Manjrekar again gave Bawalia statement (photo-PTI)
Former Team India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar often keeps making such statements on which there is a lot of ruckus. Once again, he has said something that is really shocking. According to Sanjay Manjrekar, Team India was playing not to win the Lord’s Test but to draw a match. Manjrekar also questioned Ravindra Jadeja in gestures. He said that Jadeja and Nitish Reddy were staying at the crease for a long time but they did not risk playing big shots. According to Manjrekar, Team India should have run run in the style of Ben Stokes. Know what Stokes said?
Sanjay Manjrekar’s Bawalia statement
Sanjay Manjrekar said in a conversation with ESPN Cricinfo, “Three big wickets fell in the fourth day, England became entitled to win 70 percent of the matches from there. If three wickets did not fall at the beginning of the innings, there would be a match in India’s favor. Manjrekar further said, ‘Jadeja played a very good innings. He played for a long time while chasing, but he did not take the risk in the middle. Nitish Reddy and Jadeja were staying at the crease for a long time but they did not try to play big shots in the middle. As Ben Stokes does. The situation was not easy but it did not put pressure on England. In the entire run chase, it seemed as if he was playing for a draw. His waiting game was very high.
Archer-Stokes changed the match
Sanjay Manjrekar further said that the bowling of Archer and Stokes overturned the entire match. He said, ‘I sometimes think about Jofra Archer, Kivo is a very over-rated bowler but he bowled a wonderful ball to Pant. Rahul was dismissed by Stokes. Both these batsmen were dismissed while defense. It is a big deal to dismiss such good batsmen on defense on the pitch on which the number 11 batsman was finding it difficult to dismiss.
Stokes praise
Sanjay Manjrekar praised Ben Stokes. He said, ‘Ben Stokes is a player of a big opportunity. Their figures will not look so special, but if there is any figure of winning moment, then Ben Stokes will probably be number 1. The way Stokes saw KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant at the crease and kept bowling themselves, he reflects their mindset. He is a champion player.
