Sanjay Manjrekar

In late 1987, Manjrekar made his international debut, facing the West Indies in Delhi. He scored five runs in the first innings, and ten in the second, when he retired hurt.^[15] His first half-century in international cricket was made against New Zealand in December 1988, during a One Day International. Manjrekar scored 52 runs during a narrow victory for India.^[16] The following April, he scored his maiden Test cricket century, hitting 108 against the West Indies.^[17] He scored his second Test century in November 1989, against Pakistan. In the fourth innings of the match, he scored 113 not out to help India draw the match.^[18] In the third Test of the same series, Manjrekar made his highest score in Test cricket, reaching 218 runs in the first innings, before being run out.^[19] He did not score another international century for two years, when he hit 105 runs from 82 balls in an ODI against South Africa.^[20]

Manjrekar scored his final international century against Zimbabwe, in October 1992, reaching 104 in a drawn Test match.^[21] He continued to play for India until November 1996, making his final appearance in the first Test against South Africa. He scored 34 runs in the first innings and 5 runs in the second, playing as an opening batsman.^[8][22] After not being included in the team for over a year, he announced retirement from all forms of cricket in February 1998, stating that the first-class fixture for Mumbai against the visiting Australians that month would be his last competitive match.^[23] He finished his international career with 2,043 Test runs, including four centuries, scored at 37.14, and 1,994 ODI runs at an average of 33.23.^[1]

After retiring from professional cricket, Manjrekar began working as a cricket commentator.^[1][24]

In April 2017, while commentating on an IPL match between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders, it was reported by Indian media that Manjrekar called Kieron Pollard "brainless".^[25] Pollard took to Twitter and expressed anger over this remark. It was later clarified by Manjrekar that he had in fact used the word "range," not "brainless".^[26]

During the 2019 Cricket World Cup, Manjrekar criticised Ravindra Jadeja by calling him a 'bits and pieces player'.^[27] He was removed from the official commentary panel and apologised after Jadeja's performance in the tournament.^[28] During the 2nd test of Bangladesh's tour of India, the 1st day-night test for both the Indian and Bangladeshi cricket teams, a few Bangladeshi batsmen were struck by the pink ball. Commentator Harsha Bhogle raised concerns about the visibility of the ball, to which Manjrekar replied that only people like Bhogle would need to ask such questions as they have not played at that level.^[29]

In 2021, messages shared by Twitter users showed Manjrekar mocking Jadeja's English.^[30]

• Sanjay Manjrekar Is Dropped by BCCI from the Commentary Panel