Stuart Binny is a retired cricket player from India who has played in the Indian national team and also in the Indian Premier League (popularly abbreviated as IPL). While playing for the Indian National Cricket Team, he played in One Day Internationals, Twenty20 Internationals and Test matches. For the Indian Premier League or IPL, he played for the team Rajasthan Royals. Stuart Binny announced his retirement from cricket on 30 August 2021.
Early Life
Stuart Binny was born on 3rd June 1984 in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. His full name is Stuart Terence Roger Binny. He did his initial schooling from The Frank Anthony Public School in Bangalore and then moved to St. Joseph’s Indian High School for higher studies. He is the son of famous Indian test cricketer Roger Binny and while Stuart Binny was in high school at St. Joseph’s Indian High School, his father was the school’s cricket coach. He took coaching for IACA under Imtiaz Ahmed.
Career
Stuart Binny has played for the Indian Premier League as well as the national team of India. He has played in test matches, Twenty20 matches abtd One Day matches. For his IPL tenure, he played for the team Rajasthan Royals in 2018. In current times, he has been ranked as the Indian record holder with the best bowling spell in an ODI, where he claimed 6 wickets for 4 runs against Bangladesh. This happened in 2014
Personal Life
Stuart Binny got married to Mayanti Langer in 2012.
Mayanti Langer
Stuart Binny wife is Mayanti Langer is a sports journalist, broadcaster and anchor from India, and she works for Star India during cricket matches.
Early Life
Mayanti Langer was born on 8th February 1985. Her father is Lt. Gen. Sanjiv Langer (retired) and her mother is Preminda Langer. It is not known if she has siblings. She has always been highly enthusiastic about sports and growing up, she was always interested in football, which happened while she was a student in the United States of America. Before she went into anchoring and broadcasting, she was part of her college’s football team. From there, she went on to work as a guest anchor for a broadcast of FIFA beach football.
Career
When her performance as a guest broadcaster for FIFA beach football became a success, she was offered a job as the host and associate producer for Football Cafe on Zee Sports. She then went on to work for several football shows that were by Zee network where she would be found to provide commentary and also conduct interviews during pre-match, half-time and post-match shows. During the Nehru Cup football tournament that was held at the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi, and there she worked as an anchor.
Some of her other prominent works were as anchor, commentator and presenter for 2010 FIFA World Cup on ESPN, 2014 Indian Super League, 2010 Commonwealth Games, Indian Premier League, 2019 Cricket World Cup and many more.
Personal Life
Mayanti Langer married former Indian cricketer Stuart Binny in 2012. The couple became parents to a baby boy in 2020.