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[@Aj01986]

Arshdeep Singh was the silent killer not just in this match but the whole tournament. Lead the World Cup with 17 wickets !!

[@123arnabc]

Sanjay M somehow feels that he is the greatest cricket intellectual…his facial expressions and his way of commenting…time we all just start ignoring him totally! Has been years of this torture!

[@chinnapparaju2683]

Can we ask him to retire from commentary. Can we somehow send a msg to him about his disgusting talks on this show

[@sa-dl5jb]

But he may not be great cricketer that doesn’t mean his analysis is not on mark. I agree Virat’s inning was slow though as contrary you may argue if he would have tried hard be maybe at 60/4. But it’s not one sided opinion both has its values

[@shivamshah806]

it is very difficult not to hate sanjay manjrekar.

[@yakoobjhonyshaik507]

Yes bro..Each and every question he is targeting Virat Kohli innings

[@shivamshah806]

@@yakoobjhonyshaik507 yes bro i umderstand some criticism but trying to diminish others all the times continuosly targetting

[@smahalle7987]

​@@shivamshah806he used to do with jadeja as well some years ago

[@SatyaMishra-zr1fm]

He is having nightmares bruh😂

[@chinnapparaju2683]

Mindset like this Manjrekar's never change whether there is a victory or not. On such an occasion when the entire country is happy and celebrating, even Rohit and Virat happy for each other, hugging each other, showing their emotions but this guy literally being so negative and killing the entire show with his biased comments. It sounds so ridiculous, I am wondering how he cannot realize what he is doing in such a show.

[@ncprasad]

The spin bowlers almost lost the match and the fast bowlers won it back. Virat kept us in the game.

[@srivastm]

Congrats team India. I disagree with Sanjay’s analysis. Virat was needed to build the innings and that’s what he did. South Africa has excellent balling attack and India did really well. In the end the results matter, and India was able to build pressure and win the game. Remember, they did the same against Pak. Again, thanks to Kohli and Rohit for giving this gift to India.

[@herocompsys7081]

Sanjay should keep his personal feelings of Virat aside. Time for a new face on ESPB

[@mayankdewli1010]

He's right. Kohli batted 10 overs and scored 76 and rest of the batsmen scored 100 of 10 overs. We were 20 runs short because of kohli. But our fast bowlers made up for it with their excellent bowling. We were lucky we had bumrah. Otherwise kohli played a match losing knock once against just like Adelaide and Ahmedabad

[@bunny2k82k8]

Morne morkel has great insights. Proper knowledge and important analysis. Cricinfo need to stick to him for every series

[@pushkeypushak]

And simultaneously get rid of Sanjay Manjrekar permanently

[@nikkeipvck8529]

Morne Morket will remain a bowling legend. Maybe after Dale Steyn, Rabada

[@hariharankrishnamurthy]

Virat playing the way he did, got us to the respectable score…he absolutely deserved the match of the man award.. No questions our fast bowling trio - bumrah, arshdeep, and Hardik, made all the difference to winning the match, but you needed the score to defend in the first place!!!

[@rahulkapur687]

Manjrekar finds it very difficult to give credit to Virat bhai... His attitude pisses me off! 🇮🇳

[@sanjusen5402]

O❤

[@SatyaMishra-zr1fm]

He is having nightmares bro😂

[@rahulkapur687]

@@SatyaMishra-zr1fm Satya bhai aise aur bhi hain. Pakistan mai bhi bhare hue hain jinka dil andar se jalta hai tareef karte time! 🇮🇳

[@SatyaMishra-zr1fm]

@@rahulkapur687 han bhai woh toh unka roji roti kamate hain bichare trolling karke views paane k chakkar main..but jab apne hi log hate & negativity spread karte hain woh v apnea hi khiladiyon k darmiyan ye dekh Kar bura lagta hai😐

[@rahulkapur687]

@@SatyaMishra-zr1fm Satya bhai aise log unfortunately India mai har ek field mai hain. Doosron ka success hazam nahi hota! 🇮🇳

[@abhijitdas7015]

I wanted to say Sanjay that please imagine if Kohli made 70 runs in 40 balls and got out before 15 overs then India not crossed the 160+ mark. And please Sanjay don't say rubbish against Kohli for this match, 34/3 to 176/7 is only happen because of his anchoring innings😤. Sometimes you behave like Inzamam of Pakistan and Michael Vaughan of England who are nothing but a cry baby🥲.

[@srivr15]

Hardik and jadeja would have carried on

[@Og_viewer]

@@srivr15yeh the way jadeja and other batters carried 2023 wc

[@srivr15]

@@Og_viewer till semi final who carried the end innings

[@chinnapparaju2683]

​@srivr15 u saw jadeja how he batted through out this tournament? Both Rohit and Dravid agreed that holding one end was required till the end, but I cannot understand why Manjrekar is boiling here.

[@chinnapparaju2683]

​@@srivr15Rohit or Surya or Pant made runs in those games..if they failed,that is when anchoring was required. Glad VK did that. Otherwise total would have been 140 all out. Other than semi retarded brains like Manjrekar no other wise person would say Kohli played slowly in this innings.

[@gowthamb7271]

Kohli’s innings is literally the difference between 140 and 177! Can’t believe Manjrekar lacks basic game sense!!

[@UpenderKumar-qh8ll]

He is actually not completely wrong because if team is just 3 wickets down till 13 overs and almost every player can hit at last hardik is there dube is there even jadeja can hit one or two four sixes it was wrong

[@mayankdewli1010]

He's right. Kohli batted 10 overs and scored 76 and rest of the batsmen scored 100 of 10 overs. We were 20 runs short because of kohli. But our fast bowlers made up for it with their excellent bowling. We were lucky we had bumrah. Otherwise kohli played a match losing knock once against just like Adelaide and Ahmedabad

[@RohitBarua-bn4rz]

​@@mayankdewli1010 so u r telling 34-3 he should have gone after the bowlers nd repeat ct17 or wc15/23..look he should have accelerated in 15 ovr but that's not his game.. He is more technical player so we have to give him that.. But saying he played loosing innings shows the hate against him

[@knowledgiyapa]

Sanjay has something with virat. I must say. I don't know who made him a cricket expert. If virat would have got out India was never reaching that total. Maybe 140-150. And south africa would have chased that like a walk in the park. 130 strike rate in the final where you are down and out in the powerplay is not a good knock according to Sanjay. Well, nothing to say. Good luck Sanjay. And most importantly BEHAVE. 😊

[@cannotthinkofanybetterhandle]

That's not how cricket works 😂

[@kumar-jatin-2000]

It's the infamous Mumbai lobby effect.

[@accoutredpepe9923]

Chal na we scored under par.
Anyone who knows ball will have same views on kohlis innings, bowlers saved him nai to bhut gali padni thi

[@noone4930]

Yes bowlers saved us, but if kohli had gone earlier India would have bundled out for 140-150… 3 wickets had fallen and those three were the India’s better batters in this tournament… and our bowlers might had lower score to defend which will be even difficult… Can say just one thing.. stop the hate.. well played everyone

[@sreevalsanvalsan9590]

Why don't we look at his comments positively. True, Virat played a great innings, but had we lost(and the way klassen, stubbs, qinton batted ) showed it was a great track to bat on. Virat could have accelerated once Axar got out and remember pandiya's hitting prowess couldn't be used by us. Eventhough I am a fan of kohli, still feel Rohit's attitude of unselfishness is something which can't be matched by anyone.

[@ishanmukhopadhyay6264]

As always wholeheartedly disagree with Manjrekar. India's bowling innings ebbed and flowed and the reason why the win pc shot to 90 is poor judgement by Rohit to send Axar for the 15th. Hardik should have bowled that over because spinners had been smashed right through the innings and these SA batters are good against spin. But the man whose innings made a difference today was VK who didn't throw his wicket away unlike Klaasen and Kock. That was the platform. And Bumrah is rightly man of the tournament.

[@someshjhingon1168]

Disagree with Sanjay, Virat took India to safety and win and rightly got MOM.

[@m.gparameswaran52]

Who is calling this guy as an expert ,plz remove this manjarekar from the panel he always talks these kinda foolishness everytime .seems like virat has taken some loan from him 😂😂😂😂

[@deepakrajdhandapani898]

Talk about so called experts having bias against plyers.....Man if rohit played that 76(58),you would be praising heavens.....

[@Naveenkumar-jb7jf]

You hire hate spreader Manjrekar and then get bothered by Simon Doul's remark about Cricbuzz being better?
Even he criticises VK but on the big day him averaging just 10 odd steps up with team 34/3 to modest total(highest ever in an T20 WC Final).
Being critical after such big moment for India & Indian fans behaving like an ........ (Fill it with the worse you can) is just taking platform even lower.
REMEMBER
Jadeja spoke out Virat won't care.
You have great experts like Wasim Jaffer just cash in.
Ignore hate spreaders.

[@SusmitaBanik-yp9jr]

When did Simon doull say it ?

[@mayankdewli1010]

He's right. Kohli batted 10 overs and scored 76 and rest of the batsmen scored 100 of 10 overs. We were 20 runs short because of kohli. But our fast bowlers made up for it with their excellent bowling. We were lucky we had bumrah. Otherwise kohli played a match losing knock once against just like Adelaide and Ahmedabad

[@Naveenkumar-jb7jf]

@@mayankdewli1010 India ain't 20 runs short.
SA was 147 in 15 overs because of poor bowling of Spinners(106 off 9 overs). Pacers got us back.
176 total in an Final in a WC that saw low scores, lowest runrate ever, you always bet on this Indian bowling to defend that against a team like SA.
Coming Virat you don't expect him to give his wicket away before 15 overs when the team had lost experienced T20I batters like Rohit, Pant & SKY at 34 odd.
Imagine India 60/4 in 7 overs with Hardik, Axar, Jadeja & Dube.
You don't expect this four & Kuldeep, Bumrah, Arshdeep to take them to 160.
That is 100 runs in remaining 13 overs 6 wkts against likes of Nortje, Rabada, Marco & Shamsi.
He took a bet that one end gave Axar, Dube enough confidence to go big with Virat at a cushion.
Ask yourself why SA lose?
QDK did play till 15th over?
Klassen didn't finish?
Miller miscalculated taking it to last over?
This is what happens when you Chase.
Pressure becomes three times so 170 like total gives you an edge in an Final.
All Indian fans would have taken 176 after being 34/3 in yet another final after what we have seen after Kohli fell on Nov 19th last year.
This fragile middle order is over dependent on Hardik with Jadeja out form & Dube without any experienced partner would have more likely in two minds struggled or failed badly.
Absorbing pressure is not anyone's cup of tea.
Before WC everyone predicted IPL like 250+ totals but Final showed us pressure makes you do funny things a par total with the bowling lineup of the tournament will never be easy for a team that won by 1 runs against Nepal.
Virat should be appreciated not for 76 runs but for staying till end & scoring those runs when had a bad run of 75 runs in total before the final.
He could easily be another SKY showing over intent risking 60/4 but he & management most likely making the call for him to hold back made the difference.
You need to appreciate that part.
Mr.Manjrekar saying bowlers won you the match & disrespecting batters who took them to 176 was a terrible call.
Bowlers won you because you had 176 to defend even after same "bowlers" conceded 147 off 15 overs in a Final!!!
I hope you understand what he stated & what he ignored.

[@telugutravellers_1483]

Kohli was 14(5) and suddenly we lost 3 wickets.. how he should play?
He anchored the innings to build the partnership.
And yet, many people trolling kohli.
Maaan, whats happening in india.
If he played aggressive innings ,he would have got 40(20) but india would have got only 140-150 as the pressure would be too much.
Look at klassen game,
Once he got out, what happened to SA?
Anyway, fans are happy that he got WC.
And haters happy that he got retired .

[@JayantaBera-yt8ls]

He should play more quick after 13 overs. He started bashing at 17th. Pandiya played 2 ball 5 runs. He is a big match player. Jadeja yet to bat. Eng and Aus would win that game comfortably.

[@JayantaBera-yt8ls]

Axar was best batter

[@nishant1877]

Champion teams like England and Australia don't think like that.. That's why they will win more and loose spectacularly as well. India will mostly reach semis and finals

[@satish3431]

@@JayantaBera-yt8lscorrect

[@rrao7963]

​@@nishant1877god sake eng overrated team never compare with aus or ind

[@ravicabral2522]

If Rohit had given the 15h over to Hardik, instead of Axar, (who got whacked for 24), maybe SA would never have got so close. Who knows, eh?

[@someshjhingon1168]

@@ravicabral2522 Agree with you…Hardik should have bowled full four overs…India should have been better off that way

[@punitguitarlessons]

Agreed. That was big miss from Rohit almost cost us the match.

[@mayankdewli1010]

He's right. Kohli batted 10 overs and scored 76 and rest of the batsmen scored 100 of 10 overs. We were 20 runs short because of kohli. But our fast bowlers made up for it with their excellent bowling. We were lucky we had bumrah. Otherwise kohli played a match losing knock once against just like Adelaide and Ahmedabad

[@mayankdewli1010]

Akshar had bowled well before that. So no Rohit did the right thing

[@user-fe9dd9um4u]

Ronak getting highly irritated with Manjerekar...with that raise smile. 😅

[@manaaswi]

Manjrekar its easy to talk sitting in room . How many one-day matches did you won on your own. If you get you get for 100 then you will talk about differently

[@prithviroy11]

Virat Kohli has changed the culture of Indian cricket. We didn't have this amount of fitness and high standards. Virat turned the tide which brought on these pace bowlers who matured now to finally give India such a victory. Rohit Sharma is standing on the shoulders of giants like Dhoni and Kohli.

[@mayankdewli1010]

He's right. Kohli batted 10 overs and scored 76 and rest of the batsmen scored 100 of 10 overs. We were 20 runs short because of kohli. But our fast bowlers made up for it with their excellent bowling. We were lucky we had bumrah. Otherwise kohli played a match losing knock once against just like Adelaide and Ahmedabad. Kohli changed the culture by encouraging guys like Rahul to bat like him. Not the culture we want in t20s

[@rohanpatkar9]

Hardik pandya was real man of the match absolutely yes

[@Green-6937]

It will be nice if he shared it with pandya...if kohli performs it will goes to him.. Even if someone out performs him..

[@prithviroy11]

@@Green-6937 Rohit should have sent Hardik ahead of Shivam Dube. Very poor captaincy. This game should have been an easy victory. Why bowl out Axar when you have other bowling options?

[@Green-6937]

@@prithviroy11 you are right about the dubey decision and axars over against klassan.. But his captaincy is not poor, I think he is a wondrrful captain..there may be some flaws... He is a human..
Hardik would have bern a better choice..especially kohli was going slow ..hardik is the most powerful striker in the middle order, also siraj for jadeja or dube, because seamers had a better record in barbadose , our spinners gave 108 runs from 9 overs..took only a wicket..siraj bowled economically when he played.

[@prithviroy11]

@@Green-6937 how is that not poor captaincy? He made 3 massive errors in judgement. Kohli scored 14 runs in the first over, he wouldn't have slowed down if Rohit, Pant and SKY hadn't thrown away their wickets. So firstly, terrible batting from Rohit and then average captaincy. Why did he have Dube in the playing 11 if he wasn't going to give him the ball in case his spinners were going for runs on a pace friendly pitch? Rohit is an average captain with a very good bowling attack, especially Bumrah. That has been the case in the IPL as well, without Bumrah and Hardik, Rohit would have 2 IPL trophies at most.

[@Green-6937]

@@prithviroy11 😂

[@SatishKumar-se7vl]

Cricinfo… pls pls pls try and keep sanju manju out of any show . Unbearable

[@sanjaysb8439]

India won by 5 runs against Pakistan in 2007, by 7 runs against South Africa, what an innings in final by Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya and Bumrah turned the match, Sky caught the catch of the tournament. Roko legendary retired after winning T20WC glory for India, Indian team will never be same after Roko missing in dugout.

[@sanjaysanj6688]

Jealousy written all over Manjrekar's face n he is always totally Pakistan obsessed 😕😏

[@pushkeypushak]

Absolutely Pakistan obsessed.

[@satish3431]

First 10 overs Virat was good, After that, he disappointed big time. Luckily saved from fantastic bowling. After 12th over, he should have started hitting as there are 4 batters next Hardik, dube, Jadeja , Axar.

[@jjs69544]

Thanks to Modiji for not crawling in to the finals to try n steal the limelight.😂

[@ach21687]

We should not have any World Cup in India anymore...then we will win more 😊

[@akuser84]

India were a few runs short.The 3 wickets at the start slowed our momentum.Bumrah was brilliant and Rohit should have given Hardik the over after Dekock went instead of Kuldeep as they were clearly reading him well.Even though we won these little things also need to be looked at

[@prithviroy11]

If India didn't have enough runs on the board, we wouldn't have won. On a 180 pitch, we scored 176. How is that not enough runs for a final. If that is the case, Rohit shouldn't have thrown away his wicket so cheaply after scoring 2 boundaries off of Keshav Maharaj. Sending Shivam Dube ahead of Hardik Pandya was a terrible error in judgement. Rohit probably didn't want him to shine in the final. Rohit also bowled Kuldeep instead of Hardik in the powerplay when the ball was swinging. Kuldeep hasn't bowled in the powerplay this world cup. Rightly so. What was the point of having Dube in the lineup if you weren't going to trust him with the ball? Axar was going for runs, Kuldeep was going for runs, yet Rohit bowled both of them out. No criticism for Rohit? Sanjay Manjrekar should do some introspection. He is a sad sad man. How does he sleep at night? Terrible hatred for Virat. Why didn't SKY and Rohit play like Klaasen if it was a batting friendly pitch? You are a loser, Sanjay.

[@mssalil4288]

This Sanjay Manjarekar face itself is a frozen mix of crookedness and jealousy. Most frustrated ex cricketer who draws sadistic pleasure in finding fault with others achievements which he could never do in his playing days.

[@sadstaikwa5795]

I really hate the way sanjay talks, I really don't understand what made him expert and who made him expert

[@prithviroy11]

how is Sanjay saying these things with a straight face? Virat scored 741 runs striking at 155, hitting 38 sixes. Rohit scored 415 at 150 hitting ONLY 23. Why Sanjay? Why? And I'm surprised no one called him out. It is absolutely insane at how biased and hateful this guy is towards the best player of this generation. Now I would say Bumrah is the best player along with Hardik of the next generation, but to demean Virat Kohli when he gave such a big performance in the final is actually disgraceful. I hope ESPNcricinfo sack him.

[@BeLuckey]

Why do i always feel such negativity around sanjay and he is envying of all great Indian batsmen, even during his commentary I feel that, I don't know why... Maybe some illusion... 😂

[@venpeddapalli7189]

A bowling allrounder who had a spectacular tournament would only bowl 3 overs when the game is on the line in the Final?

[@karthik_udaya]

*Manjrekar* cried about virat whole tournament now who scored when it mattered the most?

[@amanmishra6324]

Agar tumko cricket ki samjh hoti to pata chalta Virat ki batting haraane waali thi .10 over akele khela au sirf 70 run banaye .ye match india ka haara hua tha wo to bumrah aur hardik ne bacha liya .isliye reality ko jaano .aur usi pitch par Heinrich klasen ki batting dekho .

[@harifederer]

@@amanmishra6324It’s easy to criticise Kohli as batting too slowly but India could easily have been bowled and scored less if he didn’t anchor the innings. You are never going to time it perfectly and utilise every batsmen 100%

[@amanmishra6324]

@@harifederer ye koi tark nhi hai South africa ke bhi india se early wicket gir Gaye the phir bhi hitting ki . aur pitch bahut acchi thi . isliye faaltu main Virat ka bachav naa karo.south africa ko 24 ball main 26 chaiye the .aur ye match South africa ka tha par ye match bowler ne jita diya .nhi to india hara hua tha phir kohli ki batting par kya bolte .isliye bakwas mat karo sacchai ko jaano .10 over khelne par sirf 128 ka strike rate wo bhi batting pitch par haarne ka kaam karti.klasen ki batting dekho
Agar thoda tez axar aur dube nhi khelta to haar pakki thi . personal milestone se bahar niklo .Virat ko itne hi run 15 ball kam khelke banane chahiye the

[@Aniket25_]

​@@amanmishra6324bhai zindagi mai kabhi kit pehen k khela hai?? Kabhi kisine 140 ohh sorry 120+ ki ball dali hai aapko let alone kabhi gully k bahar jake ya kisi box match ko chord k competitive match khela hai? If you've played any of this you won't criticize him, don't hate just to hate

[@Aniket25_]

​@@harifedererleave it brother these people are just going to cry and never appreciate anyone, all we can do is feel sorry for such people that's it

[@rishikamath6718]

Im glad at least these experts are giving props to Hardik. He had the highest impact rating on Cricinfo.

[@DileepB]

Arshdeep, Bumrah and Hardik did a great job in the last 3 overs!

[@DileepB]

and SKY saved it for us!

[@nn11067]

Rooting for Bumrah as next T20 captain !!

[@gurpreetdhillon976]

Manjrekar's love for Mumbai is clearly visible, especially for Mumbai Indians players. That's why he is finding faults in Virat Kohli's innings and you can see for yourself how much he is talking about Arshdeep.

[@ANOOPBAL]

Samjay is right. The world best batsman playing ona batting pitch cannot score a boundary for 37 balls ina T20 then something is seriously wrong!

[@Telugu_Vlogs_Off]

India had luck of an elephant thank god we won

[@rupeshhs9464]

Sanjay should realise that Kohli knock could give that total you can’t trust hardik for long innings

[@ravipratapsingh1672]

🤣23-3 lets just criticise the player who played the role of anchor

[@CrookedKnight-xl4nn]

Can we all please excuse Manjrekar for struggling to swallow his own spit while talking? He needs to take a moment every now and then, please don’t mind. Also, I think he is called upon because he has learned some English, not because he’s the brightest bulb in the room.

[@user-gg4dm5uv6j]

No more saviour for india in T20 wc in cluth situations. Miss you Virat kohli ❤❤

[@amanmishra6324]

Klasen wicket is the turning point of this match

[@Adi-oc2hd]

Miller actually. Klassen already did his job

[@mahendranperumal4436]

Sanjay hating on virat kholi is a joke

[@breather_neo1058]

Sanjay could have atleast applied for india coach position😅??
who picked virat in this team for the world cup? It was rohit, trust your captain, players and process. They r india champions, no matter what u say virat, rohit and the entire team r champions. They won it as a team.

[@ach21687]

Coaching is a tough job. Even if he applies...Manjrekar will be rejected as coach 😂

[@underdog5081]

Based on the rules in what is considered the boundary, then yes, the catch counts

[@sathyamani1846]

Saying it’s a belter of a track and Virat played too slow and didn’t give Hardik enuf balls to play is a very juvenile take.

[@nandakumar-xq2qi]

Hats of to the SA experts . They graciously accept their close defeat ..given how close they were . Contrast this with the English entourage....who were sulking after getting a hiding.!!! Hats of to SA ....

[@ashwwal3409]

Performance of Pant was dismal both with the bat and behind the stumps .

[@jatonator]

Sanju manju is annoying but his take on kohli is 👍🏼

[@rramach9091]

Thank you Mr Manjrekar for your honest analysis and not pandering to the Kohli idol workship

[@sujithreddy9805]

Its a team effort , no one in any channels is not pandering VK, TEAM EFFORT MEANS, VK Is also in the team....

[@krunalshah1239]

Manjrekar loves to criticise the greats to remain in the news, he himself did not achieve much but gives opinion on players better thn him. Jadeja used to be his target and he shut him up. Now he is picking on virat.

[@sreevalsanvalsan9590]

Jadeja became a more complete player only after sanjay told the truth. Even now I don't think Jaddu is that big a player to be included in a T20. He is extremely lucky to have got this much chances. I still would have gone for KL Rahul, in place of Dube. Agree pandya should have been preferred over spinners when bowling to klassen.

[@krunalshah1239]

@@sreevalsanvalsan9590 🤣 good joke about jadeja and KL lol made my day

[@Laal_baal_wala]

Surya made so many runs right mr.sanjay ? 😂

[@chinnapparaju2683]

I always like to hear the post match comments from experts but this one made to look bad because of this guy Sanjay Manjrekar. He is keeping on praising Rohit and other Mumbai players. Even after winning a world cup with an important knock, he is criticizing Virat Kohli. I doubt people like Manjrekar ever learnt in life how to talk neutrally as a professional cricket expert. He is sounding so biased, encouraging hero worship. Such biased commentators should never be allowed to participate professionally.

[@deepakrajdhandapani898]

Deccided to stop filollowing cricinfo videos until sanjay is in it.....Uch a pure haate for a greaat player.......I am here to see real critisism,not such hateful comments.....

[@kartik_12]

Virat Kohli's slow innings of 76 off 59 balls is bad, but if someone did the same with 54 off 59 balls, they can't criticize them, And of course after kohli's inning, this guy would scapegoat him. How convenient!
But let’s be real, those crucial runs at the end by Virat Kohli actually set the target for India. Their plan was to post a total of more than 160 on the board, which they did-thanks to cameos by Axar, Shivam, Hardik, and Jadeja. Every run matters.
Mnaju, you should be the last one to critique a player of Kohli's caliber..
So next time, maybe appreciate the strategic play instead of looking for excuses!

[@kcsnew]

Thank you Raunak Kapoor for putting up such a great show. This is the best episode among all different shows across the globe I watched so far on this World Cup post match analyses. Cheers 👏

[@user-zx2ed4lo5l]

Yeah…Agree with Sanjay Manjarekar, Virat was bit slow,that could have coast,but thanks to the bowlers🙏

[@vikaswatane]

Most of Mumbai Indians fans wouldn't be agreed on Sanjay Manjrekar view on Hardik pandya 😅

[@ashwwal3409]

Great fight back by India .

[@sarveshgaurav]

Permanent chokers SA.. They should be awarded the choker trophy

[@CR-ou2oc]

You know how South Africans feeling right now exactly what Indians were feeling in Oct 2023. Enjoy the win stop commenting negative things🙏🏽

[@shyamagopinathadas2940]

When it was obvious that spin wasn't working Rohit should have stopped spin right from the 14th over. He could have tried Dube also.

[@user-fe9dd9um4u]

It is evidently CLEAR WHY sanjay ONLY does RUclips shows and DOES NOT do commentary any longer. He's a shamless individual who himself achieved nothing great. @espncricinfo please kick SANJAY out as soon as possible.

[@sandybokara2109]

De Kock should have played atleast another 2 yrs for SA.. Too early retirement from him.. SA needs him

[@shashpatel6023]

I am cricket fan and will be sorry to see that 3 great players will be missed- Kohli Rohit and South Africa Cricket captain

[@ishanmukhopadhyay6264]

The cultural revolution came because Rohit insisted on all rounders and batting till 8. That's why they could play freely at the top.

[@RogueDroid]

Such a bigot.. @Majarekar.

[@telugutravellers_1483]

Klassen plays spin very well. And he got axar's over at the correct tym. That too after he hit kuldeep .
If that over had given to hardik, we might have won easily.
Sanjay never talks about it.
He hates kohli from long time. Dont know why.
He talks positively about hardik mental situation but he never talked positively about virats mental situation..

[@vijaybalrammehta]

India did lots of mistakes in the game but it is gods will to give that win to India
1 Rohit got out on spinner
2 Pant playing nothing shot
3 Surya out on his favorite shot
4 Dubey came before hardik pandya
5 given axar Patel over in front of klassan and 24 runs made.
But it is blessing for kohli and pandya who god's want to achieve and shut of those dogs toungs like manjrekar 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@siha2177]

Time out by Pant won India the match.

[@VV-ym2tf]

Pakistan, Bangladesh, Australia and England are upset more than South Africa for India winning the World Cup.

[@GK-nq3co]

Add 💩 nepal too

[@vikaswatane]

Why ESPN is in love with Sanjay manjerakar? Please understand you have less views because of him 😊

[@prithviroy11]

bowling Axar to Klaasen when you had 3 overs of Hardik at that point is shite captaincy if you are being honest.

[@seejoyalapatt-ke4np]

Sanjay need more meds for constipation

[@ashwwal3409]

In this important match Indian spinners were taken to the cleaners .

[@nitinlnegandhi]

Sanjay not great himself can’t fathom someone else getting that tag. If I am correct he made some not so kind remarks on Sachin too.

[@vatsalbhalla]

Sanjay Bro you were dropped from the team at 30' s 🤣 and never came back hardly has 5000 runs
so mind you language and business

[@siddharthsinha2342]

Manjrekar's negative mentality since his playing days have still not subsided. Kohli's innings gave India a chance to fight. What if he had got out at the time with Indian scorecard reading 50-5 ...?

[@harishbalu2843]

This host anchor is good… do well bro

[@nitinpatel1039]

South africa choke is never seen before, it is the worst I have ever seen

[@enigma2336]

that's why Manjrekar can not be considered an expert. if virat got oout early trying to play aggressive we know indian batting line-up would have collapsed like 2023,2019 etc. we needed either virat or rohit in crease in final and semi final . we have seen enough times what happens in semi final and final when virat and rohit are not in the crease.

[@ShriramStudios]

Sanjay M comes across as quite insulting, condescending and demeaning with a brash tone of arrogance. What a pain to endure his attitude. He has never changed a bit despite losing his face with numerous nose cuts and disastrous commentaries (e.g. one dimensional player comment about Ravindra Jadeja and then to eat back his words). He can convey his opinions but boy does he smirk off with sheer ignominious and depreciating approach. @Espncricinfo Team: I stopped watching this review because of Sanjay’s attitude - sounding full of himself. Shame!

[@dnyaneshginde4616]

This fascination of Indian commentators with Pak bowling is dumb. Sanjay says great bowling wins you championships just like Pak used to, if memory serves me right Pak has won just 2 WC's and 1 CT whereas India has won far more. Pak bowling was good in the times of the 2 W's and even then Pak didnt win many ICC tournaments and India always beat them in WC's. And since the 2 W's retired Pak bowling has been overrated a lot mostly by Indian commentators who grew up watching or played against the 2W's and Imran. They try to find the next Wasim or Waqar in every Pak bowler when clearly the current Pak pacers are mediocre at best.

[@surajsinhaa]

@Sanjay Manjarekar , you need to do a bit of self introspection. You have your opinion and I respect that. But, a couple of your observations and opinion has been very biased and not that of an expert. You were the one who called jadeja bits and pieces kind of cricketer. Now, after this final you are criticising Kohli for playing slow . You conveniently fail to understand how Kohli was struggling and out of form in the entire tournament. You forget how he steadied Indian ship after we lost back2back 3 in form players in Sky, Rohit & Pant. Have you imagined what would have happened had Kohli thrown his wicket away at that time in pursuit of playing fast. KLASSEN played an exceptional inning and still 176 was enough to be defended by the bowlers. What would have happened , could have happened is irrelevant. An OUT OF FORM Kohli played exceptionaly well , when it mattered. Remember, this was the FINAL

[@palaniv7841]

India

[@user-zx6ds4lj1h]

A guy who is not even close to Virat's feet when he played cricket in 29-30s got kicked out of Indian Team, is targetting his one of the most crucial knock of the tournament. This Manjrekar knows nothing about cricket , he only targets the MVP to gain TRP.
How can not everyone hate this guy? Trashy Analysis. Can some1 ask him India were 34-3 after 4.4 Overs , If Virat had not anchored and started hitting at that time India would not even score close to 150, It was him standing tall and keeping his Head low , his presence is enough to destroy oppositions confidence.
I think he's not feeling proud and joy after India's victory in Worldcup, Looks like he wanted India to lose this final so he could
freely target Virat with little other bunch of Idiots who hates Virat.

[@kartik_12]

After reading comments, i am skipping this. Bye

[@DarkKnight-z6h]

Sanjay u know nothing about cricket. Virat was 14 of 5. And then we lost wickets in cluster and his role got changed that he would hold one end and other will attack. It was the management decision. We lost 3 wickets in the powerplay for fs. If he would hVe got out, south afrcica would be chasing 150. Sanjay have some shame man..dont let your personal hate beat your profession!

[@devom11]

I used to respect Sanjay’s views. In this podcast, his views are biased and he has agenda against kohli. Shame on him.

[@ach21687]

@Cricinfo Your website is the best one, but your panel discussions and anchors are way too boring... There is no level of excitement even after India won the World Cup. Such a dead mauhal. You need to hire new energetic anchors or train the current lot.

[@kamalnayan3687]

Is the anchor is brother of Hazelwood??

[@rohandante]

Right.

[@amanmishra6324]

Heinrich klasen batting is far far far better than kohli in this match .this is the reality

[@CMONCMON007]

Uhm...no....if he was going to be better than Virat...he would've won the game lol. And I'm from SA

[@abhaychauhan07]

Does that matter now kohli has the trophy now..💀

[@amanmishra6324]

@@abhaychauhan07 because of jaspreet,hardik and arshdeep

[@bunny2k82k8]

Sanjay maybe right in criticizing Kohli , but Hardik and Arshdeep gave away so many runs at the start they needed to bring it back. Its bowlers problem to give so many runs before.

[@chets9023]

ESPN, Star Sports, Fox cricket, Sony Sports network,

[@chets9023]

Sky Sports

[@Arjun_71]

Continue playing IPL? Ha ha ha. Viewers can notice manjraker's baies point of view on Kohli. Did he play a role in pushing Kohli out?

[@narasimha2050]

Manjra.tu itna slow player tha.. virat kohli ke bare me bolta hai..😂

[@sarathr5100]

Virat should touch the feet of hardik, bumrah, sky and arshadep and thank them for saving his batting tragedy

[@CMONCMON007]

Tragedy? Don't talk bullshit. He made the most runs than anyone today.

[@balu2938]

Enjoy the win buddy . Why hatred on individual . If he should have gone we would be blaming him throwing his wicket and not posting competitive total .it could go either ways .. you have seen how much difficult it was for a new batter once Klasan got out pressure was on SA and they didn’t score run a ball .. in hindsight we can say many things but enjoy the moment no hatred .

[@sarathr5100]

@@balu2938 totally bro it’s about team not an individual- do you think India would have scored a lot more if hardik and dube played more balls compared to Virat eating em up ?

[@seejoyalapatt-ke4np]

Stop thinking from your kidney

[@sarathr5100]

@@seejoyalapatt-ke4np thought Virat fans usually think from the anus

[@xyz9147]

I am sorry this is just pathetic and disrespectful, final of a world cup and last inning of legends of the game when your team won should only be about celebrating and giving a proper farewell.What is the point of introspection in someone's last game?❌️❌️ terrible.