Bharat Sundaresan is a world-renowned cricket writer, commentator and author based in Adelaide, Australia. He is an Australian journalist and senior writer for cricket website Cricbuzz and a commentator on SEN Radio. Previously, he covered global cricket news for The Indian Express. In 2018, he authored The Dhoni Touch, which went on to become a national bestseller in India.
Wiki/Biography
Bharat Sundaresan was born on Wednesday, May 8, 1985, in Mumbai (age 38 years; as of 2023). His zodiac sign is Taurus. He attended Fatima High School in Vidyavihar(W), Mumbai. Thereafter, he attended the Journalism course at the Asian Institute of Journalism, Chennai (2007-2008). He grew up in Mumbai and was a drummer in a heavy metal rock band during college.
Bharat Sundaresan is a member of the heavy metal rock band
In December 2018, he and his wife moved to Adelaide, Australia, to work at the famous cricket website Cricbuzz.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5’8”
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family
Parents and siblings
His mother’s name is Usha Sundaresan. He has a brother named Sid Sundaresan.
Bharat Sundaresan and his mother Usha Sundaresan
Bharat Sundaresan and his brother Sid Sundaresan
wife and children
On January 16, 2013, he married Esha Chatterjee. Bharat and Isha tied the knot through two wedding rituals. One of them is a Bengali wedding because Isha is Bengali. The two got engaged in 2012.
Bharat Sundaresan and wife Isha Chatterjee’s wedding photos
Wedding photos of Bharat Sundaresan and wife Isha Chatterjee
Profession
He started his career in May 2008 as a special correspondent/cricket writer for India’s leading national daily, The Indian Express. Early in his career, he would write about various sports. His first article was about chess. Within a year, however, Sundaresan was covering the Indian cricket team, which eventually became his area of expertise. He will travel extensively to cover cricket series around the world. He worked for The Indian Express for over 10.5 years before moving to Adelaide, Australia, with his wife in December 2018. There he served as Cricbuzz’s Australian reporter and senior writer. In 2019, he began umpiring with the South Australian Cricket Association. He also serves as a cricket commentator for Melbourne sports radio station SEN Radio.
Bharat Sundaresan interviews cricketers for Ashes 2023 for SEN Radio
In 2018, he wrote the biography of Indian cricket icon MS Dhoni, The Dhoni Touch: Unraveling the Enigma that is Mahendra Singh Dhoni, which became a national bestseller in India.
In 2021, Sundaresan co-authored Suresh Raina’s autobiography Believe: What Life and Cricket Taught Me, which was also a national bestseller.
In 2023, Bharat Sundaresan co-authored the book “The Miracle Worker – The Greatest Epic of Indian Cricket” with Gaurav Joshi.
He has written for several world-class publications. He appears regularly on numerous television news and current affairs programs in Australia.
Facts/Trivia
- Bharat Sundaresan moved to Adelaide when his wife Isha decided to attend the city’s Flinders University. He first visited Adelaide to cover the Indian cricket team during the 2014/15 Border-Gavaskar series.
- In an interview, he revealed that Dhoni Touch (2018) was created while sitting on The Grind at The Parade in Norwood, South Australia.
- In 2013, Bharat Sundaresan won the Red Ink Awards for Best Sports Feature for his article titled “The one who dropped the ball”, which targeted cricketer Anil Anil Gurav. In the article, Sundaresan tells the harrowing story of how Gurav found himself trapped in the world of alcohol and crime. Sundaresan drew parallels between the careers of Gurav and Sachin Tendulkar, even though the two shared the same cricket coach Ramakant Achrekar.
Bharat Sundaresan (left) and Zeeshan Shaikh attend the Red Ink Awards 2013 with Prakash Javdekar
- In 2022, he made headlines for calling for Australian cricket to end racism against people of colour. Writing in Australian daily The Age, he said that despite being a well-known cricket writer, his credentials were still being questioned by venue security staff. He also posted a tweet talking about the same and said,
To all the wonderful security guards at cricket grounds across Australia. This is my fifth summer here. At some point you have to stop attacking me, questioning my credentials, talking down to me and asking each other “can we trust him?”. Whether you like it or not, I’m here to stay.”
- Sundaresan occasionally consumes alcoholic beverages.
Bharat Sundaresan enjoys a beer at Dogfish Head Beer House
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