Author: Boria Majumdar

Sandesh Jhingan, India’s premier centre-back, is currently recuperating after surgery on the fractured cheekbone sustained while playing in the CAF Cup in Tajikistan. In this exclusive interview with Boria Majumdar, RevSportz editor-in-chief, he talks of why he kept on playing, what the captain’s armband means to him, and why qualification for the Asian Cup is so important. Boria: How are you post-surgery? Sandesh: Thanks for having me. The surgery went really well and analysing every day as it comes. If God is willing, then I will be back soon. Boria: What prompted you to continue and how is it possible?…

It was January, 2025 and India were playing Australia in a key Test match in Sydney. It was the last over before lunch and Pat Cummins had gone to Nathan Lyon. Shubman Gill, who had done the hard work for an hour and more, lost his composure and danced down the track to Lyon to be stumped with just three balls left for lunch. It was a key moment in the game and Australia capitalised on the opportunity. Fast forward to Manchester this July, and India were 0-2 on Day 4 right on the stroke of lunch when Gill, now…

Boria Majumdar When you are running a start-up, the constant question is how best to use the resources at your disposal. What are the assignments you should focus on, and which are the ones you should let go? We at RevSportz are no different. And yet, we are. In a month where there are multiple India-Pakistan cricket matches, the easy way out is to allocate resources there. Yes, the backdrop isn’t cricket alone, and it is largely geopolitics that has resulted in these games being played where they are. But they are still India-Pakistan matches, and they will be followed…

When you are running a start-up, the constant question is how best to use the resources at your disposal. What are the assignments you should focus on, and which are the ones you should let go? We at RevSportz are no different. And yet, we are. In a month where there are multiple India-Pakistan cricket matches, the easy way out is to allocate resources there. Yes, the backdrop isn’t cricket alone, and it is largely geopolitics that has resulted in these games being played where they are. But they are still India-Pakistan matches, and they will be followed and watched.…

Boria Majumdar Anirudh Thapa has been one of the cornerstones of Mohun Bagan’s dominance of Indian club football in recent seasons. He has scored six goals in his 60 appearances for the Mariners, since the move from Chennaiyin FC in June 2023. In this exclusive interview with Boria Majumdar, RevSportz editor-in-chief, Thapa talks of the weight of the Bagan jersey, the Kolkata derby and why success in Asian club competition would mean so much for football in India. BM: Hello, and welcome to a very special conversation with a very special player. Anirudh Thapa has enthralled Indian football fans…

It was around 6:30pm in the evening when Sandesh Jhingan picked up the call. I have been checking on him almost daily, and it is only fair to state that he is one of my favourite players. “Kaise ho, paaji?” he asked, sounding somewhat weak and tired. Understandable, for he had undergone surgery a day earlier. When I asked him how he was and if things were somewhat better, he replied: “Just reached home an hour ago. They have given some strong medications, which is why I am a big groggy. But now, the comeback process will start in earnest.…

What is an exclusive story? What passes as exclusive? Almost every story these days is labelled as exclusive. Take the Asia Cup in Dubai. The Indian team arriving for training is a common visual. There is nothing exclusive about it. Never will be. Whichever journalist is there in Dubai will get the visual. There is no extra effort needed except the legwork to be there. And yet, you see a few platforms and it is mentioned as first and exclusive. This is plain nonsense to be honest and it is where the media starts to lose credibility. The other distinction…

Boria Majumdar Amit Mishra’s international career was a stop-start affair, comprising 68 matches across formats over a timespan of nearly 14 years. In those games, he took 156 wickets, including a memorable five-for on Test debut against Australia. He was also a notable performer in the IPL, taking 174 wickets until his final appearance in 2024. In this exclusive interview with Boria Majumdar, RevSportz editor-in-chief, Mishra looks back at the twists and turns in a career where nothing came easy. Boria: How do you look back on your career? Mishra: I would say I have had my share of ups…

In all fairness, this piece should have been written yesterday on the occasion of Teacher’s Day. But that’s fine. Teacher’s Day can or should be celebrated all days of the year and it is perfectly okay to write this today. I was thinking what is the one special show that I could do, which would make Teacher’s Day special for RevSportz viewers. And that’s when Karsan Ghavri came to mind. Ghavri was the one who discovered Shubman Gill and it is a fantastic story. I had first written about it in my book Mission Domination (with Kushan Sarkar) published in…

Just 10 days left for the nomination process to get done at the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB). And it is well-known that Sourav Ganguly will file his nomination for the president’s post, with the AGM on September 22. What is not known is will there be a contest? Will his panel be challenged by candidates from the Avishek Dalmiya group? And that’s where the problem is. Sourav and Avishek — how did it come to this? Why and where did it all start to go wrong and is there an end to the acrimony? The two were closest allies…