"Have some shame" - Sanjay Manjrekar blasted for defending India's series loss to New Zealand at home

Former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar is known for his controversial comments and has been in the news recently as well. He is in the news again after India's second Test defeat to New Zealand at Pune as he tried to defend the Indian team and captain Rohit Sharma.

India suffered a shocking home Test series defeat to New Zealand after losing the second Test at Pune. It was India's first loss in a Test series at home in 12 years. During this period, India won 18 consecutive Test series at home.

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Sanjay Manjrekar defends Team India and Rohit Sharma

After the series defeat, the Men in Blue were severely criticized from the fans and the cricket experts. But Sanjay Manjrekar had different ideas. The former India batter felt that losing one series does not make this a poor team.

"Also a team that won 18 consecutive home series losing one should not make India a poor team. Score is 18-1. And that’s pretty awesome!" Manjrekar posted on X (formerly Twitter).

Also a team that won 18 consecutive home series losing one should not make India a poor team. Score is 18-1. And that’s pretty awesome!

— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) October 26, 2024

Sanjay Manjrekar brutally slammed on Twitter

The fans blasted Sanjay Manjrekar on social media for his post. The users claimed that Manjrekar is trying to defend India's captain Rohit Sharma since he is from Mumbai as well.

Bkl you will be fine with an 18-17 scorecard also. Have some shame before speaking 🗣️

— Sujeet Suman (@sujeetsuman1991) October 26, 2024

But history will remember who won 17 series and who lost the 18th one.
If I'm not wrong, the whole Mumbai lobby cried after the series loss against England in 2012.
No defending a Clown captain who has lost 4 test matches within 18 months like a Clown

— sujay anand (@imsujayanand) October 26, 2024

No one is considering India as a poor team. They would do pretty well under a sensible captain. Just need to remove this PR merchant Rohit Sharma from the test set up.

— Pallavi (@Pallavi_paul21) October 26, 2024

What a reason to defend Mumbai lobby 😂

— 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐌𝐒𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐧™ (@91_79Wankhede_) October 26, 2024

First time i feel when Jadeja trolled u in past was right

— Yogesh Tambe (@crazyyog) October 26, 2024

India's unbeaten home test streak is broken but Sanjay Manjrekar's unbeaten streak of going soft on Mumbai based captain continues. It is true that this series loss does not take anything away from team India but you would be this supportive if someone else sitting at the helm.

— The Cricket Stories (@thecricstories) October 26, 2024

Imagine a Mumbai Lobby reaction had it been other captain than Mumbai Rohit Sharma.

Australia never thought like that, they always analyzed why they lost & ensure they dont lose the match/series, not by saying 1 match ya series hi to haare hain.

— Gss🇮🇳 (@Gss_Views) October 26, 2024

Your words would have been different if captain wasn’t from Mumbai.

We would have lost sometime, but the manner in which the team lost is nothing less than disgraceful. And how the captain responded to it is even more disgraceful.

— Shubham (@_shubhxm) October 26, 2024

Your words would have been different if captain wasn’t from Mumbai.

We would have lost sometime, but the manner in which the team lost is nothing less than disgraceful. And how the captain responded to it is even more disgraceful.

— Shubham (@_shubhxm) October 26, 2024

It seems like he will fine with 18-18 scorecard as well

— Shubham Lashkan (@shubhamlashkan) October 26, 2024

Sanjay Manjrekar's controversial comment

Sanjay Manjrekar was in the news recently for negative reasons. During the Women's T20 World Cup 2024, he made inappropriate comments about North Indian cricketers by claiming that he does not give much attention to them.

Meanwhile, India suffered a shocking defeat to New Zealand in Pune. India had also lost the first Test in Bengaluru earlier. New Zealand are now 2-0 up in the series with the third and final Test to be played in Mumbai.