Former England player Kevin Pietersen. (FILE photo)
The Indian batting order in the red-ball format collapsed time and again in recent series. The poor batting shows meant that for the first time in the history of Test cricket India got white-washed at home 3-0 against New Zealand. Though the side won the first Test Down Under against Australia the spineless batting performances cost the team the next three of the four Tests ending up losing the series 3-1.
While there have been obvious questions raised at the likes of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli there were also questions on some of the coaching staff and their role. However, amidst social media reports that India is looking for a batting coach, Kevin Pietersen threw his name into the hat in response to such tweets on social media by commenting “Available”
Pietersen has been one of the most successful batters of the modern era for England. In 104 Tests he scored 8181 runs at an average of 47.29, in 136 ODIs he scored 4440 runs at an average of 40.73 and in 37 T20Is he scored 1176 runs at an average of 37.94.
‘Coaching staff kya kar rahe the?’ Sunil Gavaskar lambasts Gautam Gambhir’s aides
Sunil Gavaskar has slammed the Indian cricket team’s support staff after their abysmal tour of Australia ended with a 1-3 scoreline.
While most of the Indian cricket team players have been singled out for criticism, Gavaskar also pointed fingers at the coaches. Since taking over the reins of the Indian cricket team from Rahul Dravid, Gautam Gambhir has brought Abhishek Nayar batting coach, Ryan ten Doeschate as fielding coach and Morne Morkel as bowling coach.
“Aapke coaching staff kya kar rahe the? (What was your coaching staff doing in Australia?) Your bowling coach and your batting coach… your batting coach, in particular, against New Zealand when we were bowled for 46, and the way we were defeated in the remaining matches. Batting main koi dum nahi tha (There was no punch in the batting). Here also our batting was not strong enough, so questions should be asked what have you guys done? Why can’t we see any improvement?”
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