S. Dinakar, The Hindu’s Senior Deputy Editor (Sports), handed away at Indore. The veteran cricket author had simply reported the third Test between India and Australia and was getting ready to go away for Ahmedabad for the fourth and remaining Test, when he collapsed in his resort room. He is survived by his father.
With greater than a three-decade service with The Hindu Group, Dinakar, 57, labored within the common desk earlier than shifting to Sportstar. Later he moved to The Hindu’s sports activities division and his despatches appeared in each The Hindu and Sportstar with the newest being one on the Holkar-influence over Indore’s cricketing heritage.
The piece is showing concurrently with this obituary.
Dinakar reported extensively on sport starting from cricket to tennis and crusing moreover native soccer and hockey. Eventually he specialised in cricket, his old flame, travelling throughout India and the cricketing globe, submitting experiences that had a contact of aptitude and insights into approach.
He had different pursuits too: Carnatic music and flicks; and he was ever keen to debate the newest traits on the planet of arts. And when within the temper, he may belt an previous Kishore Kumar or Ilayaraja quantity.
He by no means needed to hold his reporting boots and after yet another stint at chronicling Test cricket, Dinakar handed away because the quintessential newsman.
Source web site: sportstar.thehindu.com
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