Career
He was an all-rounder and had represented India in Tests and One Day Internationals. He is current batting coach of Indian cricket team since August 2014. Bangar began his career playing in the youth teams of Maharashtra and Mumbai, but at state level he made his name representing Railways who he has played for since the 1993-1994 season.
He often opened both the bowling and batting for Railways with his medium-pace bowling and sound defensive batting technique.
In the 2000-2001 season, Railways reached the final of the Ranji Trophy where they lost to Baroda. Bangar"s performances had caught the eyes of the selectors and he was called up to the Indian squad for their matches against England in the 2001-2002 season.
In only his second Test, he scored 100 not out against Zimbabwe at Nagpur batting at number 7. In the 2002 tour of England, he was promoted to open the innings at Headingley after some poor performances by Wasim Jaffer.
Later on in the same match he also chipped in with two important wickets to set up a rare innings victory for India away from home.
He later became the captain of Railways and led them to another Ranji Trophy victory in 2004-2005. He represented Deccan Chargers in the IPL first season. He played for the Kolkata Knight Riders in the 2009 IPL. His introduction to KKR led difference between captain Sourav Ganguly and coach John Buchanan.
In January 2013, Bangar announced his retirement after 20 year seasons.
An article by Sanjay Bangar was featured in the 2012 book Rahul Dravid: Timeless Steel
He had coached India A. He worked with the Kochi Tuskers as batting coach in 2010. He was in race to replace Pravin Amre as head coach of Mumbai cricket team
In January 2014, Banger was named assistant coach of Kings XI Punjab ahead of IPL 2014. Later he was promoted to head coach during the season and coached them to final of season where they lost to Kolkata Knight Raiders.
In August 2014, he was named batting coach of India after embarrassing Test series defeat to England.