''Inside Edge'' is an Indian

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series created by Karan Anshuman and released on

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. It premiered on 10 July 2017, and is the first

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-language series distributed by Amazon Originals. The series centers on the Mumbai Mavericks, a fictional T20 cricket team, whose owners operate a league-wide

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syndicate. ''Inside Edge'' stars an ensemble cast, featuring

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, Richa Chada, Siddhant Chaturvedi, Tanuj Virwani,

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, Sayani Gupta,

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, and Sapna Pabbi, as well as Manu Rishi, Amit Sial, Karan Oberoi, and

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. ''Inside Edge'' has received positive critical reception and was nominated for Best Drama series at

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. The second season premiered on 6 December 2019. The show was also been renewed for a third season that premiered on 3 December 2021.

Plot

Season 1

Inside Edge is the story of the Mumbai Mavericks, a T20 cricket franchise playing in the Powerplay League. Set in a landscape of conflicting interests, where selfishness is almost a virtue, where money and power go hand in hand, the series traces the ups and downs in the Powerplay league as the Mumbai Mavericks face ownership problems along with accusations of match fixing.

Season 2

In the next edition of the PPL, a volatile Vayu Raghavan leads the Mumbai Mavericks to face their biggest adversary yet, the Arvind Vashisht-led Haryana Hurricanes. But they must also counter colossal scandals that’ll rock the world of cricket. In the sport’s upper echelons, Zarina Malik allies with Bhaisaab, but those in the shadows threaten to destroy the very game they seek to control.

Season 3

In the third season, the series moves on towards international cricket, with Vayu competing against Indian captain Rohit. Meanwhile, Dhawan swears revenge on Bhaisaab, and uses his alliance with Zarina to accomplish it.

Cast

Main

as Vikrant Dhawan, the owner of one of the world's leading sports management companies. (Season 1-present) *

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as Zarina Malik, a fading actress and co-owner of the Mumbai Mavericks. (Season 1–present) * Tanuj Virwani as Vayu Raghavan, the moody,

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star player and later captain of the Mavericks, and Mantra's boyfriend. (Season 1–present) * Siddhant Chaturvedi as Prashant Kanaujia, a

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fast bowler who joins the Mavericks, and befriends Vayu. (Season 1–2) *

as Arvind Vashishth, an ex-international player and the captain of the Mavericks, who later becomes captain of the Haryana Hurricanes. (Season 1–2) * Sayani Gupta as Rohini Raghavan, Vayu's sister and the chief analyst of the Mavericks, and later, the Hurricanes and Indian Team. (Season 1–present) *

as Yashvardhan Patil/Bhaisahab, the President of Indian Cricket Board and the founder of the PowerPlay League. (Season 2–3) * Sapna Pabbi as Mantra Patil, co-owner of Mumbai Mavericks, Yashvardhan's daughter, and Vayu's girlfriend. (Season 2–present) * Akshay Oberoi as Rohit Shanbagh, captain of Indian Cricket Team. (Season 3–present) *

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as Imaad Akbar (Season 3–present)

Recurring

* Amit Sial as Devender Mishra, an off-spinner who dislikes Prashant, and follows the same career path as Arvind. (Season 1–3) * Manu Rishi as Manoharlal Handa, a rich, eccentric businessman and owner of the Haryana Hurricanes. (Season 1–3) * Karan Oberoi as Imtiaz Khan, an actor and Zarina's ex-boyfriend. (Season 1–3) *

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as Ayesha Dewan, Handa's partner and a power broker. She later becomes owner of the Bangalore Blitzers. (Season 1–present) * Akashdeep Arora as Tanay, a team analyst for the Mavericks. (Season 1–2) * Gaurav Sharma as Moses Alexander, Ex India Wicketkeeper and the head coach of the Mavericks after Niranjan Suri. (Season 1–2) * Vidya Malvade as Tisha Chopra, an ex-India International and bowling coach of the Haryana Hurricanes. (Season 2) *

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as Meera Nagpal, a journalist and Vayu's ex-girlfriend. (Season 1) * Luke Kenny as Wolfgang Hummels, an anti-doping official. (Season 2–3) * Himanshi Choudhry as Sudha Dhawan, Vikrant's wife. (Season 1–present) *

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as Sandy, Cheerleader of Mumbai Mavericks and Prashant's girlfriend. (Season 2) *

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as Craig Litner, vice-captain of the Mavericks. (Season 1) * Ogunro Gbolabo Lucas as Dwight Johnson, a fast bowler for the Mavericks. (Season 1–2) *

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as Shahana Vashishth, Arvind's estranged wife. (Season 1) *

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as Niranjan Suri, the head coach of the Mavericks. (Season 1) * Abhishek Banerjee as Drug Dealer. (Season 1) * Manuj Sharma as K. R. Raghunath, Wicketkeeper and Opening Batsman of Mavericks. (Season 1) * Jitin Gulati as Pritish, Vikrant's right hand man later revealed to be Bhaisahab's man. (Season 1–present) * Chirag Sethi as Anees Iqbal, key batsman cricketer of Mumbai Mavericks, later revealed as a fixer batsman playing under Dhawan. (Season 1) * Sunny Hinduja as Sultan Ali Khan,

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. (Season 3) *

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as Prime Minister of India (season 3) *

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as Azeem Khan, Coach (Season 3) * Ankur Rathee as Allen Manezes, gay rights lawyer and love of Rohit Shanbagh (season 3) *

Dalip Tahil Dalip Tahil (born as Dalip Tahilramani; 30 October 1952) is an Indian film, television and theatre actor. He studied at Sherwood College in Nainital, India. After attending Aligarh Muslim University for a year, he graduated from St. Xavier's ...

as Judge Roy (Season 3)
Prasanna Ketkar
as Yashwardhan and Vikrant's father (Season 3)

Episodes

Season 2

Season 3

Reception

The series has received critical acclaim for performance and storyline. The acting performance of Siddhant Chaturvedi, Vivek Oberoi, Tanuj Virvani, Richa Chadha, Sayani Gupta and Angad Bedi has been especially praised.

India Today ''India Today'' is a weekly Indian English-language news magazine published by Living Media India Limited. It is the most widely circulated magazine in India, with a readership of close to 8 million. In 2014, ''India Today'' launched a new on ...

called the series "perfectly cast and technically first rate".

The Indian Express ''The Indian Express'' is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932. It is published in Mumbai by the Indian Express Limited, Indian Express Group. In 1999, eight years after the group's founder Ramnath Goenka's death in 1991, ...

praised the performance of all actors saying that "web-series packs interesting punch shouldered by some honest performances" and also stated that the shows quality hasn't been compromised just because web series is a far smaller medium than films.

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positively reviewed the series saying "the characters are so seamlessly integrated into the narrative that it does not feel like a make believe world".

Accolades

References

External links

Official website

Official Indian website
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