Sanjay Manjrekar Birthday: Retired despite being in tremendous form, fans used to compare him with Gavaskar

Famous Cricketer Happy Birthday Sanjay Manjrekar: Sanjay Manjrekar, who won the hearts of fans with his batting, has been a part of the Indian team for a long time.

Seeing Manjerkar’s batting, he was seen as the next Sunil Gavaskar. At present, Sanjay Manjrekar has made a distinct identity for himself as a commentator.

Sanjay Manjrekar Birthday: Retired despite being in tremendous form-

Father was also a cricketer:

Sanjay Manjrekar was born on 12 July 1965 in Mangaluru. His father Vijay Manjrekar was also a famous cricketer. He played 55 Test matches for India.

Like his father, Sanjay Manjrekar was also fond of cricket since childhood. He made a place in the Indian team on the basis of his ability and played many memorable innings.

There was a comparison with Sunil Gavaskar:

Sanjay Manjrekar was compared to the great batsman Sunil Gavaskar. Sanjay Manjrekar made his international Test debut in 1987 and performed brilliantly.

At the same time, he made his debut in the ODI format in 1988. He played 111 international matches and scored 4037 runs including 24 fifties, five centuries, and one double century. During this, he also played many match-winning innings.

Dispute with Sachin-Ganguly:

There were also reports of Sanjay Manjrekar’s tussle with former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar. Ganguly also mentioned some things about Manjerkar in his autobiography.

Ganguly told that Manjrekar could not score runs against Australia after his brilliant performances against Pakistan and West Indies and he took all his anger out on Ganguly.

Retired despite being in the form:

Sanjay Manjrekar retired from cricket at the age of just 32. Behind doing this, he said that he had understood that now he is not going to be needed in the team.

Manjrekar took a break from cricket after players like Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly came into the team. Sanjay Manjrekar had told that he had retired because of Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid.

Manjrekar had said in his book that he was an informed batsman at the time of his retirement. Manjrekar played his last match in 1996. Played against Africa.

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