Former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar opened up on Shubman Gill's fine comeback in red-ball cricket and said that his Test career went off the rails.
Centuries from Gill and Rishabh Pant helped India set a massive 515 run target in the first Test at Chennai. The two future batting stars for India took Bangladeshi bowling apart with some ruthless hitting, continuing their fine form in the long format.
The Indian spearhead was the highest wicket-taker in the second innings of the ongoing first Test between India and Bangladesh at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. He took 4/50 in 11 overs, with an economy rate of 4.50. He got the wickets of Shadman Islam, Mushfiqur Rahim, Hasan Mahmu
During the second innings of the match, after being dismissed for just six in the first innings, Virat was looking comfortable at the crease, having hit two boundaries, including a fine pull shot against Mehidy Hasan Miraz. However, on the next ball, Virat was given out leg-before-wicket.
KL Rahul was sent back to the pavillion after scoring just 16 runs off 52 balls which came at a strike rate of 30.77. He was dismissed to right-arm spinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz in the 43rd over of the inning when the team score was 144. His wicket was the sixth one to fall.
Former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar took a dig at Virat Kohli's innings during the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 final against South Africa saying that the 35-year-old's knock could have put the Rohit Sharma-led side in trouble.
"I think it will be, I think we will get a great idea about who the big match player is. I'm going to go with a wildcard and say Rishabh Pant will be the player to watch out for," Manjrekar told ANI.
Former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar is "not concerned" about misfiring Virat Kohli's form as he believes the overall momentum and form of the team is far more important ahead of the T20 World Cup final against South Africa.
Former cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar feels that India should strive to find the right balance in playing XI according to the conditions that would help them clinch victory.
Following India's win against Afghanistan in the Super 8 fixture against Afghanistan in the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup 2024, former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar lauded the right-arm seamer Jasprit Bumrah following his brilliant performance in the match.
Former cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar has hailed Suryakumar Yadav's ability to score runs in tricky situations and said that the Men in Blue will have an advantage as they have the right-handed batter in the squad
India will play the USA in their third Group A game of the T20 World Cup at the Nassau County International Stadium on Wednesday. In their previous game, India had defeated Pakistan in a low-scoring thriller by six runs. USA's last game also saw them beat Pakistan in the Super Over after the