Kevin Pietersen will not entertain any excuses from the England team for opting to miss practice for golf during the recent white ball tour of India where they suffered seven defeats in eight matches across formats. Pietersen has torn into Jos Buttler’s men for not trying hard enough to put up a fight against India after they lost the opening five-match T20I series 1-4 followed by a clean 3-0 sweep in the ODI series.
In his latest post on X, Pietersen claims that he was sent an article by a UK journalist who maintains England did not practice because of “injuries” and “quick turnaround” between matches.
Just received an article where a leading UK journalist said that Shastri and I were wrong after watching England not train last night, Pietersen wrote.
Reason – injuries and quick turnaround between games! he added.
In his tirade that was lower than X-rated, Pietersen, one of the finest batsmen to have represented England, told the journalist in question to stop covering cricket for writing “such rubbish.”
“Do me a f*****g favor! If you’re going to write such rubbish, particularly about people like me, stop writing about cricket! Injuries are a part and parcel of sports and this sort of schedule has been the norm in almost every bilateral series ever played. Injuries weren’t stopping the batters from facing net bowlers and learning the art of playing spin. And that’s where they could have done to IMPROVE!” he wrote.
“Trust me on this one because it saved my career against spin! The journalists do seem to be in cahoots with what we are being brainwashed into believing! The journalist shall not fool a fan with such!” he added.
