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Full name Sanjay Vijay Manjrekar
Born July 12, 1965, Mangalore, Mysore
Current age 43 years 92 days
Major teams India,Mumbai
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Other Commentator
Relations Father - VL Manjrekar
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
37
61
6
2043
218
37.14
5282
38.67
4
9
220
1
25
1
ODIs
74
70
10
1994
105
33.23
3101
64.30
1
15
99
10
23
0
First-class
147
217
31
10252
377
55.11
31
46
103
2
List A
145
138
25
5175
139
45.79
9
38
64
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
37
3
17
15
0
-
-
-
5.29
-
0
0
0
ODIs
74
3
8
10
1
1/2
1/2
10.00
7.50
8.0
0
0
0
First-class
147
383
238
3
1/4
79.33
3.72
127.6
0
0
List A
145
14
22
1
1/2
1/2
22.00
9.42
14.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
India v West Indies at Delhi, Nov 25-29, 1987 scorecard
Last Test
India v South Africa at Ahmedabad, Nov 20-23, 1996 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
India v West Indies at Rajkot, Jan 5, 1988 scorecard
Last ODI
India v South Africa at Mumbai, Nov 6, 1996 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1984/85 - 1997/98
List A span
1985/86 - 1997/98
Profile
Sanjay Manjrekar pursued technical perfection like a man obsessed, but for a batsman hailed as the next Sunil Gavaskar, he ended up with a career that was largely unrealised. Though he never saw his father Vijay bat, those who did couldn't help commenting that the technical rectitude was inherited. His century against a four-prong West Indian pace attack at Bridgetown in 1988-89 was masterful, and he followed it up with a double and single century in Pakistan. But he only managed one other century - a laboured if match-saving effort in Zimbabwe's inaugural Test. He struggled to find his rhythm and form on bouncy pitches in Australia and South Africa, and never recaptured that poise and balance. Manjrekar made an unsuccessful attempt at reinventing himself as an opener in 1997, and faded out of the international scene. He kept wicket occasionally, and often regaled team-mates with his singing. He now works as a television commentator and media pundit.