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Former Indian cricket staff batter Sanjay Manjrekar weighed in on the 10-point tips issued by the BCCI following the humiliating Take a look at collection loss in opposition to Australia. Manjrekar namedrops legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and stated that even he by no means wanted a private bodyguard whereas discussing the rule of thumb that won’t enable gamers to have their private employees on tour. Manjrekar went on to check Indian cricket with “mainstream Bollywood” and requested for it to be handled as a ‘sport’ solely. “It is nearly type of juvenile that the second India loses 3-0 in opposition to New Zealand and in Australia, this stuff come up. I want this was addressed whereas India was profitable. It should not want a debacle of this sort for sure points that notably do not go nicely with the staff tradition,” Manjrekar stated on ESPNCricinfo Newsroom.
“This is likely one of the smaller causes for what we noticed at residence in opposition to New Zealand and in Australia. This needs to be the essential norm. That’s how we performed in our total profession. We had been sharing rooms. Households used to come back over the last two weeks of a tour,” he added.
“Sachin Tendulkar was an enormous star in our days. He was with the staff. He did not have a private bodyguard travelling with the staff. In case you are with the staff, there may be clearly sufficient safety there,” stated Manjrekar.
“The tradition that has crept into Indian cricket is a bit of much like the tradition we see in mainstream Bollywood. I want after this, cricket and Indian cricket stay what it actually is: it is sport,” he added.
“I’ve at all times felt as knowledgeable, on shorter excursions, it’s higher off with not having household there. Nonetheless, the argument was made that gamers play a lot cricket and journey round a lot, which is a bit of unfair to gamers. However that state of affairs is previously now. Gamers take periodic breaks from cricket so that they get to spend time with their households,” stated Manjrekar.
“I’m an enormous believer that gamers ought to be on their very own. It is a high-pressure job, plenty of rigidity, and I do not assume in case you are taking your periodic breaks, household is approaching excursions, it does not assist the staff tradition and the entire setting,” he added.
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