"India's domestic batters are NRIs..."- Sanjay Manjrekar drops bombshell post 0-2 series defeat to South Africa

The former Indian batter and renowned commentator, Sanjay Manjrekar, has dropped an explosive comment on the home side’s 0-2 series against South Africa, including their massive 408-run defeat against the Proteas as India struggled with the bat in all four innings in the series, crossing 200 only once.

Talking about India’s dismal batting display, Manjrekar lashed out with explosive comments on his Instagram handle. Only two Indian batters, Ravindra Jadeja and Yashasvi Jaiswal, scored a half-century in the Protea series, which highlighted their struggles against the spin and seam of the home side.

“There are two reasons India went down 0-3 to New Zealand and 0-2 to South Africa at home. And both teams beat India not by pace, swing, or bounce but by spin. One is when an Indian batter scores heavily in domestic cricket and gets selected for India; he becomes like an NRI. In the sense that he hardly plays at home. It's more overseas cricket for Indian batters.” Manjrekar expressed on his Instagram account.

Sanjay Manjrekar slams India’s batters’ performance in home South Africa series

Manjrekar further added that the inability of the power-hitting Indian batters to use their footwork against spin was well documented. That resulted in Simon Harmer ending the two-match series with 17 wickets, thanks to his quality off-spin bowling at an average of under nine.

“Looking at numbers, people like Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, and Rishabh Pant play anything between nine and 12 Test matches away from home the last two years, and in India, not as many. And when they play Tests at home, there are hardly any first-class matches that they've played. So they come very poorly trained or with any recent experience on those kinds of pitches.” Manjrekar addressed the video.

“The other thing is that on turning pitches against good spinners, power doesn't work. Stand and deliver doesn't work. It can work even when you don't move your feet and just throw your bat around on fast, pacy, and bouncy pitches. It's a slightly high-risk approach, but you can have some success.” The Mumbai-born noted in the same video.