Mayanti Langer

Biography

Mayanti Langer is an Indian TV anchor, Emcee & host who is popular for her sports shows and interviews. She is often seen anchoring Cricket & football related shows. She is most know for her shows on STAR Network. She frequently works with Star Sports.

Mayanti Langer was born on 8th February 1985 in Delhi, India to Lt. General Sanjiv Langer(Father- an Army officer who worked at the UN) & Preminda Langer(Mother)- an award winning teacher. She lived in New York, United States for a brief period during her youth.

Image: Mayanti Langer childhood- with brother Avalok

Mayanti Langer Marriage

Mayanti Langer & Stuart Binny:

Mayanti married Indian cricketer Stuart Binny in 2012. Stuart has played for the Indian cricket team just like his father Roger Binny. She is older than him by 4 months. The couple are said to have a son named John Binny. (However we couldn't verify it)

Image: Mayanti Langer with husband Stuart Binny

Mayanti Langer Education

• College: Mayanti attended Hindu College, affiliated to University of Delhi, located in New Delhi. she is a 'Bachelor of Arts(B.a)' graduate
• She had her higher education in the United States, She lived in New York while in the United States

Mayanti Langer Career

Mayanti has hosted shows such as:

• Cricket World Cup(2019)
• Indian Premier League(2019)
• Indian Premier League(2018)
• ICC Cricket World Cup(2015)
• Indian Super League(2014)
• Federation Cup
• FIFA beach football
• Football Cafe
• ICC Cricket World Cup(2011)
• FIFA World Cup(2010)
• Commonwealth Games(2010)
• Nehru Cup football
• Indian Cricket League
• Champions League Cricket
• Indian Super League Football
• Several bilateral cricket series (India vs Australia, India vs South Africa, India vs Sri Lanka)

Mayanti Langer Facts & trivia

• Football: She lived in the USA for a brief period while her father was stationed there. She played for her school football team. She liked playing as the mid-fielder
• FIFA beach football: She was a guest anchor on the show 'FIFA beach football', it made her grow confident of a career in sports anchoring
• Football Cafe: She worked as a host as well as producer on the show aired on Zee Sports
• Ancestry: She is of Kashmiri descent.
• She was interested in swimming as well, she participated in professional swimming at the state levels.
• Mayanti had been interested in drawing posters, graphic designing, illustrations, visual arts.
• She practices Yoga and believes it is a great reducer of stress.
• She likes to go to movies and concerts in free time.
• Her favorite music forms are: Rock, Jazz, Hip-hop
• Food: Of all the foods, Seafood is her least favorite food.
• Trolling: She was trolled on twitter viciously, she took it lightly and wrote a letter to the trolls.
• She is a humorous person, once she posted an image of a wi-fi network named after Suresh Raina, she tagged Cricketer Suresh Raina and asked for the password, twitter reacted with witty tweets.
• Sports personalities she has interviewed includes- cricketers like Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni to Badminton players like Saina Nehwal & Kidambi Srikanth. Some of the popular stars she has interviewed includes:
  • Anushka Sharma
  • Baichung Bhutia
  • Bhuvaneshwar Kumar
  • Brendon McCullum
  • Dutee Chand
  • Dwayne Bravo
  • Kidambi Srikanth
  • M. S. Dhoni
  • Mitali Raj
  • Niel McKenzie
  • P.V. Sindhu
  • Paul Collingwood
  • Saina Nehwal
  • Scott Styries
  • Shahid Afridi
  • tuart Binny
  • Sunny Leone
  • Suresh Raina
  • Sushant Singh Rajput
  • Virat Kohli
  • Vishnu Manchu
• She wears 5 inch heels.
• As of 2017 she doesn't own a facebook account, there are many fan accounts though.
• Commercials/ brands she has appeared in/ promoted are- 
  • Air Vistara
  • Alexa (Amazon Echo)
  • Amazon fashion
  • Ariel
  • Axis Bank (Forex Card)
  • Daniel Wellington
  • Diesel
  • ENN
  • Goibibo
  • Landrover (Discovery Sport)
  • Likee App
  • Myntra (fashion)
  • Nissan
  • Nizami High Tea
  • Ola Cabs
  • Puma
  • Solo Luxury
  • Vivo (Vivo v17 pro)
  • XiaoMi (Red Mi 7)
  • Zara

Mayanti Langer Quotes

• I still remember being the only girl in the ninth standard, who wanted to play football, by the end of the year there were about 60 girls playing football.
• In the near future, I’d like to join an art school and chisel out a parallel career (Hr thought in 2006)
• India has a lot of talent, we have good goalkeepers, defenders, mid-fielders, we need to have better goal scorers
• Off camera, I'm a very reserved person
• I am always in Zen mode
• I’ve never considered myself a woman in a man’s world. My job is gender less. I wish others could see that as well.
• Hate from those that hide behind handles. Own your Hate. Be Stronger. Be Better.
• I don’t have a great story, but yes, it’s a different story
• I never had the pressure of having to always look glamorous, I was a tomboy and I still am.
• I don’t think I have the skills to be a commentator. I can be a presenter

Sources

• Mayanti Langer Wiki
• Forbes India Interview *