Manoj Tiwary
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Out-of-favour India batsman Manoj Tiwary has taken a jibe at former India off-spinner Ramesh Powar after the latter tried to create awareness for mental health issues. Manoj Tiwary was unimpressed with Powar’s decision to accept a push-up challenge in order to create awareness.

It was last month that Powar had posted a video of doing push-ups on Twitter, aiming to help those in a fight against mental health and other related issues. Posting the clip, the former off-spinner wrote:

“Thank you @ojasmehta for kind words & nominating me for the 25 push-ups for 25 days challenge for bringing awareness for Suicides and issues related to Mental Health. We have our own battles and wars, we win some & loose some. Enjoy the moments & the journey.”

And on Tuesday, Manoj Tiwary decided to take a jibe at Powar with an indirect remark. The Bengal batsman took to Twitter to write:

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“Can someone educate me on how push-ups challenges or any other stupid challenges 4 that matter will help people who all r going through depression??”

Well, Powar did not take long to notice the tweet and he was quick to respond to it. The ex-India international explained in an extract the reason behind the challenge. The extract read:

“It helps to spread the words “you are not alone” and bring awareness to support those suffering in silence from mental illness.”

“You wouldn’t know that the person you ran into at the store and just spoke with you could barely get out of bed this morning to even get dressed let alone face the day,” “That the person that just smiled at you in passing has high anxiety and suffer from panic attacks to the point they almost pass out regularly. You don’t know that your neighbour may cry everyday because of how sad they are because when you see them they put on a fake smile and wave a happy hello.

“People are embarrassed to show they are feeling these emptions… together we can continue to help one another through knowledge, kindness, awareness and a judgment-free space.”

Powar represented India in 2 Tests and 31 ODIs. He took six wickets in two Tests — both against Bangladesh while he was relatively better in shorter format as he picked up 34 wickets. He, however, enjoyed a very successful domestic cricket career, picking up 442 first-class wickets for Mumbai.

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Manoj Tiwary, on the other hand, last played for India in 2015. He has represented the national team in 12 ODIs and 3 T20Is.

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