00:00The World Cup has been cracking the matches in Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi.
00:03It's been absolutely very exciting.
00:05And you're planning to translate this excitement onto the quiz floor.
00:12It's been a riveting month of cricket and we've reached the final leg of the T20 World Cup.
00:19And the day has also arrived for the World Cup quiz hosted by Gulf News and Mr Cricket UAE.
00:27So get ready for bouncers, googlys and yorkers,
00:31as well as a chance to smash the ball all the way to the boundary.
00:35My name is Alex Abraham and I have with me Mr Abdul Hamid Ahmed,
00:40CEO and Executive Director Publications and the Editor-in-Chief of Gulf News,
00:46Mr Cricket UAE Anish Sajan and Shyam Krishna, Associate Editor at Gulf News.
00:53My first question to you Mr Abdul Hamid, your thoughts on the quiz and before that,
01:00it's been an absolutely amazing time that the UAE has hosted the World Cup cricket.
01:06What are your thoughts on it?
01:07First of all, let's start from the second part of the question.
01:11I think it was amazing that the UAE hosted this T20.
01:16It's in fact proof that UAE is becoming the hub for cricket as well as other sports and other events.
01:25So it was a successful one I think and I can proudly say that people who watched this T20 here,
01:34they were happy and it was unique for something to host in UAE.
01:41So it was successful.
01:42Now for the quiz, this is the second time we're doing quiz and I want to thank Mr Cricket UAE,
01:48my friend Anish, for launching or initiating this quiz.
01:55First one we had in Gulf News, it was experimental,
01:58but this one inshallah it will be another successful quiz.
02:03And for me, I take it as a fun.
02:06It's good fun in fact for us, for our readers, for the people who participate in the quiz.
02:11You've been following the matches yourself?
02:14Frankly speaking, I'm not that good in cricket,
02:18but again I just keep following what's written, what's in all the videos.
02:23Mr Cricket, when he posts a video analyzing with his colleagues, sitting there analyzing the matches.
02:31So I enjoy that, yes.
02:32Though I don't understand cricket, but might be it will drag me into understanding it more.
02:38Anish, you've been following all the matches, right?
02:41And what were they like?
02:43Amazing.
02:44To be very honest, I had expected that India would probably make it to the knockouts,
02:49but that's the part and parcel of the game.
02:52The top four teams have made it to the semi-finals.
02:55And so far the World Cup has been cracking the matches in Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi.
02:59It's been absolutely very exciting.
03:01And you're planning to translate this excitement onto the quiz flow.
03:05What's the quiz going to be like?
03:07Yes, Alex, as we said last time, you know, the players played on the field,
03:11but we're going to have the fans of Gulf News who are going to come and participate in this quiz.
03:17And there's a lot of twists and tails.
03:19Like?
03:20Well, we are going to have not only the contestant participating,
03:23but also they get a chance to ask their friend if they do not know a question.
03:27Like we've seen in some quizzes where you can ask a question to your friend
03:31if you don't know the answer.
03:32And there is excitement for not only for the friend as well as for the crowd.
03:36He's making it easier for them.
03:38Ah, I hope so. I hope so.
03:40I hope the questions are as easy as you've shown them to be.
03:44No, they're not going to be easy.
03:46It's the World Cup and nothing comes easy.
03:48And also we're going to have some bouncer questions,
03:50which I'm sure my friend and my colleague who's going to host the quiz along with me,
03:54Mr. Shyam will say.
03:56Shyam, you've been covering all the matches, right?
03:58Yeah, most of them.
03:59And how are the matches this time?
04:01Like Ali said, it's been riveting.
04:04And some of them, I mean, the last one was thrillers.
04:08So, I mean, in T20 matches, you expect that
04:11because in 120 balls, the match is decided and stuff.
04:14So you would expect that kind of thrillers.
04:16And we would want to translate that thrill into this quiz program as well.
04:20You're also going to be a quiz master for the quiz that's coming up.
04:24Any clues for our participants?
04:27I won't give clues, but like I said, it's going to be a thriller.
04:31And if you have followed the matches very well, then you should have a problem.
04:34Thank you very much.
04:35So stay tuned to gulfnews.com for the biggest world quiz,
04:40World Cup quiz around, taking place on Saturday, November the 13th.
04:45See you soon.
