K. Niran Prabhu (1923 – July 30, 2006) was a prominent

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 ...

n journalist who specialized in

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by str ...

. Most of his best work was done while working for the ''

Times of India ''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest se ...

'' newspaper. He joined the paper in 1948 and was the sports editor from 1959 to 1983. None of his works have been published as books. He was awarded the

C. K. Nayudu Cottari Kanakaiya Nayudu (31 October 1895 – 14 November 1967), also known as CK, was the first captain of the Indian cricket team in Test cricket, Test matches. He played first-class cricket regularly until 1958, and returned for one ...

Award for his contributions to cricket in 1998. He is the only sports journalist who has received the C K Nayudu Trophy by Cricket Control Board, which is normally given to cricket players. He and his wife, who predeceased him by two years, had a daughter and a son. After his death the Press Club Mumbai instituted the K N Prabhu Award for Excellence in Cricket Writing in his honour.

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External links

Archive of Prabhu's articles for Mid-day

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