Sanjay Manjrekar, born on 12 July, 1965, in Mangalore, of Mysore was a right-hand batsman and a right-arm offbreak player.

This technically perfect, born player never quite really made his innate virtues come into the prime focuss. Compared to his brilliant first-class aggregate of a massive 10252 runs, acquired at an average of 55.11, his Test career total is 2043, got at an average of 37.14.

The veiled talent , Sanjay Manjrekar is the son of Vijay Manjrekar, a former beneficial batsman of Indian cricket . Sanjay Manjrekar, appeared for the first time in Test cricket, in the India Vs West Indies, held at Delhi, from November 25-29, 1987. In the first innings of the first Test of this series, he could obtain a mininmal 5 runs, and in the second innings, unfortunately he retired hurt.

Likewise, his One-Day International debut in the India Vs West Indies at Rajkot on January 5, 1988, was not at all impressive. He ended up with an insignificant nineteeen runs innings, though he dexterously grabbed the catch of CL Hooper. Thus Manjrekar was unable to rise to prominence in his debut performance.

Nevertheless, in 1988-89, he displayed his prowess. In the face of formidable pace shafts from West Indies, at Bridgetown, he remained firm, and steadily reached a valorous hundred.

Sanjay Manjrekar, definitely had attained the pinnacle of perfection that particular phase of his career. In Pakistan, he flaunted a magnificent 218 as well as a fascinating hundred. Sanjay Manjrekar had the courage and caliber to ward off the powerhouse bowling of bowling stalwarts of Pakistan, namely, Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Imran Khan and the difficult leg spinner, Abdul Qadir.

However, the inconsistent performance-standards of Sanjay Manjrekar, fell into an unsuccessful form, in the 1991-92 series in Australia . He strove hard against the bewildering bowling of Australia on fast, bouncy pitches.

3 years he took a backseat without achieving anything eminent. . However, in 1992, in the Test debut of Zimbabwe, the veteran Sanjay Manjrekar, scored a match-winning century to court victory and rescue Team India from a disgraceful defeat against the newcomer Zimbabwe, starting off their journey in Test cricket.

Next to this remarkable feat, the Indian squad then ventured out to South Africa . In this series, which brought India disappointing loss, Sanjay Manjrekar, failed miserably.

Sanjay Manjrekar was excluded from the battalion , that was readying itself for the England tour, in 1993. India tasted success in this series, with the cricketers doing their best to savour victory . However, this win renderd the stay of Sanjay Manjrekar in the team, as irregular.

Meanwhile, the growth of other classy batsman, like Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly, overshadowed Manjrekar.

Sanjay Manjrekar was dropped during the 1997 series against West Indies.

He was relegated to the background in the sphere of international cricket.

At present, Manjrekar is executing well , the task of as a cricket-commentator in ODI and Test matches .

Sanjay Manjrekar is renowned for his versatility. The cricketer and commentator, has demonstrated himself as a singer also. He has recorded his songs , and accordingly published a musical album, that became quite popular.