It is always strange when someone with the technique suited for the game actually favours the change of the times. Sanjay Manjrekar's comments certainly had that effect.
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The former Indian cricketer turned commentator felt that Test cricket has had its place in the sun and that now it was the turn of Twenty20 although Twenty20 thrived in the fact that he held big stars both, on the cricket field and off it.
Here are some of his thoughts, "Test cricket is an outdated concept. We should be realistic and stop downplaying T20 format.
"IPL was successful because the quality was there, you had players like Sachin and Warne. So it is not necessarily only about hitting the ball. The similar attempt - at packaging the game through Bollywood actors - has been made in Champions League T20 with Amitabh Bachchan as the brand ambassador.
"It is viewers to decide. If you are liking the T20 matches more than the India-Sri Lanka Tests, then there should be more IPL matches. Because we are just responding to the market."
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