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Former cricketer Kevin Pietersen showed his disappointment on a claim that England had just one practice session on their recently ended white-ball tour of India. Notably, Jos Buttler-led side had a poor outing on the tour where they lost the T20I series by 1-4 and suffered a 0-3 whitewash in the ODI series. During the third ODI in Ahmedabad, former India head coach Ravi Shastri also claimed that England had just one practice session in their entire India tour.
Reacting to Shastri’s claims, Kevin Pietersen shared a long post on his X (formerly Twitter) where he said that he was left ‘gobsmacked’ when he came to know the that England had only practice session during the India tour. “I’m sorry, but I am absolutely gobsmacked that England did not have ONE team practice session since losing the 1st ODI and losing the T20 series. How can this be? Seriously, how? I believe Joe Root was the only player to have a net this series, post Nagpur,” Pietersen wrote on his X post.
No sportsman will say, they’d improve without practicing: Kevin Pietersen
Speaking further, Kevin Pietersen also slammed England for not giving a priority to practice sessions despite losing back-to-back matches on their India tour. The former cricketer believes that none of the players from the current English side could say that they have put effort to win the series.
“There isn’t a single sportsman on this planet who can honestly say, that they’d improve without practicing whilst they’re getting beaten. There also cannot be one player in that England side that can sit on the plane leaving India and saying to themselves, they did everything they can to try help England win. And for that, I’m actually incredibly sad this evening. Losing is fine if you’re giving your best to improve everyday and if England didn’t train during this series then they didn’t try. Heartbreaking for any England fan!” Kevin Peiterseon further wrote.
