The coveted Champions Trophy 2025 is nearing its enterprise finish and numerous specialists are giving their tackle how the event has panned out to this point. There are numerous sources by way of which followers are getting newer insights every day relating to the technical facets of the sport together with never-heard tales and opinions of the specialists on the continued ICC occasion.
Having stated that, of late one such present within the type of the ‘Dressing Room,’ has been garnering immense consideration as cricketers from throughout the borders are seen sitting collectively and speaking about many hilarious and lesser-known tales. Now in the latest episode which goes viral, the previous India cricketer and famend cricketer graced the present to provide his in-depth evaluation on how the eight-team event.
Through the present, he revealed how the concept of the ‘Shaz and Waz‘ phase got here into being on TV. In the identical regard, Shastri stated when he used to play the sport, it was not considerably monotonous to see solely males watching the sport of cricket.
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How Shaz and Waz present began?
In the meantime, talking of the Shaz and Waz present, the phase featured two former cricket legends from India and Pakistan, respectively. Ravi Shastri donned the position of ‘Shaz’ whereas the opposite host Wasim Akram was generally known as ‘Waz.’ Notably, the present was launched by ESPN Star Sports activities in January 2004, when India had been enjoying towards Australia down below. Whereas Shastri himself got here up together with his nickname, Akram’s nickname was given by the legendary former Pakistani captain, Imran Khan.
The influence of the present was profound provided that in these days, throughout the tea time between the matches, it was fairly boring for the spectators and TV audiences to hearken to mundane evaluation of varied cricket specialists relating to the match in progress. Nonetheless, after having a light-hearted chat with a producer, Ravi Shastri advised the concept of including a “feminine factor” within the mid-break cricket exhibits. Within the follow-up, an off-the-cuff chat became a actuality inside a matter of two days when the present was aired. Consequently, it broke into the highest 10 of the-then cricket exhibits and ended up elevating the viewership of the broadcasting channel by a whopping 65 p.c.
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