Cricketer turned commentator Sanjay Manjrekar, who was subjected to criticism for calling Ravindra Jadeja a ‘bits and pieces cricketer’, finally praised the Indian all-rounder, saying that Jadeja ripped him apart by bits and pieces during India’s clash against New Zealand in the first semi-final of the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup.
International Cricket Council (ICC) posted a video on their Twitter handle in which Manjrekar can be seen having a conversational With Niall O’Brien and Ian Smith.
“By bits ‘n’ pieces of sheer brilliance, he’s ripped me apart on all fronts. @sanjaymanjrekar has something to say to @imjadeja after the all-rounder’s fantastic performance against New Zealand. #INDvNZ | #CWC19,” ICC captioned the video.
“This is the Jadeja we haven’t seen before. Today he was brilliant today,” Manjrekar said in the video.
Jadeja went on to play a sensational knoc𝄹k of 77 runs, and once he reached to his fifty, he pulled off a sword celebration and directed it towards the media box.
“I have to apologize to him (Jadeja), he was looking for me but I wasn’t there. I was in the lounge taking my lunch, I’m sorry,” Manjrekar said.
"By bits 'n' pieces of sheer brilliance, he's ripped me apart on all fronts." has something to say to after the all-rounder's fantastic performance against New Zealand. |
— ICC (@ICC)
Jadeja displayed an all-round performance against the Black Caps as he scored a 59-ball 77, took the wicket of Kiwi opener Henry Nicholls, hit the bull’s eye to run-out Ross Taylor and grabbed a blinder at the boundary to dismiss Tom Lathom.
ಞJaddu💫 came out to bat when India was in a spot of bother at 92/6. He steadied the innings along with wicket-keeper batsman MS Dhoni as the duo stitched together a partnership of 116-runs.
The left-hander was finally dismissed by Tren🐻t Boult in the 48th over. Jadeja hit 4 fours and 4 sixes in his innings. But his exploits were not enough as the two times World Cup champ🐼ions lost by 18 runs.
