Manoj Vijay Joglekar (born 1 November 1973), is an Indian

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er. He is a left-handed

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and a right-arm offbreak bowler. An opener, he faced competition in his early days from more famous Mumbai prodigies –

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and

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. Joglekar was made the captain of the U-19 team that hosted

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in 1992/93 season. The series was drawn 1-1 though Joglekar played in the middle-order and did not have much success. Manoj Joglekar made his debut in

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domestic cricket in the same season (1992/93) and was constantly fighting for a place in the squad. He never received an opportunity to play International Cricket and left the Mumbai after the 2005/06 season, although he made several appearances for the

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in 2007/08.

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