Tag: sanjay manjrekar

7Jan By adminNo Comments
Sports

“Made Mistakes…”: Ex-India Star’s Blunt Take On Rohit Sharma’s Captaincy In South Africa | Cricket News

After the completion of the India vs South Africa series on Thursday, former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar pointed out skipper Rohit Sharma's mistakes while leading the visitors and said that once one loses a moment, then they lose the game. While speaking to ESPNcricinfo, Manjrekar said that the 36-year-old skipper made mistakes in both Tests. He added that it cost the visitors during the first Test match. "In Test cricket if you lose moments, you lose the game. Rohit made mistakes in both Tests and while it cost us massively in the first game, thankfully Siraj had given allowance for the second Test. Siraj bowling just one over when Markram was scoring and the lead swelled to 60 was a mistake," Manjrekar told ESPNcricinfo.The former skipper called Rohit Sharma the "old-school" long...
Read More
6Jan By adminNo Comments
Sports

“Unfair To Blame…”: Sanjay Manjrekar Defends India Star After Poor South Africa Display | Cricket News

Indian cricket team in action© AFPAfter the completion of the India vs South Africa series, former India cricketer, Sanjay Manjrekar believes that one of the main reasons behind India's loss against South Africa at Centurion was purely due to poor performance by their bowlers and went onto defend Shardul Thakur despite his disappointing performance in the first Test. Thakur was dropped from the playing XI for the second Test at Cape Town due to his poor performance in the first Test of the series where he was able to pick only one wicket in his spell of 19 overs where he conceded 101 runs.  The right-arm seamer, Mukesh Kumar replaced Thakur for the second Test where the bowler snapped four wickets in the match. Manjrekar opined that the entire Indian bowling team failed collectively in ...
Read More
6Jan By adminNo Comments
Sports

“The Moment Rishabh Pant Is Fit…”: Ex India Star Issues Bold KL Rahul vs Shreyas Iyer Statement | Cricket News

KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer during South Africa Test series© AFPAs India's tour of South Africa concludes, there remain plenty of questions that the selectors and the team management are left to answer. The performances of Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, and Prasidh Krishna left much to desire while a few others managed to deliver in fragments. As far as the No. 5 debate goes in the Test team, former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar feels it's a position that will be decided between KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer once wicket-keeper batter Rishabh Pant is fully fit and ready to return.With Pant still working his way to make a comeback to the national team, Rahul was given the wicket-keeper's role, making him the team's go-to player behind the stumps across the three formats. But, ...
Read More
4Jan By adminNo Comments
Sports

“We Should Be Sacked For…”: Ex-India Star’s Monumental Remark As Team Gets 10 Wickets In A Session | Cricket News

Cape Town was witness to something remarkable on Wednesday. Overall 23 wickets fell on the first day of the second Test between India and South Africa with several world records being broken. After South Africa chose to bat first, the hosts lost 10 wickets in the first session as they were all out for 55. It's the lowest all-out score by a team against India in Tests. Then India got out for 153, losing their last six wickets for 0 - which is a world record. At stumps, India had gained control with South Africa reeling at 62/3 in their second innings.The incidents of the day surprised Indian cricket team stars too who were commentating on the match. Sanjay Manjrekar had predicted four wickets in the first session while Piyush Chawla predicted three wickets. Both were wrong."We should be ...
Read More
31Dec By adminNo Comments
Sports

Virat Kohli, Ravi Shastri Were “Trigger-Happy”: Ex-India Star’s Monumental Comment On Team Selection | Cricket News

Former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar has opined that the team management could give a chance to Mukesh Kumar in the second Test against South Africa, starting January 3 in Cape Town. He, however, added that it would be unfair with Prasidh Krishna if he is dropped. Manjrekar also pointed out that had there been the previous management that was during the Ravi Shastri-Virat Kohli era, it would have made changes in the playing XI, saying that the former coach-caption duo was "trigger-happy"."It will be a little harsh to drop Prasidh Krishna after one because, if you look at him, he is not somebody who hits the deck hard. He sort of uses his height. Anything that he pitches up is a bit floaty. The only ball that has a bit of pace and strength are short balls," Manjrekar on ESPNCricinfo."...
Read More
29Dec By adminNo Comments
Sports

“Has To Keep Getting Runs”: Shubman Gill Issued Big Warning Over Dwindling Test Form | Cricket News

Batting in South Africa is never easy but a player like Shubman Gill, touted to be the next big thing in Indian cricket, is expected to deliver. As India took on South Africa on Day 1 of the first Test in Centurion, Gill's bat went silent once again, scoring just 2 runs off 12 balls. With the dismissal, Gill's Test average dropped to a poor 31.23, prompting former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar to remind him of the competition that exists in the Indian team.While Manjrekar feels Gill will continue to be backed by the team management for a while, he feels the young top-order batter has to put more runs on the board."He is the real deal. There is class there. Somebody who gets a 90 in his very first Test match in foreign condition against a good attack, has to have class. Now, finally, ...
Read More
25Dec By adminNo Comments
Sports

“KL Rahul’s Instinct Similar To That Of MS Dhoni”: Ex-India Star’s Massive Comparison | Cricket News

File photo of KL Rahul (left) and MS Dhoni.© AFPThe Indian cricket team, led by KL Rahul, defeated South Africa 2-1 in the ODI series that concluded on Thursday. India won the series-decider by a margin of 78 runs at Boland Park, Paarl. While speaking after the game, former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar opined that KL Rahul's instinct is equal to that of MS Dhoni. The cricket veteran made the comments while analysing the captaincy of the player during the series against South Africa. Rahul took some really good DRS (Decision Review System) calls from behind the stumps during the third ODI against the Proteas and Manjrekar was duly impressed with his performance."These days, when you see KL Rahul on the ground, he looks very relaxed and in a good mind space. He captained as expected. ...
Read More
23Dec By adminNo Comments
Sports

“Thing Of The Past…”: Ex-India Star’s Sensational Comment On Rohit Sharma’s Batting | Cricket News

Rohit Sharma in action for Indian cricket team© AFPFormer Indian cricket team batter Sanjay Manjrekar believes that Rohit Sharma has evolved as a batter and he no longer has a weakness against quality left-arm fast bowlers. In the past, Rohit has struggled against left-arm pacers but Manjrekar cited his performance in the Cricket World Cup 2023 to point out that the weakness is no longer present. Manjrekar said that Rohit came up against Mitchell Starc and Shaheen Afridi but his confident and aggressive batting showed a massive improvement."The weakness you are talking about, the weakness against left-handers, is a thing of the past. Not anymore. In the last two or three years, he hasn't had any problems. Mitchell Starc in the home series. He was comfortable against Australia with the n...
Read More