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Umran Malik: India's next star?

We discuss the uncapped 22-year-old lighting up the Indian Premier League with his fast bowling.

Alison Mitchell, Brett Sprigg and Charu Sharma find out more about the man touted as India鈥檚 next star. Umran Malik, an uncapped 22-year-old, has taken the Indian Premier League by storm with the fastest bowling and best bowling figures in the competition this year.

The team attempt to learn what an NFT is and ask why we鈥檙e starting to see them in the world of cricket, as we speak to the co-founder of the world鈥檚 first licensed digital collectibles platform for cricket.

We also react to the news that the man heralded as 鈥渢he Father of Cricket鈥 WG Grace, has had a couple of centuries taken off him, despite his last innings coming over one hundred years ago.

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