Sanjay Manjrekar reveals why the Mumbai Ranji team cannot produce good fast bowlers

Sanjay Manjrekar mentioned what is hampering progress of Mumbai Ranji team. 41-time winners were eliminated from this season of Ranji Trophy after drawing against Saurashtra on final day of ir elite Group B match last month as y had fewer points than or teams in groups as a result of which y could t progress to kckout sts.

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'Lack of exceptional leadership': Sanjay Manjrekar

During a recent Q&A session with fans on social media, a passionate cricket fan had asked Manjrekar why Mumbai Ranji team is t able to produce good fast bowlers even though ir batting line up including likes of Suryakumar Yadav, Prithvi Shaw, Shreyas Iyer, Aditya Tare and Sarfaraz Khan looks sorted to which veteran commentator replied by saying that Mumbai Ranji cricket’s issue is simple and that is 'lack of exceptional leadership'. He also added that he did t mean only team's captain here which means that he might have put team manment and selectors on tice.

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Sanjay Manjrekar compares Virat Kohli and Mohammad Azharuddin

Earlier, 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.

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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