Sanjay Manjrekar subject to funny memes by fans for 'Jadeja the fielder' mention in tweet

It is secret that former cricketer-turned-commentator Sanjay Manjrekar does t rate Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jeja highly, especially in white-ball formats of game.  veteran cricket analyst has time and again taken shots at Jeja, making many assume that re is something that he doesn't like about Saurashtra l. During ICC Cricket World Cup in 2019 in England, Manjrekar h stirred a massive controversy by calling Jeja a “bits and pieces” cricketer. Since n, Manjrekar has taken shots at Jeja on several occasions. 

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Fans troll Sanjay Manjrekar for praising 'Jeja fielder'

However, after Jeja's brilliant fielding effort on Day 2 of India vs Australia Test at SCG which caught centurion Steve Smith short of his crease, Manjrekar was full of praise for southpaw. veteran commentator took to Twitter and lauded Jeja's incredible fielding. In fact, referring to Smith run out. Manjrekar stated that Jeja me possible what was clearly impossible.

Manjrekar's praise for Jeja comes as a shocker considering history that two share. former cricketer has been highly critical of Jeja in past whereas left-hander has always silenced commentator with his exceptional performances. Meanwhile, Manjrekar's tweet praising Jeja didn't go down well with a lot of fans who slammed and roasted  55-year old for always criticising all-rounder and compartmentalising him. Here's a look at a few reactions.

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Coming back to match, with overnight score of 166/2, Australia started positively on Day 2 with Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne going strong. However, once Labuschagne was dismissed for 91, wickets kept tumbling from one end while Smith held or end and tched a ton to help hosts post a competitive score of 338. 

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Australia could have scored a lot more runs if it wasn't for Jeja's outstanding spell with ball and his sharp fielding. southpaw was pick of bowlers as he grabbed four crucial wickets (Marnus Labuschagne, Matw We, Pat Cummins, Nathan Lyon) to keep hosts in control. Moreover, he also contributed with his fielding by catching top-scorer and centurion Smith short of his crease courtesy of a bullet throw.

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After restricting Australia to 338, India got off to a good start as openers Rohit and Gill posted 70 runs before former was dismissed. Gill scored a valiant fifty and departed soon after. At time of publishing this article, India reached 96/2 at Stumps with Cheteshwar Pujara batting on 9 and skipper Ajnikya Rahane unbeaten on 5. India will hope that duo carries on and lays a solid foundation for lower-middle order to come and score big. 

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