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Our special guest this week is Nishant Arora who, over two decades, has worked in multiple capacities within cricket – as a TV journalist, a player agent, a media manager with the BCCI, and a digital producer with ICC. We speak to Nishant about his career that has spanned over two decades and delight in some of his anecdotes from behind the scenes.  Talking Points: Playing junior cricket with Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh Big-hitting Yuvraj losing SG balls at the world's most elevated cricket stadium Yuvraj scoring 358 in a match when the opponents scored 357 Harbhajan Singh's emotional day after taking India's first hat-trick in Kolkata The challenge for Nishant to separate his journalism and friendships The rare Dhoni interview in Islamabad Visiting Virender Sehwag's house and getting him to talk about his 155 in Chennai The challenges of interviewing Sourav Ganguly When Yuvraj's cancer was kept top secret The breakdown in the player-journalist relationship Why Ashish Nehra