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Kevin Pietersen continues his rant over England allegedly skipping training for the second and third ODIs of their three-match series vs India which they lost 3-0.
Kevin Pietersen isn’t happy with England’s attitude. (AFP Photo)
Kevin Pietersen isn’t willing to entertain any defense of England cricket team choosing to skip practice sessions for golf during their recent white-ball tour of India that saw them suffer defeat in seven out of eight games across formats. Pietersen has lashed out at Jos Buttler’s men for not trying hard enough to give India a fight as they first lost a five-match T20I series 1-4 before being clean swept 3-0 in the ODI series that followed.
In his latest post on X, Pietersen has claimed to have been sent an article by a UK journo who claims that England skipped the training because of “injuries” and “quick turnaround” between games.
“Just got sent an article where a leading UK journo has said that Shastri & I got it wrong last night when discussing England not training,” Pietersen wrote.
“Reason – injuries and quick turnaround between games…!” he added.
In an X-rated rant that followed, Pietersen, one of the finest batters to have played for England, advised the said journo to stop covering cricket for writing “such rubbish”.
“Do me a f*****g favour! Stop writing about cricket if you’re going to write such rubbish. Injuries are part of sport and this schedule is like every bilateral series almost ever played. Injuries are NOT stopping batters from batting against net bowlers and learning the art of playing spin. And that’s where they should have been to IMPROVE!” Pietersen wrote.
“Trust me on this one as it saved my career against spin! It seems the journos are in cahoots with what we’re trying to be brainwashed into believing! You won’t fool the fan with such!” he added.
