Twitterati all over Sanjay Manjrekar for calling Hardik Pandya 'arrogant'

The star Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya was dismissed in the bizarre fashion in the ongoing second Test against South Africa. He didn’t ground his bat while coming back to his crease as Vernon Philander affected a direct-hit from mid-off. The replays suggested that his legs and bat both were in the air despite crossing the line. The youngster attracted the unwanted criticism after the dismissal as the wicket stalled India’s progress in the Test match big time. However, Twitter has bashed Sanjay Manjrekar as he analysed Pandya’s attitude as arrogance after the run-out.

As it turned out, the visitors were under immense pressure after the wicket and it was the partnership between Virat Kohli and R Ashwin which took India close to the total of South Africa. In case the all-rounder would’ve grounded his bat, they might well have taken the lead which was crucial from the Indian perspective.

Manjrekar trolled and bashed yet again

Sanjay Manjrekar who is currently covering the series as the commentator took to Twitter soon after the dismissal and felt that this was a harsh lesson for the upcoming all-rounder of India. He also termed Hardik’s confidence as arrogance in his tweet which read, “Early lesson for Hardik Pandya that this game will come to bite you back if you let confidence become arrogance.”

While his analysis was absolutely spot on as Pandya was a little lazy to ground his bat which are the basics of cricket, the word ‘arrogance’ didn’t go down well with the Indian fans. They felt the former Indian cricketer was being too critical of Pandya only after one such mistake. Few even went on troll him for always over analysing the players and pointing out the mistakes of non-Mumbaikar players mostly. Many also made him remembered that the few legendary cricketers have made the same mistake in the past and it was unfair on the youngster.

All said and done, his mistake was a huge turning point in the match but Sanjay Manjrekar once again was roasted on Twitter.

Here’s what he tweeted:

Early lesson for Hardik Pandya that this game will come to bite you back if you let confidence become arrogance.

— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) January 15, 2018

Here’s how fans bashed him:

One small mistake and you call it arrogance?? ???

— VK (@TrollVirat) January 15, 2018

That wasn't arrogance… don't be over critical

— Aditya Chouhan (@adiitweeets) January 15, 2018

Ho gaya sir, he has learnt his lesson , the hardest possible manner !! He will be ok !! Seen lot of players getting out ,more funnier and laziest ways !!

— Praveen (@praveen25in) January 15, 2018

We are too critical of our cricket players !!

— Praveen (@praveen25in) January 15, 2018

My reply to this tweet is as relevant as your interpretation to pandya's wicket to arrogance pic.twitter.com/yJ1LoKKroJ

— Nikhil (@Beer_4_Life) January 15, 2018

You should probably provide that advice to your buddy, Mr. Talent by the way….does any non-mumbaikar get spared by you? Irony of it all is you are no different from the fundamentalists you criticize..

— Srikanth Mangalam (@smangalam) January 15, 2018

Lessons for Sanjay….don’t enter commentary box when Indian team is batting

— Kailash Wagh ?? (@kailashwg) January 15, 2018

Dude seriously !! So every good player should behave exactly the same way. Is there no place for some flamboyance anymore ? Do we have to bring everyone down ? Let him be, it was a mistake, it happens.

— Deepak S Deodhar (@dsd26) January 15, 2018

Abe kuch bh bolega kya ?

— Nitesh khandelwal (@k_nitzz23) January 15, 2018

sir,one thing i seriously dislike about your commentary is that you tend to pass judgements in hurry.. very very hurry..

— Akhilesh Singh Rana (@lekhu1998) January 15, 2018

Arrogance is a big word.
I think you have to take back your words. #SAvsIND

— SatwikMathangi (@seven_week) January 15, 2018

were you forced to take retirement from cricket by arrogance or confidence

— Akshay Patil (@simplyPatil) January 15, 2018

Ap toh ese bol rahe ho jese apne life me koi mistake ki hi nahi. Don't judge anyone from his/her mistake. Huh. ?

— Sweta Das (@CrazyDivani) January 15, 2018