Author: Rahul Giri

-Atreyo Mukhopadhyay A left-handed Australian opening batter leaps and pumps his fist in the air after reaching three figures. For years, this sight has been associated with David Warner, who made it his trademark celebration and performed it in different parts of the world. In Ahmedabad on a hot Thursday afternoon, it was the turn of Warner’s antithesis to execute the act at Narendra Modi Stadium. Different in every possible manner other than being a left-hander, Usman Khawaja thus ticked a box his opening partner in the first two Tests of the ongoing series has not. Despite scoring 25 Test…

By: Rahul Mukherji A friend and a very respected senior journalist G. Rajaraman introduced me to Rani Rampal, captain of the Indian (women’s) hockey team at the breakfast table during Trailblazers, a sports conclave organized by RevSportz in Kolkata last Sunday. After getting introduced to Rani I could not help thanking her for providing my ‘Wow Moments’ in sports during the India – Argentina semi-final in women’s field hockey competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The defining moment came when my whole family sat down in front of the television set to cheer for our women’s team. Apart from cricket or maybe FIFA World Cup,…





Let me start with something Deepa Malik said at the Trailblazers conclave. She said she will never again get up from her wheelchair. She will never walk again. But each time she has won a medal for India, 130 million have stood up to celebrate the tricolour with her and for her and sing the national anthem. That’s her biggest satisfaction as an athlete. As a woman para athlete she made us proud. 130 million Indians celebrated with her. And it’s our turn to celebrate her and many like her today. Celebrating our Trailblazers. Here’s to a Multi sporting nation…