Author: Boria Majumdar

At the business end of an IPL tournament, most of the games would have some relevance attached to them. However, that won’t be the case when the Hardik Pandya-led Mumbai Indians (MI) take on Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) on May 17. It is true that LSG are on 12 points and victory would take them to 14. Unfortunately, their net run-rate of -0.787 is nowhere near as good as that maintained by their competitors – Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Chennai Super Kings. In fact, it is even worse than that of Delhi Capitals. In such circumstances, the focus shifts to…

Sunil Chhetri and Sandesh Jhingan were teammates with the Indian national team for over a decade. They also played alongside each other at Bengaluru FC. After Chhetri announced that the World Cup qualifier against Kuwait would be his last game for the Blue Tigers, Jhingan spoke to Boria Majumdar, RevSportz editor-in-chief, about how much his captain would be missed, and of the legacy he leaves behind. Boria: I have done many interviews with Sandesh Jhingan. I want to put that on record first. But this is very different. So firstly, grateful, Sandesh, for joining me. When was the first time…

He is clearly one of the greatest footballers to have played for India. Statesman and captain, Sunil Chhetri was once frustrated when he was forced to sit out a match against Qatar in Doha because of an injury. The reason, he has always primed himself on being one of the fittest players in the team. He had once said to me, “I know I am not as talented as Messi or Ronaldo but what stops me from working as hard as them and if not harder. That is in my control and I can certainly do it”. Sunil then went…

On my show, 5@5, one of my viewers asked yesterday if Gautam Gambhir would make a good India coach. It was an interesting suggestion, and got me thinking. Gautam has done brilliantly as mentor of the Kolkata Knight Riders, and a large part of the credit for KKR’s stellar run in the IPL this season is being attributed to him. As mentor of Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), he had steered the team to two consecutive play-off appearances, something they have missed out on this season despite being in a very good position a week or so ago. So, in terms…

Though his reputation as a player was built on being one of the most obdurate and consistent opening batsmen, Justin Langer won his biggest honour as coach in the T20 format, leading Australia to the World Cup in 2021 in Dubai. After differences of opinion with several senior players led to him leaving the Australia job, Langer spent time away from the game for a couple of years. Now in charge of Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the Indian Premier League (IPL), he was certainly a name the BCCI might have been interested in as they look to appoint a…

India v Pakistan in New York on June 9, as part of the T20 World Cup, is just 25 days away. And India-Pakistan always bring about fascinating stories. During the last T20 World Cup in Australia, I was going through one of my worst phases. A smile was a luxury, and yet there were incidents that left a permanent mark and have stayed on as fond memories. As we build up to the India-Pakistan match in New York, it is pertinent to recount one such. On October 23, 2022, the MCG was a real spectacle. India-Pakistan was a festival and…

This interview was conducted on Mother’s Day, and perhaps that’s why I will start with this story. Sai Sudharsan has been the star batter for Gujarat Titans this season, and has only gotten better with every passing game. And in the last one, he even notched up his first IPL hundred. But then, that’s not the story. Sudharsan had invited his mother and father to the game, a day before Mother’s Day, to make it special for them. His mother, however, had other plans. She informed him that she had work commitments and wouldn’t be able to make it to…

Successful sports stories don’t happen overnight. They need to be nurtured for years for the world to see them in full bloom. For an 87.58m javelin throw or a badminton academy that changes the course of the sport forever, years of effort are in the background. And in many of these cases, the mother, literally, is the unsung heroine. On Mother’s Day, it is essential that we celebrate some of these women and their contribution to sport. In doing so, RevSportz in partnership with BSV (Bharat Serum and Vaccines) will showcase stories of mothers who are all extraordinary athletes and…

Just days before Sachin: A Billion Dreams was all set to hit movie screens around the world, someone asked me what a film on Sachin would have to offer. His life was an open book and people had followed him since he was a child – that was the crux of the argument. To be fair, it was a very pertinent comment. Sachin Tendulkar is one of the most-talked-about personalities in the history of modern India, and what would a biopic of his offer us that we did not already know? First things first – biopics or documentary dramas help…

MS Dhoni danced down the track and timed his helicopter shot to perfection. Within a fraction of a second, the ball had sailed over the midwicket boundary for a six. Rashid Khan, the bowler, looked stunned. Next ball, the result was the same. Chennai Super Kings (CSK) may have lost, but the crowd went ballistic as Dhoni scored 26 off just 11 balls. It had brilliance written all over it, and that was what begged the question one more time. Is Dhoni batting too little and too low for CSK and himself? Could this cost his side a play-off place?…