Sharad Deep is a versatile sports journalist, who loves writing on cricket and Olympic sport. He has played cricket at the university level and has been writing for Hindustan Times since 1997.
Articles by Sharad Deep
BCCI refuses permission for day-nighter at Green Park
The board refuses permission for a day-night ODI between India and Pakistan on November 12 at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur on technical grounds, reports Sharad Deep.
Updated on Jun 23, 2007 04:53 AM IST
None | Sharad Deep, Lucknow
Broken dream: Promising cricketer kills himself
Seven years ago, Subhash Dixit was flying high, leading Irfan Pathan and Parthiv Patel as captain of India’s Under-15 World Cup cricket side, and looking at a future that promised the world.
Updated on Jun 11, 2007 04:00 AM IST
None | Sharad Deep/Walli Siddiqui, Lucknow/kanpur
Xtreme measures
In this small Uttar Pradesh town, swimming has left cricket far, far behind. It is a passion and religion, writes Sharad Deep.
Updated on Jun 09, 2007 06:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sharad Deep, Chunar (uttar Pradesh)
Broken wings, shattered dreams...
Cricket is religion. In it, we find our dreams, heroes, our moments of magic and ‘forever memories’. But there's a darker side to it, writes Sharad Deep.
Updated on Jun 02, 2007 03:19 AM IST
None | Sharad Deep, Lucknow
UP lift themselves from throes of despair
UP avoid relegation on Friday as they carve out a convincing innings and 103-run win over Andhra, reports Sharad Deep.
Published on Jan 13, 2007 01:30 AM IST
None | Sharad Deep, Kanpur
Uttar Pradesh on the verge of outright win
UP bowlers, led by Rudra Pratap Singh and Rohit Prakash, leave AP reeling at 65 for six in their second innings, reports Sharad Deep.
Published on Jan 11, 2007 11:23 PM IST
None | Sharad Deep, Kanpur
RP Singh rips apart Andhra batting
At stumps, Uttar Pradesh are 155/4 with Suresh Raina at 50 and Ravikant Shukla at 4 on the crease, reports Sharad Deep.
Published on Jan 11, 2007 01:22 AM IST
None | Sharad Deep, Kanpur
Luck(now) for Indian hockey eves
WHEN THE pint-sized tribal girl Jyoti Sunita Kullu carried the Indian Tricolour at the opening ceremony of the Doha Asian Games, she had many things in her mind.
Published on Dec 16, 2006 11:32 AM IST
None | Sharad Deep, Lucknow
Wake-up call for Team UP
PAYING EXCESSIVE attention to young blood went against the defending champions, Uttar Pradesh, in the ongoing Ranji Trophy season. Lack of team composition, especially the opening pair, lack of experience and poor batting display by the middle order, etc. have led to the Uttar Pradesh cutting a sorry figure.
Published on Dec 13, 2006 10:56 AM IST
None | Sharad Deep, Lucknow
Warm send-off to Indian hockey eves
IT WAS a perfect send-off for the Asiad-bound Indian women's hockey team under the leadership of Jyoti Kullu, who appeared confident of doing well in the Doha.
Published on Nov 22, 2006 10:33 AM IST
None | Sharad Deep, Lucknow
Controversies dog selection process
LONG BEFORE the much-publicised Abhijeet Kale-Kiran More selection-for-bribe issue could hit the headlines, the selection process in the Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association was rocked by serious charges against Gopal Sharma, Sashikant Khandekar and Fasahat Ali.
Published on Nov 21, 2006 01:18 AM IST
None | Sharad Deep, Lucknow
Zaidi stakes claim to Ranji captaincy
THE ONGOING scramble for Uttar Pradesh team?s top job for the upcoming Ranji Trophy season took a dramatic turn on Friday with one of the senior-most members of the team Ashish Winston Zaidi putting his foot forward for the captaincy of the team.
Published on Nov 18, 2006 01:30 AM IST
None | Sharad Deep, Lucknow
Tahir set to make it to the Uttar Pradesh Ranji team
IT WAS rather a low key affair when Tahir Abbas-led Uttar Pradesh boys laid their hands on their maiden Under-22 Col CK Nayudu Trophy in March this year on the basis of the first innings lead against Bengal here, after UP men had won the coveted Ranji Trophy title for the first time just a few days back.
Published on Oct 24, 2006 12:58 AM IST
None | Sharad Deep, Lucknow
Now, Indira Marathon faces cancellation
THE CONTROVERSIAL Sports Act-2005 has put the State Government on the back foot, as cancellation looms large over five major events, including the country?s biggest prize money race, the Indira Marathon. The UP Amateur Athletics Association has so far not given its permission to the UP Sports Directorate to hold the Indira Marathon on November 19 in Allahabad, as per directives of the Athletics Federation of India.
Updated on Oct 10, 2006 01:48 AM IST
None | Sharad Deep, Lucknow
Another feather in Piyush?s cap
WHO IS Piyush Chawla? This was the common question of cricket lovers till February last. But, once the young leggie removed the bails of master blaster Sachin Tendulkar with a quicker googly during the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy at the Chepauk Stadium, his name was on the lips of everyone.
Published on Sep 30, 2006 01:48 AM IST
None | Sharad Deep, Lucknow
UP?s very own ?pitch panthers?
They can gorge out the guts from any opposition. They have the ?teeth? to rip apart any opponent. And, all these panthers of the pitch have been groomed in Uttar Pradesh!
Published on Sep 29, 2006 12:22 AM IST
None | Sharad Deep
Challenger: UP slams a six
TUESDAY TURNED out to be a big day for Uttar Pradesh as six of its cricketers were chosen for the four-day Challenger Series, beginning on October 1 in Chennai.
Published on Sep 27, 2006 01:40 AM IST
None | Sharad Deep, Lucknow
UNSPORTING DUEL
IT IS perhaps the worst of times for sports and sportspersons in Uttar Pradesh. An ego clash over the Sports Act-2005 has brought things to such a pass that it appears neither the State Government, nor the State Sports Associations want sports activities to take place, leaving lakhs of sportspersons in the lurch. The government wants the associations to blink first and implement the controversial Sports Act-2005. But the associations want the government to scrap the Act.
Published on Sep 17, 2006 12:06 AM IST
None | Sharad Deep
LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON
Even as a kid, Mukuljit Singh wanted to handle the rifle that belonged to his father Raja Satayjit Singh?ace trap-shooter of his days. So, the day, Mukuljit was ?allowed? to touch the ?beauty?, he was ready. Within a few minutes and in a few tries, he smashed the target to pieces.
Published on Sep 15, 2006 12:19 AM IST
None | Sharad Deep
Govt ready to be a sport, calls meet on Sept 5
THE SPAT between the State Government and the sports associations, including the Uttar Pradesh Olympic Association and its parent body Indian Olympic Association, over the controversial Sports Act-2005 is likely to end at an ?all-party? meet called here on September 5. If this happens, the chances of Uttar Pradesh holding the 2009 National Games, withdrawn last month by the IOA Executive Committee, may once again be there.
Published on Sep 02, 2006 02:03 AM IST
None | Sharad Deep, Lucknow
Sons rise in stadium backyards
WHAT IS common among national-level junior shuttlers Pawan Kumar, Jai Singh and Dharamveer? All three are sons of Class IV employees of the KD Singh ?Babu? Stadium. They developed fascination for the sport by occasionally accompanying their fathers to the badminton hall.
Published on Aug 25, 2006 01:46 AM IST
None | Sharad Deep, Lucknow
Of Olympics, victories & friends
Get married first then, I will allow you to go to the Munich Olympics! That?s what his father NS Chauhan told him in 1972. Vijay Singh agreed. But while he was getting married, and during the days leading up to it, big dreams were on his mind. He left for Munich two days after his marriage and finished 17th among 164 athletes in the decathlon. Only 102 actually completed that event.
Published on Jul 28, 2006 12:18 AM IST
None | Sharad Deep
Of Olympics, victories & friends
Get married first then, I will allow you to go to the Munich Olympics! That?s what his father NS Chauhan told him in 1972. Vijay Singh agreed. But while he was getting married, and during the days leading up to it, big dreams were on his mind. He left for Munich two days after his marriage and finished 17th among 164 athletes in the decathlon. Only 102 actually completed that event.
Published on Jul 28, 2006 12:18 AM IST
None | Sharad Deep
Final ball gives bettors a kick!
THE BETTING genie is out of the bottle again with Zinedine Zidane?s France and Alessandro Del Piero?s Italy making it to the FIFA World Cup final in Germany. City punters have swung into action for the July 9 summit clash in Berlin. Though the Special Task Force has no report about World Cup betting in any part of the State, soccer fans and punters alike have reportedly staked huge money on the mega final.
Published on Jul 07, 2006 12:20 AM IST
None | Sharad Deep
Why is India off the goal?
ASK GOPAL Mullick about Team India star S Sreesanth, he will simply shake his head in no. But, he will quickly tell you the details of any international soccer player as soon as you ask his name.
Published on Jun 10, 2006 12:02 AM IST
None | Sharad Deep
It keeps your eyeballs rolling!
SWAMI VIVEKNAND?s quote??? It would be better to play football than read the Gita? you will definitely win the world by kicking the ball up high in the sky. The higher the kick, the higher you rise.?
Published on Jun 09, 2006 12:00 AM IST
None | Sharad Deep
5-3-2-1 makes Brazil faves
HE LOOKS like ex-Dutch footballer Ruud Gullit, who dominated the world of soccer during the 1980s and 1990s. He does maintain similar flowing hair! Yes, Ram Prakash Singh began his career in soccer and played upto the sub-junior nationals to help UP finish runners-up in 1980 at Kolkata. But, within two years of diversion towards hockey, he showed his authority in the National Games with a bang, fashioning UP?s scintillating title win in the Sub-Junior Nationals at Kolkata in 1982.
Published on Jun 08, 2006 12:19 AM IST
None | Sharad Deep
Time to kick the ball high!
SOMENDRA NATH Chaudhury appears quite upset over the present condition of football in the country as well as in the State Capital. He wants everyone should come together to help upgrade the soccer at least in the city.
Published on Jun 07, 2006 12:00 AM IST
None | Sharad Deep
Where?s the skill factor nowadays?
EIGHTY-FIVE-year-old Prafull Kumar Dutta doesn?t like the current trends catching on in the ?footballing world? but he?s cheering for defending champions Brazil in this year?s World Cup, beginning from June 9, in Germany.
Published on Jun 06, 2006 12:00 AM IST
None | Sharad Deep
Quota spectre out to haunt sportspersons too
QUOTA GENIE is ?out of the bottle? again for the sportspersons of the State as the government has reportedly ordered for immediate implementation of the quota system in the admissions of Guru Gobind Singh College (Lucknow) and Vir Bahadur Singh Sports College (Gorakhpur). And if it?s implemented, then 50 per cent seats in both the sports colleges would be reserved for OBC (27 per cent), SC (21 per cent) and ST (2 per cent).
Published on May 30, 2006 01:11 AM IST
None | Sharad Deep, Lucknow