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| Full name | Sanjay Bapusaheb Bangar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1972-10-11)11 October 1972 (age 52) Beed,Maharashtra, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 240) | 3 December 2001 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 19 December 2002 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 141) | 25 January 2002 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 24 January 2004 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1993–2014 | Railways | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Deccan Chargers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Kolkata Knight Riders | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sanjay Bapusaheb Bangar (born 11 October 1972) is an Indiancricket commentator and the head of cricket development of theIPL franchisePunjab Kings. He is a former Indian internationalcricketer. He played as anall-rounder and represented theIndia national cricket team inTests andODIs.
Bangar was born inBeed,Maharashtra, India.[1] He has completed his schooling from Saint Francis De Sales High School Aurangabad.He completed his Bachelor of Commerce from Ramniranjan Jhunjhunwala College, Ghatkopar. He has also completed Company Secretaries Intermediate Course.
Bangar began his career playing in the youth teams ofMaharashtra andMumbai, but at state level he made his name representingRailways with his medium-pace bowling and sound defensive batting technique.[2]
In the 2000–01 season, Railways reached the final of theRanji Trophy where they lost toBaroda. The following season, they went one better and defeated Baroda to win the competition. Bangar's performances had caught the eyes of the selectors and he was called up to the Indian squad for their matches againstEngland in the 2001–02 season.[3]
In only his second Test, he scored 100 not out againstZimbabwe atNagpur batting at number 7. On the2002 tour of England, he was promoted to open the innings atHeadingley after some poor performances byWasim Jaffer. He responded with his most important innings for India, making a patient 68 on the first day in an invaluable partnership withRahul Dravid in difficult swinging and seaming conditions. Later on in the same match he also chipped in with two important wickets to set up a rare innings victory for India away from home.[4]
Bangar was named as part of India's squad for the2003 Cricket World Cup, but his performances for India began to tail off, and he made his final appearance for his country in 2004, appearing in 12 Test matches and 15 One Day Internationals in all. He made important contributions to 7 test match wins for India.[5]
He later became thecaptain of Railways and led them to two major championship titles, theRanji Trophy and the Irani Trophy victory in 2004–05. He also led the Railways team to a Ranji Trophy One Day National Championship in 2005–06. Along withVijay Hazare, he is only one of two players to score 6,000 runs and take 200 wickets in the Ranji Trophy.[6] He representedDeccan Chargers in thefirst IPL season. He played for theKolkata Knight Riders in the2009 IPL.
In January 2013, Bangar announced his retirement after 20 years playing.[7] An article by Sanjay Bangar was featured in the 2012 bookRahul Dravid: Timeless Steel.
Having previously coachedIndia A, Bangar began working with theKochi Tuskers as batting coach in 2010. In January 2014, Bangar was named assistant coach ofKings XI Punjab ahead of IPL 2014. He was promoted to the role of head coach during the season and coached them to final, the Franchise's best IPL performance to date, where they lost toKolkata Knight Riders. He went on to Coach Kings XI Punjab for three years until he had to give up his role to comply with theBCCI's conflict of interest rules.[8]
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In August 2014, he was named batting coach ofIndia after an embarrassing Test series defeat to England.[9] He was named head coach ofIndia national cricket team forZimbabwe tour in June 2016.[10]
AfterAnil Kumble was appointed as India's head coach for a one-year tenure starting with the tour of West Indies in July 2016, Bangar was reappointed as the team's batting coach.[11]
Many Indian batsmen, including Indian captainVirat Kohli,Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul andAjinkya Rahane, have credited Bangar for contributing to their growth.[12]
After Anil Kumble's tenure as head coach expired in June 2017, Bangar carried out the role of Interim Coach to India's tour of West Indies in June–July 2017. AfterRavi Shastri's reappointment as head coach, Bangar was promoted to the role of Assistant Coach till 2019. Bangar's coaching has been credited for improving India's lower order.[13]
Bangar's tenure as batting coach saw India create several records,[14] with Indian batsmen scoring over 150 centuries and India winning 30 tests out of 52 tests played, 82 ODIs out of 120 ODIs and the Test team staying at top of ICC Test Rankings for over three and half years during his tenure of over 5 years as coach.[15][16]
In 2018,India toured South Africa in what was considered a mixed bag, with India losing the test series 1-2 but later winning the ODI series by a record 5–1 margin, a feat not accomplished by any other Indian team. India then lost a closely contestedTest Series in England by a margin of 1–4, with India's batting and Bangar's role came under criticism for unable to chase a 4th innings target of 193 set by England in the first test. However, later India won ahistoric Test Series in Australia 2–1, thus ending the 2018 season with 4 rare overseas Test victories in South Africa, England, and Australia.
Bangar's contract was not renewed by the BCCI on the back of reports that Bangar was not able to find a suitable no 4 batsman in ODI cricket, a reason for India's loss in the2019 World Cup, although it was widely debated that it was the job of the selectors and not the job of the batting coach to do so.[17]As compared to previous foreign coaches, Bangar's performance was notable. Indian batsmen under him scored a total of 150 centuries including 89 overseas centuries, across formats.[18] In February 2021, Bangar was appointed as a Consultant forRoyal Challengers Bangalore for the2021 Indian Premier League where they finished third in the table and qualified for Play offs.
On 9 November 2021, he was named the New Head Coach ofRoyal Challengers Bangalore for the2022 Indian Premier League,[19] a season in which RCB gave their best performance since 2016 before losing the Qualifier 2 match to the eventual finalist Rajasthan Royals.
Ahead of IPL 2023, Bangar was appointed Head of Cricket Development at Punjab Kings, with whom he had worked already (when they were Kings XI Punjab).
