The Russian teenage figure skater Kamila Valieva caused a major storm at the Beijing Olympics last Monday, when reports emerged that she had failed a test for performance-enhancing drugs. In this episode, hosts Gaurav Bhatt and Mihir Vasava discuss the controversy, the questions it has raised, and the decisions that the Olympics committee has taken regarding the matter.

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Game Time: The doping scandal of Kamila Valieva, the 15 years old skating star

India recently became the second team in the world, after Australia, to play their 1000th ODI match. In this episode, Indian Express’ Sandip G joins host Gaurav Bhatt to take a look back at India’s ODI performances over the years, and discuss what the format has meant for Indian cricket and why it has been slowly getting endangered.Note: Due to technical issues, this episode could not be released on the 12th of February. The next episode, will be released as per schedule on the 19th of February (Saturday).

Game Time: What the ODI format has meant for Indian cricket

Last week, during the Australian Open semifinal between Stefanos Tsitsipas and Daniil Medvedev, the latter lost his temper and started berating the chair umpire. He had been accusing his opponent, Tsitsipas, of being coached illegally by his father-coach Apostolos from the sidelines. This led the officials to conduct a ‘sting operation’, and almost an hour later Tsitsipas was caught.In this episode, hosts Gaurav Bhatt and Mihir Vasavda discuss the entire controversy, and what should be done about illegal coaching in Tennis.

Game Time: The Tsitsipas 'sting operation' and illegal coaching in Tennis

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Hosts Mihir Vasavda and Gaurav Bhatt discuss Rafael Nadal's historic comeback win in the Australian Open final, the 21st Grand Slam title and what it means for his legacy, and why Melbourne Park was the fitting venue.

Express Delivery: Rafael Nadal's 21st title & how he made history at Aus Open

Pradeep Magazine, one of India’s finest sports journalists, has reported on Cricket and other sports for more than four decades. In this latest book, Not Just Cricket, he gives readers an insight into cricket journalism, and gives them a precious look into the shaping of modern India. In this episode, he joins host Gaurav Bhatt and Mihir Vasavda to talk about the book, Kohli’s captaincy, the insular nature of Cricket, his love for commentary, and facing off against Kapil Dev.

Game Time: Uncovering cricket with veteran journalist Pradeep Magazine

Last week, the world No.1 men’s Tennis player, Novak Djokovic, flew out of Australia after a court upheld the government’s decision to cancel his visa, bringing an end to his hopes of winning the Australian Open. In this episode, host Mihir Vasavda is joined by journalist Bharat Sundaresan, the Australia correspondent for Cricbuzz, to discuss how the fiasco played out in Australia, what the local people felt about it, and whether the Tennis superstar was treated unfairly.

Game Time: How the Djokovic saga played out in Australia

Before Team India lost the series to South Africa on Day 4 of the Cape Town Test, they lost their heads on Day 3. Gaurav and Mihir discuss Virat Kohli and Co's reaction to perceived DRS and stump mic manipulation, and where India fell short on the field. They also give an update on the never-ending Novak Djokovic in Melbourne saga.

Express Delivery: India's Test series defeat in South Africa

World number one men’s tennis player, Novak Djokovic has been confined to an immigration detention hotel in Australia. This is after Australia revoked his visa for entry into the country, and refused to accept a ‘medical exemption’ that Djokovic had been granted to get around a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for all players and their support teams.In this episode, hosts Gaurav Bhatt and Mihir Vasavda discuss the entire controversy, and the mess that the vocal vaccine skeptic finds himself in.

Game Time: How everything went wrong for Djokovic ... again

Despite India’s latest win against South Africa at the Centurion, one thing that appears to be clear now is that our middle-order is in crisis. In fact, the middle-order trio, consisting of Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara, and Ajinkya Rahane, hasn’t scored big for a number of years now. In this episode, host Mihir Vasavda is joined by Indian Express cricket writer Abhishek Purohit to discuss this crisis, and the possible reasons behind it.

Game Time: Kohli, Pujara, Rahane — India's middle order crisis

In this year’s final episode of Game Time, hosts Gaurav Bhatt and Mihir Vasavda are joined by the entire Indian Express sports team to take a look back at 2021, and share their favorite sports moments of the year.

Game Time: The Indian Express sports team looks back at 2021

Last week, Virat Kohli was removed as ODI's skipper and the National Committee Team made Rohit Sharma the sole white-ball leader of the Indian cricket team. Earlier this week, Kohli gave a press conference in which he addressed some of the questions, and speculations that have emerged out of this decision. But this has only led to more speculation, confusion, and concerns.This week on Game Time, hosts Gaurav Bhatt and Mihir Vasavda are joined by Indian Express' Shamik Chakrabarty to talk about the press conference. They also discuss the protocol of selecting and sacking captains, why Kohli's comments are significant, and the highlights of his stint as the captain.

Game Time: The questions that Virat Kohli's press conference has raised

Earlier this week, Virat Kohli was removed as India's ODI captain with the national selection committee making Rohit Sharma the sole white-ball leader of the team. In addition to this, Ajinkya Rahane was removed from Test vice-captaincy, a position which was also given to Rohit. This is a seismic change in Indian Cricket, and to talk about it, host Mihir Vasava is joined by Indian Express’ Sandip G and Devendra Pandey. They discuss why the BCCI took this decision, how Rohit will compare to Virat as a captain, and whether a wounded Virat will be detrimental to the team.

Game Time: Why replacing Kohli with Rohit Sharma was a bold but harsh move

In this episode, Andrew Amsan joins host Gaurav Bhatt to talk about a small nondescript village in Haryana that is training national medal winning Javelin throwers out of an abandoned chicken farm turned cow shed.

Game Time: Inside Haryana's Little Finland of Javelin throwers

The allegations of racism made by the former cricketer Azeem Rafiq have shaken the Yorkshire club (one of UK's biggest county cricket clubs), and has led to the resignation of several top officials. The person who got Rafiq to actually open up about his past is the noted cricket journalist, George Dobell. This week on Game Time, Indian Express' Chief cricket writer Sriram Veera talks to Dobell about the entire scandal, how insidiously racism affects the sport and young players, and what cricket clubs around the world need to reckon with.Dobell is currently working with The Cricketer, the world's oldest cricket magazine.

Game Time: The Azeem Rafiq case, and the journalist who got him to open up

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