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.
March 29, 2003 00:00 IST
Amid all the heroics of India’s pace battery, and talk of young guns waiting in the wings, one story has gone almost unnoticed: Narendr...
Sat, Mar 29, 2003March 28, 2003 00:00 IST
Finally, the India ‘A’ team are on their way back from the West Indies after taking part in the Carib Beer Series International Ch...
Fri, Mar 28, 2003March 10, 2003 00:00 IST
The day-night matches have been a bone of contention during the World Cup. The nights have been helpful to the seam and swing bowlers and ha...
Mon, Mar 10, 2003February 16, 2003 00:00 IST
There’s one battle at the World Cup that’s not getting extensive TV coverage (not even by ex-models in tight miniskirts): the left...
Sun, Feb 16, 2003February 07, 2003 00:00 IST
His life is like an open book. Every move or step he takes or makes, is well documented. He is quite simply nervecentre of India sentiments....
Fri, Feb 07, 2003February 06, 2003 00:00 IST
Here is one clone on whom no ethical debate has found takers. Najafgarh ka Tendulkar he may be to some, but after two years of international...
Thu, Feb 06, 2003February 02, 2003 00:00 IST
While pundits may argue that his countryman and ex-cricketer Colin Bland was the best fielder ever, Jonty is quiet simply the best fielding ...
Sun, Feb 02, 2003January 31, 2003 00:00 IST
Brightest Caribbean talent, Ramnaresh Sarwan is a typical West Indian batsman. Attractive to watch and very correct in his approach, tempera...
Fri, Jan 31, 2003January 29, 2003 00:00 IST
If you’re that diehard cricket fanatic ruing the fact that you can’t make it to the world cup, there’s some consolation: the ...
Wed, Jan 29, 2003January 23, 2003 00:00 IST
Political problems at home may have taken the sheen off Zimbabwe’s most prized possession: Andy Flower. But he remains the best bet if ...
Thu, Jan 23, 2003January 03, 2003 00:00 IST
Indian cricket team will ‘certainly’ have a bowling coach for the World Cup. But that will not be Fanie De Villiers. The former So...
Fri, Jan 03, 2003December 23, 2002 00:00 IST
Ashish Nehra may not have bowled India to a win in the second Test at Hamilton, but it has certainly paid rich dividends for him. His bowlin...
Mon, Dec 23, 2002December 18, 2002 00:00 IST
Members of Young India are expected to feature in a major way when the National cricket selectors announce the 30-man World Cup squad and th...
Wed, Dec 18, 2002December 15, 2002 00:00 IST
Hit by a mass exodus of talented players at under-16 and under-14 level to the USA to pursue academics and also the pressure of school exami...
Sun, Dec 15, 2002December 14, 2002 00:00 IST
Who will be India’s bowling coach? This is a question no one wants to answer. But one man certainly hanging on in hope is former South ...
Sat, Dec 14, 2002November 27, 2002 00:00 IST
For someone who has ‘almost’ achieved everything that he set out to, it was surprising to note Grandmaster Viswanthan Anand still ...
Wed, Nov 27, 2002November 18, 2002 00:00 IST
For Rajesh Oza it’s a move that could well define his future. The National ‘A’ Blind Chess champion will after all fly to Ist...
Mon, Nov 18, 2002November 15, 2002 00:00 IST
Fourteen years ago two school kids answering by the name of Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli hit headlines after their record partnership i...
Fri, Nov 15, 2002October 23, 2002 00:00 IST
All it took was just a second to change the cheerful mood of the Railways coach Vinod Sharma. The reason for his being miffed was ‘pres...
Wed, Oct 23, 2002October 21, 2002 00:00 IST
There have been two sub-standard entities in the on going Test series - the West Indians and the pitches. While we wouldn’t lose sleep...
Mon, Oct 21, 2002September 29, 2002 00:00 IST
THEY are Indian tennis’ hottest new pair. After the splitting of Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes partnership, a pair of young girls su...
Sun, Sep 29, 2002August 16, 2002 00:00 IST
You win some, you lose some. That’s the basic tenet of sports. But for people like Pune’s Rajesh Oza it’s all about winning. ...
Fri, Aug 16, 2002May 15, 2002 00:00 IST
Anil Kumble’s gesture which drew all-round praise, also got a pat on the back from chairman of national selectors Chandu Borde.‘&#...
Wed, May 15, 2002January 06, 2001 00:00 IST
MUMBAI, JANUARY 5: ‘‘Is he YD or YG Rao ?,’’ queried a fellow ...
Sat, Jan 06, 2001December 06, 2000 00:00 IST
MUMBAI, DECEMBER 5: Gujarat batsmen did not have it in them to fight it out, for they collapsed like a pack of cards against a resurgent S...
Wed, Dec 06, 2000