“Sanjay Manjrekar on India’s Hero Worship Culture: ‘Icon Players Are Dragging the Team Down’”
Image source: X Former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar has raised a sharp critique of India’s cricketing culture, pointing to the country’s “hero worship” and “icon culture” as major reasons behind recurring slumps during team transitions. In his column for the Hindustan Times, Manjrekar analyzed how an inability to phase out iconic players has historically held…