Welcome to Episode 95 of Never on the Backfoot Podcast. Joining me on the podcast today is R Kaushik. Sir is a Bengaluru-based freelancer who has been writing on cricket for over a quarter of a century. Since starting his career with Newstime in Hyderabad, he has worked with Deccan Herald and Wisden India and has reported on more than 100 Test matches and has authored multiple books most notably on VVS Laxman and GR Vishwanath. The podcast is also available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Anchor, Overcast and a lot of other platforms and so please do spread the word. Do check out @neveronthebackfoot on Instagram and @neverontheback1 on Twitter for the latest facts, trivia, quizzes, terminology, retweets, fresh tweets and a lot more coming up this cricket season. Stay safe and take care, listeners ?