Harsha Bhogle leaves Twitter in awe after responding to Sanjay Manjrekar's on-air jibe

Former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar and controversy go hand in hand. During ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, he called star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja a 'bits and pieces' cricketer and Indian fans condemned him for his harsh comments.

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veteran was a part of commentary team in India’s historic pink-ball Test match against Bangladesh at iconic Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Manjrekar found himself in a verbal spat once again, this time with popular cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle.

On third day of historic Test when India was on brink of a famous victory, Manjrekar got himself tangled into ar unwanted controversy. It was regarding  characteristics of pink ball and Manjrekar and Bhogle got involved in an argument subsequently.

During historic game, several deliveries hit Bangladesh batsmen on  helmet, which raised a number of questions. Nayeem Hasan and Liton Das were injured severely and were ruled out of game. Taijul Islam and Mehidy Hasan Miraz replaced duo as ir concussion substitutes. Even Mohammad Mithun and Ebadot Hossain got hit on ir helmets but y carried on with ir batting.

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Sanjay Manjrekar's disrespectful words

Seeing batsmen getting hit, Bhogle said that players should be asked about visibility of pink ball. He felt that visibility could be an issue and it could be harmful going into long run.

However, Manjrekar brushed off Bhogle’s comments, saying that since slip catchers weren’t having any problem, hence, players were able to see ball.

Rar, Manjrekar insisted that texture of lear was something that needed to be worked upon. Bhogle responded by saying that re was  harm in asking players about visibility of pink cherry. This comment did t go well with Manjrekar as he came up with a reply, which was deemed as provocative and disrespectful by many. Manjrekar said that personalities like Bhogle, who hadn’t played cricket, needed to ask about same.

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comments didn’t go down well with netizens as Manjrekar faced a lot of backlash for his harsh comments. y said he didn’t have any right to demean someone of Bhogle’s stature. In meantime, Bhogle has opened up on matter subtly through a tweet. He used word ‘patience’ in his post, an attribute which he displayed during conversation. But later, he deleted tweet.

Harsha Bhogle tweets on Sanjay Manjrekar

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