Jaideep Profile Page
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| Hits | 1423 |
| Online Status | OFFLINE |
| Member Since | 10/14/2006 10:52:27 |
| Last Online | 03/26/2007 10:06:02 |
| Last Updated | 10/17/2006 08:25:38 |
About Me
| About Me: | Jaideep Varma India Location: Mumbai, India Cricket came into my life in 1978, when the Indian cricket team toured Pakistan after a long time. Getting hammered 2-0 in a 3-test series somehow did not diminish my enthusiasm, and I’ve been a hardcore fan since then, except for a break between 1988-1992, for reasons I don’t quite remember. Never played cricket at a competitive level, though I did bowl to Chetan Sharma at the Chandigarh nets in 1982, and he promptly despatched my artful, but misdirected leg break towards a hapless window. That broke into several dozen pieces and it led to a volley of abuses from our coach (DP Azad; also Kapil Dev’s coach) coming Chetan’s way. Unable to even glower back at him, Chetan came upto me and explained how a ball had to delivered – “Make it land like an aeroplane”, he said, hand movements emphasising profound advice. Four years later at Sharjah, after Javed Miandad had hoisted Chetan’s last ball of the match (an ugly full-toss) for Indo-Pak cricket’s most famous six, I did try to get in touch with him in case he had further tips. Had no brush with international cricket thereafter, though did follow the game closely. Have been in advertising (1988-2000), unemployed (2000-2004; published a novel called Local)) and am currently in a company called Cartwheel trying to do interesting entertainment projects. |
Articles
| Date | Title | Hits |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday, 25 March 2007 | Plot Points | 536 |
| Wednesday, 21 March 2007 | 1948-2007 | 499 |
| Sunday, 18 March 2007 | Historic Saturday | 381 |
| Saturday, 06 January 2007 | That old familiar feeling | 436 |
| Saturday, 06 January 2007 | Blown to Ashes | 379 |
| Friday, 29 December 2006 | Goodbye Warne, McGrath … phew | 157 |
| Monday, 18 December 2006 | Re-establishing the two best test teams? | 407 |
| Saturday, 16 December 2006 | Why test cricket rules | 518 |
| Friday, 15 December 2006 | Aye aye to electronic eye | 384 |
| Thursday, 14 December 2006 | The cliché-bending sardar spinners | 411 |
| Thursday, 14 December 2006 | Tendulkar, Sehwag and fair-play | 430 |
| Tuesday, 12 December 2006 | Man-made unrest | 374 |
| Wednesday, 06 December 2006 | Is the Law an ass or Justice? | 375 |
| Tuesday, 05 December 2006 | Warriors vs Whiners | 448 |
| Friday, 01 December 2006 | Yousuf, Pieterson, Ganguly...in the same breath | 459 |
| Wednesday, 08 November 2006 | Hiya buddy, it seems | 244 |
| Sunday, 05 November 2006 | Full Circle | 257 |
| Thursday, 02 November 2006 | Chicken, anyone? | 281 |
| Wednesday, 01 November 2006 | Almost a classic | 252 |
| Monday, 30 October 2006 | Same old story | 253 |
| Sunday, 29 October 2006 | Focus? | 243 |
| Friday, 27 October 2006 | The power of negative thinking | 239 |
| Wednesday, 25 October 2006 | Toss out the notions, not nations | 254 |
| Saturday, 21 October 2006 | One-sided, but illuminating | 238 |
| Thursday, 19 October 2006 | Uncharacteristic all around | 198 |
| Tuesday, 17 October 2006 | One of the great turnarounds in cricket history | 263 |
| Tuesday, 17 October 2006 | Welcome Change | 268 |
| Monday, 16 October 2006 | Inauspicious beginnings | 418 |
| Thursday, 12 October 2006 | Champions Trophy - an overview | 282 |
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