Former England captain Kevin Pietersen lashed out at a leading English journalist over him and Ravi Shastri making false claims about England not training enough amid their dismal limited-overs tour of India. With Pietersen revealing how the reporter claimed injuries and quick turnaround between games behind their reason for not training enough, he has requested the journalist to stop writing about the sport from hereon.
Taking to X, the 104-Test veteran wrote:
“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. Reason – injuries and quick turnaround between games…! 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! 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!”
