File photo of Sanjay Manjrekar© BCCI/IPL
It was Team India that came out on top against arch-rival Pakistan in the Asian Cup Group A clash on Sunday. Hardik Pandya played an unbeaten 33-run knock-off from just 17 balls to help India win the match by five wickets. But one should not forget the contribution of Ravindra Jadeja as he also played a knockout of 35 runs off 29 balls using 2 fours and 2 sixes. Jadeja and Hardik had formed a partnership of 52 runs for the fifth wicket. After the game, former Indian batter Sanjay Manjrekar did post-game duties and had to interview Jadeja.
But the first thing he finally asked Jadeja was if the left-handed batter was okay to talk to him. It is important to note that Manjrekar had called Jadeja a “bits and pieces” cricketer during the 2019 World Cup, then Jadeja had slapped the former Indian batter on social media, saying: “Yet I played twice as many matches if you’ve played and I still play. Learn to respect the people who made it. I’ve heard enough about your verbal diarrhea. @sanjaymanjrekar.”
Talking about the match between India and Pakistan, Manjrekar started his interview with Jadeja by saying “I have Ravindra Jadeja here with me, first question, you can talk to me right Jaddu?”
To this Jadeja replied, “Yes, yes. Absolutely. I have no problem at all.” This reaction left both Jadeja and Manjrekar in crevices.
Speaking further about the game, Jadeja said: “We wanted to play to the end, they have a very good bowling attack, their fast bowlers don’t give anything away. I could have ended the game, but Hardik played fantastic. He (Pandya) came out, He was very clear in his mind and said he was going to play his shots, and I’m glad he stayed until the end.”
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Bhuvneshwar Kumar had returned with numbers of 4-26 in his four overs, while India knocked out Pakistan for 147. The veteran sailor also got the important break from Pakistani captain Babar Azam in the third over of the innings.
Team India will face Hong Kong in Group A next Wednesday.
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