Making Your Mark In Australia, With Bharat Sundaresan & Jerrssis Wadia | The Surge Podcast | Ep31

Big Bash is about to enter 2026, and it’s the Melbourne Stars who lead the field in the race to the BBL|15 Finals. Bharat Sundaresan makes his Surge debut at the desk, while India-born Adelaide Strikers sensation Jerrissis Wadia dials in before the annual New Year’s Eve fixture at Adelaide Oval. EPISODE INDEX: 0:00 - Intro 0:43 - Bharat Sundaresan joins The Surge 3:55 - Importance of BBL to Australian cricket 9:52 - Privatisation in the Big Bash? 12:09 - What Bharat has liked in BBL|15 13:15 - The quest for the Stars to win their first title 16:04 - The influence of the Pakistan players this season 18:48 - The global power of Babar Azam 21:42 - The story behind Ashwin signing with the Thunder 26:50 - Bharat's favourite BBL memory, Marlon Samuel's side of the story! 29:19 - Jerrssis Wadia joins The Surge 53:28 - Yes, No, Wait: Babar Azam fans would be disappointed so far 53:47 - Yes, No, Wait: David Warner should be opening? 54:54 - Yes, No, Wait: Cooper Connolly officially an allrounder? 55:38 - Yes, No, Wait: Can the Hurricanes win without David? 56:53 - Yes, No, Wait: The Stars season? 57:28 - Yes, No, Wait: NYE at Adelaide Oval, best fixture? 57:48 - Outro 📲 Download the Big Bash App for everything Big Bash all in one place. https://bigba.sh/App