Updated August 13th, 2021 at 09:25 IST
India vs England: Netizens blame Sanjay Manjrekar for 'jinxing' Rohit Sharma's ton
Fans took to Twitter to attack Sanjay Manjrekar for placing the 'commentator's curse' on Rohit Sharma and being the reason behind his dismissal.
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India's power-opener Rohit Sharma gave Team India a solid start in the 2nd India vs England Test on Thursday. Helping the Virat Kohli-led side achieve a commanding position over England, Sharma and KL Rahul broke a 70-year-old record of India's highest opening stand at Lord's since 1974 by stitching a 100-run partnership. Apart from smashing the highest-opening record at Lord's, the Mumbai Indians skipper piled up a valiant 83 runs before he was dismissed.
Rohit Sharma's dismissal, just 17 runs short of a well-deserved century, broke the hearts of netizens who were looking forward to seeing a ton from the hitman. The 126-run stand for the first wicket coincidentally came right after veteran commentator Sanjay Manjrekar heaped praises on Rohit Sharma for his world-class innings. Just minutes after Manjrekar commented on Rohit Sharma's innings and spoke about his possible century, the cricketer was dismissed at 83, breaking India's solid partnership.
Netizens blame commentator's curse
With the world of cricket extremely superstitious, fans took to Twitter to attack Sanjay Manjrekar for placing the 'commentator's curse' on Rohit Sharma and being the reason behind his dismissal. Several fans claimed that it was the commentator who had jinxed Rohit Sharma, while others claimed that Manjrekar had a history of dismissing Sharma through his commentary. Rohit Sharma was dismissed on 83 runs off 145 deliveries by a brilliant inswinging delivery by England's veteran bowler James Anderson.
#ENGvsIND#TeamIndia
— Cheems (@maihucheems) August 12, 2021
Rohit Sharma *Plays Peacefully*
Sanjay Manjrekar-Hold my jinx
Rohit Sharma, Well played!
— Sathya (@Sathya46817012) August 12, 2021
Meanwhile, Fans to Sanjay Manjrekar ! pic.twitter.com/iDLLc0o1k5
#ENGvIND @sanjaymanjrekar
— VJai (@vjaitpal) August 12, 2021
Sanjay Manjrekar is big Panauti. This is commentators curse. Rohit Sharma @ImRo45 got out as soon as Sanjay said he is looking for his first overseas century
Protagonist of commentator's curse , it's Sanjay Manjrekar. The man came on commentary and kept talking about RS for 3 mins continuously, stopping only after he got out. COULD speak after he scored 100! #ENGvsIND #RohitSharma
— ClassicRedDevil (@classicreddevil) August 12, 2021
👀1st test: RS in his 30s, in comes SM, RS OUT!
Sanjay Manjrekar sahab through his commentary made sure that Hitman Rohit Sharma is not scoring his 1st overseas century in Test cricket! 💔#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/5kTm6ki1tx
— @rohit_.sharma_💙❣️ (@ImRo45_264) August 12, 2021
That's commentator's curse
— Punologist™ (@Punology1) August 12, 2021
Sanjay manjrekar started talking about Rohit Sharma, very next ball he was out. #ENGvsIND #LordsTest
When Sanjay manjerakar come to doing commentry, Rohit sharma departs everytime.
— Imsantoshhhh (@Santoshmohan174) August 12, 2021
157 against WI 2020,(Manjerakar was doing commentry)
140 in WC against ( Manjerakar was doing commentry alongwith Sehwag)
36 in the first test against Eng( Sanjay in com box
83(Today)#ENGvIND
India vs England second Test
Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul opened the batting brilliantly as they had a partnership of 126 runs before Rohit was dismissed in the 44th over. Following Rohit's dismissal, James Anderson picked up the wicket of Cheteshwar Pujara in quick succession. Pujara scored just nine runs off 23 balls before he attempted a wild swing at a ball that was bowled way outside off.
Following Pujara's dismal, captain Virat Kohli walked out and helped steadied the ship. Kohli helped India reach a score of 267/3 before he too was dismissed. Similar to Pujara's dismissal, Kohli too attempted a shot outside the off-stump. The edge off Kohli's bat was caught by Joe Root at slip as Ollie Robinson got his first wicket. As things stand, India's score stands at 273/3 in 86.3 overs
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Published August 13th, 2021 at 09:25 IST
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