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{{Short description|Indian former cricketer (born 1965)}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Sanjay Manjrekar
| image =
| caption =
| fullname = Sanjay Vijay Manjrekar
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|7|12|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Mangalore]], [[Mysore State]] (present-day [[Karnataka]]), India
| country = India
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[off spin]]
| role = [[Batsman (cricket)|Batsman]]
| family = [[Vijay Manjrekar]] (father)<br />[[Dattaram Hindlekar]] (great-uncle)
| international = true
| internationalspan = 1987–1996
| testdebutdate = 25 November
| testdebutyear = 1987
| testdebutagainst = West Indies
| testcap = 179
| lasttestdate = 20 November
| lasttestyear = 1996
| lasttestagainst = South Africa
| odidebutdate = 5 January
| odidebutyear = 1988
| odidebutagainst = West Indies
| odicap = 66
| lastodidate = 6 November
| lastodiyear = 1996
| lastodiagainst = South Africa
| club1 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]]
| year1 = 1984–1998
| columns = 4
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]
| matches1 = 37
| runs1 = 2,043
| bat avg1 = 37.14
| 100s/50s1 = 4/9
| top score1 = 218
| deliveries1 = 17
| wickets1 = 0
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1 = 25/1
| column2 = [[One Day International|ODI]]
| matches2 = 74
| runs2 = 1,994
| bat avg2 = 33.23
| 100s/50s2 = 1/15
| top score2 = 105
| deliveries2 = 8
| wickets2 = 1
| bowl avg2 = 10.00
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 1/2
| catches/stumpings2 = 23/0
| column3 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches3 = 147
| runs3 = 10,252
| bat avg3 = 55.11
| 100s/50s3 = 31/46
| top score3 = 377
| deliveries3 = 383
| wickets3 = 3
| bowl avg3 = 79.33
| fivefor3 = 0
| tenfor3 = 0
| best bowling3 = 1/4
| catches/stumpings3 = 103/2
| column4 = [[List A cricket|LA]]
| matches4 = 145
| runs4 = 5,175
| bat avg4 = 45.79
| 100s/50s4 = 9/38
| top score4 = 139
| deliveries4 = 14
| wickets4 = 1
| bowl avg4 = 22.00
| fivefor4 = 0
| tenfor4 = 0
| best bowling4 = 1/2
| catches/stumpings4 = 64/0
| date = 16 January
| year = 2013
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/30934.html ESPNcricinfo
}}
'''Sanjay Vijay Manjrekar''' {{Audio|Sanjay_Manjrekar.ogg|pronunciation}} (born 12 July 1965) is an Indian cricket commentator and former [[cricketer]]. He played international cricket for [[India national cricket team|India]] from 1987 until 1996 as a right-handed [[Batting order (cricket)|middle order]] batsman.

==Domestic career==
Manjrekar was born in [[Mangalore]], in what was previously known [[Mysore State]] (present-day [[Karnataka]]) in southern India, on 12 July 1965,<ref name="ciprof">{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/30934.html |title=Player Profile: Sanjay Manjrekar |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=16 January 2013}}</ref> the son of [[Vijay Manjrekar]], who made 55 Test match appearances for India between 1952 and 1965.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/30936.html |title=Player Profile: Vijay Manjrekar |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=16 January 2013}}</ref> As a schoolboy, he competed in the [[Cooch Behar Trophy]] between 1978 and 1982.<ref name="misc">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1868/Miscellaneous_Matches.html |title=Miscellaneous Matches played by Sanjay Manjrekar (60) |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=16 January 2013}}</ref> He attended [[University of Mumbai|Bombay University]],<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dz9wl5vvKCAC&q=Sanjay+Manjrekar+%22bombay+university%22&pg=PA234 |title=The Cloister's Pale: A Biography of the University of Mumbai |last1=Tikekar |first1=Aroon |last2=Ṭikekara |first2=Aruṇa |publisher=The University of Mumbai |orig-year=1984 |year=2006 |isbn=81-7991-293-0 |page=234}}</ref> and played in the Vizzy Trophy and the [[Rohinton Baria Trophy]] between 1983 and 1985,<ref name="misc"/> winning both in 1985, with West Zone Universities and Bombay University respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/141/141817.html |title=North Zone Universities v West Zone Universities: Vizzy Trophy 1984/85 (Final) |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=16 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/141/141778.html |title=Bombay University v Delhi University: Rohinton Baria Trophy 1984/85 (Final) |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=16 January 2013}}</ref>

Manjrekar made his [[first-class cricket]] debut on 7 March 1985, scoring 57 runs in his only innings for [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] during their [[Ranji Trophy]] quarter-final victory over [[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/45/45704.html |title=Haryana v Bombay: Ranji Trophy 1984/85 (Quarter-Final) |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=16 January 2013}}</ref> He retained his place for the semi-final, but did not play again after that until the following season.<ref name="fc">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1868/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Sanjay Manjrekar (147) |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=16 January 2013}}</ref> He performed steadily in 1985–86, [[Batting average (cricket)|averaging]] 42.40 with the bat, though his highest score was 51 [[not out]].<ref name="fcbbs">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1868/f_Batting_by_Season.html |title=First-class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Sanjay Manjrekar |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=16 January 2013}}</ref> The following season, he struck his first [[Century (cricket)|century]] in first-class cricket, remaining 100 not out during the first innings of a match against [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/48/48065.html |title=Bombay v Baroda: Ranji Trophy 1986/87 (West Zone) |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=16 January 2013}}</ref> He scored one other hundred that season, and his season's average was 76.40.<ref name="fcbbs"/> He struck a double century for West Zone in October 1987, scoring 278 runs from 376 before being [[run out]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/49/49299.html |title=Central Zone v West Zone: Duleep Trophy 1987/88 (Semi-Final) |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=16 January 2013}}</ref>

Domestically, he enjoyed success in the 1990–91 season, scoring four centuries and one half-century in eight first-class appearances. During the season, he scored his highest total, 377,<ref name="fcbbs"/> in the Ranji Trophy semi-final against [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/54/54130.html |title=Bombay v Hyderabad: Ranji Trophy 1990/91 (Semi-Final) |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=16 January 2013}}</ref> He played in the final of the 1994–95 Ranji Trophy, scoring 224 runs to help Bombay to a total of 690/6 declared in their first innings, a total that saw them win the trophy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/60/60312.html |title=Bombay v Punjab: Ranji Trophy 1994/95 (Final) |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=16 January 2013}}</ref>

He won a second Ranji Trophy final in 1996–97, captaining his team, by this stage renamed Mumbai. Manjrekar scored 78 runs in the match, in which both sides only batted one innings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/63/63779.html |title=Mumbai v Delhi: Ranji Trophy 1996/97 (Final) |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=16 January 2013}}</ref> Manjrekar kept playing domestic cricket until the end of the 1997–98 season, and had a batting average of 55.11 in first-class cricket, and 45.79 for [[List A cricket]].

==International career==
In late 1987, Manjrekar made his international debut, facing the [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]] in Delhi. He scored five runs in the first innings, and ten in the second, when he retired hurt.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/49/49380.html |title=India v West Indies: West Indies in India 1987/88 (1st Test) |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=16 January 2013}}</ref> His first half-century in international cricket was made against [[New Zealand national cricket team|New Zealand]] in December 1988, during a [[One Day International]]. Manjrekar scored 52 runs during a narrow victory for India.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/50/50767.html |title=India v New Zealand: New Zealand in India 1988/89 (4th ODI) |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=16 January 2013}}</ref> The following April, he scored his maiden [[Test cricket]] century, hitting 108 against the West Indies.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/51/51066.html |title=West Indies v India: India in West Indies 1988/89 (2nd Test) |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=16 January 2013}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/52/52045.html |title=Pakistan v India: India in Pakistan 1989/90 (1st Test) |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=16 January 2013}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/52/52115.html |title=Pakistan v India: India in Pakistan 1989/90 (3rd Test) |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=16 January 2013}}</ref> He did not score another international century for two years, when he hit 105 runs from 82 balls in an ODI against [[South Africa national cricket team|South Africa]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/55/55060.html |title=India v South Africa: South Africa in India 1991/92 (3rd ODI) |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=16 January 2013}}</ref>

Manjrekar scored his final international century against [[Zimbabwe national cricket team|Zimbabwe]], in October 1992, reaching 104 in a drawn Test match.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/56/56536.html |title=Zimbabwe v India: India in South Africa and Zimbabwe 1992/93 (Only Test) |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=16 January 2013}}</ref> 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.<ref name="fc"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/63/63062.html |title=India v South Africa: South Africa in India 1996/97 (1st Test) |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=16 January 2013}}</ref> He completed 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.<ref name="ciprof"/>

==Commentary career==
After retiring from professional cricket, Manjrekar began working as a cricket commentator.<ref name="ciprof"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=34983&n_tit=News+headlines |title=Sanjay Manjrekar's Mangalore origin}}</ref>

In April 2017, while commentating the IPL match Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders, it was reported by Indian media that Manjrekar called Pollard "brainless".<ref name="pollcomm">[http://www.hindustantimes.com/ipl-2017/ipl-2017-keiron-pollard-hits-out-at-sanjay-manjrekar-for-on-air-comments/story-2KIvDFmKA239QoXCiYIJDM.html "Kieron Pollard slams Sanjay Manjrekar for 'verbal diarrhoea' during KKR IPL tie"]. ''Hindustan Times''. New Delhi, India. 11 April 2017.</ref> 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".<ref>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/ipl-2017/ipl-2017-sanjay-manjrekar-denies-calling-kieron-pollard-brainless-on-air/story-QbWH8H1ZtCyZ6IWqnsXHCN.html "IPL 2017: Sanjay Manjrekar denies calling Kieron Pollard 'brainless' on air"]. ''Hindustan Times''. New Delhi, India. 15 April 2017.</ref>

==References==
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* [https://www.yoursnews.in/sanjay-manjrekar-is-dropped-by-bcci-from-the-commentary-panel/ Sanjay Manjrekar Is Dropped by BCCI from the Commentary Panel]

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