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Former India cricketer-turned-pundit Sanjay Manjrekar singled out India batter Sarfaraz Khan for special praise, following Day 3 of the first Test between India and New Zealand. Sarfaraz scored his half-century in more than a run-a-ball and then ended the day unbeaten on 70 off 78 balls. Manjrekar reserved high praise for him, comparing…
Rohit Sharma’s captaincy skills questioned by Sanjay Manjrekar© BCCI/Sportzpics India captain Rohit Sharma erred with his decision-making in the first Test against New Zealand in Bengaluru. At the beginning, Rohit made the wrong call to bat first on a tricky surface under overcast conditions, then allowed New Zealand batters to settle and stitch…
Virat Kohli‘s poor Test form in 2024 continued, as he got out for a duck in the first innings against New Zealand. In spite of that, Kohli – who promoted himself to No. 3 due to Shubman Gill‘s absence – got plaudits for his decision. Former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar hailed Kohli’s decision to…
Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar praised captain Harmanpreet Kaur and the women’s team for putting up a brave fight against Australia in their T20 World Cup 2024 match in Sharjah on Sunday. The Indian women’s team suffered a heartbreaking loss to defending champions Australia, with the defeat all but confirming the Harmanpreet-led side’s…
Former cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar heaped praise on Indian skipper, Rohit Sharma, for his aggressive mindset at the time of batting on the fourth day of the second and final Test match against Bangladesh at Green Park in Kanpur on Monday. The hosts scored 285 runs for the loss of nine wickets in just…
File photo of Virat Kohli (L) and Rohit Sharma© AFP Former Indian cricket team batter Sanjay Manjrekar believes that Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli should have taken part in the first round of Duleep Trophy matches. Both star batters failed to score big in the first Test match against Bangladesh in Chennai and…
File image of Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah.© AFP Former India cricketer and reputed pundit Sanjay Manjrekar has stated that he would like to see chinaman Kuldeep Yadav return to India’s playing XI for the second Test against Bangladesh at Kanpur. Despite a successful home tour against England, where Kuldeep picked up 19…
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma didn’t participate in Duleep Trophy© BCCI/Sportzpics Team India did win the first Test against Bangladesh by Chepauk comfortably, securing a 280-run triumph, but the result doesn’t hide away issues that still remain. Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Rishabh Pant, Shubman Gill, and Ravindra Jadeja were among the top performers…
Shubman Gill poses a very odd statistic. From 2020 onwards, Gill’s average is the highest among any Indian Test batter when you take scores from only the second innings. However, his career Test average is merely 35, meaning that he tends to underperform in the first innings. It proved to be the same…
Virat Kohli fell cheaply against Bangladesh in 2nd innings of Chepauk Test© BCCI/Sportzpics Former India cricketer and reputed commentator Sanjay Manjrekar has pointed out what he feels is a peculiar similarity between India batting greats Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar. Kohli did not enjoy a good return to Test cricket, scoring 6 and…
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