Strategic Timeout: Mark Wood on the IPL, England & the pressure of playing

Amber Sandhu· Host0:00

You can keep up with all things IPL by watching Strategic Timeout in full on the BBC Sport YouTube channel and BBC iPlayer Oh, I think I was doing a 15, and then what he's doing- [laughs] ...

Mark Wood· Guest0:11

with 15 is, is very, very different.

Faraaz Noor· Panelist0:13

Very surprised if he's not sort of involved or even selected for the next T20 tournament for India.

Mark Wood· Guest0:17

I don't want that because it's against England.

Faraaz Noor· Panelist0:19

Oh, yeah.

Mark Wood· Guest0:19

[laughs] So let's just hold fire a little bit. And then there was a problem with, uh, politics with something to do with the farms and the water.

Amber Sandhu· Host0:27

Okay.

Mark Wood· Guest0:28

So th- there was the threatening on releasing snakes into the stadium- Oh, wow ... while I was there.

Amber Sandhu· Host0:33

The only way I can describe this, if you've got a sweet tooth, you'll absolutely love it.

Faraaz Noor· Panelist0:36

Obviously, everyone likes to see balls flying about here and there, but when it happens all the time, it sort of, the novelty sort of wears off a bit.

Amber Sandhu· Host0:43

All good? Ready to go? [upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to another episode of Strategic Timeout with me, Amber Sandhu, the place where we chat all things IPL 2026. Now, we're officially at the halfway point of the competition, which is very exciting. We've had some unbelievable innings, some ridiculous run chases, and some fantastic individual performances as well. Luckily for me, though, I've got quite an elite northern lineup to unpick it all. I've got England's fastest bowler. Did you know he can bowl faster than a cheetah? It's Mark Wood.

Mark Wood· Guest1:22

Hello.

Amber Sandhu· Host1:22

Hello. And somebody who's probably got the deception of a cheetah- England's second fastest bowler as well, actually ... said no one ever [laughs].

Unknown speaker1:29

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