Sanjay Manjrekar removed from BCCI's commentary panel: Report

Amidst worldwide panic caused by highly-contagious Coronavirus outbreak, a major news issued by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) went completely unticed. According to reports, BCCI recently dropped former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar from its commentary panel. During first washed-out ‘Ind vs SA’ ODI affair in Dharamsala, Sanjay Manjrekar was t present at venue while or commentators from BCCI’s panel like Sunil Gavaskar and Murali Kartik were present.

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BCCI drops Sanjay Manjrekar from its commentary panel

Sanjay Manjrekar was part of International Cricket Council’s (ICC) commentary panel for many major ICC events ever since he took up commentary gig post his retirement in 1996. While Manjrekar is one of most experienced commentators in world, former Mumbai captain has been involved in quite a few controversies over years. Meanwhile, apart from a statement, particular reason has been released by any official stating as to why Sanjay Manjrekar was dropped.

While issuing a statement to reporters, a BCCI source simply said that esteemed former cricketer is excluded from its commentary panel because of fact that BCCI are t happy with his work. It is to be ted that BCCI is also planning to exclude Sanjay Manjrekar from upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL 2020) season panel, should tournament go ahead with its postponed date of April 15.

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Coronavirus outbreak’s impact on IPL 2020 and or sporting events

In or news, a massive statement was released by BCCI on Friday, March 13 stating launch date of upcoming IPL 2020 has been pushed to April 15. BCCI’s decision comes as a precautionary measure against Coronavirus. While IPL 2020 has been postponed, or bilateral ODI series like ‘Ind vs SA’ and ‘Aus vs NZ’ have been entirely called off after ir respective first matches.

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