Sanjay Manjrekar Height, Weight, Age, Biography, Wife & More

Bio
Real Name	Sanjay Vijay Manjrekar
Nickname	Sanj
Profession	Former Indian Cricketer
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx,)	in centimeters- 178 cm in meters- 1.78 m in Feet Inches- 5’ 10”
Weight (approx.)	in Kilograms- 72 kg in Pounds- 159 lbs
Body Measurements (approx.)	- Chest: 42 Inches - Waist: 36 Inches - Biceps: 14 Inches
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black
Cricket
International Debut	Test- 25 November 1987 vs West Indies at Delhi ODI- 5 January 1988 vs West Indies at Rajkot
International Retirement	Test- 20 November 1996 vs South Africa at Ahmedabad ODI- 6 November 1996 vs South Africa at Mumbai
Coach/Mentor	Subhash Bandiwadekar
Domestic/State Team	Mumbai
Nature on field	Cool
Likes to play against	South Africa
Career Turning Point	In 1989, when he scored 218 runs against Pakistan in a Test match.
Personal Life
Date of Birth	12 July 1965 (Monday)
Age (as of 2024)	59 Years
Birth Place	Mangalore, Karnataka, India
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Cancer
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
School	Not Known
College	N/A
Educational Qualifications	Not Known
Family	Father- Late Vijay Manjrekar, Former Indian Cricketer Mother- Late Rekha Manjrekar Brother- Not Known Sisters- Anjali and 1 more
Religion	Hindu
Hobbies	Singing
Controversies	• In 2009, he was criticized for making a controversial statement against Sachin Tendulakr. He said by targeting Tendulkar, "elephant in the dressing room". • In 2016, he got involved in an unnecessary controversy by re-tweeting a tweet about Harsha Bhogle in which he said, "Quite amused Harsha retweeted that the current IPL commentary team is like a pizza without toppings".
Favourite Things
Favourite Batsman	Sunil Gavaskar
Favourite Bowler	Malcolm Marshall and Wasim Akram
Favourite Cricketers	Ian Chappell, Nasser Hussain, Pommie Mbangwa, Simon Doull, Ian Smith, Harsha Bhogle
Favourite Commentators	Ravi Shashtri, Harsha Bhogle
Favourite Singer(s)	Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar
Girls, Family & More
Marital Status	Married
Affairs/Girlfriends	Not Known
Wife	Not Known
Children	Son- Not Known Daughter- Not Known

Some Lesser Known Facts About Sanjay Manjrekar

Does Sanjay Manjrekar smoke?: No

Does Sanjay Manjrekar drink alcohol?: No

His Father, Vijay Manjrekar, also played for the Indian National Team (1952-1965) and was considered as the best player to face fast bowlers of his time.

He got retired hurt in his debut test match after scoring 5 runs and 10 runs in the first and the second innings respectively.

In 1988, he made his first half-century against New Zealand in an ODI.

In April 1988, he made his maiden Test Century by hitting 108 runs against West Indies.

His father once told him, “Never make cricket your life, play it as a game”.

In an interview, he revealed that his mother used to collect his press clippings.

He considers his 100 at Barbados in 1989 as his best knock.

After his retirement from the International Cricket, he kept playing domestic cricket until the end of 1997-1998.

After his retirement from all the formats of cricket, he joined the commentary box which is still continued.

He is an ardent follower of singer Kishore Kumar and is considered to be a wonderful singer by his team-mates.