Kevin Pietersen slams England star over ‘disappointing’ India comments

Kevin Pietersen has slammed England opener Ben Duckett implicit a ‘really poor’ remark helium made earlier the last one-day planetary against India.

England person made a mediocre commencement to Brendon McCullum’s reign arsenic white-ball coach, losing six of their 7 matches against India.

India won the T20 bid 4-1 and took an unassailable 2-0 pb successful the ODI bid up of the 3rd and last lucifer successful Ahmedabad connected Wednesday.

Speaking up of the 3rd ODI, Duckett insisted helium ‘did not care’ if England mislaid the bid 3-0 – providing they triumph successful the upcoming Champions Trophy.

‘We person travel present for 1 happening and that is to triumph the Champions Trophy,’ Duckett explained. ‘We inactive judge we tin bash that. It’ll beryllium wholly antithetic conditions, each antithetic teams we are playing against.

‘If we suffer 3-0 to India, I don’t attraction arsenic agelong arsenic we bushed them successful the last of the Champions Trophy. If we bash that, we astir apt won’t look backmost connected this if we bash the concern successful that competition.’

Pietersen was ‘disappointed’ by Duckett’s comments, however, and believes they ‘never should person been said’.

‘Goodness me, it’s beauteous mediocre that Duckett would accidental that helium doesn’t attraction if England suffer contiguous and suffer 3-0 to India,’ helium posted connected X.

‘Context is important erstwhile speechmaking quotes, but those words should NOT person been said! NEVER!’

Speaking connected Star Sports up of the 3rd one-day international, Pietersen added: ‘Those words should beryllium frowned upon.

‘I benignant of recognize his reasoning saying that losing to India would mean perfectly thing if they triumph the Champions Trophy.

‘And I anticipation that England tin crook connected that pat and flick that power that enables each their batters to get hundreds and their bowlers to get wickets, due to the fact that it’s rather connection of what that dressing country thinks.

‘But if they deliberation that conscionable present successful India they tin conscionable crook up it doesn’t matter… The results bash matter.

‘You’re playing for your country. You’ve got galore cricketers successful England who would emotion to beryllium successful your presumption and would emotion to travel to India, would emotion to play successful beforehand of these crowds.

‘It’s worldly that I arsenic an ex-player, privation that I inactive had. I privation I could inactive play successful beforehand of these crowds. So erstwhile you perceive statements similar that, it conscionable truly is disappointing.

‘From England’s perspective, my goodness, I conscionable anticipation determination is that power oregon that pat of runs that they tin conscionable crook connected due to the fact that they don’t look to care.’

India won the archetypal 2 ODIs by 4 wickets, chasing England’s targets of 248 and 304 with ease.

McCullum’s broadside statesman their Champions Trophy run connected February 22 against Ashes rivals Australia, earlier further radical games against Afghanistan and South Africa.

Bangladesh, India, New Zealand and Pakistan marque up the different group, with the top-two from each progressing to the knockout stages.

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