He is competing with the best in what he calls 'football philately', the collection and study of postage stamps.
Philatelist Pradip Jain has an exclusive collection of around 1200 postal stamps on football issued by several sporting countries - right from the first stamp on the game to the latest ones.
Among his prized collection are the world's first postal stamps issued by Uruguay in 1924 to mark its 3-0 victory over Switzerland in 1924 Olympics. These stamps did not have the picture of players, but just football and football field.
"Just 1,17,651 of these stamps were printed in Hungary and they were valid till December 31, 1925. Only 200 tickets of this series are left in the world. I bought it at an exhibition in Germany a few years ago. Its first day cover was also available, but the price was very high and I could not afford it. Now it is impossible to buy it," said Jain.