Sanjay Manjrekar responds after a fan calls Ravindra Jadeja the best Indian all-rounder after Kapil Dev

Ravindra Jadeja, the Indian all-rounder, came up the ranks from the 2008 U19 World Cup, the tournament that also started Virat Kohli’s journey in international cricket. Even as Kohli went on to become one of the greatest cricketers in the modern era, Jadeja also made a name for himself alongside.

Jadeja started his career as a spin bowler who could a bat bit lower down the order. However, since 2018, his batting has improved leaps and bounds. With over 4,300 runs with one century and 27 fifties, he has contributed handsomely for Team India in the last few years.

Jadeja shows his class

Jaddu is currently a part of the Indian Test squad that is busy playing in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. He missed the first Test in Adelaide due to injury that he suffered during the three-match T20I series. However, in the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the 32-year-old showed his utility as an all-rounder. In the first innings, he picked up Pat Cummins’ wicket and scored 57 runs off 159 balls with three fours.

Following his performances, a cricket fan on social media reckoned that Jadeja is the greatest Indian all-rounder after the legendary Kapil Dev. The latter is also the 1983 World Cup-winning skipper of the Men in Blue.

Manjrekar also had an apt reply in store for the user on Twitter. The veteran admitted that Jadeja has been prolific for Team India in the longest format. The 55-year-old Manjrekar responded to the user and wrote,

Big admirer of Jadeja, when it comes to Tests, have always been for years. Test cricket is his strong suit. https://t.co/BEMS77ylDU

— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) December 27, 2020

During the 2019 ICC World Cup, Manjrekar created a lot of controversies when he called Jadeja a ‘bits and pieces’ cricketer. Thereafter, Jadeja asked the commentator to stop his ‘verbal diarrhoea’ and also notched a magnificent half-century in the semi-final against New Zealand at Old Trafford. The netizens also lashed out at Manjrekar for his comments, which were deemed as indifferent.