Sanjay Manjrekar was on backfoot trying to make amends after his faux paus which caused former India opener Murali Vijay to make a fiery tweet after a spat during the first Test match between India and Australia in Nagpur.
Everything began when a stat creative was shown on the TV screen during the match which showed that Murali Vijay currently has the best conversion rate for any Indian opener at home.
Manjrekar, who was doing the commentary, sounded surprise that Vijay’s name was on the list which featured Mumbai stalwarts like Rohit Sharma and Polly Umrigar.
In the aftermath of the comment, Vijay took to social media in order to express his anger at Manjrekar's comments and he tweeted twice with the first one reading: "@sanjaymanjrekar Surprised wow".
In the second one, he posted: "Some Mumbai ex-players can never be appreciative of the south!"
Later in the day, when Rohit Sharma scored his 9th Test century after lunch, Manjrekar brought up the topic again and this time showered praises on Murali Vijay, saying that contributions from such players are often forgotten.
“He (Rohit) is No. 2 now with eight hundreds when it comes to conversion rates at home. It is a good thing that Murali Vijay is in that list because we tend to forget the contributions that people like him make. 12 Test hundreds – nine out of them at home and a brilliant conversion rate right at the top,” Manjrekar said on Star Sports during commentary.
Vijay, who hung his boots on January 30, 2023, last represented the national team in the Perth Test against Australia in December 2018. He played a total of 61 Tests, 17 ODIs and nine T20 Internationals for India.
