Sanjay Manjrekar oddly claims 'Indians have English as 2nd language' behind IPL 2020 snub

Days after list of IPL commentators was anunced for  IPL 2020, Sanjay Manjrekar has w spoken about his exclusion from panel. blockbuster commentary panel for upcoming IPL 2020 was anunced on September 14, with several household names such as Sunil Gavaskar, Ian Bishop, Harsha Bhogle amongst ors part of IPL commentators list. While Sanjay Manjrekar has failed to make cut when it comes to IPL commentators list, his is also t part of Star Sports' 90- member list of those reporting on-air from India. tably, Sanjay Manjrekar was t part of IPL commentators list for any of langus and has w given odd reasons regarding his exclusion from list.

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Sanjay Manjrekar defends IPL 2020 snub

When asked about his absence from IPL 2020 commentators panel, Sanjay Manjrekar, while speaking to Moneycontrol, hinted that it is better that he doesn’t speak on topic. Sharing his plans for IPL schedule, former cricketer said that he will be working with a leing cricket portal full time for ir pre and post-match shows, for which he has featured many times in past time. ditionally, Sanjay Manjrekar also revealed that he is currently in final sts of discussion with a news channel, while he will also be an in-house expert for a fantasy league platform. Sanjay Manjrekar’s commitments for IPL 2020 will also see him writing columns for an Indian FM rio station.

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Sanjay Manjrekar claims he was misunderstood, makes ‘English second langu’ comment

While speaking to Moneycontrol, analyst curiously claimed that his on-air comments h been misunderstood. Sanjay Manjrekar said that Indians are very sensitive to criticism and claimed that his comments on air were misunderstood by many as English is t even second langu for most people. Sharing an example, Sanjay Manjrekar explained that when he said ‘Tendulkar-related’ issues are like elephant in room, people thought he is calling iconic cricketer a ‘white elephant’. Manjrekar also touched upon ‘bits and pieces’ controversy, conceding that one would have reacted if he would have used term ‘n-specialist’. While concluding, Sanjay Manjrekar also gave an example of a comment me by Nasser Hussain, hinting that cricket fans fail to understand when observations are me in English.

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Earlier this year, Sanjay Manjrekar was dropped from commentators panel after board was t happy with his work, according to media reports. former cricketer has h his fair share of controversies in past. In recent times, Sanjay Manjrekar has me helines for all wrong reasons after he called Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jeja a "bits-and-pieces player" during 2019 World Cup. Manjrekar was also seen getting into a spat on-air with Harsha Bhogle during pink-ball Test against Banglesh last year, while he has also irked fans with his controversial tweets on players like MS Dhoni and KL Rahul.

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