ENG vs IND | Twitter trolls Sanjay for unrequited mistimed comment costing Rahul his wicket

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Commentators' curse is a phenomenon as old as commentary itself, with no scientific backing for it but a widely accepted philosophy all the same. Sanjay Manjrekar became it's latest practitioner in Leeds on Friday after an out of the blue comment targeted at Virat Kohli ended up costing KL Rahul.

‌India were asked to bat first on Day 1 at Headingley to kick-off the five match Test series in England, their first assignment since the retirement of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. The duo announced their decision to step down well before the tour was due to begin, giving the side enough time to slot in KL Rahul as opener alongside Yashasvi Jaiswal with the hopes of overturning Rohit’s poor record at the top of the order. While the move paid off at large, Sanjay Manjrekar might have inadvertently cut short a stand that seemed to show more promise than the 91 runs it was eventually worth.

With Rahul batting on 34, the Karnataka veteran shouldered arms against a Brydon Carse outswinger as he had done plenty of times already through the morning. Sanjay, seated in the commentary box, could not help but use the opportunity to take a sly dig evidently aimed at Kohli and the talisman’s struggles against balls outside the off-stump in the final phase of his career.

"We know of a former batter who'd’ve gone after that delivery and got himself into trouble,” Manjrekar chimed. As luck would have it, Rahul went chasing after a wide full delivery shortly after and was caught at slip to depart at 42, inviting flak both towards him and the experienced Indian commentator.

You know it

Who's that former batter ?? Anyone please ???
— BB (@ChackoMash07)

Summed up

Sanjay Manjrekar commentary can be summed up in

Repeat

bash retired players,

talk about dot balls,

leaving the outside off balls

End

Absolutely no insight and no game knowledge. Same stuff series after series. People would prefer silence than hearing…
— Swapnil... (@Swapnilz)

Removed

remove Sanjay Manjrekar from commentary
— Jatji 🐉 bao bao 🐼 (@Jatji66987147)

Seriously

Who Takes this Clown Seriously 😭😭
— 𝐀𝐫𝐲𝐚𝐧 🇬🇧 (@BreathKohli_)

Cooked

Sanjay Manjrekar Again Cooked Virat Kohli😭😭 .
— Hrsha (@Hrsha_45)

Please knock

Can someone please knock that Ben Stokes schlong out of Sanjay Manjrekar's mouth
— NILAY (@Nilay_Nayak_)

Leave

"These two have been leaving these deliveries very well. We know a former batter who would have gone after it and got himself into trouble but not these two."

... Mr Sanjay Manjrekar

Seriously, what's his constant need to jab at cricketing legends? It's like he gets some…
— Baba Krishna Mohan Rebbapragada (@cricketluvers)

We know

Sanjay Manjrekar 🎙️- “We know of a former batter who would have gone after that delivery and gotten himself into trouble”

No way he just said this on air about Kohli😭 The man has retired. Please leave him alone now🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️
— BoyLovesCricket (@boylovescricket)

Dont hold back