Former India cricketer and prolific commentator Sanjay Manjrekar has been left out of the commentary panel by the Board of Control for Cric...
Former India cricketer and prolific commentator Sanjay Manjrekar has been left out of the commentary panel by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, reported Mumbai Mirror on Saturday.
The report mentioned that Manjrekar was not present in Dharamsala for the first One-Day International between India and South Africa on Thursday. The match was called off without a ball being bowled due to incessant rains.
The Indian cricket community is currently dealing with the outbreak of coronavirus, as the pandemic has resulted in the cancellation second and third matches in the series, which were to be held in Lucknow and Kolkata.
The Indian Premier League, which was supposed to start on 29 March, has also been suspended for a couple of weeks till 15 April.
“Maybe he will be left out from the IPL panel too. At this stage, it is not on top of our mind. But the fact is they are not happy with his work,” the report quotes a BCCI source as saying, adding that the cricketer was not available for a response.
With no cricket to broadcast anytime to soon, it is unclear how long Manjrekar’s absence from air is supposed to last.
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