A cricket nut, golfer Daniel Chopra won’t miss a ball of Ind-Aus series

By Qaiser Mohammad Ali New Delhi, Nov 25 : Swedish professional golfer Daniel Samir Chopra, born to an Indian father, is a cricket nut of the top order and always watches India matches live from around the world. And he is not ready to miss a single delivery in India’s upcoming matches in Australia, and will watch matches partly live and recorded, from his home in Orlando, Florida.
Since the time difference between Australia Orlando is massive, whenever India tours Australia, Chopra, 46, watches the first session of play and records the rest and watches it immediately after waking up in the morning. To know the end-of-play score, he relies solely on the recorded video.
“My plan is as always to watch the matches live. If the timings don’t suit then I will record them and watch ASAP [as soon as possible]. Usually, in Australian Test matches I can watch the first session and go to bed during the lunch break and record the rest and watch it first thing in the morning, taking care as to not log on to any news that may have the result posted,” Chopra told IANS from Orlando.
For example, the time difference between Orlando and Sydney, venue of the opening T20 International on Friday, is 16 hours.
A Virat Kohli fan, Chopra discusses cricket on the golfing greens as well, since there is no one to talk about the game in his family.
“Nobody in my family watches cricket; I am a lonely fan. The only time I get a chance to talk about it is with some of the Aussie and South African golfers when I see them out on tour,” revealed the alumni of New Delhi’s Modern School, Barakhamba Road.