Former India player and famous commentator Sanjay Manjrekar is not going to return to commentary during the 13th edition of Indian Premier League despite having sent emails to the BCCI where he reportedly apologised for his past comments.
As per the report in the Mumbai Mirror, Sunil Gavaskar, L Sivaramakrishnan, Murali Kartik and Harsha Bhogle have received mails from the board for the commentary in the 2020 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). However, no such mail was sent to Manjrekar as well whereas the decision on whether or not to include him in the panel was on the BCCI president Sourav Ganguly and BCCI secretary Jay Shah.
In an interview with Indian Express, Manjrekar had revealed that he was removed because some player had issues with him. He even mailed to the BCCI in recent times and also mentioned that if included in the commentary panel, he would go by all the rules too.
“You are already in receipt of the email I sent to explain my position as commentator. With the IPL dates announced, bcci.tv will pick its commentary panel soon. I will be happy to work as per the guidelines laid by you. After all, we are working on what is essentially your production. Last time, maybe there was not enough clarity on this issue,” he wrote.
However, it is not unknown that he was removed after calling Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, a bits and pieces player during the 2019 ICC World Cup.
After that, Jadeja had tweeted, “Still, I have played twice the number of matches you have played and I am still playing. Learn to respect ppl who have achieved. I have heard enough of your verbal diarrhoea @Sanjaymanjrekar”.
However, the former player has said that he has made peace with Ravindra Jadeja. He said, “You will see how benign it is when you hear it in right context. The player concerned obviously misunderstood this or was perhaps misinformed. By the way, the player and I have since privately made peace over this issue.”
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