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.
May 04, 2005 00:00 IST
Right from Sir Garfield Sobers, coach of the team at the 1983 World Cup, to Dav Whatmore who plotted the famous World Cup win in 1996, forei...
Wed, May 04, 2005May 02, 2005 00:09 IST
If we thought cricketers complained of too much cricket, it may be true in some cases. But not all of them, always. Look at India’s lea...
Mon, May 02, 2005April 26, 2005 01:10 IST
Another Australian has joined the race to be the next Indian cricket coach: Dean Jones finally threw his hat in the ring last week, joining ...
Tue, Apr 26, 2005April 24, 2005 00:57 IST
There are more than three months to go before India play their next international match. So in theory the Board of Control for Cricket in In...
Sun, Apr 24, 2005April 21, 2005 01:16 IST
In cold, rational terms, there’s no point getting into a flap over India’s one-day series loss to Pakistan. Contrary to popular pe...
Thu, Apr 21, 2005April 20, 2005 01:42 IST
This is not what good neighbours do. By dragging its feet on naming a successor to John Wright, the BCCI is keeping the Bangladesh Cricket B...
Wed, Apr 20, 2005April 15, 2005 00:05 IST
While the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) dithers over adopting women’s cricket in India, by merging the two associations,...
Fri, Apr 15, 2005April 07, 2005 02:31 IST
Apart from a glorious, nothing-to-lose 55 against Australia on a Mumbai terror track, watching Tendulkar became a colder experience... After...
Thu, Apr 07, 2005April 05, 2005 00:50 IST
Indian cricket team’s physiotherapist John Gloster was a busy man on April 2. Among many other things his main job was helping the Indi...
Tue, Apr 05, 2005April 04, 2005 01:10 IST
India lost the opportunity to win the Test series at Bangalore while Pakistan kicked that winning habit by losing the opening ODI yesterday....
Mon, Apr 04, 2005April 04, 2005 01:08 IST
The biggest mystery of the India-Pakistan Test series has been the missing swing of Irfan Pathan. Last year when India toured Pakistan, Irfa...
Mon, Apr 04, 2005April 03, 2005 02:40 IST
It was one of those rare days in cricket; especially if you happen to be a Virender Sehwag fan. For today his innings was split into two hal...
Sun, Apr 03, 2005April 03, 2005 01:36 IST
The smile’s back on skipper Sourav Ganguly’s face. And it’s not just the Kochi win that did the trick.On April Fool’s Da...
Sun, Apr 03, 2005April 02, 2005 02:25 IST
Life has really come a full circle for Sourav Ganguly. Five years ago he came here as India captain for the first time and went back with a ...
Sat, Apr 02, 2005April 01, 2005 01:32 IST
It was business as usual. After a night full of rumours that he has quit the Indian job and was headed home, John Wright was very much the c...
Fri, Apr 01, 2005March 24, 2005 00:50 IST
Day 1: Manni’s day outPakistan 116 (Salim Malik 33; Maninder Singh 7-27) vs India 68-2• On a minefield Imran Khan chose to bat fir...
Thu, Mar 24, 2005March 23, 2005 00:10 IST
Bruce Elliott, the bio-mechanics expert who tested Harbhajan at the University of Western Australia (UWA) last month has contradicted match ...
Wed, Mar 23, 2005March 22, 2005 00:00 IST
The ball that sealed India’s sensational win over Pakistan at the Eden Gardens yesterday has just spun the other way for the bowler. Of...
Tue, Mar 22, 2005March 16, 2005 00:16 IST
The 1998-99 India vs Pakistan Kolkata Test at the Eden Gardens was a classic example of reverse swing, leaving the stumps shattered at the e...
Wed, Mar 16, 2005March 14, 2005 00:43 IST
The man who was closest to Kamran Akmal all through his match-saving century at Mohali expects that the Pakistan keeper’s brilliant bat...
Mon, Mar 14, 2005March 14, 2005 00:38 IST
2001-02 vs England, BangaloreCaptain: Sourav GangulyPRE-MATCH GAMEPLAN: Indians opted for three spinners — Kumble, Harbhajan and Sarand...
Mon, Mar 14, 2005March 09, 2005 00:34 IST
When Sourav Ganguly walked to for the toss today he achieved a personal milestone. It was five years back that Ganguly first got the reins o...
Wed, Mar 09, 2005February 28, 2005 00:59 IST
If there is some curiosity surrounding the young pace bowler Mohammad Khalil, there is one very good reason for it. He is Pakistan’s fi...
Mon, Feb 28, 2005February 27, 2005 00:13 IST
It was quite hard on him but we were left with no option.’’ That quote from one of the selectors — and the fact that it was g...
Sun, Feb 27, 2005February 23, 2005 00:00 IST
Pakistan have taken a short-term view in appointing Waqar Younis as the bowling coach. So says his former bowling partner Aaqib Javed, addin...
Wed, Feb 23, 2005