Pratyush Raj did not arrive at cricket journalism by accident. He grew up in flood-prone Saharsa in North Bihar with Cricket Samrat as a constant companion, and that early attachment to the game eventually led him into reporting with TOI Sports, where he now covers cricket on and off the field.
His latest byline appears on a India vs Afghanistan piece tied to Manav Suthar, but the accessible text does not carry the match report itself. What is available is the trail that brought him here: a start at Business Standard, a later stretch as a sports reporter for The Times of India in Chandigarh, a contribution to India Today Group’s sports coverage, and a last stint with The Indian Express. It is a career built around cricket, but also around moving through some of the country’s busiest newsrooms.
That biography matters because the byline is the only verifiable part of the source that can be read today. The headline points to KL Rahul and Sai Sudharsan, but the body is missing, leaving the author profile to carry the story. For readers looking for the cricket angle, the gap is obvious: there is no match detail, no scoreline and no analysis in the accessible text.
Even so, the profile gives a clear picture of the journalist behind the piece. Raj’s work has taken him from Business Standard to Chandigarh, then through India Today Group and The Indian Express before landing at TOI Sports. His upbringing in Saharsa, where floods were part of life and Cricket Samrat kept him company, adds the kind of background that often shapes how a reporter sees the game. What remains unanswered is simple: the India vs Afghanistan article itself is not available in the provided source, so the cricket story it promised cannot be verified here.
