In recent times, it seems that the former Indian cricketer, Sanjay Manjrekar has mastered the art of attracting controversies towards him. Time and again, he has often been seen making bold statements about players, and it eventually resulted in his sacking from the commentary panel of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) earlier this year. His exit from the commentary panel happened in March, and due to the same, he couldn’t find a place even in the IPL commentary panel too.
Last year, he was engulfed in another controversy when he termed the veteran Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja as a ‘bit and pieces’ cricketer. He is back to his typical sense again and garnered a lot of criticism from fans for calling Piyush Chawla and Ambati Rayudu ‘low profile cricketers’. Both of them impressed in Chennai’s amazing 5-wicket win against arch-rivals Mumbai Indians (MI) in the season opener.
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While playing for CSK, Chawla was the economical bowler for his team as he conceded just 21 runs in his spell of four overs and got the prized wicket of Rohit Sharma. On the other hand, Rayudu was the highest run-scorer when he amassed 71 runs on 48 balls to give the team a robust base. He walked on the field when CSK was reeling at 6 for 2 and then sealed the night on his name.
Rayudu, along with Faf du Plessis amassed as many as 115 runs for the third wicket and destroyed the strong bowling attack of Mumbai Indians. Faf, who remained unbeaten on 58, chased down the things in style with four balls to spare. After the game wrapped up, Manjrekar did praise the cricketers but invited criticism by commenting in his typical style.
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Tweeting about Rayudu and Chawla, Manjrekar said, “So happy for two pretty low profile cricketers Piyush Chawla and Ambati Rayudu. Chawla was sensational with the ball. Bowled the 5th & 16th over too. Rayudu..well…one of the best IPL innings from him based on the quality of shots played! Well done CSK!”
So happy for two pretty low profile cricketers Piyush Chawla and Ambati Rayudu. Chawla was sensational with the ball. Bowled the 5th & 16th over too. Rayudu..well…one of the best IPL innings from him based on quality of shots played! Well done CSK!👏👏👏 #IPL2020
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) September 19, 2020
Well, his ‘low profile cricketers’ comment didn’t go well with the fans, and they immediately took to Twitter to thrash the commentator. Some reminded him of Chawla and Rayudu’s contributions to the cricket, some even displayed sarcastic remarks over Manjrekar’s records.
Here are some of the reactions from the CSK fans criticizing Sanjay Manjrekar:-
Bhai tune hi jadeja ko kuch bola tha world cup me 😜😜
Abhi phir "low profile cricketer"
— Abhay Pratap Singh🇮🇳🇮🇳 (@abhay1_singh) September 19, 2020
Low profile???? They way better than your profile! pic.twitter.com/FtuSKTigFe
— Mohammed Sheriff (@mohammedsheriff) September 19, 2020
If you are keeping both of them in "low profile" category ,where would you have placed yourself?
1) very low
2) extreme low
3) deep inside the ground.— Mayank Agarwal (@mayankagarwal66) September 19, 2020
Who said rayudu is low Profile cricketer.. It's you people who made him satisfied with that.. He is the best cricketer than many.. No one encouraged him.. No one has seen the talent in him..
— Gayathri🇮🇳 (@IBe45MB) September 20, 2020
Low Profile??! Chawla has 2 world cup medals🏅.
Rayudu has played 50+ ODIs for India. What is the high profile for cricketers than ?— Binoy Sharma (@IamBXD) September 19, 2020
Low profile .. ???? Really ? Who decides these profiles ?
— Mridula Rai (@MridulaRai21) September 19, 2020
So happy for two pretty low profile cricketers Piyush Chawla and Ambati Rayudu. Chawla was sensational with the ball. Bowled the 5th & 16th over too. Rayudu..well…one of the best IPL innings from him based on quality of shots played! Well done CSK!👏👏👏 #IPL2020
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) September 19, 2020
