Manoj Tiwary reverses retirement resolution, will play on with Bengal for yet one more yr
Just 5 days after announcing his retirement from all types of cricket on social media, Manoj Tiwary has reversed his resolution, saying that the unique resolution had been an “emotional” one, and that he’ll “come out of retirement and play for Bengal for one more year”.
Seated with Cricket Association of Bengal president Snehasish Ganguly at a press meet at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Tuesday, Tiwary stated, “Raj da [Ganguly] convinced me to continue playing [in the Ranji Trophy] for one more year and I should leave while on the field. So I thought about it. I spoke to my wife, and she convinced me too.
“She jogged my memory that I used to be the captain when Bengal reached the Ranji Trophy closing final yr. And then Raj da spoke to me, I considered it and determined to return again. A variety of followers additionally wrote to me and requested me to rethink my resolution.”
“A part comes when issues go clean, and other people make selections in haste. I did too. Then I realised that it was a mistake. So I’m popping out of retirement for one final yr”
Manoj Tiwary
There was no proper reason for the retirement announcement, Tiwary said, adding that it had been made when he “had gone clean”.
“The purpose was… I’m an emotional individual – a few of you may have the ability to relate to this – a part comes when issues go clean, and other people make selections in haste. I did too,” Tiwary, also a state-level minister in West Bengal, said. “Then I realised that it was a mistake. So I’m popping out of retirement for one final yr.
“Bengal cricket has given me everything, so I want to give Bengal one more year, I want to give Bengal one more try. When I make the announcement next year, there won’t be a U-turn. I was a little selfish in making the decision. It was an emotional decision. But I realised that it was not a collective [for the team] decision.”
Tiwary, who hasn’t performed a white-ball recreation for Bengal since November 2022, confirmed that he would solely be out there for first-class matches for the 2023-24 season.
He has thus far performed 141 first-class matches, and is simply 92 runs in need of 10,000 runs within the format, his 9908 runs coming at a mean of 48.56 with 29 centuries and 45 half-centuries. Internationally, he appeared in 12 ODIs and three T20Is between 2008 and 2015.