Vast experience of having run Academies, Facilities & Coaching projects
Promoter and Founder of the successful FairGrounds Oval cricket venue with turf wickets at the Dubai Men’s College, Academic City
Provided the platform for UAE launch and Partner of Robin Singh Cricket Academy.
Founder of the Simply Cricket Academy, an academy with a difference , in Oct 2018.
Spear-headed the ‘DavWhatmore’ clinic & a ‘Coaches Clinic – the ‘DavWhatmore Way’ to enable aspiring cricketers and coaches to learn and train with one of the best coaches in the game
Has coordinated over 125 ‘live’ cricket at the matches at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium as TV Coordinator
The brain behind the ‘Hunt for fast bowlers’ and in association with the MRF Pace Academy & TA Sekhar organized the ‘Speed has no limit’ event in the UAE
Event coordinator for the first-ever ‘Women’s cricket’ initiative in the UAE
Coordinated the charity match between the stars of Bollywood v the stars of Pakistan at Sharjah
Chandresh Narayanan
Served as
Started as a feature writer for The Times of India supplements like Bombay Times.
Served as The Times of India’s cricket correspondent (2005–2008).
Worked as a senior reporter at The Indian Express (2001–2005), covering cricket in Mumbai and Pune.
Held editorial roles at Neo Sports and cricketnirvana.com.
Content Head for the official IPL website during 2009–2010.
Worked with the ICC in Dubai (2010–2014) managing website, digital, and media rights.
Covered the 2007 Cricket World Cup for The Times of India.
Authored books like World Cup Heroes and 75 Years of Indian Sports: Game, Guts, Glory.
Wrote the biography of Sri Lankan cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya.
Hosts Cricket Chronicles with Chandresh – a podcast discussing cricket with experts.
Sheila Razdan
Served as
Handled hospitality, event management, and cricket administration for 135+ international cricket matches (1993- 2005)
Media and Communications Coordinator at International Cricket Council (ICC) and handled ICC Awards for multiple years (2005-08)
Consultant with Legends League Cricket; Lead Logistics & Hospitality and umpires / referees management; concluded 4 seasons (Feb 2022 to present)
Senior Administration Officer at International Cricket Council (ICC), supported Legal, Company & Commercial Lawyers, managed Company Secretarial work for ICC, Organized ICC’s AGM where all members of ICC (over 200 delegates) attend and Venue & Hospitality Manager for various Cricket World Cups in UAE from 2011 to 2021. (2008 – Feb 2022)
Sibtain Baqri
Served as
Chief Executive Officer – Skillhub Online Games Federation
Chief Sporting Officer – MotoGP Bharat
Chief Executive Officer – Maratha Arabians (AD T10 League team)
Chief Marketing Officer – Smartcricket.com
Chief Operating Officer – Winds
AVP & Branch Head – Concept Communication
Chief Operating Officer – Pune Warriors India (IPL Team 2011-13)
Chief Operating Officer – UP Wizards (Hockey India League team (2012-13)
Chief Operating Officer – Awadhe Warriors (Premier Badminton League 2013)
Operations Head (Sahara) – Sahara Force India (Formula 1 team, 2012-13)
General Manager – Sahara Corporate Communications (1998-2014)
Abdul Latif Khan
Some of his notable achievements in Sports in UAE:
10PL – Created the biggest and richest tennis ball cricket tournament, 10PL, which has gained worldwide fame in the Cricket arena in last 8 years, supported by Virendra Sehwag, Dwayne Bravo, Andy Flower, Wasim Akram & Rashid Khan
INDOOR WORLD CUP – Petromann Events bagged the rights of Indoor World Cup which was played with great success in Dubai in 2017.
MARATHA ARABIANS – COO (2017-2019)
BANGLA TIGERS – ADT10 2021 – CEO & also parallelly held the Exclusive Sponsorship Sales Rights of Team Bangla Tigers
DELHI BULLS – ADT10 (2021-2023) – Exclusive Sponsorship Sales Rights of Team Delhi Bulls
MS DHONI ACADEMY –– Helped setting up the facilities and providing infrastructure for MSD Cricket Academy
Runs his own cricket team under the name of Petromann which plays in A Division in Dubai Cricket League
Identified as the biggest talent spotter in UAE cricket – having provided the pathway to the national team for talents like Zahoor Khan, Sheraz Ahmed and Mohd Waseem.
