Delhi: Sanjay Manjrekar’s desire to be different has once again landed him in trouble. He knows cricket and this is proved by his being a Test cricketer, but his ability to create unnecessary controversies through his comments has now increased so much that his right to be called a cricket commentator/pundit is being questioned. Is. This was proved again by his new comment about Mohammed Shami. Before the new story, see what else he had to say:
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Multan Declaration: One of the biggest controversies in India’s Test history is captain Rahul Dravid declaring the innings over in Multan when Sachin Tendulkar was on 194*. Incidentally, Sanjay Manjrekar was a commentator at that time and even Sachin Tendulkar did not spare him for whatever he said without knowing, although he generally does not react to any comment.
Virat Kohli: In 2012, i.e. in the initial days of Virat Kohli, Sanjay Manjrekar commented that there was no confidence in the Indian batsmen and especially for Virat, he said that the selection committee should give this batsman one more chance and then drop him from the team. . In the same comment he even talked about removing VVS. Virat’s subsequent score silenced him.
Harsha Bhogle: On-air, during the Australia series in 2019, he called a comment by fellow commentator Harsha Bhogle a thoughtless comment. Questions were also raised on his cricket understanding by saying that he did not play high level cricket, so what should he know about cricket? Later Manjrekar also had to apologize.
Ravindra Jadeja: In 2019, Sanjay Manjrekar called Ravindra Jadeja a ‘bits and pieces’ cricketer i.e. one who is not an expert in anything and plays in bits and pieces. There was a huge uproar on this issue on social media and Jadeja himself also spoke. Later, when Jadeja played a sensational inning of 77 runs in 59 balls in the World Cup semi-final against New Zealand and almost single-handedly led the victory, Sanjay admitted his mistake.
R Ashwin: Once clearly said that he does not understand why people call Ashwin one of the all-time greats? After this, with the help of records, he kept proving Ashwin’s failure on critical occasions.
Hardik Pandya: He was told that he cannot play as a specialist batsman. This was said on the discussion of playing Hardik as a specialist batsman in the limited overs series in Australia in 2020-21. Even Hardik got furious at the words spoken and responded by giving two of the best performances of his ODI career.
Mumbai audience: During Rajasthan Royals’ Wankhede match this year, when the crowd was booing Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya at the time of the toss, he instructed the Wankhede crowd to ‘behave’ properly. He himself is from Mumbai and hence no one liked his comment.
Delhi vs Mumbai: Delhi vs Mumbai or zonal rivalry used to be a favorite topic of Indian cricket, but with time this is no longer the case. Even then, despite being on the mic, in the discussion after India’s 58-run loss to New Zealand in this year’s ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in Dubai, when the team’s fielding coach was mentioned, he said – I don’t know much about him. I know and anyway I don’t pay much attention to the players and other people from the North. All this was like a ‘racial comment’ which does not suit Sanjay Manjrekar as a commentator. He is a commentator and if he doesn’t know about anyone then how will he tell others?
Gautam Gambhir: These days, after the press conference of Chief Coach Gautam Gambhir before leaving for Australia tour, he said that BCCI should stop Gautam Gambhir from talking to the press without any delay. He did not tell which of Gambhir’s comments he found wrong? No one supported Sanjay Manjrekar.
Mohammed Shami: By making his fitness an issue and regarding the expectation of a big contract for him in the IPL mega auction, what Sanjay Manjrekar said did not seem wrong to most of the people but instead of unnecessarily encouraging Shami on his fitness, he teased him. That is why Shami himself came to the field to answer.