The career of this batter ended with the arrival of Dravid-Ganguli, sometimes the next Gavaskar was called Gavaskar, Sachin gave Mr. Different

New Delhi. Sanjay Manjrekar entered the commentary after his retirement from cricket. He is one of the world’s famous cricket commentators. Manjrekar turned 60. He played the role of a troubleshooter for the team several times. In the Test match played in Harare, where Sachin Tendulkar and Mohammad Azharuddin failed, Manjrekar buried the peg. He scored a century by batting for about 9 hours and drawn the Test. Manjrekar used to speak in domestic cricket. As successful, he could not be in international cricket as much as he was in domestic cricket. He wrote in his autobiography that his career ended quickly due to Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly.

Sanjay Manjrekar is currently in the role of a cricket commentator. He charges crores of rupees for a season commentary in the IPL. He launched his autobiography ‘Importance’ in the year 2018. In this book, Manjrekar explained in detail about his cricket career. He wrote in it that when he said goodbye to cricket, he was not in form at that time, it was not so. Manjrekar wrote that seeing the game of Sourav Ganguly and Rahu Dravid, he understood that now his time has been completed. He announced retirement at the age of 32.

‘I felt that now my time is over’

Sanjay Manjrekar wrote in his book that when Team India went to England in 1996, people had high expectations from Dravid. Manjrekar said that Sourav Ganguly emerged on that tour in place of Dravid. Praising Dravid, Sanjay wrote that it felt as if he was made for the Indian team. When I saw them playing and the way they batting, then I felt that now my time is over. Manjrekar was technically skilled player. He scored a lot of runs abroad. Sachin Tendulkar named Manjrekar as Mr. Different.

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Technology used to compare Gavaskar
Manjrekar played 111 international matches. He was quite amazing in terms of technology. He was compared to Sunil Gavaskar. In 1992, Team India was close to defeat, but on the strength of Manjrekar, Team India managed to draw the match. In Harare, Zimbabwe scored 456 runs in the first innings. After this, the Indian team captained by Azharuddin had a poor start. Ravi Shastri (11), Sachin Tendulkar (0) and Azharuddin (9) returned to the pavilion early. The Indian team’s 5 wickets fell to 101 runs. But Manjrekar batted for about 9 hours and brought the team beyond 300. He faced 422 balls and played a century innings. This test ended on the draw.