Author: Rahul Giri

By Bharath Ramaraj Overview We have seen Royal Challengers Bangalore starting an IPL season with hope, only for the ship to then capsize over the course of the tournament. The Bangalore franchise has had an inconsistent start to this season as well – they thrashed Mumbai Indians at home, but slipped to an embarrassing loss against Kolkata Knight Riders. Can Bangalore put on a good show and get back to winning ways when they take on Lucknow Super Giants at home? Will they find some momentum during the rest of the tournament? In order to get back…

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Atreyo Mukhopadhyay Here are Revsportz’s takeaways from Kolkata Knight Riders’ unbelievable last-ball victory against Gujarat Titans. The most bizarre last over In the history of cricket, sixes have been hit in all six balls of an over. It’s unusual, but not unprecedented. But I do not think the last five balls of a match have been hammered out of the ground when that was the requirement. This was unprecedented in that sense. Unbelievable, from Rinku Singh and Yash Dayal, and Kolkata Knight Riders against Gujarat Titans. You run out of adjectives. Dear readers, please bear with…

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-Boria Majumdar Priyanshu Rajawat is a great story. Today a BWF 300 Champion, he started out as a young kid in Dhar, a village in MP. While there wasn’t any tradition in the family, the fact that Sameer and Sourabh Verma were both from the same village, Priyanshu had people to look up to while growing up. And at a very young age he joined the Gopichand academy in Gwalior. However, the academy couldn’t continue for want of funds and Priyanshu was the only kid Gopi singled out to take with him to Hyderabad. “He had potential and I…

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By Boria Majumdar It is a big test for him tonight. Back at the Wankhede against MS Dhoni’s Chennai, Rohit Sharma will have to lead Mumbai back to winning ways. Getting used to life without Jasprit Bumrah, it isn’t for Rohit to play without his main strike bowler. But there aren’t many options either. After a poor season last year, many will question his captaincy if Mumbai don’t do well this year. And he knows that well. All his life, he has been asked these questions. Can he be a Test player? Can he be a good captain? Can he…

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