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Mayanti Langer

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Mayanti Langer
Born (1985-02-08) 8 February 1985 (age 39)
New Delhi, India
NationalityIndian
Occupations
Years active2006–2019
2021–present
EmployerStar Sports
Spouse
(m. 2012)
Children1
Parents
  • Lt. Gen. Sanjiv Langer (Retd.)
  • Preminda Langer
RelativesRoger Binny (Father-in-law)

Mayanti Langer (born 8 February 1985) is an Indian sports journalist, anchor and broadcaster working with Star India on cricket matches.

She has hosted many tournaments like Football Cafe on Zee Sports, 2010 FIFA World Cup broadcast on ESPN, 2010 Commonwealth Games,[1] 2011 Cricket World Cup, 2014 Indian Super League, 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup, 2018 Indian Premier League, 2019 Indian Premier League[2] and 2019 Cricket World Cup.[3]

Media career

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Her interest in football grew when she was a student in the United States. She was in her college football team and was a guest anchor for a broadcast of FIFA beach football.[4]

With the success of the broadcast, she was offered a spot as host and associate producer for Football Cafe on Zee Sports.[5] Langer would go on to work for various football shows on the Zee network providing commentary and conduct interviews during pre-match, half-time and post-match shows.[6] She was also the anchor on Zee Sports for the Nehru Cup football tournament held in New Delhi at the Ambedkar Stadium and worked as an anchor for Zee Sports' coverage of the Indian Cricket League.

She was a host in the 2010 FIFA World Cup broadcast in India, on ESPN which included pre-match, half-match and post-match analysis. She headed a team of expert panelists alongside John Dykes. Mayanti also hosted the 2010 Commonwealth Games held at Delhi with Charu Sharma, the 2011 Cricket World Cup, the 2014 Indian Super League, the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup and the 2018 Indian Premier League.[7][8]

Personal life

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She is the daughter of Indian army officer Lt. Gen. Sanjiv Langer and Preminda Langer.[9] Mayanti married Indian cricketer Stuart Binny in 2012.[10] Their first child, a boy, was born in September 2020.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Mayanti Langer". simplylifeindia.com. Archived from the original on 16 October 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Archana Vijay to Mandira Bedi and Mayanti Langer, 10 hottest hosts of the Indian Premier League till date". Times Now News. Archived from the original on 16 October 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  3. ^ "5 female anchors who standout in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019". asianage.com. 3 June 2019. Archived from the original on 16 October 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  4. ^ [1] . televisionpoint.com. Archived 10 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Nitin Pant (February 2007) "IndianFootball.Com Interview: MAYANTI LANGER".
  6. ^ "Miss in the midfield ". The Telegraph (Calcutta). 5 April 2006
  7. ^ "NIMCJ article". nimcj. Archived from the original on 15 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  8. ^ Sharmistha Mukherjee (20 February 2011). "ESPN-Star lines up pantheon of cricket to offer World Cup insights" Archived 11 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Business Standard.
  9. ^ Langer, Mayanti (2011). "Mayanti Langer Biography, Wiki". mayantilanger.com. Archived from the original on 15 November 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
  10. ^ "In Pics: Know more about India's emerging star Stuart Binny's pretty & talented wife Mayanti Langer!". abplive.in. 18 June 2014. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  11. ^ "Mayanti Langer, Stuart Binny blessed with a baby boy; anchor posts pic on social media". Zeenews. 19 September 2020. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
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