Boria majumdar biography books

Indian sports journalist and author (born )

Boria Majumdar is an Indian sports journalist, sports historian and writer. He was the co-writer of Sachin Tendulkar's autobiography Playing it My Way. He was banned for 2 years by the Board of Control for Cricket in India for threatening Indian cricketer Wriddhiman Saha. He has now come out with his version of the events in his new book after the ban was lifted in

Early life

Majumdar was born on 8 March at Kolkata. He completed his schooling from The Frank Anthony Public School, Kolkata. He completed his B.A. in history from Presidency College, University of Calcutta in the year In , he did his M.A. in Modern History from the same university. He was awarded the Rhodes scholar in – and went to St John's College, University of Oxford to do a DPhil on the Social History of Indian Cricket in October He completed his doctorate in March and the thesis was subsequently nominated for publication in the Oxford monographs series. It was published in India by Penguin-Viking as the much acclaimed Twenty-Two Yards to Freedom: A Social History of Indian Cricket in December

Personal life

Majumdar is married to Sharmistha Gooptu.

Majumdar launched RevSportz with backing from multiple corporates.

Sports journalism

He co-wrote Playing It My Way, the autobiography of former IndiancricketerSachin Tendulkar. He have connections with high-profile former cricketers such as Sachin Tendulk