# Inside Edge (TV series)

Inside Edge is an Indian sports-drama television series created by Karan Anshuman and released on Amazon Prime Video. It premiered on 10 July 2017, and is the first Hindi-language series distributed by Amazon Originals. The series centers on the Mumbai Mavericks, a fictional T20 cricket team, whose owners operate a league-wide spot-fixing syndicate. Inside Edge stars an ensemble cast, featuring Vivek Oberoi, Richa Chada, Siddhant Chaturvedi, Tanuj Virwani, Angad Bedi, Sayani Gupta, Aamir Bashir, and Sapna Pabbi, as well as Manu Rishi, Amit Sial, Karan Oberoi, and Asha Saini.
Inside Edge has received positive critical reception and was nominated for Best Drama series at 46th International Emmy Awards. The second season premiered on 6 December 2019. The show was also renewed for a third season that premiered on 3 December 2021.

## Premise
### 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 (Richa) 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

* Vivek Oberoi as Vikrant Dhawan, the owner of one of the world's leading sports management companies. (Season 1-present)
* Richa Chadda as Zarina Malik, a fading actress and co-owner of the Mumbai Mavericks. (Season 1–present)
* Tanuj Virwani as Vayu Raghavan, the moody, hothead star player and later captain of the Mavericks, and Mantra's boyfriend. (Season 1–present)
* Siddhant Chaturvedi as Prashant Kanaujia, a rookie fast bowler who joins the Mavericks, and befriends Vayu. (Season 1–2)
* Angad Bedi 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)
* Aamir Bashir 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)
* Sidhant Gupta 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)
* Flora Saini 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)
* Sarah-Jane Dias as Meera Nagpal, a journalist and Vayu's ex-girlfriend. (Season 1)
* Natasha Suri as Mysterious Lady, associate to Vikrant Dhawan and Yashvardhan Patil/Bhaisahab. (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)
* Elli Avram as Sandy, Cheerleader of Mumbai Mavericks and Prashant's girlfriend. (Season 2)
* Alexx O'Nell 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)
* Aahana Kumra as Shahana Vashishth, Arvind's estranged wife. (Season 1)
* Sanjay Suri 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, Pakistan Cricket Team captain. (Season 3)
* Renuka Shahane as Prime Minister of India (season 3)
* Ankur Vikal as Azeem Khan, Coach (Season 3)
* Ankur Rathee as Allen Manezes, gay rights lawyer and love of Rohit Shanbagh (season 3)
* Dalip Tahil as Judge Roy (Season 3)
* Prasanna Ketkar as Yashwardhan and Vikrant's father (Season 3)

## Series overview

| Series | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released |
| 1 | 10 | 10 | 10 July 2017 (2017-07-10) | 10 July 2017 (2017-07-10) |
| 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 December 2019 (2019-12-06) | 6 December 2019 (2019-12-06) |
| 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 December 2021 (2021-12-03) | 3 December 2021 (2021-12-03) |

### Season 1 (2017)

| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 1 | "PowerPlay" | Karan Anshuman | Karan Anshuman | 10 July 2017 (2017-07-10) |
| Zarina Malik, co- owner of the Mumbai Mavericks, races against time to find a new financial partner, or risk losing the team. Series of conspiracies and high profile calls lead to sabotage of co-owner selection, all in favor of Vikrant Dhawan. Meanwhile the team has a young recruit from a drastically different social and economic backdrop to fill in for reserve players, who gets his first taste of the big, bad world of the PPL. |||||
| 2 | "Bunny" | Karan Anshuman | Ameya Sarda | 10 July 2017 (2017-07-10) |
| With memory of Dhawan cornering Zarina last night into physical confrontation, she realizes she's made a deal with the devil. She approaches team's former co-owner to rescind the deal which fails owing to legal obligations. Prashant continues to struggle to adapt to his new surroundings. Episode introduces recurring character Huda as owner for another team. Vayu is shown relapsing into drugs and voyeurism to escape from last breakup, putting his career at risk. |||||
| 3 | "Inner Circle" | Karan Anshuman | Puneet Krishna | 10 July 2017 (2017-07-10) |
| The team is in Chennai to take on their arch rivals. Hosts and their accommodation and training ground arrangements for Mumbai run extremely hostile on account of Vayu having ditched playing for Chennai in past. Rohini helps crack arm movements on rival spin bowler. Dhawan continues to pull a cross on Zarina interfering with her endorsement and film carrier outside team ownership. Meanwhile, the story progresses with a mysterious figure taking stock of the team, revealing strings of blackmails and threats on vulnerable players. |||||
| 4 | "Wrong Foot" | Karan Anshuman | Puneet Krishna | 10 July 2017 (2017-07-10) |
| The team is at an endorsement shoot. Dhawan's masterplan is close to becoming reality. Vayu makes headway with Meera; Arvind confronts problems closer to home. |||||
| 5 | "Away Game" | Karan Anshuman | Sumit Purohit | 10 July 2017 (2017-07-10) |
| A forgotten past comes back to haunt Coach Suri. Vayu can't deal with the pressure from the media. Meanwhile, Prashant has been practicing hard; will his efforts pay off? |||||
| 6 | "Opening Bid" | Karan Anshuman Gurmmeet Singh | Saurav Dey | 10 July 2017 (2017-07-10) |
| It's matchday! Mavericks vs Hurricanes. Dhawan's grand plan is finally coming together. However, the smallest cog in the wheel can upset the best laid plans. |||||
| 7 | "FoW" | Karan Anshuman | Ameya Sarda | 10 July 2017 (2017-07-10) |
| Things are coming to a head. Zarina, Arvind, Prashant, Vayu all face crises of their own. The pressure is too much, and something has to give… |||||
| 8 | "Corridor of Uncertainty" | Karan Anshuman | Sumit Purohit | 10 July 2017 (2017-07-10) |
| Dhawan goes into damage control mode as secrets start to spill out, but there is a silver lining for him. |||||
| 9 | "Hammer Price" | Karan Anshuman | Saurav Dey | 10 July 2017 (2017-07-10) |
| Arvind's vulnerability triggers a chain reaction. An old friend shows up to advise Zarina. And can Vayu pull himself together at this crucial time? |||||
| 10 | "Maximum" | Karan Anshuman | Karan Anshuman | 10 July 2017 (2017-07-10) |
| The finals of the PowerPlay League is here. But the question is of the larger game. Who will win? |||||

### Season 2 (2019)

| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 1 | "Run down" | Aakash Bhatia | Karan Anshuman Ameya Sarda | 6 December 2019 (2019-12-06) |
| The PowerPlay League is around the corner and even as Bhaisaab steps out of the shadows; Zarina, Handa, Vayu, and Arvind weigh their options. The storm gathers. |||||
| 2 | "Paddle Sweep" | Aakash Bhatia | Saurav Dey Niren Bhatt | 6 December 2019 (2019-12-06) |
| The PowerPlay League auctions are underway, the teams competing tooth and nail for the gods of cricket. But the machinations behind the scenes don't always translate well under pressure in the auction room. All as the fate of the PPL hangs in the balance. |||||
| 3 | "Hawk-Eye" | Aakash Bhatia | Karan Anshuman Ameya Sarda | 6 December 2019 (2019-12-06) |
| Bhaisaab attempts a novel approach to neutralize the Home Minister's threat and tempts Zarina with forbidden fruit. Vayu finds that his nemeses are not relegated to other teams alone, but are closer to home. |||||
| 4 | "Doctored" | Karan Anshuman Gurmmeet Singh | Saurav Dey Niren Bhatt | 6 December 2019 (2019-12-06) |
| After a surprising turn by Arvind in the opening game against the Mavericks, the players come under the scanner for using performance enhancing drugs. Zarina rethinks her strategy of dealing with her commitments |||||
| 5 | "Block Hole" | Aakash Bhatia | Karan Anshuman Ameya Sarda | 6 December 2019 (2019-12-06) |
| Bhaisaab must deal with an old adversary lurking in the darkness, while Zarina, Vayu, and Rohini must all make a choice from which there's no coming back. |||||
| 6 | "Turn" | Aakash Bhatia | Karan Anshuman Ameya Sarda | 6 December 2019 (2019-12-06) |
| Outmaneuvered, Bhaisaab's empire is on the verge of annihilation. On the field, Vayu must confront his demons to conquer the present. But it will come at a price he never believed he'd have to pay. |||||
| 7 | "Yo Yo" | Karan Anshuman Gurmmeet Singh | Saurav Dey Niren Bhatt | 6 December 2019 (2019-12-06) |
| Arvind and Vayu strive to prove their mettle as captains, but blocking their path is their own teams’ management. Zarina's indoctrination is complete. Rohini boldly decides to stay in the game. |||||
| 8 | "Crossing The Line" | Aakash Bhatia | Saurav Dey Niren Bhatt | 6 December 2019 (2019-12-06) |
| It's a must-win situation for Arvind's floundering bits-and-pieces team. Zarina takes matters into her own hands on learning her darkest nightmares are true. And Bhaisaab unleashes his most ruthless avatar yet. |||||
| 9 | "Four Slips And A Gully" | Aakash Bhatia | Karan Anshuman Ameya Sarda | 6 December 2019 (2019-12-06) |
| A dark night in the gallows brings light to some. Zarina demands her pound of flesh. And Bhaisaab's carefully laid out plans begin to unravel. |||||
| 10 | "Switch Hit" | Karan Anshuman Gurmmeet Singh | Saurav Dey Niren Bhatt | 6 December 2019 (2019-12-06) |
| While the cricketers battle it out on the field in a PPL final in which it's hard to pick favorites, Bhaisaab belts out his sharpest blows in an all-or-nothing crusade to retain his dominion. |||||

### Season 3 (2021)

| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 1 | "Domestic Games" | Kanishk Varma | Neeraj Udhwani Karan Anshuman | 3 December 2021 (2021-12-03) |
| The Roy Commission is set up to investigate corruption in cricket. In an all out war between Dhawan and Bhaisaab, Zarina Malik is pressured to pick a side. |||||
| 2 | "Devil's Number" | Kanishk Varma | Nidhie Sharma Neeraj Udhwani | 3 December 2021 (2021-12-03) |
| An insidious operation is underway to secure the TV broadcast rights in the auctions for the upcoming international series. A revelation from the past threatens to destroy the life that Vayu and Rohini have built. |||||
| 3 | "Captain's Knock" | Kanishk Varma | Neeraj Udhwani | 3 December 2021 (2021-12-03) |
| It's the finals of the Wadia Cup and the selectors must choose between Vayu and Rohit as captain of India. Mantra finds her raison d'etre, Rohini sinks deep into her quest of challenging the past. |||||
| 4 | "Take the light" | Kanishk Varma | Nidhie Sharma Karan Anshuman | 3 December 2021 (2021-12-03) |
| The Roy Commission comes to a surprising conclusion based on facts from an unexpected source. Vayu and Rohit battle it off the field in the arena of sponsorships. |||||
| 5 | "Swing and a miss" | Kanishk Varma | Nidhie Sharma | 3 December 2021 (2021-12-03) |
| Mantra goes public with her campaign. Zarina is on the verge of true power, only to be challenged by an unexpected contender at the last minute. The Indian team resents its new rookie. |||||
| 6 | "Not Quite Cricket" | Kanishk Varma | Neeraj Udhwani Karan Anshuman | 3 December 2021 (2021-12-03) |
| It's the first test between India and Pakistan, and the best laid plans... |||||
| 7 | "Sticky Wicket" | Kanishk Varma | Sailesh Ramaswami | 3 December 2021 (2021-12-03) |
| Mantra is pushed into the corner as she negotiates impossible odds. Match fixing rears its ugly head, but the stakes are a lot more than mere money this time. Imaad's stellar performance in the previous match results in his biggest nightmare coming to life. |||||
| 8 | "Test" | Kanishk Varma | Sailesh Ramaswamy Karan Anshuman | 3 December 2021 (2021-12-03) |
| The second game against Pakistan is a test in the truest sense, a crucible of interference from the outside as the powers that be activate a game behind the game. The players must battle the opposition on the field and outside of it. |||||
| 9 | "Castled" | Kanishk Varma | Karan Anshuman Ananya Mody | 3 December 2021 (2021-12-03) |
| It's time for scores to be settled. Victory at all costs: using compassion or subterfuge, using words or... bullets. |||||
| 10 | "Cricket is the winner" | Kanishk Varma | Karan Anshuman Ananya Mody | 3 December 2021 (2021-12-03) |
| As India take on Pakistan in the final test, the gentleman's game is incinerated, giving rise to a new cricketing order from its ashes. |||||

## 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 called the series "perfectly cast and technically first rate". The Indian Express 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. Firstpost 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

| Year | Award | Category | Nomination | Result |
| 2018 | 46th International Emmy Awards | Best Drama Series | Inside Edge | Nominated |