Heated exchange between Irfan Pathan and Sanjay Manjrekar on live TV over Virat Kohli-Yashasvi Jaiswal run-out: 'Fine, you do all the talking'

The focal point of Pathan and Manjrekar's discussion centered around Jaiswal's run-out and whether Virat Kohli could have played a more proactive role in preventing it. Jaiswal hit the ball straight to Pat Cummins at mid-on and immediately took off for a run. Even though he called for the run, Kohli seemed disinterested as he continued to watch the ball rather than respond to Jaiswal's call. Had Kohli clearly communicated a 'no' to the run, Jaiswal would have likely halted his progress. However, the lack of communication led to a disastrous run-out for India, disrupting their flow of play. The run-out incident sparked a heated debate between Pathan and Manjrekar, ultimately escalating tensions between the two commentators.

Here's the conversation:

Manjrekar: "At the other end was Virat Kohli and we tend to think a little more from his side. It was a schoolboy error from Kohli to look behind and decide that there was no run. The call is not for the non-striker to make. It always belongs to the batter who has played the ball. If Jaiswal had made a bad call then he would have suffered because Cummins would have gone for the non-striker end. But since Kohli said no, Yashasvi had no chance. This is what my take on the matter is."

Pathan: "There is another truth of cricket that if the ball is played at point, the non-striker is the one to make a call. And the stiker is at full liberty to turn it down. He can also say no sometimes."

Manjrekar: "But Irfan, here you are talking about point…"

After this, all hell broke loose as neither Pathan or Manjrekar were ready to listen or accept the other's point of view.

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Lastly, Manjrekar could be heard saying: "If you don't want to listen, there isn't much left here," before he took a sly dig at Pathan. "I think the time has come for a new coaching manual to be released, which will have Irfan Pathan's version of running between the wicket".

Irrespective of who was right or wrong, the fact remains that once again, India have wasted their advantage. With five wickets down, and trailing Australia by 310 runs, India have a mountain to climb when Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja resume Day 3 tomorrow.

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