C. Rajshekhar Rao C. Rajshekhar Rao is an acclaimed name in sports journalism. He has reported on various sports disciplines since the early 1990s, but cricket has been his forte. Rao has worked for leading media groups like The Hindu and Agence France Presse (AFP), and is presently employed with the Daily News and Analysis (DNA) newspaper. His column ‘Snicks and Swingers’ during his stint as Editor of Cricketnext.com was widely appreciated. His cricket assignments include matches of the 1996 World Cup and the 2007 Twenty20 World Championship apart from a number of Test matches and One Day Internationals in India and overseas. He has been a journeyman on the domestic circuit for a number of years. Rao also dabbles in fiction. His book ‘India Beckons and Other Stories’, published in 2006, was a criticially applauded work. He can be contacted at: rajrao70@gmail.com