‘We’re Both Going To Cross Lines’: Sanjay Manjrekar And Murali Kartik Get Into Ugly Spat On Live TV

A light-hearted exchange between the two former India cricketers quickly escalated into an ugly spat.

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Former cricketers Sanjay Manjrekar and Murali Kartik had an ugly spat on live TV during the India vs. Sri Lanka Test coverage. What started as a light-hearted exchange about Manjrekar’s “pout” quickly escalated with personal jibes, before Manjrekar diffused the situation.

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Sanjay Manjrekar (left) and Murali Kartik (Screengrab/SonyLIV)

Far away from the on-field duel between India and Sri Lanka on the third day of the Galle Test on Monday, a different sort of duel unfolded between former international cricketers Sanjay Manjrekar and Murali Kartik – one that, at best, could be described as unnecessary.

Manjrekar and Kartik are part of India’s ongoing tour of Sri Lanka as broadcasters, sharing their expert opinions from the studio and the commentary box.

While discussing a passage of play, however, the conversation veered away from cricket and, bizarrely, towards Manjrekar’s facial expression.

Kartik appeared to spark the verbal exchange when he playfully asked Manjrekar to get rid of his ‘pout of the century’, claiming it was making it difficult to understand what he was saying.

Manjrekar responded by taking a jibe at Kartik’s appearance before eventually diffusing the situation and preventing the exchange from escalating further.

Here’s how the entire exchange unfolded:

Murali Kartik: A gentle request and a big request from one and all. You have the pout of the century, but because of your pout, we are not able to understand what you say. So please limit that pout.

Sanjay Manjrekar: That’s a bad one. Can we make the split screen and shift the camera to the other guy? Because he’s a much more pleasant person to talk to and he’s got a much more pleasant face as well.

Sanjay Manjrekar: I just wonder, ‘superb, superb, superb’, Murali Kartik’s voice, looking at himself in the mirror.

Murali Kartik: I don’t look at myself, ever. That’s you. That is only you. If anyone knows you, that is only you – people who have played with you, people who have worked.

Sanjay Manjrekar: Because there is an incentive, there is an incentive to look in the mirror. For you, I can understand it’s not very motivating, anyway. We are both going to cross lines here and social media will have a field day.

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Other notable on-air sports arguments include a verbal fight between Virender Sehwag and R. Ashwin, and another incident involving Virender Sehwag and Murali Kartik where Sehwag threatened to spray Red Bull on Kartik. Additionally, there was a heated exchange between Ravindra Jadeja and Sanjay Manjrekar.

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