Just when we thought we'd covered every possible angle there was to the Hardik Pandya transfer story, Mumbai Indians named him as captain, setting tongues wagging across the board, including in our esteemed panel which asks the exclusive question that no one else thought about: Have Mumbai appointed the right Pandya brother? Hardik-gate reminds us of Pakistan in the 90s; Pakistan's Test team getting pulped in Australia reminds us of India in the 90s; And India's ODI selection reminds us of Pakistan all the time... We celebrate these Samjhautha Express parallels with a wonderful Mohan Krishnamurthy remix of the F.R.I.E.N.D.S title track that hopefully won't get us copyright strikes. Somewhere along the line, our panel gives you the most incisive India v England Women's Test analysis anywhere out there (no kidding), and absolutely no coverage of England v West Indies and New Zealand v Bangladesh (no kidding again).

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