Virat Kohli's brother Vikas fired back at Sanjay Manjrekar after the ex-Indian cricketer's multiple social media posts sparked debate during the ongoing 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL). Manjrekar is currently working as a commentator and analyst on the league and is known to not mince his words while opining on the game.
Recently, ahead of the 2025 IPL clash between Mumbai Indians (MI) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) earlier this month, Manjrekar denied that the battle between Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah was a clash of 'best vs best.' The cricket-turned commentator claimed that Kohli was past his peak. Since then, Manjrekar has put up multiple social media posts that have talked about the best batters in the IPL and neglected Kohli's name despite him being in red-hot form, with a focus on the strike rate of batters.
Taking to Threads, a micro-blogging application of Instagram (META), Vikas seemingly took a dig at the former Indian cricketer. Virat's elder brother mentioned Manjrekar's ODI career strike-rate.
"sanjay manjrekar.Career odi strike rate : 64:31.Easy to talk about 200 plus strike rates," wrote Vikas.
Vikas Kohli post Sanjay Manjrekar
Manjrekar played 37 Tests and 76 ODIs for India in an international career that lasted nine years. During his career in limited overs cricket, he played 74 matches and scored 1994 runs at an average of 33.33 and a strike-rate of 64.30 with one century. Meanwhile, he made 2043 runs in Test cricket at an average of 37.14 with four tons to his name.Manjrekar has a history of feuds with players over comments he made on air. In the past, Kieron Pollard and Ravindra Jadeja hit back at him on social media.
As far as Virat is concerned, he won the orange cap last year and is currently the league's second-highest run-getter in the ongoing campaign. The RCB legend has been key to his team's stunning season, which currently sees them on top spot in the table. The 36-year-old has made 443 runs in 10 innings at an average of 63.28 with a strike-rate of 138.87 and has six half-centuries to his name.
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