Former Indian cricketers Sanjay Manjrekar and Dodda Ganesh have lashed out at the young Indian batters Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Yashasvi Jaiswal for their poor on-field conduct during the recent contests.
Taking to his official X handle, Manjrekar stated that the ICC and BCCI are letting the Indian cricketers repeat such behaviour by letting them get away without any major punishment, which is not good for the sport.
“Dear @icc & @bcci … Vaibhav for Ind A recently & now Jaiswal… if you keep letting them get away with such behaviour, you train them to repeat such behaviour. It’s not good for the sport & crucially their own future too,” Sanjay Manjrekar tweeted on X.
Responding to Manjrekar’s tweet, former Indian cricketer Ganesh stated that we are not far away from seeing cricketers involved in fist-fights on the field, adding that cricketers shouldn’t get physical in the game.
“Here @sanjaymanjrekar is absolutely right. Why are people trolling him? We saw Paras Dogra getting away after he head-butted Aneesh in the Ranji finals, with just a fine, and now Jaiswal too gets away with a fine. If this is the precedent we’re going to set, the days are not far away when we would probably see cricketers involved in fist-fights on the field. You can’t get physical in this game. Period,” Dodda Ganesh tweeted in response to Manjrekar’s tweet.
For the unversed, during the recent India A series, Sooryavanshi was involved in an on-field altercation with Sri Lanka A player Vishen Halambage. However, the Indian batter escaped official punishment.
Meanwhile, Indian opener Jaiswal had a heated exchange after Asitha Fernando dismissed him on 45 off 53 balls on Day 1 of the second Test. Both players were found guilty of breaching Article 2.12 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel.
