Vikas Kohli, brother of Virat Kohli, threw another nasty accusation at the former Indian cricketer and commentator Sanjay Manjrekar. This comes after Manjrekar said that it was a regret that Virat Kohli retired from Test cricket just to play ODIs. Manjrekar called ODIs the "easiest format" and was quite disappointed with the star's decision. But, when Kohli once again scored a century on Sunday - this time while his team lost against the Kiwis - his brother avenged Manjrekar through social media by referring to the latter’s earlier remarks.
On his official Threads account, Vikas Kohli wrote, "I wonder if Mr Expert of Cricket has some suggestions for the easiest form of cricket. You need to be there to do that. Anyways, as I said, easier said than done," indirectly alluding to Manjrekar's remarks.
Vikas Kohli has not been shy in speaking out against Manjrekar this time either; he made a post about it a few days back.
"Such an easy format isn't it … someone gave his gyaan a few days back… easier said than done…," he had said.
Kohli scored 124 runs from only 108 balls on Sunday but India could not reach the target of 337 due to the poor performance of top-order batsmen Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer. It was Kohli's fourth century in nine List A matches.
This is a prior opinion of Manjrekar regarding the ODI career of Kohli.
"To put it in another way, as the new heights reached by Joe Root in Test cricket come to my mind, Virat Kohli stands out. Even though he was great at Tests, he did not put his heart and soul into looking into the reasons that resulted in his averaging 31 for five years in Tests during the entire five years that he fought hard before quitting. That is a topic for another time as to what he could have done."
"Fine, at that point, Virat Kohli detached himself from cricket, retired from all cricket. But that he has picked to be one-day cricket player actually makes me feel more disappointed, because I have said it before as well, this is a format which, for a top-order batter, is the easiest format."