Ross Taylor Ahead of The WTC Final

We caught up with New Zealand legend and their all-time leading Test run-scorer, Ross Taylor, 24 hours out from the World Test Championship Final. Ahead of the single most important Test match ever played, we talked about Colin De Grandhomme’s mullet, nice guy status, underdog status, and preparing for Ashwin and Jadeja by facing Joe Root and Dan Lawrence.
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[@YYYzzz9989]

"Atleast that's not on boundary count" The pain in that line.

[@karthyaveeryarjuna8701]

Time stamp

[@pepfraudiola9336]

@@karthyaveeryarjuna8701 13:38

[@richaaggarwal9296]

"Not with Rachel" cracked me up 😆😆

[@rvs1444]

Timestamp please

[@richaaggarwal9296]

@@rvs1444 at 1:01

[@rvs1444]

@@richaaggarwal9296 Thanks

[@laughlandavies937]

@@rvs1444 1994 through 2004 mate :)

[@rvs1444]

@@laughlandavies937 😂😂😂

[@NamanKashyap]

Never knew that Ross Taylor was this funny! And also, love the way New Zealand cricketers talk with freedom. It really reflects the kind of media and fans that they have which is a stark contrast to what we have got in India. If Indian cricketers gave an interview with this much freedom, then there would be about 50 articles with critical and manipulated headlines on it within 3 minutes. It is a shame, but I suppose we've got the 2 extremes. Die hard fans who treat players like Gods and the kind of fans that will throw stones at your families' houses for 1 bad inns despite a long glistening career...

[@paraasakthivels3478]

Happy for Ross Taylor seeing how he is doing it..

[@vijeshck9216]

We Love u Ross tailor... From India❤

[@krishnaghop977]

Those days of NZ being Underdogs are gone. They play like champions. Ross 🔥🔥

[@Mrneal786]

He is typical new zealanders soft spoken and diplomatic these guys cannot bad mouth anyone

[@Citizenof-world]

He's a comedy filled man, this Ross. Isn't he? 😂

[@VSP1003]

“Not with Rachael” nice

[@shaileshhegde9205]

Most underrated for sure!

[@knowledgeanddiscussion4339]

You guys are killing it.👍

[@padamsingh2096]

Both of you doing Great

[@chirayuagrawal3051]

7:21 that was savage..!! 🔥🔥😂😎

[@arjunkapoor2716]

You boys are awesome 👌

[@scr_k-5814]

Best interview so far 😄😄.. btw all your interviews are fabulous 👍🏻👍🏻

[@carlwells9504]

Roscoe what a legend - all the best boys!

[@viratkohli2958]

looks like soon you might be having a interview with any prime minister boiesss...

[@NEMO-py1wm]

Jeez dude still an underdog after playing finals in 2015 & 2019 not any more

[@adithyapvs]

8:13 that was a good one Ross🤣

[@miloblackmetalhate]

Quality content!!!!

[@kunalkishorepathak4814]

The most underrated best player in cricket history.

[@shivkumardundi7309]

Ross my favourite Kiwi , he played for RCB and probably he was everyone's Favourite before Gayle and ABD arrived

[@TheTeksan]

king of leg side slaps in ipl season... bowlers knew he is going to do it ..but they couldn't do shit about it ..it one of the most hilarious stuff I witnessed in cricket

[@nsn5564]

The odds are 60:40 in favor of NZ. I am stocking up on my antacid tablets...scared as hell for tmrw.

[@sohaanari1729]

@Taran Vempati XD ya its on 18th 3:30pm Ist I literally Google whether it was prepone lol

[@nsn5564]

Yeah, my bad...still quite a few hours to go....

[@vividvivs701]

@@sohaanari1729 if you go by Australian time then it's tomorrow

[@vividvivs701]

@@sohaanari1729 and if you go by UK time so it's even little late

[@kunalmahajan7044]

Holy shit! HOLY SHIT!

[@vividvivs701]

boiiissss! i just came here to comment after hearing isha guha's commentary as she mentioned the incident of jamieson denying bowling to kohli in nets. 😂😂

[@shreyaspillai8421]

same here XD, our boiiss are the talk of the town

[@inyourhead9636]

Waiting

[@mish1922]

Roscoe, you legend

[@junebaruah6166]

New Zealand not underdogs among da best 3 teams fr last 5 years

[@kuladipdas7683]

The match Wil be new part of "A song of Ice and Fire"

[@oneaboveall2019]

If it was Virat Kohli on the other side of Sam and Ian then Internet would’ve exploded rn😂

[@m4lev0lentdem0nknightamv5]

Yep ... I want them to ask his thoughts on the Asian Century 😂😂😂

[@hulkvarine2118]

It will be 45+45 in two innings

[@TheZer0wned]

Love the dry humour from Ross

[@whiteriot1]

Yeah, it's gonna piss down I'm afraid

[@surajkarki6936]

Awesome fucking job booisss.

[@adityabhagwat9074]

Should hav talked about the underarm incident 😂

[@mdfirozahmad6055]

This time nzl is front runner..practice and conditions suit nzl more than india

[@nikhilrao8290]

Midlife crisis already 😂😂😂🔥

[@freechordsthetruthmarceden8277]

"Everyone in New Zealand loved it" (evidence of the 'skeletons' sorcery, gloating over Oz being pumped by India 3rds)

[@m4lev0lentdem0nknightamv5]

Omg 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

[@HemantKumar-qv8ys]

funny bloke😀

[@nanicore4965]

Talk to him full day so that he won't practice 😎

[@snehshah4973]

lol

[@ThePasindu]

Lol

[@nikhilrao8290]

I played my 100th match against ind and I didn't get shit 😂😂😂

[@sedlife8249]

"I didn't get a shirt " nz accent can be hard to pick

[@snehshah4973]

it did sound like s***, but it was shirt.... lol.... typical new zealand accent

[@Rkat1995]

Bois speaking - Speed ×1 Ross speaking- Speed ×1.75

[@harshvardhanpathak6372]

@SAILESH S same here😄

[@prateeksharma729]

@SAILESH S 😂

[@saketvaidya7321]

Believe it or not , this guys are gonna make Narendra Modi come in their show !

[@KunalKapoor26]

These

[@anandbakshi4391]

Hahahha & they gonna do "Mann ki baat" 🤣🤣🤣

[@KC-ge2ui]

Chai pe Charcha

[@thunderhammer593]

Come to think of it ....Bois is just the cultural translation of mitron......

[@christlinemathew7858]

Then i am outta of here

[@awasteoftime93]

Ross Taylor so straight-faced that it took the bois a couple of seconds to laugh at each joke.

[@salmaroni4134]

Haha

[@haydengoodall6767]

That is a bit of a kiwi dry humour thing. Akin to taking the piss.

[@awasteoftime93]

@@haydengoodall6767 in stark contrast to aussie humour. love to see it!

[@adityabhagwat9074]

😂😅😂😅😂

[@gauravgandi1398]

My only complaint with this interview is the short length

[@matcampbell3738]

The Neil Wagner of interviews then?

[@gauravgandi1398]

@@matcampbell3738 Good one 😀👍

[@GurjantSingh-lv5bd]

"Everyone in New Zealand love's it" 😂🤣😂😂😂

[@heminator89]

Ross is such a straight faced rascal. He champed the Aussies without even breaking a sweat "That series Australia had against India was fantastic. Everyone in NZ loved it" LMAO

[@prasanthgp7568]

What a champ! Loved his attitude and funny too. Good luck Ross, hope you and Kane get a century and still lose.

[@InshafInzz]

And win

[@vikasverma5580]

Ross Taylor, the man, the myth, the legend!! 🙌🙌🙌✌️✌️🤘🤘 Way to go boooiiiisssss!!!!

[@kishorekumarm9446]

He still remembers the 2019 worldcup final man

[@nitlover8319]

Those sort of moments no one can forget. Certainly not the ones involved

[@aartimahajan7317]

I still think about semi final bro.

[@andregeorge6271]

Obviously as they were the real winners of WC.......Anyways we do remember the semis too 👍👍👍

[@aartimahajan7317]

@@andregeorge6271 WC not wtc.

[@andregeorge6271]

@@aartimahajan7317 👍

[@jameshunt1822]

Why am I as indian fan, so afraid of NZ. I mean how long will it take to forget that 2020 series. It being just before the pandemic and my world changing since, still hasn't shifted to remote parts of my memory.

[@Vedrajrm]

“At least it’s not on boundary count” 😂😂

[@TheSam0423]

I don't understand this narration, whenever India performs well they keep pointing out the population figure and mostly by Australians. How much population should be ideal to get 11 good players, is 5 million not good enough? if population had anything to do with it, India would have the best football team. Stop doing this and just admit that you are not playing well.

[@prajwalmishra5718]

Cool your jets bro😂😂

[@jobinjacobgeorge391]

TGC, 2019 semi-final is why we are scared! We haven't won a single ICC game since 2003 against the Kiwis! (Yeah! ikr. crazy fact!) All of this talk about the Asian century, we have been outplayed by the Kiwis in the league phase of WTC too (2-0). You've got to understand how dark a memory that semi-final is for the billion of us! Oh! How foolish we were to celebrate when you lost to South Africa in the last league game of 2019 WC! Top of the table and playing against #4. Yum! Yum! We thought. Took a whole week for the country to accept it you know. Some of us are still in denial! New Zealand ahead. India underdogs with zero match time since Ahmedabad.

[@nsn5564]

Cue panic attacks..

[@shreenathbharadwaj9256]

it's just cricket buddy, you are talking like new zealand has invaded us and we are under threat, common relax and chill

[@salmaroni4134]

@@shreenathbharadwaj9256 ikr 😂😂

[@shashvat3722]

@@shreenathbharadwaj9256 most of indian fans are thinking the same and shouting revenge revenge. We really need to learn sportsmanship.

[@sedlife8249]

someone who understands cricket. New Zealand are favourites and I cannot believe how so many people are denying that

[@forjordy9969]

Arguably the games most underrated batsmen of all time?

[@reeltork3352]

Top player. Underated With amla

[@rvs1444]

I believe so

[@faith_in_the_future]

chanderpaul

[@dhawal7476]

Whoa!! Didn't know Ross Taylor's sarcasm is SO GOOD! The guy is too funny and should definitely come back to TGC.

[@shreyansh_goyal]

Daily uploads like a dream

[@doctorjoy2688]

Geez you guys giving surprise after surprise...before the WTC final we get interview of Shubman Gill...now Ross Taylor...what next...joint interview of Kane and don Rahane?

[@gaurangsinhrajput6305]

Gangster from gangs of gabba 😆

[@rvs1444]

I wouldn't be surprised if they get Manoj Bajpayee tbh. They're becoming that unpredictable

[@gaurangsinhrajput6305]

@@rvs1444 he is busy with chhellam sir in Chennai

[@rvs1444]

@@gaurangsinhrajput6305 😂😂😂

[@T1000-h4k]

Higgos, What a missed opportunity to talk about Rachel!

[@vividvivs701]

that would have been funny

[@NoName-ny1bt]

Who’s Rachel?

[@wittysparks6787]

2 Aussie guys Interview Newzealander. Comments - Only from Indians.

[@ayushvikhe7294]

I think Ian lives in studio

[@geektechGT]

Where's the video guys 👀👀👀

[@gorillagorilla5929]

@7:30 the shirt symbolises a tissue paper that Jinks gave to Lyon & team to wipe their tears off

[@vividvivs701]

underrated

[@sedlife8249]

The biggest fish so far and by far the interview I've enjoyed the most . Cricketers with a sense of humour are the best interviews no 🧢

[@aniketmishra6813]

Just try to call rishabh pant on your show... 😉😉

[@RahulPriyaranjan]

I don't think Rishabh would be too comfortable with their kind of English.

[@trilojag101]

They still have ptsd from Gabba so wait some time for everyone to calm 😂

[@vividvivs701]

@@RahulPriyaranjan what the hell are you saying rishabh is pretty good with English man see his speech on yt

[@shikharjoshi1113]

Ross Taylor is a funny man, I really hope the Kiwis win this time. Also great interview boys!

[@abhinavshukla5164]

All kiwis are funny

[@salmaroni4134]

Ya hope the kiwis win itt

[@abhishekvaishnav1508]

ohh man he is really funny.. best part is he jokes without a smile :) ..great interview boisss

[@xdarshan]

This was completely unexpected 😂

[@shravp769]

I'm Indian living in Melbourne, I worked with a couple of boys who were friends with Ross Taylor's cousin in NZ. Ross used to come to their parties..they say he was unbelievably grounded. Forget celebrities, even among common ppl they haven't come across someone so down to earth.

[@sagardembla2486]

This is legendary! Well done pez and higgos

[@lekhdesai4259]

Let’s goo bois love this one and still waiting for Indian big boiee interview 😂🤟

[@m4lev0lentdem0nknightamv5]

Would love to see Boiss asking him about the Asian Century 😂😂😂

[@krishna-cu2ju]

Who ??

[@greggstomlettes]

imagine kohli coming up , im sure his pr team probably blacklisted them in giving interviews lol

[@ayushvikhe7294]

@@greggstomlettes 😂😂😂

[@ayushvikhe7294]

@@greggstomlettes there are a lot of similarities between modia and kohli tbh

[@sadevkoirala]

Can we all agree to the fact that Ross Taylor is the most underrated player of this generation.

[@snehshah4973]

100%

[@dogmatic6883]

What,underdog tag!😂😂

[@SodiumIodider]

Brilliant interview guys! You both are fantastic! You make talking about the sport fun, which is how it should be!

[@vikky12322]

Hi new Zealand . I am from India and I love new Zealand cricket , because I am Indian if India won I would be happy , if cricket won I will be more happy,

[@dogmatic6883]

Ian and sam- speaking Ross- Rapping!

[@dheerendranakhate4975]

Boisss happy to see The Grade Cricketer Grade is going higher with every new episode 👍🍾🍸 Like to see on the show Nassir Hussain Ramiz raja Harsha bhogle( one more time) Ashwin Rohit Sharma Rishab pant 👖😍 Babar Azam

[@monty1391]

I checked out acko because of this. Advertisement works. Next thing we will hear is Byjus as the title sponsor.

[@ayushvikhe7294]

Bois are working really hard

[@motionsickness1903]

Your reputation is growing day by day boiis.❤️

[@greenhornet8170]

Bcci had more money than that 😂😂😂😂NAILED IT ❤️

[@AbhishekJain-bv6vv]

Guys can you please add subtitles. No disrespect, but it's hard for me to understand the kiwi accent of ross taylor

[@sid7186]

We used to call him Gulab Darji...after that 95 odd runs in 4 overs thrashing against Pakistan 😀

[@robotxd1790]

He "can't" say a bad word

[@lokeshchauhan5590]

boiss at ACKO, thank you!!!!!!

[@EnvIshaan]

Damn TGC making moves!

[@oms8513]

2019 WC , rain was the major factor leading the game to 2nd day. It changed it ALL.

[@narayanojha6604]

Come on! It’s not 24hours before the first ball, it’s 31 hours 12mins before 😆😆😆👍

[@vividvivs701]

as Australian time they're right

[@trevor9545]

Waiting for kohli on show😁😁

[@geetarajput4941]

I can imagine..Kohli saying that 45 mins of bad play cost us the game , but we take lot of pride 😂😂

[@metanick1837]

No dude this time things gonna change he'll say 2 sessions of bad play cost us the game, but we take a lot of pride🤣🤣

[@sohaanari1729]

@@metanick1837 aisa jinx karo jisa Nz overconfidence se harna chahiye😂😂

[@sanen5717]

I see ur comment everywhere

[@metanick1837]

@@sohaanari1729 yaar me ek aur icc main event me haar bardash nhi karpaunga😖😖

[@msantosh1313]

New Zealand Legend Ross Taylor

[@shaktisinghchundawat8120]

India is going to dominate wtc final and jadeja would be MVP

[@saurabhnimsarkar4353]

Har gayi bhai

[@sagarcasm181]

That "Not with Rachel" Ross Taylor 😂😂👍🏻

[@Versatileabhi]

Because they were on a break 😐😂

[@somenathdas8]

Newzealand is not the underdog! 😑

[@anuragmishra3227]

Actually Ross is correct. BCCI makes $700 million a year from broadcast deals of IPL alone.

[@parth2-9]

ACKO taking the channel to next level. 🤩🤩

[@vividvivs701]

gotta love that

[@ackoindia]

TGC and ACKO reaching new heights together! 🤩

[@dannymah7414]

He is a legend. He still looks the same he seems to be ageless. 🇳🇿👍🇮🇳

[@nsn5564]

will not fall for his charm...will not fall for his charm...will not fall for his charm...will not fall for his charm...AARRGGH ok he's a sweet funny guy who's getting out first ball!!

[@ayushvikhe7294]

24 hrs?