Sanjay Manjrekar Opens Up On His Frosty Relationship With Sachin Tendulkar

Not many in India criticise Sachin Tendulkar, and the reason for the same is quite obvious. The most decorated batsman in the history of international cricket, Tendulkar served the nation for more than two decades and retired as one of the most accomplished batsmen of all time.

He represented India in a world record 200 Tests, and 463 ODIs and retired with almost all the major batting records to his name. The only player to have scored 100 international centuries, the first batsman to score a double century in ODIs, the holder of the record for the most number of runs in both ODI and Test cricket, Tendulkar is the most decorated batsman in the history of the game.

However, his former teammate Sanjay Manjrekar is one of the handfuls of persons who never shy away from criticising the batting legend. Manjrekar had openly criticised Tendulkar when he was struggled during the twilight of his career and had also expressed his surprise when the World Cup-winning star had become a Rajya Sabha member.

“Actually shocked by the story itself. First by the nomination as it came without any warning. And that Sachin has accepted it is even more shocking.

“When I visualise what Sachin could possibly do after retirement, I thought something connected to cricket, coaching and all that, may be some business or social activity. But a Rajya Sabha MP after retirement or even at this stage of career is something that was not even my wildest guess,” Manjrekar had said in 2012.

He had also called Tendulkar ‘an elephant in the dressing room’ after he was not dropped from the playing eleven despite consistent failures. All these comments from Manjrekar gave rise to speculations that all was not well between him and Tendulkar.

However, Manjrekar, in his autobiography titled ‘Imperfect,’ cleared all the air, stating that all is well between him and his former teammate.

“We bump into each other at grounds. He looks at me. I look at him. We are fine,” wrote Manjrekar, who scored an unbeaten century in what was Tendulkar’s Test debut in Karachi way back in 1989.

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