Manjrekar stands by his comments

Refusing to bow down to the criticism by ex-cricketers on the comments made by him in an article on Sachin Tendulkar, Sanjay Manjrekar stood by his stand and reiterated: 8216;8216;As a writer, who has played the game and now follows it closely, I wrote what I saw, I thought and I felt about Tendulkar.

8220;I don8217;t want to speak about it right now. But if I need to explain myself, then I8217;ll put it this way: I wrote what I had been thinking and wanted the readers to know that.8217;8217; Manjrekar further said that he shouldn8217;t be considered as a former batsman anymore and instead be accepted in his new role as that of a media man.

In that capacity, he explained, that he had written about Sachin Tendulkar in an English daily, his article suggesting that 8216;8216;the batsman is not willing to take on the challenge of competeing at the international level because he is afraid of failing.8217;8217;