Chandresh Narayanan is a senior cricket writer having served in different roles across all mediums. He has served with The Indian Express, The Times of India, Neo Sports and cricketnirvana.com. Later he served as content head for the official Indian Premier League (IPL) website in 2009-10. He then served for four years till July 2014 in Dubai with the International Cricket Council (ICC) as the Website, Media and Communications, Media Rights and Digital Officer. He has also reported on the 2007 Cricket World Cup for The Times of India and at the 2011 World Cup was on duty as ICC website manager. He is now an independent media professional who teaches, writes and talks on issues concerning his favourite sport. His first authored book on Cricket World Cup, looking back at heroes from previous champion sides, titled 'World Cup Heroes' has now hit the stands.
September 30, 2004 01:30 IST
It’s official now. The poor form of the Indian batting order has now assumed epidemic proportions. And with just a week to go for the s...
Thu, Sep 30, 2004September 29, 2004 00:00 IST
In the increasingly bizarre world that is Indian cricket, one spent the day watching two teams go at each other and wondering whose benefit ...
Wed, Sep 29, 2004September 28, 2004 00:24 IST
Like the weather here, the Indian camp is surrounded by a mist of uncertainty. Though coach John Wright — among the first to arrive for...
Tue, Sep 28, 2004September 24, 2004 00:38 IST
The United Cricket Board of South Africa (UCBSA) on Thursday dismissed reports that the November tour of India would be cancelled.A report o...
Fri, Sep 24, 2004September 22, 2004 00:00 IST
With the Indian cricket team woefully out of form and a crucial series coming up, match practice — especially in the longer version of ...
Wed, Sep 22, 2004September 14, 2004 01:18 IST
With Zee Telefilms Limited (ZTL) having decided their future course of action the row over Indian cricket’s telecast rights at home is ...
Tue, Sep 14, 2004September 13, 2004 00:00 IST
The International Cricket Council’s ambush marketing clause has come to haunt the Indian cricketers once again.Two years after the pre-...
Mon, Sep 13, 2004September 01, 2004 00:00 IST
When the NatWest Challenge series begins tomorrow, India will take the field as favourites. Off the field, though, England will be showing j...
Wed, Sep 01, 2004August 25, 2004 00:00 IST
Last week, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) decided to frame a code of conduct for the national selectors. That code — ...
Wed, Aug 25, 2004August 21, 2004 03:51 IST
Meet Ramesh Patel. A big hero back in New Zealand since he scored the 42nd minute goal against Australia in their 1976 Montreal Games hockey...
Sat, Aug 21, 2004August 17, 2004 03:23 IST
On Tuesday, the BCCI will announce which channel has been awarded telecast rights for the next four years. First auctioned in 1994 for $9 ...
Tue, Aug 17, 2004August 10, 2004 00:05 IST
Finally, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) may have come across the winning formula to perpetuate the reign of its current pr...
Tue, Aug 10, 2004August 10, 2004 00:03 IST
India A have wrapped up a rather successful first leg of their African tour, winning the three four-dayers and one one-dayer against Tatenda...
Tue, Aug 10, 2004August 06, 2004 00:00 IST
While taking two positive steps in recalling Ajit Agarkar and promoting Dinesh Karthik, the selectors have ducked the harder issues: Droppin...
Fri, Aug 06, 2004August 05, 2004 00:00 IST
While their Indian counterparts appear in no hurry whatsoever, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is all set to implement their own central pl...
Thu, Aug 05, 2004August 04, 2004 00:00 IST
The one fact that stands out most clearly from the controversy over Pappey Bhai, aka Sohail Ahmed, is the lack of transparency, and conseque...
Wed, Aug 04, 2004August 03, 2004 00:00 IST
Four years after the ICC set strict security controls in place around international cricket teams in light of the match-fixing scandal, a ba...
Tue, Aug 03, 2004July 27, 2004 01:41 IST
If ever there was a time for Virender Sehwag to make good on his potential, to silence the doubters who habitually gather outside his door, ...
Tue, Jul 27, 2004July 26, 2004 00:55 IST
Sehwag: Very poor day with bat; featured in two dropped catchesTendulkar: Bowled a tight spell at the dead; was a shadow of his former self ...
Mon, Jul 26, 2004July 25, 2004 00:00 IST
If it’s India-Pakistan, it’s Shoaib up against the Indian batting line-up. And Sunday, on paper, offers Shoaib a shot at redemptio...
Sun, Jul 25, 2004July 25, 2004 00:00 IST
INDIA STRENGTHSBatting line-up with massive potential and Irfan Pathan, lethal with the swinging new ball. And the mental edge WEAKNESSESThe...
Sun, Jul 25, 2004July 22, 2004 00:00 IST
Pathan: Excellent spell at all stages, unlucky not to have picked up more wicketsBalaji: Very wayward, did not have any control whatsoever, ...
Thu, Jul 22, 2004July 22, 2004 00:00 IST
Believe it or not, there is another way for cricket’s officialdom to handle news of a player’s injury. And the mighty BCCI can lea...
Thu, Jul 22, 2004July 21, 2004 00:26 IST
As part of its plan, the International Cricket Council (ICC) wants to target the United States to broaden cricket’s reach. A future pla...
Wed, Jul 21, 2004July 21, 2004 00:18 IST
Even as the BCCI’s spin doctors, and it has a surfeit of them, plan their defence, it is clear that Zaheer Khan has been let down by a ...
Wed, Jul 21, 2004