Vidarbha recently won their maiden Ranji Trophy title beating seven-time champions Delhi by 9 wickets in the finals and that has drawn attention from all corners for the young stars. Some of them are even in line to bag big IPL deals. The IPL Auctions are on January 27, 28. Meanwhile, former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar who knows the Ranji circuit well took to Twitter and made a comment on Vidarbha fielding two Mumbai stalwarts.
His post read, “And yes, Vidarbha, don’t mention it. You are most welcome* *Two Mumbai stalwarts in the squad.”
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This did not go down well with the cricket followers who perhaps felt the Mumbaikar was being a tad bit harsh.
Sanjay Manjrekar’s tweet:
And yes, Vidarbha, don’t mention it. You are most welcome*
*Two Mumbai stalwarts in the squad._
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) January 1, 2018
Here is how cricket fans responded to Sanjay Manjrekar’s post on Twitter.
Those are professionals same like you. I hope while commentry u praise everyone the same.. also this shows Mumbai cricket is losing its talent management skills which vidarbha has got. Hope u understand what I want to say. #RanjiTrophy2017
— Sandeep Deokar (@smdeokar) January 1, 2018
Ridiculous of Mumbai sacking Chandrakant Pandit… Vidarbha won’t mind it though
— Keshav Bapat (@kewlkeshav) January 1, 2018
This was because of few oversmart people like @sanjaymanjrekar .. great going ..
— Sandeep Deokar (@smdeokar) January 1, 2018
And yes, Mumbai, don’t mention it. You are most welcome*
*They have person who is born In Nagpur.@ImRo45 _
— Shrikant Tiwari (@shrikanttiwari_) January 1, 2018
Mr Manjrekar, Mumbai also have Prithvi Shaw who is not born in Dadar.
— jayaraman (@jayaraman_kal) January 1, 2018
_nice way to invite strolls. Mumbai had all mumbaikars stalwards in team still did not manage to reach finals._better luck next time. Congratulations vidarbha
— Vilas Balang (@vilasbalang) January 1, 2018
Pata hi tha koi Mumbai wala hagega twitter pe.
— Amdavadi (@Amdaavadi) January 1, 2018
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One of the most biased person ever…
— Prajjwal Agrawal (@iam_prajjwal) January 1, 2018
I can see the light side of this tweet. Just a quick question, how did #Vidarbha managed to win #RanjiTrophy2017 with 2 Mumbai stalwarts, but Mumbai themselves didn’t manage to pull it off with their entire squad of mumbaikars? ____
— Hussain (@thorn_rose27) January 1, 2018
So What ?? you Should Congratulate and Appericiate instead of Doing this.
— CrickeTendulkar __ (@CrickeTendulkar) January 1, 2018
One is Wasim Jaffer, other is ?
— Nadeem Rahman (@nad131) January 1, 2018
Sanjay manjrekar is other @sanjaymanjrekar
— Sandeep Deokar (@smdeokar) January 1, 2018
Ridiculous tweet.. Why r they here in 1st place? And what has Mumbai achieved with the remaining stalwarts?
— Dr Nilesh Agrawal (@drnileshagrawal) January 1, 2018
Grow up !!! Be ashamed .. this is not funny.. and completely disrespectful to #Vidarbha.. Nothing wrong in giving credit to the people, who deserve..
— Vinoth kumar (@vinoth_kumark) January 1, 2018
For you it’s never India cricket…it’s Mumbai Mumbai and Mumbai… probably India should field 11 players from MUMBAI
— Prajjwal Agrawal (@iam_prajjwal) January 1, 2018
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Let us forget about all of this and just celebrate Vidarbha’s maiden title win.
