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'For me, ‘Cricket World Cup’ will always be the 50 overs World Cup': Sanjay Manjrekar says T20 WC 'must not be given the same status'

January 30, 2026 10:56 pm

Manjrekar's comments come at a time when ODI cricket is slowly losing its relevance, sandwiched between Tests and T20Is.

New Zealand recorded their first ever ODI series win in India. (BCCI Photo/File)

India's historic ODI series defeat to New Zealand 'no big deal', says Sanjay Manjrekar

January 20, 2026 7:19 pm

Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar, however, feels that the series never really mattered in the larger scheme of things, arguing that the World Cup is the only relevant competition remaining in ODIs.

'That's the last thing you want': Former India batter takes dig at Shubman Gill's T20 batting after World Cup squad snub

December 23, 2025 3:48 pm

Sanjay Manjrekar had reacted to Shubman Gill's T20 World Cup snub, insisting that the decision was a part of the selectors rectifying a mistake after being swayed by his supreme Test tour as captain to England earlier this year.

Sanjay Manjrekar's tongue in cheek remark after Kuldeep Yadav takes 3 wickets in an over vs UAE in Asia Cup: 'May not play the next game now'

September 10, 2025 9:58 pm

Ahead of the Asia Cup, Yadav had not featured in the 19 games India had stacked since lifting the T20 World Cup in Barbados last year, even though an ill-timed injury did little favours.

Sanjay Manjrekar explains why Dhoni is great: 'I thought he single-handedly raised the bar for the team...for example, in that 2007 T20 World Cup to go and win'

August 29, 2025 4:43 pm

Dhoni's former teammate at Chennai Super Kings, Shreyas Gopal, lauded Dhoni’s ability to be humble despite all the success he had seen over the years

L-R: India's pacer Jasprit Bumrah in action during the first Test vs England and Sanjay Manjrekar. (AP & BCCI)

'No one is Indispensable’: Manjrekar targets Bumrah, blasts India & England’s ‘weak’ bowling attacks in Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy

August 16, 2025 7:07 pm

Manjrekar felt that India should have won the series 3-1 and reflected on "how bad England" were in their home series. He also said no player in a sport is indispensable while referring to star Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah.

Sanjay Manjrekar on Gautam Gambhir comments on Karun Nair

'If someone is dropped, he's dropped': Sanjay Manjrekar on Gautam Gambhir's comments about Karun Nair's exclusion from 4th Test

July 30, 2025 10:07 am

"And to suggest that Karun Nair 'wasn't dropped'... come on. You guys see it as a drop; for them, it's about 'picking the right team'. If someone is dropped, he is dropped," Manjrekar said.

‘That was Ben Stokes behaving like a spoiled kid’: Sanjay Manjrekar on last hour drama in Manchester Test

July 28, 2025 1:14 pm

England Captain Ben Stokes had offered the draw with 15 overs remaining in the fourth Test before Indian batsman Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar declined the offer with the match going into last one hour.

IND vs ENG: ‘Sai Sudharsan was always my number 3…’ — Sanjay Manjrekar puts his weight behind Sudharsan to be India’s No. 3 in place of Karun Nair

July 21, 2025 3:37 pm

Sudharsan was dropped after the first Test at Leeds followed by Karun Nair taking up the number three spot for India at Edgbaston and Lord’s Test in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy.