best 11 we have, that decision should be evident and transparent which i believe will become better due to IPL.

[@captainbharath2934]

I am happy to see energetic Uthappa even after the struggles of not being considered in the Indian squad multiple times. True warriors of an era.

[@MillsM-qf8dw]

I use to play with Sanjay Bangar in same school team in Maharashtra (not Bombay) and I could bowl more accurately especially on the mats but then something happened which I could never figure out and I ended up being just another guy in India who may know cricket but could not get a chance to showcase the skills. The 'spotters' never got their 'sights on me'. Looks like a sad rant but this is truth and not only truth its what makes you feel cheated. Cannot discount this as bakc luck or lack of social skills or 'grapes are sour' or 'excuses' ...If India needs to become Mahan Bharat the people who have already reached somewhere, need to do their best to make things right at grassroot level. Today, guys like me we do our best to speak and advice (as we do not have tons of money) when we spot someone talented. This may sound foolish or over the top or even people will laugh and make all sorts of great sarcastic comments, but the truth is that in 1989, in my school, I use to reverse-swing the red ball when it was old - inspiration from my physics teacher Mr. N.D Deshpande as he one day explained how objects - specifically a pendulum can change its course if it gets heavy on one side..causing a wobble. And this reverse swing use to happen at 37,38,39 and sometimes 40+ degree temperatures. After that in my job, I had represented my companies and I remember a tournament in Poona where I could swing a new ball and reverse with the old ball. Man I still feel the happiness when this was being done then by a few of us. And batting, we could hit a decently fast bowler for sixes - like I am talking about 7-8 sixes per inning. One request to the almight God that please do something to please help kids and younger generation to walk on a fair path and the people who have the power to make or break lives, to judge based on talent and potential and not on some "recommendation" or bribes.

[@vinayr535]

Karnataka gave us some great cricketers too. The Whole bowling brigade of the 90's Indian cricket team was from Karnataka. Srinath, Prasad, Kumble, Joshi. Great batsman like Gundappa Viswanath, Rahul Dravid, Robin Uthappa himself. Spin wizards like Prasanna, and B.S. Chandrashekhar (A victim of polio) A great wicket keeper like Sayyed Kirmani.

[@ArvindIyengar]

Fabulous Robin! Kumble, Dravid. Venkatesh etc. atleast had the backing of Gundappa Vishwanath as a selector and their records were showcased well because of that. So the South always needed good influencers, otherwise it has always been difficult for them. Not only North Indians but also West Indians... they get more chances, more opportunities than the South Indians...... a big example of some discontent especially after us Chennaiites feel so bad even today that..... the BCCI which was first formed in the Madras Presidency was taken away and annexed by Mumbaikars 🤨The ideas are always formed in the South but always lifted / taken away by the North and the West! The Southies have greater knowledge of the game.

[@ABhi_rajya]

Firstly is not north south east west.. its only BHARAT.. 2nly its a natural common trend .. cricket was famous at start as it gt fame in mumbai and legends were created like gavaskar-SRT...so its obvious over the years there will be impression from this part and we can also say that competition is also hard here in mumbai\MH.. its same like we have more jawans in army from north, we have more wrestlers for the punjab\haryana etc Its not bad its just the area culture where the youngsters are groomed... Always remember BHARAT is like many countries(culture) in one..

[@daviddegea3373]

No it's India. Diversity with Unity. Stop this imposition of one single culture on everyone. There is north south east and west. All different with one common denominator, India.

[@daviddegea3373]

@technoblade9924 Who said i did not love Bharat xD if you were not such a close minded dude you will understand that both are synonymous, And now you understand how it felt when everyone wants to say Bharat. Taste of your own medicine.

[@daviddegea3373]

@technoblade9924 Why tf are you bringing politics into this haha. Cannot debate on facts here alone? Also where did i even mention Hindi imposition? Keep debating topics you made up yourself, and claim a win lol. You are reading and painting your own picture about what the topic is, Carry on haha

[@ABhi_rajya]

@@daviddegea3373 are yaar.. whr r u taking this...when u want to represent BHARAT in sports there is not differentiation.. we r only BHARATiya i.e. 1.. personal culture doesnt come in sports..there is no stuff like u r from east so u cannot represent.. and in other aspect - SANATAN or Hindu is a dharma not religion..infact religion is not word in Hindi itself... so we all r one and follow our dharma simple...

[@daviddegea3373]

@@ABhi_rajya That is exactly my question. WHy do you want to ignore actual questions that is asked? your idea that everyone are inherently the same is wrong in all aspects. India is thousands of cultures mixed in one, and not one single culture. You can choose to see it as one single thing then it will only be you seeing it. Why personal culture should not come? they feel that the South is not represented properly. Are we not supposed to express opinion in this country? What do you mean we cannot represent East West and South. There literally are Ranji teams based on States and Cities. You cannot simply say forget the culture you are born with and interpret the monolith culture of the country. Because that is not what India was founded upon. Even in Sanathana Dharma there are sects like Vaishnavites, Shaivites etc. to say forget it all and simply without questioning follow one single point of view, is not feasible. I repeat. India has a billion voices. Each voice important and different. But one listener, India, That is Bharat.

[@utkarshk22]

Least represented is Eastern India. Except Dhoni and Dada no big player given a chance.

[@charansparks7014]

Man this podcast is lit ❤

[@mohankumar-wj9xx]

This guy single handedly snatched RCB chance of winning IPL trophy in 2nd IPL😂😂

[@subhankarpanda7571]

What you want to say

[@Snoozefor10minutes]

😅but he won trophies for KKR and csk

[@poovanna4284]

Because whenever somebody plays for RCB they forget to play only unfortunately I don't know why

[@sathishrx]

​@@subhankarpanda7571In 2009 IPL edition he failed to score in final over

[@dimejoe2621]

Team based cricket style would bring more international trophies than winning Ranji or trying to give ur best performance imo. The reason AUS is a very successful cricketing nation is because they play as a group like a team sport, listen to their press conferences & tactics after they win matches🧠

[@KarthikNambirajan]

Spitting facts!!

[@abhijitdas3849]

What about EAST Indian? 2 legends (Sourav Ganguly & MS Dhoni), but still not looked upon...why??

[@siddharthamitanshu6570]

Kindly put timeline..so that we can skip Ranveer's monologue and directly jump to guest's response

[@cricketlife8608]

Ye 2 din se match dekhna suru kiye ab question kar rahe jab cricketer pure bharat se aane लगे ek Samay aadha team Mumbai aur karnataka se aata thi

[@Royalbob123]

Indian Captains Dhoni and Kapil Dev came from Small towns and won India 3 world cups. Legends. South is always discriminated . So called Mumbai players ( and Brahmin lobby) is selfish and are only good at individual records. Indian team is NOT able to win a single ICC trophy since 2013 . 😢

[@ohnoliverhello]

Shut up with your nonsense. If more cricketers were from south then you all would be saying that see, we are superior. If you say it's about corruption then i can accept that, but it's definitely not based on your ethnicity.

[@Pdx766]

Your main problem is caste representation You want OBC Ashwin

[@divinity5250]

As Robin said matching Mumbai's energy is tough for other states..

[@hodophile_barista]

Perform in internationals then everything could be yours 🙌

[@WHATEVER_28]

the best example is Sanju Samson and Sreesanth(he was proven innocent by supreme court now dont drag he is guilty bla bla bla) they have all the talents but its North Indian lobby who is ruling BCCI….

[@shantanujaiswal4308]

Sreesanth was a fixer and even if he was not his career was basically over after getting a clean chit, second thing Sanju Samson is a pr driven player who has average numbers as compared to those wk batsmen playing for India so stfu, Harbhajan was kicked out of the team despite being from north but KL Rahul despite having worst form from 2020 to 2022 was backed and Ashwin Anna despite being 38 is still playing for India so stfu

[@vedanshpathak1395]

Sreesanth was a fixer

[@vedanshpathak1395]

See sanju Samsons record in international cricket is terrible

[@rangergaming8316]

I agree with your comment because I myself have seen Sanju's career from the start as I'm from Kerala and how the politics has ruined his career but people in here will come and say all kinds of nonsense to defend their point of everything being fair when it's not.

[@rangergaming8316]

​@@shantanujaiswal4308 Ashwin is still India's best bowler in Tests.

[@manlath]

In late 90s at at one point the team had 6 Karnataka players

[@pradeepnair162]

What should poor Natarajan do to be in the Indian team? He finished that Australia tour on a high, got dropped for the home series. Amazing IPL with the purple cap and yet does not find a place in Indian team. Let me say this without being parochial and with a clean heart on this: South Indians struggle to get in to Indian team.

[@SumanBhowmickdarkside]

So he explained why Australians are the winner always! Thanks...

[@kshitizaggarwal4402]

This is stupid ...if anything it was always Maharashtra and Karnataka were more

[@shrinivas105]

That's the point he made... Karnataka has second highest ranji trophy

[@adtarsh7]

Exactly his point

[@Snoozefor10minutes]

Technically it was not Maharashtra, but Mumbai ( Mumbai cricket association). There are two cricket associations in MH

[@DailyDoseofShorts__]

Pfff that's what he meant bruh what's stupid in it?

[@rajendragaonkar4065]

Maharashtra has 3 associations​@@Snoozefor10minutes

[@suhasyelwe5793]

Sanju samson always ignored..

[@Bjorn-en7hb]

No thread 🧵 🤷🏻

[@abhinavagarwal7029]

Currently West Zone is prominent in selection.

[@akshatsingh1646]

IPL prominent

[@abhidixit11]

Point is simple. Supply and demand. If only 3 seats are available then everyone one will try to push their own and who has power will win. Nothing new