‘That was a painful 30 seconds’ – Fans in splits as Ravindra Jadeja and Sanjay Manjrekar get introduced to Nagpur Test at the same time
Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar greeted the star India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, who made his comeback in the Indian team after a long gap of 5 months, in the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at Nagpur. Jadeja and Manjrekar both were the first change in the bowling and commentary respectively and the latter, acknowleged that in the commentary section.
The former Indian cricketer called the 34-year-old a ‘bits and pieces player’ during the 2019 50-over World Cup in England and Wales. At that time, the all-rounder replied to him back strongly.
The Chennai franchise all-rounder grabbed 25 wickets when Australia last played a series in India back in 2016-17. It will be his fifth consecutive home series against the Kangaroos.
The Gujarat-born player snapped a total of 63 wickets in just 12 Tests he has played so far against Australia. The Saurashtra spinner recently picked wickets against Tamil Nadu in the ongoing Ranji Trophy season.
India is off to a good start with help of Ravindra Jadeja
The new left-arm spinner made his comeback after a long gap of 5 months after getting recovered from any injury. Cricketer was delighted to be back in the team after a long gap.
“I was eagerly waiting to make a comeback and play for India. I had been struggling with my knee for some time, so surgery was needed. I am very excited and feel good that after more than 5 months I am in the Indian jersey. I am lucky to have got the chance back. There were many ups and downs in the journey because it is not easy if you stay away from cricket for 5 months,” the Indian left-arm orthodox spinner stated.
Earlier, Australian skipper Pat Cummins won the toss and elected to bat first. Team India got to a magnificent start as they picked two quick wickets of openers Usman Khwaja and David Warner when the team’s score was two runs.
Both batters were sent back to the pavilion when they were at the score of one run each. Khwaja was dismissed by Mohammad Siraj and Warner was dismissed by Mohammad Shami. Jadeja picked three important wickets of Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschange, and Matt Renshaw.
Here’s how Fans reacted to Sanjay Manjrekar’s statement on Jadeja:
Is that Sanjay Manjrekar welcoming Ravindra Jadeja back in the Indian side?
Wonder what he eats his stale words with?
— Makarand (मकरंद) (مکرند) (@Makarand_S) February 9, 2023
First change in bowling is Ravindra Jadeja
And first change in commentary is Sanjay Manjrekar.
😭😭#INDvsAUS #BorderGavaskarTrophy— सुरम्य साँझ (@SebnF1) February 9, 2023
Golden words by Sanjay manjrekar for golden arm Ravindra Jadeja : " Welcome back Jadeja" #INDvsAUS #AUSvsIND #BGT2023 #jadeja #Jaddu #TeamIndia #BorderGavaskarTrophy2023
— K D P (@krutarth_pathak) February 9, 2023
Ravindra Jadeja always ups his game when Sanjay Manjrekar in commentary.#BGT2023 #BorderGavaskarTrophy
— Same as username💙 (@midbencher05) February 9, 2023
Sanjay Manjrekar said – "Welcome back Ravindra Jadeja". (In Commentary)
— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) February 9, 2023
Sanjay Manjrekar on commentary for Ravindra Jadeja's sensational return to Test cricket. We have come full circle 🙏🏽
— Arnav (@arnav714) February 9, 2023
Sanjay Manjrekar's comment to Ravindra Jadeja a couple of years ago garnered lots of attention.
But the need of the hour for #TeamIndia today is 7-8 Bits and Pieces Players in the XI.#T20WorldCup #CricketTwitter
— Broken Cricket Dreams Cricket Blog (@cricket_broken) November 12, 2022
Ha! Sanjay Manjrekar welcoming Ravindra Jadeja. And welcoming him about 10 times. That was a painful 30 seconds 😂😂 #INDvsAUS #ausvind
— Aadit Kapadia આદિત કાપડિયા (@ask0704) February 9, 2023
Sanjay Manjrekar welcoming bits n pieces @imjadeja be like 😏 pic.twitter.com/3vs1ajdkKB
— Manoj Lad😈 (@BeardedRedDevil) February 9, 2023
I like how Ravindra Jadeja and Sanjay Manjrekar come into the attack at the exact same time.
— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) February 9, 2023
