Author: Subhayan Chakraborty

– Subhayan Chakraborty & Amit Shah Just like his batting, Suryakumar Yadav has enjoyed a blistering rise to the top in international cricket. After grinding it for long in the domestic circuit and Indian Premier League, Suryakumar broke into the Indian team after the age of 30 but hasn’t looked back since. He not only took the T20 World Cup 2022 by storm, scoring 239 runs at an average of 59.75 and strike rate of 189.68, but also rose to the top of the ICC Players Ranking in the shortest format of the game. After solidifying his place in the…

With the announcement of the Indian squad for the upcoming limited-overs series against Sri Lanka, the outgoing selection committee has signaled towards a transition phase in Indian cricket. The names of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul were missing from the T20I squad that will be led by Hardik Pandya. While there has been no official communique from the BCCI relating to moving past Rohit in the shortest format of the game, sources in the know of things have clearly indicated that Hardik is going to be the leader of the T20I side moving forward keeping an eye on…

He knows he doesn’t have the best of techniques against short deliveries. He knows his batting technique is nowhere close to previous batting geniuses from India. Yet, Shreyas Iyer keeps piling up runs while defying all the odds against him. Perhaps, in his own words, “ignorance is bliss.” The 71-run partnership between Iyer and Ravichandran Ashwin saved the blushes for India in the second Test against Bangladesh in Dhaka, at a time when India had their backs against the wall while tackling Mehidy Hasan Miraz and the rest of the Bangladesh bowlers. Chasing 145, India were 71-6. Rishabh Pant was…

From a remote village named Kakarkund of Bihar’s Gopalganj district to making it into the Indian dressing room before bagging a life-changing sum of Rs 5.50 crore in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 auction, Mukesh Kumar’s journey is nothing short of a roller coaster ride. It is what we call rags-to-riches fantasy. It wasn’t an easy ride for Mukesh, who had to convince his father multiple times in a bid to pursue his cricketing dream. Once he broke into the Cricket Association of Bengal’s (CAB) ‘Vision 2020’ squad, he had to tackle malnutrition problems. CAB went out of the…

Prerak Mankad is one of those names in the domestic circuit, who has been hitting the right chords with both bat and ball. An integral part of Saurashtra that has defied all the odds to win Ranji Trophy and Vijay Hazare Trophy in recent times, Prerak is now ready for a step-up. Having established himself as one of the star all-rounders for Saurashtra with around 1000 runs under his belt at a strike rate of 140-plus and average of 30 in the shortest format of the game, Prerak is guaranteed to be one of the hot properties come the Indian…

The 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics will have a powerful symbol of the French Republic as the mascot for the Games – a Phrygian cap, also known as a liberty cap. The soft red cap is a highly popular version of a conical hat worn in places like Persia, the Balkans, Thrace, Dacia and Phrygia – a place in Turkey where the name originated from. The symbol played a crucial role in the French Revolution as it became a symbol of pursuit of liberty. It is still worn by the figures of Marianne. “At Paris 2024, we wanted mascots that…

When a lanky 19-year-old Jaydev Unadkat made his Test debut, against South Africa in Centurion back in 2010, he faced the dominant troika of Jacques Kallis, Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers at the peak of their powers. He went wicketless in the only innings India got to bowl in that match with the MS Dhoni-led side losing by an innings and 25 runs. And the long-wait of ‘one more chance’ started for the young left-arm seamer from Saurashtra. Unadkat continued his journey in domestic cricket and kept on putting the hard yards. Soon after being named the captain of…

Sikandar Raza has become a hot topic of discussion in the cricketing world due to his on-field heroics for Zimbabwe and franchises in the T20 cricket ecosystem. After emerging as a talisman for Zimbabwe and lighting up the recently concluded T20 World Cup, Raza, in a freewheeling interview with Revsportz, discussed a range of things starting from a scintillating World Cup campaign, defeating Pakistan, PAK Bean banter, his struggle with bone marrow infection and cancer threat, remodeling his bowling action, IPL dream and much more. Excerpts: Subhayan Chakraborty: You are now one of the hottest names in world cricket but…

Going by his own words, Sheldon Jackson didn’t deserve a place in the XI when Saurashtra locked horns with Maharashtra in the final of Vijay Hazare Trophy in Ahmedabad on Friday. Before the summit clash, Jackson had just one half-century under his belt in the last 10 matches of the tournament, an unbeaten 56 against Himachal Pradesh in the group stage match while chasing a paltry 130. Saurashtra kept on backing their most prolific run-scorer and he delivered when it mattered most. Jackson produced a match-winning 133 not out off 136 deliveries, helping Saurashtra chase the 249-run target and seal…

The FIFA World Cup 2022 is all set to kickstart on November 20 in Qatar with the host country taking on Ecuador at the Al Bayt Stadium. While focus will be on the tournament opener, fans are eagerly expecting major teams like Brazil, Argentina, Portugal, Spain, Germany, France among others to be in action in the showpiece event. Two-time World Cup winner and former Brazil captain Cafu, in an exclusive interview with Revsportz, talked about a range of things starting from the difference between the Brazilian team under his captaincy in 2002 and the current Selecao team, whether Neymar could…