India, April 26 -- Not one ever too far away from controversial takes, former Indian batter Sanjay Manjrekar once again found himself in the eye of a social media storm. On this occasion, a post on X regarding who he sees as the best batters in IPL 2025 so far spurred the ire of cricket fans, as Manjrekar refused to include the current top two players on the Orange Cap list.

"When it comes to batting only list that matters," posted Manjrekar on his X account. "Big runs with great SR so far." Manjrekar went on to list some of the star performers of IPL 2025 so far, headlined by names such as Nicholas Pooran, Shreyas Iyer, and Jos Buttler.

However, it was the non-inclusions that told the story, as Sai Sudharsan and Virat Kohli missed the ...