Had the great good fortune of being a Live Match Producer for the Prestigious FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup 2022. It was an absolutely thrilling experience of working with the best in business and delivering a truly world class product. Learnt so much from brushing shoulders with the best in the business.
In a first, I had the good fortune to live produce the Urdu Feed during the matches and handle the Studio as Floor Manager before and after the matches. This twin role was both exciting & enriching to say the least. Thoroughly enjoyed myself.
Got a Great opportunity to Direct and creatively supervise the world famous Strongman Champions League when it came to India. It was quite an experience in a relatively lesser known Sport than Cricket or Football. Gave it my best shot while understanding and covering the whole event simultaneously… Another Sport in the kitty!
This was an interesting Project as it was the first time, I was doing anything in regard with Horse Racing. Northalley was planning on doing a Two Horse race in Inda in the coming future and I was part of setting up Content and Broadcast blueprints for them. Took my close to 25 years of broadcast experience and expertise to help set up for the upcoming times. A good project that could snowball into something big in years to come.
In an absolute first, I took up the chance to perform a new responsibility for the very first time in many years. As I got out of my comfort zone and became the Director’s Assistant for India’s premier football league – ISL. From tricky timings to matching on – air sponsor responsibilities, I was able to handle all that was thrown at me with aplomb. It was a rewarding experience to say the least.
Add to it a 4-month bio bubble life and you got an extremely patient and accommodating version of me who could handle the trials and tribulations of daily tests, strict adherence to rules and still manage to deliver at the best of my abilities.
Doing smaller leagues has its own unique challenges as your skills are tested to the limit. While live producing the matches I was also performing DA duties as well that of a Statistician. It was a very good fortnight of solid Cricket work. Being in the Commentary Box alongside Cricketing giants and sharing the stage with them was a very enriching experience.
As a first for me I had the privilege to Floor Manage an entire series from Test matches to ODIs to T20s. It was a very fulfilling experience to be a part of an entire cricket series. To add to that, I got not 1 but 2 back to back series to cover in Dubai and Abu Dhabi respectively.
The most viewed and loved tournament in the whole wide world – The Football World Cup. I was part of the team broadcasting the Hindi version for our viewers. I was in charge of churning out multiple color stories, football packages, interesting tit bits and more for my Producers.
Had a great time doing this assignment and it surely helped me take my command over the Hindi language to the next level. Mazzaa aa gaya!
Worked on the best Hockey League across the world. Worked on an extremely rigorous and telling schedule with a tight turnaround time to prepare for back to back matches in quick succession. I produced great results with zero errors through the tournament by being my Producer – Director’s able eyes and ears.
Was a part of the cricket revolution coming back to Pakistan as I Floor Managed the Pakistan Super League Season 5 which was held in its entirety in Pakistan. A challenging task no doubt but certainly a fruitful one as I managed the Sponsors, the Crowds and most importantly, the Cricket.