Vijay Manjrekar

India|Top order Batter
Vijay Manjrekar
INTL CAREER: 1951 - 1965
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Full Name

Vijay Laxman Manjrekar

Born

September 26, 1931, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra

Died

October 18, 1983, Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu, (aged 52y 22d)

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Offbreak

Playing Role

Top order Batter

RELATIONS

Vijay Manjrekar, who died in Madras, where he had gone for a sportsmen's gathering, on October 18, 1983, aged 52, was a conspicuously good player of fast bowling in an era when India had few of them. Having played in the first of his 55 Tests in 1951-52, against England at Calcutta, he soon showed his quality by making 133 in his first Test in England (at Headingley) in June, 1952, when only twenty. Coming in at 42 for 3 on the first morning, with Trueman and Bedser on the warpath (and Laker to follow), he and his captain, Hazare, rescued India's innings with a fourth-wicket partnership of 222, which still stands as a record between the two countries. If, as the years passed, problems of weight slowed him down, he had sufficiently nimble footwork and enough natural ability always to be a dangerous opponent and often a joy to watch. Like many of the best Indian batsmen, he was small and a fine cutter and hooker. Within nine months of his 133 at Headingley he scored 118 against West Indies at Kingston, sharing on that occasion a record second-wicket partnership with Pankaj Roy. His two best Test series were against New Zealand in India in 1955-56 (386 runs, average 77.20) and against England in India in 1961-62 (586 runs, average 83.71). He made seven Test centuries, the highest his 189 against England at Delhi in 1961-62 and the last of them in his final Test innings, against New Zealand at Madras in February 1965. At Bombay in 1964-65 his two innings of 59 and 39 were invaluable contributions towards India's first Test victory over Australia. An occasional offspinner, a serviceable wicketkeeper and in his early days a fine cover fielder, he played at different times for no fewer than six sides in the Ranji Trophy -- Bombay, Bengal, Andhra, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Maharashtra. In the Ranji Trophy he scored 3,734 runs (average 57.44) and hit twelve hundreds. Manjrekar's son, Sanjay, also played Test cricket.
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Vijay Manjrekar Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100s50s6sCtSt
Tests5592103208189*39.127150192
FC198295381283228349.923856-726

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests5562044411/161/1644.001.29204.0000
FC198-1411657204/21-32.852.7970.5-00
Vijay Laxman Manjrekar

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Debut/Last Matches of Vijay Manjrekar

Recent Matches of Vijay Manjrekar

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
West Zone vs South Zone10 & 22*0/1728-Oct-1967BrabourneFC
West Zone vs North Zone58--21-Oct-1967PuneFC
Central Zone vs South Zone1 & 11--25-Dec-1965ChennaiFC
Central Zone vs East Zone91*--27-Nov-1965Eden GardensFC
India vs New Zealand19 & 102*0/1127-Feb-1965ChennaiTest # 579

Photos of Vijay Manjrekar

Vijay Manjrekar on his way to a hundred in his final Test
Vijay Manjrekar on his way to a hundred in his final Test
Polly Umrigar, Datta Gaekwad, Denis Compton and Vijay Manjrekar
Khokhan Sen, Pankaj Roy, Vijay Hazare, Ramesh Divecha, Vijay Manjrekar and Sadu Shinde at a reception in India House in London
Vijay Manjrekar bats