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By: Shree1news, 20 NOV 2020
Former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar is ready to return to the commentary panel for India’s tour of Australia, beginning November 27. The veteran was dropped by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) from the commentary team of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020.
Manjrekar had acknowledged that he can be ‘happy to apologise’ and that the sacking had ‘shaken my confidence’ and was a ‘big jolt.’ Manjrekar noted that he was instructed by a BCCI official on telephone that he was sacked as a result of ‘some players had an issue with me as a commentator.’
It has been speculated that Manjrekar was faraway from the panel because of his remark calling Ravindra Jadeja a “bits-and-pieces player” throughout last year’s ODI World Cup and the subsequent reactions from fans and the participant himself were an important trigger in him dropping his job.
On July 3 last year, Jadeja had tweeted his ire at Manjrekar’s comments: “Still, I’ve performed twice the variety of matches you’ve gotten performed and I’m nonetheless enjoying. Study to respect ppl who’ve achieved. I’ve heard enough of your verbal diarrhea @Sanjaymanjrekar”.
After his half-century in the World Cup semi-final against New Zealand, Jadeja had gesticulated angrily towards the commentary studio. The official Twitter handle of the ICC posted a video of a post-match discussion involving Manjrekar. “By bits and by pieces, he just ripped me aside at this time. Bits of items of sheer brilliance, he proved me all wrong,” he had stated that day.
However, within the 22-man commentary panel for India’s full-fledged tour, Sony Pictures Sports Network (SPSN), on Thursday, included his name.
List of commentators:
English & Hindi: Ajit Agarkar, Sanjay Manjrekar, Harsha Bhogle, Murali Kartik, Ajay Jadeja
Hindi: Virender Sehwag, Mohammad Kaif, Vijay Dahiya, Vivek Razdan, Zaheer Khan
English: Glenn McGrath and Nick Knight
Telugu: RJ Hemant, Vijay Mahavadi, Gnaneshwar Rao, C Venkatesh, Illendula Ramprasad
Tamil: T Arasu, Sheshadri Srinivasan, Vidhyut Sivaramakrishna, R Sathish, Naveen Shaur
India’s campaign starts on Friday with the ODI series adopted by the T20I series. The Border-Gavaskar Trophy is scheduled to get underway on December 17. The Indian players are presently in Sydney quarantining and training after the IPL ended in Dubai.
Source: A-N
