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It still stands as the second highest score by an Indian batsman in First-Class cricket after BB Nimbalkar’s 443 not out in 1948-49. By this time he was leading Bombay, and was part of that ...
Oct 2, 2015 · The main reason for this has been his prowess in terms of batting technique. A few years before Dravid burst onto the scene as the most technically correct Indian batsman post the great Sunil...
Sanjay Vijay Manjrekar pronunciation ⓘ (born 12 July 1965) is an Indian cricket commentator and former cricketer. He played international cricket for India from 1987 until 1996 as a right-handed middle order batsman. He was a part of the Indian squads which won the 1990-91 Asia Cup and 1995 Asia Cup.
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Mumbai have a knack for producing great batsmen and Manjrekar explains why they have been so successful. Their mantra: "After you get to fifty, go for a hundred. After the hundred, look for 150. Then a double hundred..." "Batsmen who didn't get big scores, who threw their wicket away after a fifty or even a hundred, were treated like outcasts. Mumb...
The now-52-year-old's idol was the Pakistan great, Imran Khan. He fondly remembers how Imran wanted him to do well. He also speaks about how he fell in love with Imran's leadership skills and singular focus on the game. One of the incidents is as follows: "In the Faisalabad Test, Sachin Tendulkar got a light feather of a touch on the ball as he loo...
Manjrekar airs his views on why production companies do not try out non-player commentators. He says Harsha Bhogle did a terrific job in covering the emotions of Tendulkar's farewell Test. Though Bhogle has not played international cricket, he has done an excellent job as a commentator. "I think fans are missing out on possibly great commentators o...
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Jan 22, 2018 · Never an opening batsman, he begins well with the chapter on his father, who died at 52. It sets the tempo for the book and the journey intensifies as Sanjay discusses the game, his teammates,...
Jan 29, 2018 · He has said it on all platforms: Vijay Manjrekar was the best batsman that he bowled to. Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, who neither has agendas nor beats around the bush, said that he was the best ...
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Aug 15, 2018 · This article is not about me criticising India's batsmen, and not about suggesting technical tweaks that could ease their discomfort when batting in English conditions.
