Popular Indian commentator Sanjay Manjrekar received a huge blow by the board Of Control For Cricket in India (BCCI) after he was dropped from the commentary panel, reportedly. During the first washed-out ‘Ind vs SA’ ODI affair, Sanjay wasn’t present at Dharamshala, where the first ODI match between India and South Africa was scheduled to play, while other commentators like Sunil Gavaskar and Murali Kartik were present.
Manjrekar has been a regular feature in tournaments around the world ever since he took up the commentary gig post his retirement in 1996. While he is one of the most experienced commentators around the world, his exclusion from the team hasn’t come as a surprise to the Indian cricket fans.
While there’s no clarity over why Manjrekar was dropped from the commentary panel, but as per the reports, the BCCI is not happy with his work. Last year, Sanjay Manjrekar came under the scanner for his controversial remarks for the Indian cricketer Ravindra Jadeja and commentator Harsha Bhogle.
While Manjrekar and BCCI are yet to comment on the matter, the President of BCCI Sourav Ganguly was asked about the board’s decision on the matter on Saturday.
However, the BCCI President refused to comment on the exclusion of Manjrekar from the commentary panel from the BCCI/IPL commentary team. Furthermore, Sourav Ganguly urged everyone to not jump into any conclusions just because Sanjay Manjrekar was not a part of one series.
Earlier, a source of BCCI talked about Sanjay Manjrekar to a leading media being dropped from the commentary panel. Talking about it, the source revealed:
“Yes, he wasn’t a part of the panel for this series, but it doesn’t mean that during the next series, he won’t be there. I don’t know what exactly was the trigger,
