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Ravindra Jadeja and Sanjay Manjrekar involved in hilarious Twitter banter

Dixit Bhargav
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Ravindra Jadeja and Sanjay Manjrekar involved in hilarious Twitter banter

Ravindra Jadeja and Sanjay Manjrekar: The Indian all-rounder and the former batsman were involved in a hilarious Twitter banter.

During the second T20I of the ongoing India’s tour of New Zealand in Auckland, India beat New Zealand by 7 wickets to register a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson’s decision to win the toss and bat first wasn’t supported by his batsmen as they posted a below par 132/5 in their allotted quota of 20 overs.

Economical bowling figures from India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja (4-0-18-2) and fast bowlers in Jasprit Bumrah (4-0-21-1) and Mohammed Shami (4-0-22-0) seldom gave any opportunity to the opposition batsmen to open their arms.

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An 86-run partnership for the third wicket between wicket-keeper batsman Lokesh Rahul (57*) and middle-order batsman Shreyas Iyer (44) registered an Indian victory without much discomfort in the 18th over.

Ravindra Jadeja and Sanjay Manjrekar involved in hilarious Twitter banter

Rahul, who is in the middle of a purple patch in limited-overs cricket, was awarded the ‘Man of the Match’ for scoring his 11th T20I half-century in a match-winning effort.

However, former India batsman and commentator Sanjay Manjrekar thought of the otherwise. Expressing his thoughts on social media platform Twitter after the match, Manjrekar believed that the ‘Man of the Match’ award should have gone to a bowler.

Been the pick of Indian bowlers, Jadeja insisted on Manjrekar to name the bowler who should have won that award. It is worth mentioning that both the illustrious names were on the wrong side of a Twitter banter during the ICC Cricket World Cup last year.

While Manjrekar did reply to Jadeja’s question, he didn’t take his name as the deserving candidate for the ‘Man of the Match’ award.

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Dixit Bhargav

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Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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