Exclusive: Akram, Manjrekar on World T20
Posted on May 30, 2009 at 19:44 | Updated Jun 01, 2009 at 13:44
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New Delhi: In an exclusive interview with CNN-IBN Sports Editor Gaurav Kalra, former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram and former Indian batsman Sanjay Manjrekar reflected on what the ICC World Twenty20 promises and a range of other issues.
CNN-IBN: The IPL may be over but the fun and games are not, because very soon the T20 World Cup will be brought to us by ESPN-Star by Wasim Akram and Sanjay Manjrekar. Wasim, are you getting the feeling that the T20 World Cup is here?
Wasim Akram: Yes, very much. I didn't go to the T20 World Cup the last time as I was busy. But this time, I'm very excited myself because I haven't done commentary for T20 cricket as much. Is it as much fun, Sanjay?
Sanjay Manjrekar: My experience of T20 is the local competition in Pakistan. That was my first exposure when we had domestic cricket in Pakistan, domestic teams playing at the Gadaffi Stadium in Lahore, where people were on the roof tops. That's when I realised there is something about T20 cricket and something about evening games.
Wasim Akram: I think T20 is about entertainment, fun, quick-fire or fast food cricket. Everything is done and dusted with in three and half hours. It's all good fun, the kids love it. It's a great way to introduce the game to youngsters worldwide.
CNN-IBN: One of the things for a change will be that Sanjay will be on the side as the great Wasim Akram and not having to face him. You must have faced a lot of him in the eighties.
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Wasim and Sanjay may have just missed a point in their assesment of how the veterans suceeded in this year's
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