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.

December 01, 2004 00:00 IST
South Africa coach Ray Jennings had heard enough about his team being over-defensive. Today, he gave it back. ‘‘So, was the Indian...
Wed, Dec 01, 2004
November 30, 2004 00:00 IST
When asked about how he plans to stop Virender Sehwag, South Africa coach Ray Jennings just turned around and said, ‘‘I will possi...
Tue, Nov 30, 2004
November 29, 2004 00:00 IST
If you had seen him on Saturday, you wouldn’t have recognised the Graeme Smith that walked out to face the first ball of the match toda...
Mon, Nov 29, 2004
November 29, 2004 00:00 IST
Behind the stumps — with a new haircut — Dinesh Kaarthick was as much of a star today as pacers Zaheer Khan and Irfan Pathan, or J...
Mon, Nov 29, 2004
November 29, 2004 00:00 IST
There was one man who did not quite mind when Sourav Ganguly lost yet another toss. Irfan Pathan was rubbing his hands in anticipation as th...
Mon, Nov 29, 2004
November 28, 2004 01:24 IST
This is, in one way, the easiest platform for Sourav Ganguly to silence his critics and for his team to restore the credibility that has slo...
Sun, Nov 28, 2004
November 27, 2004 00:10 IST
Eden Gardens holds very special memories for South Africa. it’s here, after all, that they marked their return to international cricket...
Sat, Nov 27, 2004
November 27, 2004 00:09 IST
A much as the game itself, the pitches across India have been in debate for the past few months. It’s not too different here at the Ede...
Sat, Nov 27, 2004
November 27, 2004 00:05 IST
Maybe there’s more to Kolkata’s nickname than Dominique Lapierre intended. For in the City of Joy today John Wright replaced his u...
Sat, Nov 27, 2004
November 25, 2004 00:12 IST
For the past two months, ever since the Champions Trophy in England, Lakshmipathy Balaji has been reduced to following cricket through the p...
Thu, Nov 25, 2004
November 25, 2004 00:09 IST
Makhaya Ntini’s spell on Wednesday morning not only reduced India’s chances of snatching a lead, it triggered a batting collapse ...
Thu, Nov 25, 2004
November 24, 2004 00:00 IST
One big reason why the Indians haven’t managed to put up those mammoth totals on the board in recent times is the inconsistency of the ...
Wed, Nov 24, 2004
November 23, 2004 00:48 IST
Okay, so another record was broken today and openers Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir started well in only their second Test match togethe...
Tue, Nov 23, 2004
November 21, 2004 01:10 IST
How Kanpur stacks up against BangaloreThis was a normal Test day’s play, unlike against the Aussies:India vs Australia, BangaloreFirst ...
Sun, Nov 21, 2004
November 20, 2004 00:11 IST
• Siddharth Trivedi has always been an honest performer for Gujarat. The Glenn McGrath fan is a regular at Team India training sessions...
Sat, Nov 20, 2004
November 17, 2004 00:00 IST
• Punjab opener Ravneet Ricky’s 133 stole the show as the hosts ran riot against Assam. He upstaged his skipper Yuvraj, who scored...
Wed, Nov 17, 2004
November 16, 2004 00:14 IST
THE WILD CARDSR Ramkumar (TN) vs UPVs Hyderabad: 31-10-57-6 and 28-7-71-6That forgotten art — left-arm spin — is seeing a revival...
Tue, Nov 16, 2004
November 15, 2004 00:25 IST
Omar Henry — convenor of South Africa’s National Selection Panel — has one of the toughest jobs in international cricket, wha...
Mon, Nov 15, 2004
November 15, 2004 00:18 IST
Saturday was a nice change from the recent past, when India’s batsmen have flunked and the bowlers have had small targets to bowl at. B...
Mon, Nov 15, 2004
November 14, 2004 00:52 IST
There’s always a bright side to a defeat, and for India today it was the long-overdue return to form of the batting order. The score of...
Sun, Nov 14, 2004
November 10, 2004 00:02 IST
When the Mumbai Test finished ahead of schedule, the buzz was that India’s batsmen, woefully out of form, would use the upcoming Ranji ...
Wed, Nov 10, 2004
November 06, 2004 01:34 IST
As Jason Gillespie hung around defending stoutly at anything the Indian spinners threw at him late on Friday, at least some Indian minds wou...
Sat, Nov 06, 2004
November 06, 2004 01:24 IST
It was a moment to savour, and savour the Indians did. As soon as the last Aussie wicket fell, the tension that had been building up in the ...
Sat, Nov 06, 2004
November 06, 2004 00:27 IST
If Australia missed Shane Warne on this spinner’s paradise, blame it on Ahmed Nizam. It was his delivery which forced the Sheik of Twea...
Sat, Nov 06, 2004
November 05, 2004 00:08 IST
His was the most awaited debut in a long while — if only because his predecessor had overdrawn his quota of borrowed time. And the pitc...
Fri, Nov 05, 2004




