Sanjay Manjrekar Mercilessly Trolled For Trying To Steal Credit for 'Mumbai' Following Vidarbha's Historic Win

Sanjay Manjrekar‘s sly attempt to steal some credit for his state Mumbai following the contribution of two Mumbaikars in Vidarbha’s historic Ranji Trophy win backfired badly as the former India cricketer ended up getting trolled.

Vidarbha, who made it to the Ranji Trophy final for the first time in 62 attempts, were not given even an outside chance to progress far in the nation’s premier first-class tournament let alone winning it, but the Faiz Fazal-led side proved their detractors wrong. They defeated the likes of Bengal, Punjab and Karnataka to make it qualify for their maiden Ranji Trophy final where they locked horns against seven-time winners and widely touted favourites Delhi.

Vidarbha’s stunning run continued in the final as they thoroughly outplayed Delhi in all departments, crushing the national capital-based outfit by nine wickets to seal their first title. Faiz Fazal’s decision to ask Delhi to bat first was fully justified by his bowlers as led by Rajneesh Gurbani’s six-wicket haul Vidarbha restricted Rishabh Pant & Co. to 295.

In reply, Vidarbha posted a mammoth 547 all out with Akshay Wadkar leading the charge with his maiden century in first-class cricket. On the fourth day of the game which eventually turned out to be the last, Vidarbha lost their last three wickets for just 19 runs after starting the day on 528 for seven.

In their second innings, Delhi were all out for 280, thus setting Vidarbha a paltry 29-run target which the maiden finalists chased down easily.

And at a time when everyone was busy lauding the side for their incredible achievement, Manjrekar decided to post a cheeky message.

“And yes, Vidarbha, don’t mention it. You are most welcome* *Two Mumbai stalwarts in the squad,” Manjrekar wrote referring to former Mumbai opener Wasim Jaffer who played for Vidarbha and head coach Chandrakant Pandit who was sacked by Mumbai after the 2016-17 season.

And yes, Vidarbha, don’t mention it. You are most welcome*

*Two Mumbai stalwarts in the squad.?

— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) January 1, 2018

Well, Twitter was quick to respond to Manjrekar’s tweet. Here are some of the interesting reactions:

And yes, Mumbai, don’t mention it. You are most welcome*

*They have person who is born In Nagpur.@ImRo45 ?

— Shrikant Tiwari (@shrikanttiwari_) January 1, 2018

https://twitter.com/thorn_rose27/status/947860257379725312

Mr Manjrekar, Mumbai also have Prithvi Shaw who is not born in Dadar.

— jayaraman (@jayaraman_kal) January 1, 2018

Those are professionals same like you. I hope while commentry u praise everyone the same.. also this shows Mumbai cricket is losing its talent management skills which vidarbha has got. Hope u understand what I want to say. #RanjiTrophy2017

— Sandeep Deokar (@smdeokar) January 1, 2018

There was a Karnataka player also, who ended up playing a big role in eliminating them in the semis, but you won’t find anyone from Karnataka putting up such tweets! Dunno why all Mumbai players behave like this.. they are so vain, they can’t even play as a united state team!

— Srinivas Ramamohan (@srini_ramamohan) January 1, 2018

Your 'pun' was understood, but it was badly & sadly misplaced. Rejoice the emergence of a worthy Champion, who #Earned it.

— Ramesh Shivadekar?? (@Race_Ramesh) January 1, 2018

For you it's never India cricket…it's Mumbai Mumbai and Mumbai… probably India should field 11 players from MUMBAI

— Prajjwal Agrawal (@iam_prajjwal) January 1, 2018

This is nothing But Jealousy… …you are always been critical to always successful people… Although you were good Batsman but never did any thing for india.. You Played for yourself

— Milind Rangari (@RangariMilind) January 1, 2018

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