Kieron Pollard slams Sanjay Manjrekar for his on-air comments

Mumbai: Kieron Pollard lost his cool on Sunday night after Sanjay Majrekar criticized him on-air when he was batting during Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Kinght Riders match in Mumbai.

The Mumbai Indians all-rounder lashed out at Manjrekar saying that he suffers from "verbal diarrhoea".

Pollard was dismissed for a run-a-ball 17, leaving MI at a precarious 119/5 with less than four overs to go in his team's chase of 179. In the commentary box, Manjrekar had criticised Pollard, saying that he was only good enough to bat for the last six or seven overs of an innings.

“When I look at Pollard, I look at him as more a six-seven-overs-left-in-the-innings batsman. Whether he will be able to bat at No. 3 and whether he has the versatility to pick up the singles if the boundaries are not coming, does he have the range as a batsman? I don’t think so. My view is, maybe six or seven overs left in the innings is the perfect time for Pollard to come in,” said Manjrekar responding to a fellow commentator's query about what Pollard's ideal position in the batting order should be.

Pollard responded angrily to Manjrekar's criticism in a series of tweets.

"@sanjaymanjrekar u feel any positive can come out of your mouth bcuz  u get pay to talk u can continue with your verbal diarrhea (diarrhoea)..," Pollard said in his first tweet.

"Do you know how I get big so.. about BRAINLESS.. words are very powerful .. once it leaves u can't take it back.. sins of parents fall on...," he said in another tweet.

Do you know how I get big so.. about BRAINLESS.. words are very powerful .. once it leaves u can't take it back.. sins of parents fall on...

— Kieron Pollard (@KieronPollard55) April 9, 2017

“ U finish that sentence… All in all great team effort… well done team well done Hardik Krunal Nitish youngsters doing the business.” 

U finish that sentence .. !! All in all great TEAM effort .. well done team well done Hardik nitesh krunal youngsters doing the business 👏🏼

— Kieron Pollard (@KieronPollard55) April 9, 2017

Pollar however, removed the first tweet in which he had accused Majrekar of having verbal diarrhoea.