Jasprit Bumrah accused of not being committed to India: Sanjay Manjrekar questions Bumrah's commitment

[StraightDrive26]

I am sorry Sanjay is one of the worst commentators to ever call a game and I have been saying this for years now. The guy when he speaks makes us wonder if he ever played the game at the highest level. I remember his playing days, he had lots of hype due to his lineage and that one Pakistan tour but he faltered to deceive in his career as a batter. As a commentator as well he has over the years been terrible but for some reason keeps getting chances. Bumrah has been managed as the team management deem fit. Sanjay or anyone from outside have no business commenting on his availability or impact for the National side. Bumrah will continue playing all important series/tournaments till the day he retires. India does have some important series coming up in Tests and he needs to remain fit. We don't need him to be playing Bi laterals against B or C teams of international sides. 

 

Manjerekar is stuck in the 90's when bi-laterals meant something. The fact of the matter is that only teams like Pakistan or Bangladesh play their full strength XI's in bi-laterals. He needs to shut up and concentrate on his work which is commentating when there is a game and not speak out of it as it is mostly nonsense. 

[Lord]

6 hours ago, Gollum said:

Disagree man, he is a serial hater. Any successful Indian cricketer, this guy gets salty. Only praises Imran's balls and Afridi's handshake grip. 

Inferiority complex because he couldn’t achieve much despite initial hype

[putrevus]

7 hours ago, Gollum said:

Disagree man, he is a serial hater. Any successful Indian cricketer, this guy gets salty. Only praises Imran's balls and Afridi's handshake grip. 

It is all down to his inferiority complex and only series he did well so he keeps praising Imran Khan and Pakistan.

[singhvivek141]

Manjerakar was an underachiever, he even lost his passion when he took retirement at the age of 32, he simply couldn't adjust to changing cricket dynamics. Unlike his dad Vijay Manjerakar, Sanjay never could become what was expected of him, despite of all the support by Mumbai Cricket Association and BCCI.

 

When he sees other players playing for India at an age when he was sitting on his couch because he lost his will to play, its gonna hurt. 

 

Its sad that he has turned out into in this insecure, salty fellow...who instead of appreciating the players who have achieved more than him is just jealous of them. 

Also, I dont understand his obsession with Pakistan and Imran Khan...what did they do to him that he's become their bhakt.

[Ultimate_Game]

4 hours ago, StraightDrive26 said:

I am sorry Sanjay is one of the worst commentators to ever call a game and I have been saying this for years now. The guy when he speaks makes us wonder if he ever played the game at the highest level. I remember his playing days, he had lots of hype due to his lineage and that one Pakistan tour but he faltered to deceive in his career as a batter. As a commentator as well he has over the years been terrible but for some reason keeps getting chances. Bumrah has been managed as the team management deem fit. Sanjay or anyone from outside have no business commenting on his availability or impact for the National side. Bumrah will continue playing all important series/tournaments till the day he retires. India does have some important series coming up in Tests and he needs to remain fit. We don't need him to be playing Bi laterals against B or C teams of international sides. 

 

Manjerekar is stuck in the 90's when bi-laterals meant something. The fact of the matter is that only teams like Pakistan or Bangladesh play their full strength XI's in bi-laterals. He needs to shut up and concentrate on his work which is commentating when there is a game and not speak out of it as it is mostly nonsense. 

 

43 minutes ago, singhvivek141 said:

Manjerakar was an underachiever, he even lost his passion when he took retirement at the age of 32, he simply couldn't adjust to changing cricket dynamics. Unlike his dad Vijay Manjerakar, Sanjay never could become what was expected of him, despite of all the support by Mumbai Cricket Association and BCCI.

 

When he sees other players playing for India at an age when he was sitting on his couch because he lost his will to play, its gonna hurt. 

 

Its sad that he has turned out into in this insecure, salty fellow...who instead of appreciating the players who have achieved more than him is just jealous of them. 

Also, I dont understand his obsession with Pakistan and Imran Khan...what did they do to him that he's become their bhakt.

 

2 hours ago, Lord said:

Inferiority complex because he couldn’t achieve much despite initial hype

 

 

Anyone remember the way he went after Jadeja and how Jadeja made him eat his words grudgingly? He himself couldn't amount to much and taking shots at likes of Jadeja and Bumrah. It's time BCCI put him to pasture and block him the same way they blacklisted Bhogle some time back.

[bsriharsha]

A terrible take by Sanjay. Bumrah shouldn't even dignify that with a response

[Tillu]

What happened to him? Did the BCCI banish him from doing Indian commentary? Don't see him in IPL as well.

 

Edit: I thought this was an old thread and didn't read the previous replies. Fuuuck Manjrekar.

Edited June 11 by Tillu

[rollingstoned]

Manjrekar used to criticize Sachin and make digs at the Ganguly, Dravid, Laxman bunch because he felt his career ended earlier than it should've due to them. 

[Adamant]

12 hours ago, Ultimate_Game said:

Never saw Manjrekar or anyone else call out Kohli when he used to take "breaks" frequently or not play Test series or not even show up for mandatory preparatory camps before tourneys.

 

Yet they always find a way to call out our biggest match-winner in Bumrah. Bumrah and Pandya are the two players who need to be protected at all costs. They're the most irreplaceable players we have. Bumrah won us 2 WT20s and series in Aus. Why grind him into dust for a meaningless bilateral?

 

Save both of them and play them selectively to lengthen their career so they can play as many ICC tourneys as possible coz we're not winning shyte without them.

There is absolutely no reason to tag that idiot Pandya along with a legend like Bumrah, lol.

 

That guy doesn’t even play test cricket, has done absolutely nothing in 50 over world cups and champions trophy.

 

Even in t20 worldcups his achievement is bowling a full toss to Miller which got caught because of Skys efforts.
 

 

Your propaganda wont work here. There is absolutely no need to save Pandya lol, he is already rested from tests and hardly plays any games against weaker teams.

[cowboysfan]

* Sanjay Manjrekar.

[Ultimate_Game]

5 hours ago, Adamant said:

There is absolutely no reason to tag that idiot Pandya along with a legend like Bumrah, lol.

 

That guy doesn’t even play test cricket, has done absolutely nothing in 50 over world cups and champions trophy.

 

Even in t20 worldcups his achievement is bowling a full toss to Miller which got caught because of Skys efforts.
 

 

Your propaganda wont work here. There is absolutely no need to save Pandya lol, he is already rested from tests and hardly plays any games against weaker teams.

 

Nahin, Pandya is one of the MVPs of our white-ball team. The balance he brings to the team is unmatched and nobody has been able to do so. There's a reason why India is unbeaten across 5-6 matches against Aus in ICC tourneys when Pandya plays. He can bat, bowl and field and do all these things competently. He may not do everything right in every match, which is a given but he has showed up enough times with both bat and the ball. Plus he shows up in tough situations.

 

Pandya is one of our two top players alongside Pandya in LOIs and if he isn't around we can't field a balanced team. He would be even more crucial in the ODI WC in SA and we can't field a balanced team without Pandya. We're hoping Nitish Reddy or someone else can do what Pandya can but so far we haven't found a replacement. There's replacement for every other player, and sometimes there're 3-4 players who're available to replace a player but Pandya and Bumrah are the only two players who're irreplaceable.

[gakgupta]

Sanjay is nut case... bumrah is valuable asset and use him only for icc tournaments and test matches. period

he is prone to injuries and cant risk him 

[Sgattick10]

23 hours ago, Gollum said:

He went after Kohli as well, and Kohli's brother was giving interviews asking him to shut up. 

 

Any successful Indian, this Sanju loser becomes bitter. Bahut hi jealous, salty, neech kisam ka aadmi hai yeh. No idea how he keeps getting hired. 

He has daddy issues, his father couldn't come to terms with his retirement, apparently became violent towards his mom and the kids.. So anger, insecurity issues are there. 

[nevada]

Bumrah is 32 years old and just one big injury away from permanently being out of the game. Why is Manjrekar on his case all the time? At 32, he himself had retired from the game to shift to the comfort of the commentators box. Does he want Bumrah also to retire early by playing EVERY single game that India plays? 

[nevada]

11 hours ago, Sgattick10 said:

He has daddy issues, his father couldn't come to terms with his retirement, apparently became violent towards his mom and the kids.. So anger, insecurity issues are there. 

Sanjay was just 18 and four years away from debiting for India when his dad Vijay Manjrekar passed away. But he does seem to have daddy issues, given how much he admires kali daal Khan.

[Adamant]

17 hours ago, Ultimate_Game said:

 

Nahin, Pandya is one of the MVPs of our white-ball team. The balance he brings to the team is unmatched and nobody has been able to do so. There's a reason why India is unbeaten across 5-6 matches against Aus in ICC tourneys when Pandya plays. He can bat, bowl and field and do all these things competently. He may not do everything right in every match, which is a given but he has showed up enough times with both bat and the ball. Plus he shows up in tough situations.

 

Pandya is one of our two top players alongside Pandya in LOIs and if he isn't around we can't field a balanced team. He would be even more crucial in the ODI WC in SA and we can't field a balanced team without Pandya. We're hoping Nitish Reddy or someone else can do what Pandya can but so far we haven't found a replacement. There's replacement for every other player, and sometimes there're 3-4 players who're available to replace a player but Pandya and Bumrah are the only two players who're irreplaceable.

Yeah he is a sureshot name in the playing eleven because he balances the team but as a player he has not done anything in Worldcup and champions trophy.

 

You cannot call him a champion cricketer just because he brings balance, he needs to perform for that, his position in the team is definitely not in question here.

 

Wc 27 is his last chance, he needs to do something like what Klusener did in 99 , Kapil in 83 or even what Yuvi did in 11.

 

 

As for games against Aus, what does those victory have to do with him?

 

Wc 23 group game was won by Rahul and Kohli.

 

Ct 25 was won by Kohli.

 

Wc 19 was won by Dhawan.

[New guy]

On 6/10/2026 at 11:05 PM, Gollum said:

Disagree man, he is a serial hater. Any successful Indian cricketer, this guy gets salty. Only praises Imran's balls and Afridi's handshake grip. 

Remember the elephant in the room article in 2006,  before sachins grand comeback where he acheived test no 1 and helped india win a world cup and played till 7 years after that article?

[diga]

9 minutes ago, New guy said:

Remember the elephant in the room article in 2006,  before sachins grand comeback where he acheived test no 1 and helped india win a world cup and played till 7 years after that article?

Elephant in the room was actually Greg chappell 

PS: Chappells methods were questionable not his intentions 

[New guy]

42 minutes ago, diga said:

Elephant in the room was actually Greg chappell 

PS: Chappells methods were questionable not his intentions 

No, it was Manjerekar. And he never admitted he was wrong

 

https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/manjrekar-stands-by-elephant-in-the-room-jibe-directed-at-sachin-56717-2009-09-16

 

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/elephants-and-idol-talk-616080

 

Fun fact, Chappel regretted falling out with sachin but Mankerekar never did even till today.

 

 

 

Edited June 12 by New guy

[Gollum]

1 hour ago, New guy said:

Remember the elephant in the room article in 2006,  before sachins grand comeback where he acheived test no 1 and helped india win a world cup and played till 7 years after that article?

For a decade and a half, Sachin performed like a GOAT. Small dip for 2-3 seasons (tennis elbow played a big part) and all vultures came out. 

 

Even Federer had a dip in 2013-16 (occasional brilliance in 2015), again injuries played a part. Both Sachin and Federer had similar playing styles and careers, both also became best in the world after being written off, in their late 30s. 

Edited June 12 by Gollum