A day after Manish Pandey played an exemplary innings, the Pandey household is still bustling with celebrations.
A day after Manish Pandey played an exemplary innings, where he smashed 114 in just 73 balls against Deccan Chargers, the Pandey household is still bustling with celebrations.
“We are absolutely thrilled. We are still celebrating his knock. The phone has not stopped ringing since Thursday. He proved himself and we are looking forward to seeing him play in the rest of the matches,” said an overjoyed Anita Pandey, Manish’s younger sister.
Manish is a second year degree student in Sri Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College and lives in Bangalore with his mother and sister. His father, currently posted in Gujarat, is an officer in the Indian Army. The family moved to Bangalore from Nashik to help Manish pursue his cricket. The Pandeys are originally from Nainital and Manish was born in Uttaranchal.
The 19-year-old Bangalore lad shot to fame with his participation in the victorious under-19 World Cup in 2008. Although he didn’t get many opportunities to bat during the tournament because of India’s strong top-order, Manish impressed with his attacking stroke-play and athletic fielding. He debuted for Karnataka in first class cricket last season where he scored two half-centuries.
Pandey was transferred to Royal Challengers Bangalore from Mumbai Indians along with compatriot Robin Uthappa to bring back the missing local flavour to the team. Although Manish was not given sufficient chances to play earlier in the second edition of IPL (he played just two matches before Thursday), he justified his captain’s decision of sending him up the order with the highest score by an Indian in the IPL.
His innings was not a surprise for his childhood coach Irfan Sait from Karnataka Institute of Cricket and Jawans Club where he played club matches. “We have always known him as a batsman who loves to stay at the crease and play till the end — just the way he did on Thursday. He would never throw his wicket. In fact, when he was just nine and used to play for the club there have been times when parents have complained that only Manish got to bat because he never got out,” said Sait.
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