Sanjay Manjrekar finds Kohli's 2019 team better than Azhar's 1996 team for World Cup win

Cricketer-turned-commentator Sanjay Manjrekar was recently dropped from Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) panel of commentators. news came to light when Sanjay Manjrekar was tably t seen in Dharamsala on March 12 for opening India vs South Africa ODI match with or commentators from BCCI panel. Meanwhile, former cricketer quite recently took to Twitter and engd with his fans and followers on micro-blogging site.

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Sanjay Manjrekar compares Virat Kohli and Mohammad Azharuddin

In an engaging question-and-answer session with his fans, one of users asked Sanjay Manjrekar which Indian team was likely to win World Cup had y progressed to final. Twitter user presented him with two World Cup line-ups to choose from. Virat Kohli-led side in 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup and Mohammad Azharuddin’s side of 1996 ICC Cricket World Cup. While both teams were considered as favourites to lift trophy during ir respective times, both teams suffered a heart-breaking defeat in semi-final itself. Quite interestingly, Sanjay Manjrekar himself was part of Indian team that lost 1996 semi-final to Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens.

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In his reply, Sanjay Manjrekar favoured Virat Kohli’s side over his own team from  1996 ICC Cricket World Cup. While team led by Virat Kohli stormed through to semi-final by finishing at top of round-robin st, 1996 team was deemed favourites because India were one of co-hosts of tournament. However, batting order of ‘Men in Blue’ faltered on both occasions during run-chases and as a result, crashed out of competitions.

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