6 months of magic on
@JioCinema
!! From covering MeSsi winning a World Cup to the WPL and then MS Dhoni lifting the IPL trophy, it’s been surreal. So grateful to the wonderful team in studio & on ground for a truly unforgettable experience. Hope you enjoyed it. Until next time…
7 years ago today, I asked this girl to spend her life with me. She said Yes! 7 months ago I told her I’m going to quit my job to do the WorldCup. She said Yes - twice! Here we are today, beaming away. She’s my rock, my world and bloody hell, she rocks my world. Happy 7th Saga ❤️
A humble appeal and sincere request to Honourable Prime Minister Sri
@narendramodi
ji and Hon. Sports Minister
@ianuragthakur
, to kindly allow our football team to participate in the Asian games 🙏🏽
We will fight for our nation’s pride and the flag! 🇮🇳
Jai Hind!
#IndianFootball
Some one give
@tommysimsek
an award for that record breaking
#Dhoni
knock too. Back from a back spasm to strike a 111m long six amongst the other audacious hoics and heroics for
@ChennaiIPL
. Insane! Surely feels like a win overall
@CSKFansOfficial
?
8 years ago today, left a cushy corporate job in London and came to Mumbai. Just wanted to hold a mic, call a game at the Salt Lake Stadium and see where sport can take me from there. Always grateful to Star Sports for the stage. It’s been a privilege 😊🙌
ISL to IPL. Switched the language. Changed the game. The feeling of covering sport for a living remains the same. Blessed to be with these guys in the same frame 🙌
#IPL2022
#ByjusCricketLive
Poor and weak refereeing! Chhetri took advantage of the situation. Legit goal. Kerala should’ve stayed on the pitch. Heat of the moment decision doesn’t make Ivan a poor coach. Hope he stays. Hope Kerala stay in ISL. No need to get abusive or racist. We are better than this 🙏
Bengaluru on fire on a Tuesday night. Just leaves you in awe! Soak it in every 1 of you who’s an Indian Football tragic like me. These are moments to savour, celebrate & remember. Insane atmosphere, courageous fightback, deserving champions.
#IndianFootball
#SAFFChampionship2023
This is on not India. Sorry this is on FIH and their refs. Early morning robbery. The psychological impact of that 1st retake, the difference. Heartbreaking!
#AUSvIND
#CWG2022
#Hockey
Lost Rahul KP, their main GK Albino and their captain Jessel along the way but found another young gem in Hormipam, got Puitea and Sahal playing their best football along with Prabsukhan Gill who is now the favourite to win the Golden Glove this season. 👏
#KBFC
Thank you Kolkata ❤️ What an incredibly magical night with a team performance to match the occasion and spectacle created by almost 50,000 fans at the Mecca of Indian football. How are we feeling
#IndianFootball
fans? 😀💪
Unbelievable. The quality of Kerala, the depth of this Mariners side. 2-2 but what a two-legged semifinal this could be if it comes to that. Best game this year and fittingly the most viewers in an
#ISL
game this year too surely!
#Chhetri
begins his 18th year in
#IndianFootball
today as India’s number 18
#Sahal
beautifully completes the job that the legend started yesterday. Only fitting that they did it on the hallowed turf of Salt Lake and in a city steeped in Indian footballing history and legacy 🙏🙌
7 years ago, today.
The
@IndSuperLeague
began. Life has never been the same after. From Fikru's 1st ever goal against Mumbai to Bipin's winner for Mumbai, it's been 444 games of broadcasting bliss. Forever grateful for this 🙏
Prabsukhan Gill wins the Golden Glove and surely Ogbeche has already sealed the Golden Boot too. I feel Stewart will be the favourite to win the Hero of the League for his goals and assists in double digits for Shield Winners JFC.
216 CoViD Tests and 342 days across 7 bio-bubbles today. Believe me when I say, respect what the medical professionals tell you because this situation isn't any closer to going away. Life and health first, everything else is a luxury today 🙏🙏
That’s the most audacious free kick in
@IndSuperLeague
history and it will be the most controversial too but take nothing away from the finish.
#Chhetri
Congratulations to
@ivanvuko19
’s
@KeralaBlasters
who can be mighty proud of a stellar season despite the heartbreak. Since the last final:
2017-18: 6th with 6 wins
2018-19: 9th with 2 wins
2019-20: 7th win 4 wins
2020-21: 10th with 3 wins
2021-22: 10 wins, most points & goals!
Lost on opening night, went number 1 in Jan, got pulled back by CoViD before they fought back to make Top 4 for the 1st time in 5 years & now make the grand final for the first time since 2016! What a season for
@ivanvuko19
’s Kerala and now they get to play in front of fans! 🙌
2 teams playing 12000 kms apart in white for India did something not many people thought they could when they left for UAE & Australia. A small but significant step for both. History makers backed by passionate travelling fans. What a morning to wake up to! 😊💪
#THAIND
#INDvAUS
Massive football season lies ahead. Have a feeling that 2022-23 could prove to be the most significant year in a decade for football viewers in India. Can’t wait for it to begin 🙌
After 230
#ISL
games without them and for the first time since 8th March 2020, fans will return to the stands in the grand final. What is football without them? Nothing. 🎶📢🥁
You’ve gotta feel for Indian footballers who give up everything to commit themselves to their craft, braving the odds and the lack of eyeballs, trying to find a tiny (almost negligible) space in the hearts of cricket obsessed nation.
TWO 3 nil wins against what was considered the best attack and the best defence in the league in the space of 3 days to go 3rd on the points table.
@KeralaBlasters
showing why they are the real deal this season.
#ISL
#CFCKBFC
💣💥
So Kerala make it to the semis for the first time since 2016. They didn’t need a favour but can still thank another side in yellow who played with a lot of heart without their best player and captain to knock the defending champions out. We will have a new champion on 20th!
#ISL
10th win in a row for BFC courtesy Indian Football’s greatest number 11 that is Sunil Chhetri! Absolutely incredible as they now take the slender lead to Bengaluru in front of the
@WestBlockBlues
🙌
7 languages, 8 channels, WELL DONE
@StarSportsIndia
!
@IndianFootball
play Afghanistan at 7:30pm. A game they must do everything in their power to win. A game you must do everything in your power to watch. Sending all the love and luck, all the way from Doha!
#BackTheBlue
#AFGIND
If Palestine beat Philippines or draw on 14th June, India could be through to the Asian Cup even before they face Hong Kong later in the evening but after last night’s victory they will be desperate to finish top of their Group D!
#ACQ2023
#IndianFootball
No one deserved this more than coach Kibu Vicuña to end 2020. Brushed aside a personal loss, stayed on, made brave changes to personnel and philosophy to win with a clean sheet. 👏👏👏
Neymar is big and all but can’t turn a blind eye to the fact that Mumbai can’t play in their own backyard after winning the shield twice and finishing top of the league more times than any other team in the history of the ISL! Surely we can do better…
To be the only side not to lose to Qatar in Asia in 2019. To be the only side to keep a clean sheet against them in 2019. To do it in their den. To do it without your greatest player. The kids are alright
@stimac_igor
and so is your man mountain
@GurpreetGK
!
#IndianFootball
Kerala Blasters go top of the table for the first time since 2014...half way there to winning the league though. 56 matches and 55 days still to go.
#ISL
#KBFC
There’s noise and maybe that’s good. Maybe this is what we needed to wake up that ‘sleeping giant’ that keeps snoozing. I hope August 2022 goes down as the month when our sport reached a tipping point & recovered miraculously to finally reach a place it deserves.
#IndianFootball
13 years and 3 days ago we lost 4-0 to Australia. It could have been worse that night in Al Rayyan. That’s how long it’s taken to bridge the gap by half. With a performance like the one tonight, I’m SURE it will NOT take us another 13 years to close that gap. Onwards boys 👊👊
#HeroISL
month is here! Great to catch up with most of the coaches ahead of the season. Now waiting to see the fans back in the stands.
#ISLDigital
#IndianFootball
1 goal conceded vs Asian Champions in 2 games in Doha.
10 men for 85 minutes. Imagine if Udanta had scored in 2019 and Manvir had tonight.
Thoughts, lessons?
#INDvQAT
So 6 months and 6 days since it all began, we are ready to crown the
#IPL2021
champion. Been quite the ride with these guys and experts in studio, across 2 bubbles and plenty to learn from those working their magic in the UAE.
#IPLFinal
Happy
#Dussehra
from us 3 🙂🙌
Seeing
#IPLMediaRights
trending on the TL. Just hope that a piece of the rather large pie is also dedicated to improving the spectator experience in Indian stadiums too. It’s the least that they can do. It should become an unforgettable experience but for the right reasons.
If Chhetri was 25 today, he would probably get upwards of 10cr. You can’t blame the player. It’s the Indian Football market that has gone bonkers. Smaller clubs or those with financial limitations lose in the process and that is a crying shame. Thoughts?
The Durand Cup Winners will get a chance to add to their trophy cabinet in what will be their 3rd
#ISL
final and just like that…the best Indian footballing story of 2023 continues!
#BFC
Lobera, Cuadrat, Roca, Manolo, Ferrando, Grayson, Buckingham, Benali with Moosa moving to Northeast. Familiar faces in different colours with the added colour of a new team. Can’t wait for September.
#IndianFootball
#HeroISL
Soon enough there will be people questioning: the quality of opposition, extent of India’s
#AsianCup
preparation & the real meaning of Chhetri equalling Messi in goals for nation.
Till then i’ll just look at these for inspiration 🙌🏻 Thank you
@BluePilgrims
&
@IndianFootball
!
Thank you GOA!
It was the best of times in the worst of times. As the sun sets on a season like no other in the
@IndSuperLeague
, do spare a thought for all those who spent time away from their loved ones, working tirelessly behind the scenes to make this happen.
🙌🙌🙌
India last won an
@afcasiancup
game in Jun 1964, last picked up a point in Dec 1984 & the last time we played a game in the 2011 edition of this competition, we were 3-1 down in 23 mins. This is incredible, monumental and yet only the beginning!
#AsianDream
#THAIND
#BackTheBlue
As much as I would love to see more football games in Kerala, Kolkata, Goa and the Northeast, what’s the point in saying we want to see the game grow without giving a truly invested state / city a chance? We’re better than that. It’s just an Intercontinental cup :)
Every time Kerala reached the semis, they took a lead against the favourites that season in the 1st leg & last 2 times it was enough to reach the
#ISL
final. Heard Ivan shout to his team…don’t celebrate! Sahal’s goal the difference though as we head to Vasco. 90 minutes to go…
Over 1.5 crore on
@JioCinema
on Day 1.
1.4 crore people watched RCB v MI when I last checked yesterday.
This, for an app that’s just 5 games old in the
#IPL
. Imagine where they could be in 5 years as the user experience and understanding continues to progress!
Onwards 🙌