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Full name | Sanjay Vijay Manjrekar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Mangalore, Karnataka, India |
12 July 1965 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting style | Right-handed batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling style | Right-arm Off spin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman, commentator | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations |
Vijay Manjrekar (father) Dattaram Hindlekar (Great-uncle) |
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National side | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Test debut | 25 November 1987 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 20 November 1996 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut | 5 January 1988 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 6 November 1996 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1984–1998 | Mumbai | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 16 January 2013 |
Sanjay Vijay Manjrekar pronunciation (born 12 July 1965) is a former Indian cricketer. He played international cricket for India from 1987 until 1996 as a right-handed middle order batsman. He scored just over two thousand runs in Test cricket at an average of 37.14. He occasionally played as wicket-keeper, and was known for his technically correct batting style. Following the conclusion of his cricket career, he now works as a successful cricket commentator.
Manjrekar was born in Mangalore in what was then the Mysore State in southern India, on 12 July 1965 (since his mother hailed from Mangalore); the son of Vijay Manjrekar, who made 55 Test match appearances for India between 1952 and 1965. As a schoolboy, he competed in the Cooch Behar Trophy between 1978 and 1982. He attended Bombay University, and played in the Vizzy Trophy and the Rohinton Baria Trophy between 1983 and 1985, winning both in 1985, with West Zone Universities and Bombay University respectively.
Manjrekar made his first-class cricket debut on 7 March 1985, scoring 57 runs in his only innings for Bombay during their Ranji Trophy quarter-final victory over Haryana. He retained his place for the semi-final, but did not play again after that until the following season. He performed steadily in 1985–86, averaging 42.40 with the bat, though his highest score was 51 not out. The following season, he struck his first century in first-class cricket, remaining 100 not out during the first innings of a match against Baroda. He scored one other hundred that season, and his season's average was 76.40. He struck a double century for West Zone in October 1987, scoring 278 runs from 376 before being run out.