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Featuring in this episode are
Milind Gunjal (Former Maharashtra Captain)   / milind.gunjal.9  
Amol Karhadkar (Deputy Editor, The Hindu) https://x.com/karhacter

They said Maharashtra cricketers cannot succeed while putting in the hard yards on Mumbai maidans. He did. They said Maharashtra batters couldn't score away from Nehru Stadium. He did. They said Maharashtra as a team can rarely deliver consistently. He was instrumental in shaping the golden generation of Maharashtra's Ranji Trophy team that fared consistently for a decade starting the mid-80s. Milind Gunjal proved virtually everyone wrong with his stellar batting at all the levels he got an opportunity at. Still, the only thing he couldn't change was to earn the India cap and end up as one of the top names on the long list of "Maharashtra's unfortunate cricketers to have not represented India" in international cricket. Let's walk down the memory lane with Milind Gunjal himself.

मुंबईच्या मैदानावर महाराष्ट्राचे क्रिकेटपटू यशस्वी होऊ शकत नाहीत, असं म्हणायचे. ते झाले. असंही म्हणायचे - खरं तर हिणवायचे - कि नेहरू स्टेडियमपासून दूर महाराष्ट्राचे फलंदाज धावा करू शकत नाहीत. त्यांनी कुटल्या. अशीही वदंता असायची कि एक संघ म्हणून महाराष्ट्र क्वचितच सातत्यपूर्ण कामगिरी करायचा. त्यांनी महाराष्ट्र रणजी संघाची 'गोल्डन जनरेशन' घडवण्यात मोलाची भूमिका बजावली. मिलिंद गुंजाळ यांनी सर्व स्तरांवर आपल्या उत्कृष्ट फलंदाजीने अक्षरशः प्रत्येकाला चुकीचे सिद्ध केले. तरीही, ते फक्त एक गोष्ट बदलू शकले नाहीत, ती म्हणजे भारताची कॅप मिळवणे. त्यामुळेच गुंजाळांचे नाव "महाराष्ट्राचे दुर्दैवी क्रिकेटपटू ज्यांनी भारताचे प्रतिनिधित्व केले नाही" या लांबलचक यादीतील शीर्ष नावांपैकी एक आहे. जाऊया आठवणींच्या गावी खुद्द मिलिंद गुंजाळ यांच्यासोबत.
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Team:
Soham Kurulkar
Tanishq Mohite
Riddhi Vaze
Amol Gokhale
Intern: Shardul Jogdand
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Timestamps

00:00 - 01:36 Introduction
01:36 - 04:06 Is the present generation genuinely interested in hearing the experiences of senior players?
04:06 - 07:28 How has today’s selection process evolved compared to earlier times?
07:28 - 07:58 Milind Sir’s memorable sixer into Girikand’s office
07:58 - 09:50 Lack of defensive skills in today’s players
09:50 - 12:24 Mumbai and Pune cricket in the 1960s and 1970s
12:24 - 13:28 SP College vs BMCC cricket finals
13:28 - 16:21 The Mumbai cricket team – India’s best team!
16:21 - 19:06 The 1970s and 80s: Corporate cricket’s golden era
19:06 - 22:00 Memorable moments from the Timeshield
22:00 - 24:09 How playing at the number five position affected their career
24:09 - 26:14 How one poor performance impacted future opportunities
26:14 - 27:45 Maharashtra’s deserving players who didn’t get a chance at the national level
27:45 - 30:27 Why Mumbai should have considered me as one of their own
30:27 - 37:10 Milind Sir’s three best innings
37:10 - 38:00 Playing against Salil Ankola, Pandurang Salgaonkar, and Andy Roberts
38:00 - 38:57 Watching Gavaskar and Parthsani in the early stages of their careers
38:57 - 41:18 Milind Sir’s captaincy
41:18 - 43:30 Unfair treatment of Maharashtra players
43:30 - 45:20 How Nehru Stadium’s name overshadowed the achievements of Maharashtra’s batsmen
45:20 - 46:40 Playing the Ranji Trophy on Maharashtra grounds
46:40 - 48:22 Off-the-field memories
48:22 - 49:32 Identifying potential young talent for Team India
49:32 - 51:00 Milind Sir’s greatest memory and the lessons learned

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