Sanjay Manjrekar 3 Points Suggestion To Indian Team: In the T20 World Cup 2026, Team India, captained by Suryakumar Yadav, played the first match of Super-8 against South Africa last Sunday (22 February). In the match, Men in Blue had to face a shameful defeat by 76 runs. After this defeat, former Indian player Sanjay Manjrekar gave special advice to Team India.

Manjrekar ended his talk in three points. He told what improvements Team India should make for the next matches. Apart from this, Manjrekar also stressed on what changes Team India should make in the playing 11 to win the next matches.

What did Sanjay Manjrekar say in three points?

First point: Batsmen who have soft skills against spin should be sent to bat first.

Second point: A man is bowling millions of slow balls to the Indian batsmen in throw downs.

Third point: Kuldeep should definitely be used as another wicket taking option.

Thanks to SA we now know what Ind needs to do next.
1) Get batters with soft skills against spin to bat up the order.
2) Guy doing ‘throw downs’ to throw aa million slower balls at Ind batters.
3) Kuldeep must play to have another wicket taking option.

— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) February 22, 2026

How did India suffer a crushing defeat against Africa?

In the match, South Africa won the toss and decided to bat and scored 187/7 runs on the board in 20 overs. During this, David Miller played the biggest innings for the team and scored 63 runs in 35 balls with the help of 7 fours and 3 sixes. Apart from this, Dewald Brewis scored 45 runs and Tristan Stubbs scored 44 runs.

Then the Indian team, which came out for run chase, collapsed for just 111 runs in 18.5 overs. During this, Shivam Dubey played the biggest innings for the team and scored 42 runs in 37 balls with the help of 1 four and 3 sixes. However, apart from Dubey, no other batsman of the team could even cross the 20-run mark.

India’s next two matches in Super-8

In Super-8, Team India has to play the next two matches against Zimbabwe and West Indies. The match against Zimbabwe will be held on 26 February and against West Indies on 01 March.

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