# Our Authors and Editors Source: https://cricketin.org/authors [By Rajeev Sathe](/authors/editor-in-chief), Editor-in-Chief. [Reviewed by Karthik Iyengar](/authors/data-editor), Data Editor. Updated 27 Aug 2026. Editorial policy: https://cricketin.org/editorial-policy 18+ Betting money on cricket carries a direct risk of financial loss, and it can become an addiction. Real-money online gaming is banned across India under the PROG Act 2025, which came into force on 1 May 2026. If betting is already costing you money you need, or sleep, or people close to you, the free Tele-MANAS helpline is **14416**, and it runs in 20 languages. Our [page on help for gambling harm](/guides/help-for-gambling-harm-india) lists what else exists. --- Meet the seven people who write and check Cricketin pages: what each one covers, who reviews whom, and how to question a byline. Every page on this site carries two names: the person who wrote it and the person who checked it. Seven people cover the site — cricket, odds and maths, law and tax, payments, harm and help, and the data behind our tables. This page lists them, says what each one covers and who reviews whom. Each name links to a profile page with every page that name signs. ## The team Seven people write and check this site. Each card opens a profile: what that person covers, where the role stops, and every page they sign. ### [Rajeev Sathe](/authors/editor-in-chief) Editor-in-Chief — sets the rules for the site and reads back what other people write ### [Anjali Deshmukh](/authors/cricket-analyst) Cricket Analyst — writes the cricket rules, formats and match-fact pages ### [Nikhil Varma](/authors/betting-analyst) Betting and Odds Analyst — explains odds, margin and probability without pushing an operator ### [Ananya Rathi](/authors/legal-writer) Legal and Compliance Writer — writes the law, tax and advertising-rule explainers ### [Farhan Qureshi](/authors/payments-expert) Payments Expert — covers UPI, deposits, KYC and payment safety ### [Neha Bhattacharya](/authors/responsible-gaming-officer) Responsible Gaming Officer — checks the harm, limits and help-line pages ### [Karthik Iyengar](/authors/data-editor) Data Editor — checks the numbers, dates and tables, and reads back the site's own pages ## Who writes a page and who checks it A byline is a claim about who did the work, so every page states it twice: the person who wrote the page, and the person who read it back before it went out. Writer and reviewer are never the same person. Both names sit at the top of the page and both link to a profile. A profile page is not a decoration. It lists what that person covers, the limits of the role, and every page on this site they wrote or checked, so a claim in a byline can be followed up rather than taken on trust. See [About Cricketin](/about) on our rule against inventing facts, and [the editorial policy](/editorial-policy) for how a page is checked before it goes out. ## The seven people and what they cover **Table 1. Who signs a Cricketin page** | Person | Role | What they cover | |---|---|---| | [Rajeev Sathe](/authors/editor-in-chief) | Editor-in-Chief | Sets the standard, signs off big changes, reviews most pages | | [Anjali Deshmukh](/authors/cricket-analyst) | Cricket Analyst | Cricket rules, formats, match and record facts | | [Nikhil Varma](/authors/betting-analyst) | Betting and Odds Analyst | Odds, margin and probability maths | | [Ananya Rathi](/authors/legal-writer) | Legal and Compliance Writer | Law, tax and advertising rules | | [Farhan Qureshi](/authors/payments-expert) | Payments Expert | UPI, deposits, KYC and payment safety | | [Neha Bhattacharya](/authors/responsible-gaming-officer) | Responsible Gaming Officer | Harm signs, limits and help lines | | [Karthik Iyengar](/authors/data-editor) | Data Editor | Tables, dates and numbers, and our own method pages | A role name is a scope, not a credential: it says which pages that person owns and which they must hand to someone else. Portraits on profile pages are line drawings, not photographs. The bio, the work history and the contact route for each name are kept on file and re-checked at every review date. ## A real bio should help a reader A real bio says what the person does now. It says why they cover a topic. It shows where their past work sits. It must not add titles, awards or jobs that are not true, or a fake image or social link. A bio is re-checked on a fixed date, and one that cannot be backed up comes down. ## The editor protects the site standard The Editor-in-Chief role checks sources, updates, conflicts and fixes. The editor must do real review work, not wear a label. The editor must check that a page has sources, clear limits and no operator push. See [the Editorial Policy](/editorial-policy) and [the Corrections Policy and Log](/corrections). The editor is [Rajeev Sathe](/authors/editor-in-chief). Any money or family link that could bend a page is declared before work starts, and stated next to the byline if the page still goes ahead. ## A role has limits A role name has limits. It does not make a person a lawyer, a tax adviser, a doctor or a counsellor. The legal writer role does not mean the person is a practising advocate. Law pages must link to the Act text itself. The rule on money-game ads is in section 6 of the [official PROG Act text](https://upload.indiacode.nic.in/view-casepdf?type=act&id=AC_CEN_45_0_00004_2025-32_1778133559220). ## The right role must review a page A cricket fact needs a cricket check. A law change needs a legal check. A data page needs the person who knows the real site setup. Table 2 below is that map, name by name. Every approval is recorded internally with its date, so a reviewer named in a byline can be checked against it. ## We do not use fake proof We claim no skills, employer names, awards or work links that we cannot back up, and we publish no invented past for anyone. Profile portraits are line drawings rather than photographs, so no picture pretends to be evidence. An AI tool must not make up a bio. A human must check each fact in a real profile. The site rule is on [the Editorial Policy](/editorial-policy). ## Readers can question a byline If a byline or bio looks wrong, report it. Name the page and the exact claim. A monitored route for byline concerns is not published yet, and our contact page says so rather than print an unwatched address. Use [Contact Cricketin](/contact) once that route is live. Confirmed errors go in [the corrections log](/corrections). ## Who writes a page, and who checks it A reader should see who made a page, and who checked it. Google's own guidance asks a site to make that clear ([Google Search Central](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/fundamentals/creating-helpful-content)). Its rater overview adds that this should hold even under an alias ([Search Quality Rater Guidelines overview](https://services.google.com/fh/files/misc/hsw-sqrg.pdf)). So each page type has a writer and a second pair of eyes, and they are never the same person. The table below is that split by topic. The editor reviews most of the site, and the editor's own pages are checked by the data editor, so nobody signs off their own work. **Table 2. Page type, writing role and review role** | Page type | Who writes | Who reviews | |---|---|---| | Cricket rules, formats, match facts | Cricket Analyst | Editor-in-Chief | | Odds, margin and maths guides | Betting Analyst | Editor-in-Chief | | Law, tax and rule explainers | Legal and Compliance Writer | Editor-in-Chief | | Payments, UPI, ID checks, app safety | Payments Expert | Editor-in-Chief | | Harm, help lines and self-exclusion | Responsible Gaming Officer | Editor-in-Chief | | Site pages about our own data or method | Editor-in-Chief | Data Editor | Every row needs a dated note of the check. The fields we keep are listed in [How We Test and Verify](/how-we-test). ## The gate for law, tax and health topics Some topics can cost a reader money or health, so those pages have a higher bar. A role name does not pass it. Four things must be true first. - The person has real work in that field, and we can see it. - Every rule claim cites the primary text, not a summary of it. - The page states the limit of the advice in plain words. - The Editor-in-Chief signs the page off. Health and harm pages carry one more rule. We name a service and its source. We do not diagnose or treat. Who passed this gate, for which topics and when, is recorded internally. ## How we handle a conflict of interest A conflict is any tie that could bend what a page says. Money is the obvious one. So are gifts, free access, shares, perks, and work for a firm in the same field. A tie through a family member counts too. India's ad standards use that test as well. A material connection is not limited to money. Anything of value must be disclosed ([ASCI guidelines for influencer advertising](https://www.ascionline.in/social/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ASCI-Guidelines-Influencer-Advertising-In-Digital-Media-1.pdf)). Our process has four steps. A person declares a tie before work starts. The editor decides whether the page can go ahead. If it can, the tie is stated near the byline. If not, the page goes to someone else. We also take no fee, no commission and no perk from an operator. Section 6 of the PROG Act bans a direct or indirect ad for a money game, and a paid page would be just that. Scaled, low-value content made to game rankings also breaks Google's spam rules ([Google spam policies](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/essentials/spam-policies)). ## What happens when an author leaves People move on, and their work stays online. So we keep a rule. The byline stays as a record of who wrote the page. We do not quietly swap in a new name. The role that owns the topic re-reads it, and the review date is updated. If the material is out of date, we mark it, fix it, or take it down. The profile page is retired, not deleted. It shows they no longer work with us, and from when. Any contact line for them shuts the same day. A person can also ask us to erase their personal data, subject to the duties in the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 ([Act text, MeitY](https://www.meity.gov.in/static/uploads/2024/06/2bf1f0e9f04e6fb4f8fef35e82c42aa5.pdf)). Author records are kept only while a person writes here or a legal duty requires it; the exact retention is published with the first named profile. ## When this page changes This page changes when someone joins the team, leaves it, or takes over a topic. The table above is edited the same day, and the profile page of anyone who leaves says so, with the date. No profile goes live without that person’s permission for their name, bio and portrait, and without a check of any employment or privacy rule that applies to them. ## Questions people ask ### Who is behind a Cricketin byline? Each page names the person who wrote it and the person who checked it, and both names link to a profile page that lists every page that name signs. ### What proof should a named author have? A truthful bio, related past work, and an outside public trail such as a work profile, portfolio or published work. ### Does a Legal and Compliance Writer provide legal advice? No. The role supports clear explainers, and a page must link to the legal source. Readers should get advice on their own facts. ### How do I report a false author profile? Use the verified author-profile contact route once the owner has published it. Include the page URL and the exact claim that needs checking. ### Who reviews a page, and what happens if the writer leaves? Writer and reviewer are always different roles. If a writer leaves, the byline stays and the topic owner re-reads the page ([Google Search Central](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/fundamentals/creating-helpful-content)). ### How do you disclose a conflict of interest? The person declares the tie before work starts. The editor decides if the page can go ahead. Any tie that stays is stated near the byline ([ASCI](https://www.ascionline.in/social/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ASCI-Guidelines-Influencer-Advertising-In-Digital-Media-1.pdf)).