Author: Boria Majumdar

Boria Majumdar in Sydney As the dust settles on the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, and India get ready to refocus on white-ball cricket, the one question doing the rounds is what impact this series will have on the ODI team, if any? The answer, sources confirmed, is “nothing or no impact”, whatsoever. When probed further, the answer was even clearer. “Nothing has changed.” Red-ball and white-ball are two fundamentally different games, and to extrapolate red-ball form into the white-ball arena would be foolish. Rohit Sharma will continue to be India’s white-ball skipper and Virat Kohli will continue to bat at No. 3. …

Boria Majumdar in Australia India has lost the series fair and square and that’s a fact. Indian batters failed as a collective and the bowling except Bumrah wasn’t up to the mark. Questions need to be asked. For example, will senior players like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma play Ranji Trophy? Are they ready to miss a part of the IPL and play county cricket, play for India A against England Lions and try and get back to form ahead of the England series in June? If they don’t, should the selectors include them in the red-ball team? Are the…

Boria Majumdar in Sydney Gautam Gambhir mentioned at the press conference that India had their moments and not having Jasprit Bumrah wasn’t an excuse. Yes, it shouldn’t be an excuse. But the truth is that the Indian bowling without Bumrah was listless. On a pitch where a 30-over-old ball did the trick for Australia and the ball moved and jumped all morning, India sprayed it all over and couldn’t make use of the conditions. Make no mistake, this wicket had a lot in it. Also, the same Indian bowling attack had picked the last five Australian wickets for 80 runs…

Boria Majumdar in Sydney He has copped a lot of criticism for the shots he played in Melbourne. And rightly so. On both occasions, first and second innings at the MCG, the shots weren’t on. The reason is there were fielders stationed for those shots and Rishabh played into Australian hands. Today, it was the other way round. Rishabh literally toyed with the Australians and got into their mind. The fact that India is still in, and with a chance, is because of Pant. He picked his spots and that’s what stood out about his innings. Even Sachin Tendulkar tweeted…

Boria Majumdar in Sydney Exactly three minutes left for the day’s play to end. Jasprit Bumrah was trying to rush through his over to make sure Mohammed Siraj got another crack at the Australian openers. Usman Khawaja, very rightly, was trying to delay things and waste precious seconds so that there was no extra over. All of this was within the rules. With the delay, Bumrah was getting a little restless and that’s when he complained to the umpire. The India captain was very much within his rights to speak to the umpire to hasten things up. He was waiting…

Boria Majumdar in Sydney The story from India’s net session the day before the Sydney Test was Rohit Sharma. Is he playing or not playing? Has he been left out, or will it be a last-minute call? Gautam Gambhir keeping the option open at the press conference has added fuel to the fire. Rohit, for the record, did not take any slip catches today, batted only briefly in the nets, played some throwdowns and did not have a long stint. It could well be that he isn’t playing this Test, and India open with KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal. Shubman…

Boria Majumdar in Sydney Australia are on the cusp of winning their first Border-Gavaskar Trophy in a decade, while India know that a win in Sydney would mean that all that happened in Melbourne would soon be forgotten. The stakes are at their highest. Battlelines are drawn, and neither team will back down. India’s weaknesses stand exposed, while Australia too have their own issues with batting. Former India players have rallied behind Rohit Sharma’s team and, in sum, India aren’t just the eleven players on the park and the seven on the bench. The bonding now extends to all the…

Boria Majumdar at Sydney As we step into 2025, it is time to look back at the year we had at Revsportz in 2024 and also the way ahead. We completed 3 years on December 1, 2024. From negotiating a personal ban, which could have impacted the company’s fortunes to breaking new ground with coverage, Revsportz has come a long way. Here in Sydney, we have 9 of us reporting on the Border Gavaskar Trophy, doing English, Hindi and Bengali coverage simultaneously. Our website is now recognised as one of the go-to platforms for quality sports writing. We will soon…

As the dust settles on the Indian defeat in Melbourne, it is time to leave it behind and look ahead at the fifth and final Test of the BGT Series starting in Sydney on January 3, 2025. The turnaround time is short and with the team traveling today, all they will get is two days to recalibrate. First and foremost, the team needs to believe that they can get the job done. They have enough gas left from what we have seen in Melbourne. It does give the team and hordes of fans a lot of hope. Jasprit Bumrah continues…

Boria Majumdar at the MCG Virat Kohli is synonymous with hope. He carries the aspirations of Indian cricket fans, and justifiably so. All through his career, he has taken on challenges and overcome them. That’s where the expectations come from. You don’t expect him to make the same mistakes over and over again, and that’s why fans have tended to get frustrated and upset on this tour. In Australia, Kohli has time and again let his ego take over. It is as if Australia know where to bowl to him. They know he will not be able to resist the…