Sanjay Manjrekar takes sly dig at Virat Kohli during commentary

Former Indian cricketer, Sanjay Manjrekar, sparked buzz on social media after he made a comment on Virat Kohli whereas commentating throughout Day 1 of the primary Take a look at between England and India. The incident occurred after the fifth ball of the twenty first over had been bowled.

KL Rahul was on strike. Brydon Carse bowled a full size supply which was effectively exterior the road of the off stump. Rahul left the supply alone. Manjrekar, who was part of the commentary panel, implied to a ‚former batter‘ who would’ve chased the widish supply.

„Probably wicket-taking, exterior the off-stump full and so they have been left alone. Jaiswal has carried out that, something that has pitched proper up onto the stumps is pushed and something that has pitched large will not be disturbed. We all know a former batter who would have gone after it and obtained himself into bother however not these two (Rahul and Jaiswal),“ Manjrekar remarked through the reside broadcast.

It took no time for netizens to learn between the traces. A widespread wave of criticism engulfed social media, with most of the basic cricket followers condemning Manjrekar’s intentions of attempting to dig deep on Kohli’s previous even after the ace batter’s retirement from Take a look at cricket.

For the unversed, deliveries on the fifth and sixth stump line had been a weak spot of Kohli within the red-ball sport within the latest previous. He was dismissed in a similar way on eight of the 9 situations through the 2024-25 version of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia.

Talking of how the day has unfolded up till now, India appear to be on prime. By the point Tea was referred to as, they had been 215/2 on the finish of 51 overs. Jaiswal had made his method to a splendid century in his first Take a look at in England. Shubman Gill had additionally obtained to his half-century at an honest clip.

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