The Nassau County Stadium in New York hosted India’s ICC T20 World Cup 2024 warm-up game against Bangladesh on June 1. India won the toss and batted first. India planned for some batters to explode and others to chip about.
They were 159/4 when Ravindra Jadeja joined Hardik Pandya at the crease in the 17th over. Their first ball was disastrous for Jadeja. A wider delivery from Tanvir Islam caused Jadeja to miss a slog. Before and after the bowling, he was on the crease line.
The wicketkeeper held the ball and removed the stumps as the batsman was caught short. The bowler was not out because camera angles could not hold him accountable for crossing the line. On TV, Sanjay Manjrekar joked that it looked out and he might have to stop talking because it was Jadeja.
Manjrekar said, “It looks out from here, but it’s Jadeja batting, so I better shut up.”
Sanjay Manjrekar said, “it looks out from here, but it’s Jadeja batting, so I better shut up”. pic.twitter.com/WkcISzeGuS
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) June 1, 2024
Jadeja and Sanjay Manjrekar have a mediocre connection.
The relationship between Ravindra Jadeja and Sanjay Manjrekar is noteworthy; the former cricket player and current broadcaster got backlash for calling the all-round player a “bits and pieces” player. The comment was made in relation to the conversation about Jadeja’s position on the ODI team. Manjrekar called the southpaw a “pure bowler” in Tests rather than ODIs because of his poor performance in the 50-over event.
“At this stage of his 50-over cricket career, Jadeja is one of those pieces-and-pieces players that I don’t really like. He is a bowler who is pure and true in Test matches. However, I would want to have a batsman and a spinner in 50-over cricket,” Manjrekar stated at the 2019 ODI World Cup.
Swiftly responding, Jadeja posted on Twitter (now X) with the following message: “Even after playing twice as many matches as you have, I’m still playing. Acknowledge and honour those who have succeeded. You can stop your verbal diarrhoea now.
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