Bastab Parida grew a deep interest in the sport after having been enamored by the buzzing club cricket scene in the sleepy eastern city of Cuttack in early 2000s. After entering the field of cricket journalism, he found interest in covering niche topics like cricket business and board politics. When not crunching broadcasting numbers and figures, you can find him incessantly scrolling through food apps but eventually settling down with Odia Fish Thali.