Boria Majumdar in Birmingham
In the last 24 hours I have received close to 100 messages, asking me what my plans are with RevSportz. Some have even asked me what will happen to the 50 journalists working for the company.
It was essential for me to spell the vision out. RevSportz is a dream that I am living. It was meant as a breath of fresh air in India’s sports media landscape and will only grow from strength to strength. And I will lead this change with every bit of passion and ability that I have.
We started the journey with a team of four. Now we are a team of 50-plus. Our new studio is almost ready and will be formally inaugurated during the Trailblazers Conclave in 2026. Sharmistha Gooptu, co-founder and partner, is working on it hands-on. Once we move to the studio it is only natural that the scale of operations will see an exponential rise.
Let me also make a few things clear. RevSportz was and is and will remain a go-to platform for young and aspiring sports journalists. Talented men and women, who haven’t always got opportunities in other companies, will forever find a voice here. In England for example, we currently have a team of eight journalists, including myself. The idea always was to empower them and see them grow. And the idea will never change.
Rather, we will do this more and more. With a very strong group of investors behind the venture and with all our sponsors backing us full steam, it is time to make sure the scale and depth of coverage keeps growing. For example, we will now start to cover world cups in shooting, hockey etc from on ground. It is time to send reporters to badminton super series competitions, women’s cricket world cups and many other events. It is also a mission to ask each one of my teammates to start working on one more sports besides the one they specialise in so that their canvas is widened going forward.
As far as I am concerned, I will cover as many events from on ground as I can while growing the business. Journalism is my calling and sport is my love. There is no better thrill than seeing the Indian tricolour go up at the Olympic stage or an Indian Test win in England. Doing multi-sport well has always been a passion and RevSportz allows me to live this dream and spread it among a new group of individuals who will carry the torch forward.
RevSportz will grow – bigger and better. We will disrupt and create new templates. We will explore newer opportunities and newer ventures but the core will forever stay intact. It is like a child that Sharmistha and I have nurtured through thick and thin and the child has now started to walk. It will soon speak and start charting its own destiny.
To all who asked if I will ever leave or close RevSportz, the answer is only when I breathe my last. You don’t leave something that is a part of you. Rather, we have now experienced and seen what it is like to be talked about in newsrooms and media boxes, to be congratulated on the kind of coverage we do, to be there for athletes across sport and shape a new Indian sports narrative. We will push others and make competitors give more opportunities to journalists and in doing so, will push the disruption story further.
The name itself says the story. RevSportz was meant to bring in a revolution in Indian sports coverage. And it will not stop till the goal is achieved. The last three-and-a-half years have shown me and us that it can indeed be done. It can be done despite adversity. Stories can be told and careers shaped. We batted in overcast conditions and got our eye in. Now the sun is out and batting is easy. Time for us to consolidate and score big. Nothing else will suffice. And personally I have always loved big hundreds!