'Panauti' - Twitter accuses Sanjay Manjrekar of commentator's curse after Rohit Sharma misses out on a century

India started the opening day of the Lord’s Test strongly against England. It was the opening partnership between KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma that set the platform for the visitors. Earlier in the day, the conditions were extremely tricky and India’s opening duo applied themselves superbly to deny the hosts wickets in the first session which was marred by rain.

Not many runs came in the first few overs but then Rohit began churning out some easily while Rahul continued playing defensively. The same pattern continued for the whole partnership. Rohit Sharma was compact in his judgement of leaving the ball outside the off-stump but punished anything on the pads.

He continued taking on the short balls and this time, he hit Mark Wood for a huge six as well. It was him who kept the scoreboard moving after getting his eyes in and his technique impressed Sanjay Manjrekar a lot.

Manjrekar lavishes praise on Rohit Sharma

The opening partnership flourished in the second session and the cricketer-turned commentator Manjrekar was praising Rohit for controlling his attacking instincts in both the Tests so far. He kept on giving more details about how the veteran batsman has made adjustments to his batting to succeed in testing conditions in England.

The way he was batting, one seemed Rohit Sharma will easily get to his first century away from home. He was unfazed with the milestone being close and was looking good on 83. This is when the experienced pacer James Anderson came into the attack for his third spell and struck with a brilliant delivery to breach Rohit’s defence.

At the same time, Manjrekar was in the commentary box and was singing praise for the Mumbai batter. And even he was stunned to see Rohit Sharma getting dismissed and missing out on a well-deserved ton. The fans, meanwhile, weren’t happy with Manjrekar at all as they accused him of being a commentator’s curse for Rohit.

Having said that, India built on the brilliant start to end the day strongly at 276/3 with KL Rahul still looking strong unbeaten on 127.

Here’s how Twitter reacted:

Sanjay Manjrekar should go mute for few mins to let KL Rahul reach 100. Silence is golden. Idiot had his curse jinx Rohit's 100.

— PS 🇮🇳 (@nomad_indian) August 12, 2021

i was thnkn Rohit Sharma was playing so well how d hell did he miss tht ball,
Then came to knw Sanjay Manjrekar was on d mic.😂 pic.twitter.com/8FPIrsIMLJ

— subin (@Being_Subin) August 12, 2021

Well played @ImRo45 one of the best innings of yours ! You missed well deserved hundred , all the best in second innings if it happens !
Manjrekar is the panoti who told in commetery when he was 81 , rohit going to be hit hundred #indvseng 🤒🤒🤒

— God of Karma ™ (@smktweetz) August 12, 2021

Rohit Sharma, Well played!
Meanwhile, Fans to Sanjay Manjrekar ! pic.twitter.com/iDLLc0o1k5

— Sathya (@Sathya46817012) August 12, 2021

So Manjrekar was the commentator during Rohit's wicket.

So now we know why.

— G. (@Bibliophileeyy) August 12, 2021

Sanjay Manjrekar starts talking up Rohit Sharma and he gets bowled.
And I was like, kyon panwati laga raha hai.

— Rashmi Singh Chauhan (Follow back) (@rashmiSing200) August 12, 2021

@BCCI The Manjrekar Panvati continues. Consumed Rohit on the 4th ball of his commentary stint and one ball after he says, Well played by Pujara for a straight drive, Pujara nicks one to the slips. Super Panvati. Scared for Kohli.

— Dr Milind S. Wagh (@milindwagh) August 12, 2021

can’t blame pujara or rohit,,,this is manjrekar’s hour at the comm box, ofc things won’t go our way #ENGvsIND

— this isn’t a place for irls (@zouissstan) August 12, 2021

When manjrekar overly praising Rohit i thought something will happen,happened🤬

— Hariharan (@Hariharan7654) August 12, 2021

That's commentator's curse
Sanjay manjrekar started talking about Rohit Sharma, very next ball he was out. #ENGvsIND #LordsTest

— Punologist™ (@Punology1) August 12, 2021

As Per England:
Rohit Sharma b: Anderson 83.

As Per Indian Fans:
Rohit Sharma c: Panvati b: Manjrekar 83.

— Sorabh Pant (@hankypanty) August 12, 2021

#ENGvsIND#TeamIndia
Rohit Sharma *Plays Peacefully*
Sanjay Manjrekar-Hold my jinx

— Cheems (@maihucheems) August 12, 2021

Sanjay Manjrekar was appreciating the Rohit Sharma's inning and he got out very next ball 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️#ENGvIND

— KIRAN 🇸🇱 (@Gjkiran20) August 12, 2021

Why is Sanjay Manjrekar so obsessed with Rohit's overseas 100?? It's so irritating.
He played well. Respect that#INDvENG

— Vrushabh Satav (@VrushabhSatav) August 12, 2021

Rohit Sharma: Faces is first ball and gets a single..

Sanjay Manjrekar: Absolutely brilliant Rohit Sharma. Just 99 short of his hundred. Amazing!.

Atleast let him get to the 90s!!!!

— samrat dahal (@DahalSamrat) August 12, 2021