Sanjay Manjrekar blames Virat Kohli in mix up with Yashasvi Jaiswal calls it ‘Cardinal sin’
Yashasvi Jaiswal Run Out In disastarous turn of events Yashasvi Jaiswal who was batting splendidly on 82 got run-out after a 102-run partnership with Virat Kohli. Former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar blamed Kohli for the run out and called it as the “cardinal sin.”
Jaiswal pushed the ball to mid-off fielder and ran for a single and Kohli after responding to the call intially and taking couple of steps looked back to see where the ball was and refrained from taking the single and returned to his crease, meanwhile Jaiswal has already crossed half of the pitch and both the batters ended up at non-striker end which resulted in Jaiswal’s runout.
“What happened here? Yashasvi Jaiswal called for the single, but Virat Kohli is looking back [at the ball and]. It is a cardinal sin [to not be looking at running partner]. He [Kohli] is making his case, but Jaiswal says, ‘it was my call’,” Manjrekar said commenting on Star Sports.
“It was the last ball of the over, I just wonder if it had anything to do with not running the single. He wasn’t keen to run the single for some reason. He [Virat] has listened to the call and not responded to it and is instead looking behind. It is the basics of running between the wickets. It is a telling moment in the game,” Manjrekar added.
This is not the first time Kohli has been involved in a runout in recent times at crucial situations. Chasing 359 runs against New Zealand in Pune, Kohli was involved in a runout with Rishabh Pant at the crucial junctre in the chase which induced a collapse with India eventually getting bundled out for 245.
Later in the same series in the first innings of final Test in Mumbai during the closing stages of play when India where in a decent position, Kohli looked to sneak a sharp single but Matt Henry’s sharp fielding effort ended up in Kohli getting runout as India lost a wicket at crucial juncture yet again.
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