“SACHHAI vs JHOOTH…”: Watch Irfan Pathan and Sanjay Manjarekar embroiled in a heated argument

After getting hammered by yet another Steve Smith masterclass, the men in Blue seemed to have clawed their way back on Day 2 of the 4th Test.

Soumyaroop Mukherjee

1 month ago

New Delhi: After getting hammered by yet another Steve Smith masterclass, the men in Blue seemed to have clawed their way back on Day 2 of the 4th Test. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Virat Kohli looked in sync as they stitched a beautiful partnership of 102 runs for the third wicket.

Irfan Pathan & Sanjay Manjrekar pic.twitter.com/3A5W3GNXh1

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However, a rate brain-fed moment came in the match where a horrible mix-up between Jaiswal cost the former his wicket. While there remain different theories over who should be blamed for Jaiswal’s dismissal, former India cricketers Sanjay Manjrekar and Irfan Pathan got engaged in a heated argument in the post-day show for the broadcaster Star Sports.

Heated Argument Between Sanjay Manjrekar And Irfan Pathan, Sanjay Manjrekar Was Defaming Virat Kohli While Irfan Pathan Was Defending Virat Kohli ( On Yashasvi Jaiswal Run Out)#INDvsAUS #ViratKohli #YashasviJaiswal #AUSvINDIA pic.twitter.com/8YmOcA8JyL

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Manjrekar felt that Kohli should’ve responded to Jaiswal’s call and taken the single as it was the latter who was running at the danger end. Pathan, however, disagreed, saying Kohli was also at the risk of getting run-out at the striker’s end as the shot hit from Jaiswal was quite hard.

The former Indian batsman remarked:

Ball was going slow, I don’t think Kohli would’ve been runout. It was Jaiswal’s call. Maybe a risky run but he was at the danger end, not Kohli. It was a schoolboy error from Virat that he looked back and decided it wasn’t a run. If it was a bad call from Jaiswal, he would’ve gotten out at the non-striker’s end…

Heated Argument Between Sanjay Manjrekar And Irfan Pathan, Sanjay Manjrekar Was Defaming Virat Kohli While Irfan Pathan Was Defending Virat Kohli ( On Yashasvi Jaiswal Run Out)#INDvsAUS #ViratKohli #YashasviJaiswal #AUSvINDIA pic.twitter.com/8YmOcA8JyL

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Meanwhile, Irfan pathan defended Virat Kohli by saying that Kohli probably wans’t confident taking the run as he saw how fast the ball went to the fielder, Pat Cummins. The former India all-rounder also maintained that as a non-striker, Virat also has the right to turn down a run if he feels it is risky.