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'Seniors’ loss of form understandable': Manjrekar

Updated on: 17 June,2024 07:05 AM IST  |  New Delhi
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It’s the seniors who have to make the major contribution and that is why I guess selectors go for experience in T20 World Cup or World Cups generally

'Seniors’ loss of form understandable': Manjrekar

Senior batter Virat Kohli. Pic/Getty Images

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are in this Indian set-up because of their ability to play defining knocks when it matters the most and Sanjay Manjrekar wouldn’t mind a few underwhelming group league scores from the two megastars if they can make a difference in the semi-final or final of the T20 World Cup.


While Kohli has failed to reach double digits in all three completed games, skipper Rohit was in good nick during his fifty against Ireland, but didn’t score many against Pakistan and USA in the subsequent matches. “Ideally, if you have gone for people like Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, then you have gone for experience. You want to take your experienced players in World Cup to deliver when it really matters,” Manjrekar said.


Sanjay Manjrekar
Sanjay Manjrekar


The former India player added, “So, I don’t mind if certain players are out of form. Coming into the knockouts, if they play a defining innings in a semi-final or the final to win the title, that’s the kind of expectation you must have from your senior players. “If a youngster comes to the fore, that’s a bonus like it happened in 1992 with Pakistan, with Inzamam-ul-Haq. It’s the seniors who have to make the major contribution and that is why I guess selectors go for experience in T20 World Cup or World Cups generally.”

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Manjrekar, who has played 37 Tests and 74 ODIs, is one of the most respected cricket analysts and when asked about the legendary duo’s future in T20Is post World Cup, he felt that it could be answered by the players themselves or the national chairman of selectors. “I think it’s a question best asked to chairman of selectors what their plans are and the two individuals can tell what their plans are and how the selection committee is going to be thinking and I think there’s fair bit left in the tournament before they start thinking on those lines,” the Mumbaikar said.

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