Why I'm hooked on Inside Edge

Being too chicken to storm cinema halls to watch 83, a friend’s nudge towards Inside Edge Season 3 on Amazon became the starting point for much: insight, revelation, eyerolling, giggling. Despite being a sucker for sports movies, documentaries and novels, Inside Edge’s first two seasons had not even sneezed in my direction. The first two seasons focussed on T20 – teams, owners, players and the Power Play League – reflecting what Anshuman calls franchise cricket’s “zoo-like atmosphere.” The third swirled around a once in a generation Test series vs Pakistan. In one episode, Saurav said “we wanted to show Rohini’s smartness and tried to find out how spinners had been decoded… Mendis, Murali everyone, but it was quite normal, simple stuff.” In S1E3, Rohini the analyst discovers an ace spinner’s distinctive ‘tell’ – and the difference between his leg-break and his mystery ball - by studying his non-bowling arm making subconscious movements.