Author: Boria Majumdar

Three run-outs. That’s how it all changed. After being down and out in the first three weeks of the IPL, Mumbai Indians (MI) have once again made it to the play-offs. Sport is all about grabbing your opportunity and that’s what stands out in this team. Against Delhi Capitals in Delhi, it all seemed done and dusted a month ago. Vipraj Nigam was batting beautifully after a Karun Nair classic, and Mumbai were rock bottom of the league table. Jasprit Bumrah, making a comeback from injury, was hit all over the park by Karun and it seemed that there was…

Pressure. Perhaps the most used word when it comes to sport. Everyone who has played sport will tell you there is always pressure. From fans, parent bodies, sponsors, family and most importantly from yourself. At the end of the day, a sportsperson is alone grappling with her or his own mind. A mind that is full of clutter and is constantly fighting to be freed. Of all the thoughts that keep flooding in, of the possibilities that keep disturbing the equilibrium and finally all the hope and expectation of what can be. It is this pressure that impacted Punjab Kings…

It’s not easy being a Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) fan. For all the trolling that the franchise gets for not winning the IPL trophy, it might seem that they had never even come close. But the truth is far from that. RCB have qualified for the playoffs multiple times in the last few years, but has fallen short thereafter. There is almost a pattern to their performances. Some brilliant games and then some equally baffling downers. From ecstasy to agony in no time. And yet, the fans have stayed steadfast. As Rajesh Menon, the Chief Operating Officer (COO), suggested, “Two…

Now 33, Shardul Thakur last played a Test match for India at Centurion in December 2023, Feted as Lord after his heroics on the England tour in 2021, he slipped out of the selectors’ thoughts soon after India returned from South Africa. Not picked for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia last year, he reminded those that matter of his value with some sterling displays for Mumbai in domestic cricket. Those efforts were rewarded with a call-up for the upcoming England tour. In this exclusive interview with Boria Majumdar, RevSportz editor-in-chief, Shardul spoke of bouncing back from setbacks and how India…

It’s been 17 seasons with no title. Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) fans have grown tired of hearing this. The jibe has kind of become routine. They will play well, win some, but eventually have a few bad games and bow out. It is all kind of routine. Not so in 2025. All of a sudden, they are in the top two and the victory against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) was yet more reinforcement that things might finally change. All they need to do is win two more games to get that coveted title. Now that they are in the top…

In the last two years, Shreyas Iyer has seen it all. A very good 2023 World Cup was followed by a strange fallout that saw him lose out on his central contract. He was penalised for not playing one Ranji Trophy game. Others got away not playing any. Injuries did not help and Iyer lost his way a bit. Thereafter, he came back to win the Indian Premier League with Kolkata Knight Riders, but wasn’t given his due. With Gautam Gambhir in the change room, Iyer was always the support cast. He wasn’t retained by KKR and things weren’t altogether…

The next few months offer us a unique opportunity. Having a team of eight journalists here in the UK allows us to experiment. And that’s what we will do. Not many, for example, are talking about India women’s tour of the UK. It is at the same time in June-July and offers us the chance to cover it on ground. In normal circumstances, it is always about ROI in a business. What’s the return? Can we monetise? This is different. With the men’s tour at the same time, you have the additional opportunity of being able to get things done.…

Boria Majumdar A World Championship silver medallist in 2021, and ranked No. 1 in the world back in 2018, Kidambi Srikanth was once at the vanguard of India’s men’s badminton charge. But a succession of injuries and poor form had seen his ranking plummet. Now 32, Srikanth is on the comeback trail. He made it to the final of the Malaysia Masters, upsetting highly ranked opponents along the way. In this exclusive chat with Boria Majumdar, RevSportz editor-in-chief, he lays out his plans for the future. Boria: Your first thoughts on qualifying for the final (Malaysia Masters 2025)? Srikanth Kidambi:…

We started planning our coverage of the England tour in Australia in January 2025. Budgets, travel plans, hotels and, more importantly, whether it was even feasible for a three-year-old organisation to think of sending a eight-member team for two months to the UK. England is expensive, and money was always an important consideration. The truth is it sounded impossible to start with. But then, we started breaking things down, worked our way through the maze, and realised that if we have to do quality coverage of a very different nature, we need a sizeable team in England. If we are…

A 110-run defeat to end a limp campaign. As a Kolkata Knight Riders fan, should you feel disappointed? May be not. This team needs change. Members of the coaching staff have outlived their usefulness. A good last game would have meant all of these issues stayed under the veil. Fans would speak about that and not much would change. Not now. The gloves are off and cracks exposed. KKR is not the team it was in 2024. The management has to take stock and ring in the changes. If the fans were hoping for a good end to a bad…