Sanjay Manjrekar pursued technical perfection like a man obsessed, but for a batsman hailed as the next Sunil Gavaskar, he ended up with a career that was largely unrealised. Though he never saw his father Vijay bat, those who did couldn't help commenting that the technical rectitude was inherited. His century against a four-prong West Indian pace attack at Bridgetown in 1988-89 was masterful, and he followed it up with a double and single century in Pakistan. But he only managed one other century - a laboured if match-saving effort in Zimbabwe's inaugural Test. He struggled to find his rhythm and form on bouncy pitches in Australia and South Africa, and never recaptured that poise and balance. Manjrekar made an unsuccessful attempt at reinventing himself as an opener in 1997, and faded out of the international scene. He kept wicket occasionally, and often regaled team-mates with his singing. He now works as a television commentator and media pundit.

Sambit Bal (June 28, 2004)

• On-field umpires should be given more powers (Jan 15, 2008)
  
• 'Lara the greatest among his peers' (Nov 18, 2006)
  
• The boardroom battle for commercial rights (Oct 31, 2006)
  
• 'The ICC wants a yes man' (Oct 31, 2006)
  
• Tampering can go unseen on camera - Manjrekar (Sep 1, 2006)
  

View the full list of 12 related articles

Nov 4, 2006 The Cricinfo Round Table panel - (from left) John Wright, Ian Chappell, Tony Greig, Ravi Shastri with Sanjay Manjrekar © Cricinfo Ltd

Sep 5, 1999 Vinod Kambli getting a tip or two from Sanjay Manjrekar, currently a Television commentator © Cricinfo Ltd

Apr 16, 1999 Mumbai's stars chatting informally. © Mumbai Cricket Association - CricInfo

View the full list of 5 related images