Author: Gargi Raut

Jaismine Lamboriya beat Poland’s Szermeta Julia, the Olympic champion, in the final of the Women’s 57kg category at the Boxing World Championships to clinch gold for India. With it, she became the first Indian to do so in Liverpool. In an exclusive conversation with RevSportz, Jaismine opened up on her preparation, how she was welcomed back home after the gold and her goals for the next year. How was it beating an Olympic champion and winning the Gold? Jaismine: I’m very happy to be a world champion. In the 57kg category, which is an Olympic category, I performed very well.…

Gargi Raut in Dubai Indian motorsport has a bright future in the form of Atiqa Mir, the 10-year-old sensation who has been capturing all headlines. She is rewriting history and has become the first Indian to receive direct support from Formula 1’s F1 Academy. In an exclusive conversation with RevSportz, Atiqa, alongside her father Asif Mir – a former Formula Asia driver and India’s first national karting champion – spoke about the young driver’s journey from mall karting to global recognition. Atiqa, where did it all begin? When was that moment behind the wheel when you thought: I love doing…

Gargi Raut in Dubai Kuldeep Yadav for long has been warming the bench despite delivering consistent performances. Always losing out on a place in the team due to combinations and conditions. But this time around, at the Asia Cup, Kuldeep looks determined to let his performances speak louder than any selection debate. In the two matches that India played in the Asia Cup so far, the left-arm wrist-spinner has picked up seven wickets and he seems to be cementing his place in the T20 set-up with every passing day. On Sunday against Pakistan, Kuldeep was the highest wicket-taker. Pakistan batters…

The day started on a sombre note, with the Indian public divided on whether India should have participated in the Asia Cup, more specifically in the match against Pakistan. As the players stepped out for the national anthem, the imagery was striking, two countries who were at war, standing next to each other, ready to compete on the cricket field. As the Indian national anthem played, the stadium echoed with the tune, camera zoomed in on skipper Suryakumar Yadav, who sang every word with conviction, with his eyes shut. With Pakistan winning the toss and choosing to bat — they…

Tensions are high ahead of India vs Pakistan tonight, with many Indian fans calling for a boycott of the game. The management and the players are not ignorant of the public sentiment back home, and carry the same compassion. India’s assistant coach, Ryan Ten Doeschate, made it clear in the press conference yesterday that the team are only following the directions of the Government of India and the BCCI. The players have a responsibility to go out on the field, represent the country and put their best foot forward. Ten Doeschate even mentioned that at one point, the management thought…

Gargi Raut, Dubai Since the start of the Asia Cup and in the preceding month, the question arose – Would Shubman Gill be slotted into the T20 setup? What role would he take on after being named the captain of the Test team? Would Suryakumar Yadav continue at the helm of the T20 setup or would Gill be the next all-format captain? Questions after questions. When RevSportz team went live in India’s first practice session ahead of the India-Pakistan clash, several comments came pouring in about how Gill was looking. The answer was simple – whether Gill was named the…

In the recent past, Indian badminton was at crossroads about the rising talent. Many said that when it came to the singles category, there was no successor to H.S. Prannoy or Srikanth Kidambi. But the opinion has now changed. The latest to capture the attention of the fans is a 20-year-old, Ayush Shetty from Karnataka. Shetty made a roaring arrival to the Hong Kong Open Super 500 with a fighting performance against 2023 World Championships silver medallist, world number nine, Kodai Naraoka in a thrilling three-game contest. It took 72 minutes, but the youngster showcased his incredible agility, fitness and…

India kicked off their Asia Cup 2025 campaign against hosts United Arab Emirates, and the match was a mismatch in every sense of the word. The giants of the game faced off against a considerably weaker side. The defending champions dominated from the outset, defeating the hosts by nine wickets while chasing a target of just 58 runs. In the match, Kuldeep Yadav returned to the white-ball squad and scalped four sparkling wickets. On the other end, Jasprit Bumrah sent the opener back with his picture-perfect yorker. Yet, while it was an expected result for Indian fans, it won’t be…

Will India’s problem of plenty claim another victim, and will it be Kuldeep Yadav this time around? Kuldeep has been a part of the Indian set-up for quite some time now but, despite being a proven performer and delivering breakthroughs when needed, he has been unable to cement a place in the playing XI due to team combinations and priorities. When we talk about someone like Kuldeep, the problem isn’t about skill or talent, but about combinations. He was a part of the Indian squad for the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy but couldn’t find a place in the XI, even in conditions…

Indian cricket is facing a problem that is unique to the team management – not a lack of talent but an overwhelming surplus of it. There seems to be a “problem of plenty”, meaning that even players that perform consistently are having to fight for a place in the team, waiting in the shadows, endlessly, for a chance to prove their worth. Take Abhimanyu Easwaran, for example. He was part of the squad for both the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy. A total of ten Test matches, but he didn’t make it into the playing XI even once. Not…