Sanjay Manjrekar points out major difference between Sachin Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar

Former Indian player-turned-commentator Sanjay Manjrekar is kwn for speaking his mind. Sanjay Manjrekar has time and again made headlines with his sensational comments. Recently, Sanjay Manjrekar was involved in an Instagram live session where he pointed out major differences between Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar's batting.

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Sanjay Manjrekar speaks about India over-dependence on Sachin Tendulkar in 90s

In an Instagram live session with India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, Sanjay Manjrekar spoke in length about over-dependence of Indian team on Sachin Tendulkar back in 90s. Ashwin and Sanjay Manjrekar were sharing ir thoughts on India’s semi-final defeat to Sri Lanka in 1996 World Cup. Sanjay Manjrekar claimed that Indian team of 1996/97 was too dependent on Sachin Tendulkar because of his ability to dominate good bowling attacks.

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Sanjay Manjrekar added that Sachin Tendulkar was too consistent, Sanjay Manjrekar reckoned that Sachin Tendulkar was India’s first batsman who was able to dominate and hit good balls for runs. Sanjay Manjrekar furr said that prior to that, India's mindset was about defensive batting and only putting bad balls away, like Sunil Gavaskar. Sanjay Manjrekar also said that earlier Indian batsmen used to give respect to bowler for a couple of sessions and when y got tired and bowled a loose ball, y used to score off it.

Sanjay Manjrekar mentioned that Sachin Tendulkar would hit a good ball from a quality bowler on up for four. Sanjay Manjrekar furr lauded 'Master Blaster' saying that Sachin Tendulkar’s greatness can be fathomed by fact that right through his career, his failures were extremely rare. He added that is a hallmark of a great batsman. Manjrekar also said that Tendulkar getting out cheaply was a very rare occurrence.

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Sanjay Manjrekar also discussed how Sachin Tendulkar broke into Indian cricket team at a very young and proved himself by scoring an 80 in New Zealand in his very first year. He added that in 1991/92, he scored his first hundred in England which made world look at him as a world-class player. Manjrekar even said that everyone in team realized that Sachin Tendulkar was in a different league altoger.

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