New Delhi. Former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar is celebrating his 59th birthday today i.e. on 12th July 2024. Manjrekar has now stepped into commentary and he is seen doing commentary in cricket matches. Manjrekar played a total of 111 international matches in his career. He was quite amazing in terms of technique. Once in the year 1992, Team India was close to defeat but thanks to Sanjay, Team India was able to draw the match.
Actually, it was the year 1992 when Zimbabwe scored 456 runs in the first innings in the Test match that started in Harare on 18 October. After this, the Indian team captained by Azharuddin did not have a very good start. Ravi Shastri (11), Sachin Tendulkar (0) and Azharuddin (9) returned to the pavilion early. The Indian team lost 5 wickets for 101 runs. But Manjrekar batted for about 9 hours and took the team past 300. He faced 422 balls and scored a century. However, this match was drawn.
Not Virat Kohli or Rohit Sharma… James Anderson called this Indian batsman great
He scored a double century against Pakistan
The third Test match of the 4-match series between India and Pakistan was played in Lahore from 1 to 6 December 1989. In this match, Sanjay Manjrekar came to bat at number three. He faced 401 balls and scored 218 runs. He hit 28 fours in his innings. After this he was run out. However, the match was drawn. After the match, he was given the Player of the Match award.
Sanjay Manjrekar played 37 Tests in his career and scored 2043 runs at an average of 37. He scored 4 centuries and 7 half-centuries. The biggest innings of his Test career was of 218 runs. Apart from this, he scored 1994 runs in 74 ODIs at an average of 33. He scored one century and 15 half-centuries. He played the best innings of 105 runs. He has scored more than 10 thousand runs in first-class cricket. He scored 10252 runs in 147 matches at an average of 55. He scored 31 centuries and 46 half-centuries. He played a big innings of 377 runs.
Manjrekar was born in Mangalore. Born on 12 July 1965 in a Marathi family, Manjrekar's father's name was Vijay Manjrekar. He was also a cricketer. Vijay Manjrekar played 55 Tests for India in which he scored 3208 runs at an average of 39. During this, he scored 7 centuries and 15 half-centuries. He scored 12832 runs in 198 matches of his first-class career. In which he scored 38 centuries and 56 half-centuries. At the same time, he played the best innings of 283 runs.
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first published : July 12, 2024, 07:11 IST
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