From the field to the press box to managing the media: a chat with Nishant Arora

Our special guest this week is Nishant Arora who, over two decades, has worked in multiple capacities within cricket – as a TV journalist, a player agent, a media manager with the BCCI, and a digital producer with ICC. We speak to Nishant about his career that has spanned over two decades and delight in some of his anecdotes from behind the scenes.  Talking Points: Playing junior cricket with Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh Big-hitting Yuvraj losing SG balls at the world's most elevated cricket stadium Yuvraj scoring 358 in a match when the opponents scored 357 Harbhajan Singh's emotional day after taking India's first hat-trick in Kolkata The challenge for Nishant to separate his journalism and friendships The rare Dhoni interview in Islamabad Visiting Virender Sehwag's house and getting him to talk about his 155 in Chennai The challenges of interviewing Sourav Ganguly When Yuvraj's cancer was kept top secret The breakdown in the player-journalist relationship Why Ashish Nehra must be appointed the lawyer for bow Click here to support 81allout on Ko-Fi Participants: Nishant Arora (@NJA21) Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee) Related: The Test of my Life: From Cricket to Cancer and Back - Yuvraj Singh, Amazon.com Anatomy of a classic - Chandrahas Choudhury and Nishant Arora - ESPNcricinfo When Singh was king - Karthik Krishnaswamy - The Cricket Monthly Nehraji unfiltered - Breakfast with Champions - Gaurav Kapoor