Commentator Sanjay Manjrekar has been in the eye of the storm today for criticising MS Dhoni and his slow innings during India vs Bangladesh, CWC 2019. The fans were left fuming with the fact that the cricketer-turned-commentator was biased with his commentary. So much that he even muted their television sets while the former Indian cricketer handled the mic. In fact, the netizens even started a petition to remove him from the commentary panel. Sanjay tweeted on MS Dhoni’s batting and he said that the former Indian captain was not very adventurous in pressure situations. India vs Bangladesh Live Cricket Score 40th ODI Match.
“Here’s something interesting about Dhoni -. 41 off 87 balls v spin this WC. But in the warm-up games 69 off 56 balls v spin. That tells me it’s mental too. He does not put his wicket on the line as much in the big games. #ICCCWC2019,” read his tweet. This surely did not go down well with the netizens as they slammed him not only for his tweet but also for his commentary on-air. Check out Manjerkar’s tweet below:
Here’s something interesting about Dhoni -. 41 off 87 balls v spin this WC. But in the warm up games 69 off 56 balls v spin. That tells me it’s mental too. He does not put his wicket on the line as much in the big games.#ICCCWC2019
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) July 2, 2019
Here are a few tweets by the netizens:
Sanjay Manjrekar's ODI Career runs is 1994 and the number of fours hit by Dhoni in his ODI career is 825, which literally is 3300 runs. #INDvBAN
— Chandan KrishnaMurthy (@mechankris) July 2, 2019
This netizen has muted his television.
Sanju Manju is so bad that even fans are muting @StarSportsIndia Hindi.
Let's try this. The next time Sanjay Manjrekar comes on commentary, Mute commentary, take a pic. Tweet with #SackManjrekar
If you don't like this senseless commentary do it. RT & Spread too. #IndvBan pic.twitter.com/mOP0K9lmJp
— Prabhu (@Cricprabhu) July 2, 2019
Another one.
When Other Batters Hit 4 or 6
Sanjay Manjrekar : That's a Perfect Shot
When Dhoni hits 4 or 6
Sanjay Manjrekar : That was a Bad Ball from Bowler
🚶🚶#INDvBAN
— ꃶ Aяανιиd Messi 🇦🇷 ꃶ (@Messi_ArvinD) July 2, 2019
That’s quite a nasty jibe.
If only Sanjay Manjrekar batted the way he wanted Dhoni , Rahul or any other.. he cud have won us World Cup.. but alas he didn’t.. so STFU @sanjaymanjrekar ..#IndiaVsBangladesh
— #MODIfiedMe. (@ganchen2) July 2, 2019
Yet another one.
One thing common to Dhoni haters, Kohli haters, Rohit haters and Sachin haters is that they all hate Sanjay Manjrekar and Aakash Chopra equally. Divided by hate, united by hate.
— THE SKIN DOCTOR (@theskindoctor13) July 2, 2019
Sreevats Goswami also takes a jibe at Manjrekar.
Sanjay manjrekar seems more happy seeing dhoni out than the players 🤷♂️ #BANvIND #WC19
— Shreevats goswami (@shreevats1) July 2, 2019
Manjrekar realised that he was subjected to trolls and decided to change the topic and posted another tweet.
And enough on Dhoni. Let’s now shift the spotlight on Lokesh Rahul. He now has the most enviable position in international cricket - Opening the innings in 50 overs cricket. Must do more than he has.#INDVBAN
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) July 2, 2019
Talking about MS Dhoni in the match against Bangladesh, he made 35 runs from 34 balls. The former Indian captain laced his innings with four fours and no maximums. India posted a total of 314 runs on the board.
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