[5][6] Manjrekar made his first-class cricket debut on 7 March 1985, scoring 57 runs in his only innings for Mumbai during their Ranji Trophy quarter-final victory over Haryana.

[13] He won a second Ranji Trophy final in 1996–97, captaining his team, by this stage renamed Mumbai.

[16] The following April, he scored his maiden Test cricket century, hitting 108 against the West Indies.

[19] He did not score another international century for two years, when he hit 105 runs from 82 balls in an ODI against South Africa.

[20] Manjrekar scored his final international century against Zimbabwe, in October 1992, reaching 104 in a drawn Test match.

[21] He continued to play for India until November 1996, making his final appearance in the first Test against South Africa.

[25] During the 2019 Cricket World Cup, Manjrekar criticised Ravindra Jadeja by calling him a 'bits and pieces player'.

[28] In 2021, messages shared by Twitter users showed Manjrekar mocking Jadeja's English.