Sanjay Manjrekar believes Ravindra Jadeja is emerging as a batting all-rounder for India

While
interacting
with
the
all-rounder
after
Rohit
Sharma-led
side
defeated
Pakistan
by
5
wickets,
Manjrekar
–
who
is
part
of
the
commentary
panel
in
the
ongoing
tournament
–
first
asked
Jadeja
if
he
is
fine
talking
to
him,
in
the
wake
of
the
exchange
of
war
of
words
triggered
over
the
former’s
‘bits
and
pieces
cricketer’ comment.
Jadeja
than
then
went
on
to
criticise
Manjrekar
on
Twitter
for
his
comments
and
called
it
‘his
verbal
diarrhea’.

Jadeja
–
who
played
a
significant
role
in
the
match
with
his
batting
effort
and
scored
a
crucial
35
in
the
tricky
run
chase
–
responded
to
him
that
he’s
totally
fine
with
it.

Jadeja’s
interaction
with
the
Mumbaikar
showed
the
duo
have
buried
things
in
the
past
and
moved
on,
and
the
57-year-old
praised
Jadeja
for
his
batting
performance
against
Pakistan.
The
cricketer-turned-commentator
also
claimed
that
the
Saurashtra
cricketer
is
well
and
truly
emerging
as
a
batting
all-rounder.

Jadeja
vs
Manjrekar:
Former
India
batter
talks
to
all-rounder
for
first
time
since
bits
and
pieces
comment

Speaking
exclusively
on
SPORTS18’s
daily
sports
news
show
‘SPORTS
OVER
THE
TOP’,
Manjrekar
lauded
Team
India’s
decision
to
promote
the
left-handed
batter
at
number
four
against
Pakistan,
and
said,
“Yes.
Very
good
move
and
I
loved
it.
And
I
don’t
think
it
was
a
gamble.
It
wasn’t
a
wild
card
because
Pakistan
were
bowling
two
spinners,
one
leg
spinner,
and
a
left-arm
spinner,
Mohammad
Nawaz
and
Shadab.
So,
they
were
going
to
bowl
for
a
while
and
that’s
what
Babar
did.
It
was
like
they
bowed
one
over
spell
or
two
over
spell.
A
left-hander
coming
in
would
just
make
things
a
little
difficult.
The
ball
also,
the
pitch
looked
green,
but
the
ball
was
turning,
so
the
spinners
were
going
to
make
an
impact.
So
that
was
pretty
good.”

Manjrekar
further
claimed
that
Jadeja
could
now
be
looked
at
as
a
batting
all-rounder,
and
said,
“And
also,
there
was
another
long-term
clue
or
a
thought
that
could
come
in,
is
that
now
slowly
in
white
ball
cricket,
Jadeja
could
now
be
looked
at
as
a
batting
all-rounder.
He
bowled
2
overs,
but
if
he’s
going
to
take
important
positions
in
the
batting
order
and
make
the
kind
of
contribution
that
he
did
against
Pakistan
then
Wow!
He
fits
in
perfectly.
So,
you’ve
got
Hardik
Pandya
as
the
extra
bowler,
then
Jadeja
can
be
your
push-in
if
one
of
the
seamers
doesn’t
bowl
well.
So
going
up
the
order
and
him
also
delivering
are
great
signs
for
India
where
there
we
are
seeing
slowly
a
transition
of
Jadeja
becoming
more
of
a
batting
all-rounder
in
white
ball
cricket.”

Former
India
cricketer
Sanjay
Manjrekar
has
lavished
praise
upon
India
all-rounder
Hardik
Pandya
for
his
heroics
against
Pakistan.

Manjrekar
said,
“Just
his
calmness.
I
mean
everything
about
him
is
currently
unreal.
His
bowling
returns
are
unreal,
which
is
fine,
which
is
something
that
you
get
with
others
as
well.
But
his
ability
to
keep
calm
and
get
runs
under
pressure.
That
last
over,
you
know
last
night
was
a
tricky
one
because
Hardik
was
in
there
and
played
the
faster
bowlers
mostly
and
he
was
hitting
the
path.”