Author: Agnijit Sen

“Superstar culture is gone. What a relief.” “Told you guys during Border Gavskar Trophy that this was his last Test series.” “The selectors must have told him your time is up.” “Finally the Ajit Agarkar-Rohit Sharma-Virat Kohli holy trinity is broken. Test cricket is in safe hands.” The whole cricketing world was in a state of shock and disbelief yesterday when Virat Kohli decided to retire from red-ball cricket, the format he considered the purest and the finest. My colleagues at Revsportz Bangla, Rohan, Rahul, Debasish Sen got into a huddle quickly and went live on the YouTube channel. Me…

Kolkata Knight Riders have been all over the place with their team selection and tactics in this year’s Indian Premier League. Some baffling calls left the pundits and fans equally startled. From under-utilising Andre Russell to sticking with Sunil Narine at the top despite his woeful form to sending Angkrish Raghuvanshi, a top-order batter at No. 9 or sending Rinku Singh lower down the order in a high-intensity chase against Lucknow Super Giants, the calls have been atrocious. The match against Punjab Kings at Eden Gardens was no exception. Let’s look at the tactical errors by this team in the…

Revsportz is family. I’m not just saying this because I work here but I genuinely believe in this. What does a family do? Back each other, laugh and cry together and be with each other in the toughest of times. I always believe that you don’t make friends at work. You are competing and competing hard. You are competing with yourself and of course, your colleagues are no exception. As R.Madhavan’s character said in the movie ‘The Three Idiots’ – ‘dost fail ho jaaye bura lagta hai. Dost first aa jaaye, usse bhi zyada bura lagta hai.’ (If your friend…

Kolkata Knight Riders splurged a lot of money on Shreyas Iyer in the auction after appointing him as their captain in 2022. After taking reins, Iyer’s returns were quite modest. KKR won only six out of 14 matches in the 2022 season, finishing seventh in the points table. In 2023, Iyer missed the entire season due to an injury. Nitish Rana led KKR but the side limped throughout the tournament and finished seventh again. Stakes were high for Shreyas Iyer as he returned to lead the side in 2024. His career has already been muddled with a number of controversies…

Yesterday’s win versus SRH gave KKR a much-needed Net-Run-Rate boost as they jumped from the bottom of the points table to 5th spot. Whether this was a spot jump or a long jump, time will tell. Kolkata Knight Riders was just about to be shifted to Intensive Care Unit (I.C.U.). Suddenly all the vital body parameters started to come together just at the right time. The doctors happily proclaimed they could wait a little bit longer. For now, KKR stays in the general bed. It has not been an ideal start for the defending champions in this year’s Indian Premier…

Being a fan is one of the toughest jobs in the world. Deep in your heart, you know the heartbreaks will be more than the victory laps, every time your team goes out to play, your heart will skip a beat. Of course, the urge to leave everything then and there to watch your favourite team take the field will always be there. As a fan, you need to be loyal and most importantly, patient. I am an East Bengal fan. So, in my case, the loyalty and the heartbreak factor have been constants. So, what does an average fan…

‘Kya yaar? Cricket hi hai, khel lunga’- said an amused Rohit Sharma to us in Sydney Cricket Ground when he was about to leave post the team’s practice session in the last Border Gavaskar Trophy. His smile was careless and charming as ever. Little did we know that he would be sitting out of India’s starting eleven for the next day. That, precisely, is the story of Rohit Sharma. The first one to put his hand up when his team needs something of someone, the first one to call a spade a spade in the post-match presentation ceremonies and the…

In the 50 overs world cup in 2023, KL Rahul batted at no 5. The team management led by captain Rohit Sharma and head coach Rahul Dravid gave him the necessary backing. And boy, Rahul turned out to be a gamechanger. India took on Australia in their first game of the tournament. Chasing a meagre 200 for victory, India were reeling at 3-2 after the first couple of overs. With Rohit, Ishan Kishan, and Shreyas Iyer back in the hut, India turned to its ever reliable chase master Virat Kohli and the man at no 5, KL Rahul. By the…

Babar Azam and Imam-ul-Haq took an old but tried and tested car out for a drive today. Initially, they somehow drove past the traffic snarls and reached the highway. Just when they were about to shift gears, they were stopped for the customary toll tax payment. Unfortunately, with no FASTag and no money, they both had to get down. In walked Saud Shakeel and Muhammad Rizwan, the Pakistan skipper. The match was lost in the next phase. As has been the case with Pakistan recently, they try to preserve wickets and go bang-bang in the end. However, this was not…

I have always loved being on stage as an actor… I love the butterflies in my stomach, the rising of the curtains still sends shivers down my spine. Slowly the announcements are done, auditorium lights are turned off and there you step onto the stage. Little jittery, and a little nervous but the moment you see the audience silhouettes in the dark, my adrenaline starts peaking. What a feeling that is. The curtains are about to go up for the Champions Trophy in just a few days from now. Team India has rehearsed well. The actors are all looking their…