Twitter Mercilessly Trolls Sanjay Manjrekar After He Includes Ravindra Jadeja In Semifinal Playing XI

Sanjay Manjrekar just cannot relax nowadays and somewhere he should holds himself responsible for the same. The former India batsman, who never shies away from coming up with bold statements, took a shot at Ravindra Jadeja recently. Manjrekar caused a stir in the cricketing world by calling Jadeja a “bits and pieces player”.

Manjrekar’s comment came in the wake of Jadeja’s constant exclusion from the playing XI in the ongoing World Cup. The allrounder finally played his first game of the tournament on Saturday against India.  Jadeja replaced Mohammed Shami in a dead rubber and it did not take him long to prove Manjrekar wrong.

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The left-arm spinner was introduced in the 11th over of Sri Lanka’s innings when Manjrekar was in the commentary box. Just four deliveries into the over, he sent back Kusal Mendis. MS Dhoni completed an easy stumping as Mendis came down the track and was beaten by the length and spin of the delivery. Jadeja went on to complete a fine spell, conceding just 40 runs from his ten overs.

And Manjrekar’s views on Jadeja changed in just a blink of an eye. The ex-cricketer-turned-commentator, in fact, was so impressed with Jadeja then he went on to include him in his playing eleven for the semifinal.

“Trying to predict Indian team for the semis. Let’s see how many I get right. Do send yours too. Will retweet a few.  Rohit, Rahul, Virat, Pant, Hardik, Dhoni, Jadeja, Bhuvi, Shami, Kuldeep*, Bumrah,” wrote Sanjay Manjrekar.

Trying to predict Indian team for the semis. Let’s see how many I get right. Do send yours too. Will retweet a few.
Rohit
Rahul
Virat
Pant
Hardik
Dhoni
Jadeja
Bhuvi
Shami
Kuldeep*
Bumrah.

*If pitch is not a turner.

— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) July 6, 2019

Unsurprisingly, the fans were amused by the turn of events and did not waste long to troll Manjrekar.

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Here are some of the reactions:

Sir Jadeja ne ek hi tweet se esko aise dhoya hai ki ab chatugiri karne par majboor ho ho gya ye ??

— PerPendiCular (@RahulGa35742224) July 6, 2019

How Jadeja's name got into the list of Manjrekar?#INDvSL #SLvIND pic.twitter.com/LFIvKnY5X8

— Principle Patel (@PatelSiddhant_) July 6, 2019

Jadeja ? pic.twitter.com/zwAQStTWun

— ?‍♂️ (@falana_dimkana_) July 6, 2019

The bits and pieces trolls are not going to stop. Nice try though #INDvSL pic.twitter.com/uJjb0swQCZ

— Raj (@rk9158) July 6, 2019

BACK UP PLAYER IN CASE OF VERBAL INJURY pic.twitter.com/IMjvduDziR

— Vicky Kumar (@ImVickyKumar) July 6, 2019

Jadeja's reaction: pic.twitter.com/4JQoUINRwi

— Keh Ke Peheno (@coolfunnytshirt) July 6, 2019

Talking about the game, Sri Lanka posted 264 for 7 in the allotted 50 overs. Former skipper Angelo Mathews scored 113 while Lahiru Thirimanne scored 53. For India, Jasprit Bumra was the pick of the bowlers, taking 3 for 37.