Boria Majumdar

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Boria Majumdar is an Indian sports journalist, academician and author. He has completed his formal education in the field of History. He was brought into the limelight, for daunting Indian wicket-keeper, Wriddhiman Saha, for not entertaining his requests and calls for an interview.After completing his post-graduation, in 1999, in the field of History, Boria Majumdar was awarded a scholarship under the Rhodes scholarship programme, under the programme, he completed his Doctorate of Philosophy (DPhil) in Social History of Indian Cricket in October 2000.Boria Majumdar completed his doctorate in 2004, and his thesis titled, Twenty-Two Yards to Freedom: A Social History of Indian Cricket, was nominated for publication in the Oxford monographs series.In 2004, his thesis, Twenty-Two Yards to Freedom: A Social History of Indian Cricket, was also published in India.In 2014, Boria Majumdar co-authored Sachins autobiography titled, Playing It My Way. The books name has been registered with the Limca Book of Records for selling the most number of copies on the first day of its release. Book cover of Playing It My Way.In 2018, he authored and published his second book titled, Eleven Gods and a Billion Indians: The On and Off the Field Story of Cricket in India and Beyond. The book cover of Eleven Gods and a Billion Indians The On and Off the Field Story of Cricket in India and Beyond.Throughout his career as a sports journalist, Boria Majumdar has interviewed several renowned sports players such as Kapil Dev, Jhulan Goswami, Saurav Ganguly, Sunil Gavaskar, and Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Boria Majumdar with Kapil Dev Boria Majumdar with Jhulan Goswami and Saurav Ganguly Boria Majumdar with Sunil Gavaskar Boria Majumdar with Mahendra Singh Dhoni.Boria Majumdar has also worked as a visiting faculty for La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.Since 2003, Boria Majumdar has been working as a lecturer at the University of Chicago.In 2019, Boria Majumdar was appointed as a senior fellow researcher in the School of Sport and Wellbeing at the University of Central Lancashire.