Sambit Bal is an Indian journalist who was born and brought up in
Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar (; ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Odisha. The region, especially the old town, was historically often depicted as ''Ekamra Kshetra'' (area (''kshetra'') adorned with mango trees (''ekamra'')). Bhubaneswar is ...
,
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
. He spent 15 years in mainstream journalism working in some of India's leading publishing houses before joining
Wisden
''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack'', or simply ''Wisden'', colloquially the Bible of Cricket, is a cricket reference book published annually in the United Kingdom. The description "bible of cricket" was first used in the 1930s by Alec Waugh in a ...
in 2001. He was the first editor of ''
Wisden Asia Cricket'' and the Asian editor of wisden.com. In 2003, wisden.com acquired ''
Cricinfo'' and the sites merged. Bal became the editor of Cricinfo in 2004. In 2007, Cricinfo was bought by
ESPN
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. Upon that takeover, Bal wrote an open letter to the editor, admitting the site needed "fresh investments". He promised that Cricinfo would not lose its voice, and ultimately belonged to its users. He is also the founder editor of ''
Cricinfo Magazine'', which appeared for the first time in January 2006.
Before joining Wisden, he edited ''
Gentleman'', a monthly features magazine published in Mumbai.
References
External links
Sambit Bal articlesat
ESPN Cricinfo
ESPN cricinfo (formerly known as Cricinfo or CricInfo) is a sports news website exclusively for the game of cricket. The site features news, articles, live coverage of cricket matches (including liveblogs and scorecards), and ''StatsGuru'', a ...
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Couch Talk with Sambit Bal Subash Jayaraman, The Cricket Couch, August 4, 2012
*https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/an-unshakeable-bond-297654
Cricket historians and writers
Indian sports journalists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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