India Vs England: Kevin Pietersen Slams Vacationers For Lack Of Web Periods On Dismal White-ball Tour

Kevin Pietersen launched a scathing evaluation of England’s urge for food to fight spin after their inadequacies had been uncovered on a disastrous white-ball tour of India.

England slumped to a 142-run defeat in Ahmedabad as India accomplished a sequence whitewash with victory within the third ODI.

It was the seventh defeat of a chastening eight-game tour for Jos Buttler’s aspect, who head into the Champions Trophy in Pakistan bereft of type and confidence.

Joe Root is known to have been the one participant to partake in a nets session forward of the third ODI, with different members of the squad reportedly favouring a spherical of golf.

Sky Sports activities Information understands the staff educated earlier than the primary ODI and practised a number of occasions throughout the previous T20 sequence.

Nonetheless, attributable to journey commitments, holding gamers recent and damage considerations, the staff didn’t prepare earlier than the second and third ODIs.

With England crumbling from 126-2 to 214 all out in 34.2 overs towards India’s spinners on Wednesday, Pietersen couldn’t fathom how the chance to enhance towards spin was not seized.

‘Have your days off in England!’

“You’ve gotten a serious event arising within the Champions Trophy, and from what now we have heard, one batter has had a web within the final week or two: Root, the one batter who in all probability does not want one!” he mentioned on Star Sports activities.

“Tom Banton arrived two days in the past from the UAE, and he was on the golf course yesterday, he wasn’t batting. The place have the problems come? None of them can play spin. And the way do you enhance enjoying spin? Within the nets!”

Former India captain and coach Ravi Shastri, who was co-commentating alongside Pietersen added: “In case you’re not ready to do the onerous yards, you are not going to enhance.”

When requested after the match that Shastri was below the impression England had solely had “one web session the complete journey”, captain Jos Buttler disputed that assumption.

“I am unsure that is fairly true to be trustworthy,” Buttler mentioned. “It has been a fairly lengthy tour with a number of lengthy journey days.

“There’s been a few occasions the place we have not educated, however we have actually finished loads of coaching by way of the tour.

“We clearly attempt to create a very good atmosphere, however do not mistake that for a lazy atmosphere or a scarcity of effort. The fellows are determined to carry out and do effectively and enhance.”

Earlier than Buttler’s response, former England captain Pietersen was important of the obvious lack of time on the bottom between matches from the touring aspect.

“I by no means performed golf once I performed cricket,” he mentioned. “I used to be within the nets hitting hundreds of balls, making an attempt to make enhancements right here within the sub-continent. Have your days off in England.

“England will likely be bitterly upset, however they’ve solely received themselves accountable. The margin of defeat received larger and greater. Pondering caps have to go on in a short time. In case you do not apply, you do not enhance.

“The sub-continent is the place you be taught the artwork of having the ability to play these guys, by enjoying all kinds of spinners within the nets. These guys love bowling to international batters, you’ve got received hundreds of little youngsters eager to bowl to an England staff.

“That is the place you be taught, not in England, the place these gamers have grown up and are snug. England must be spending hours within the nets and leaving India pondering they’re much higher gamers of spin.

“I have been on excursions when now we have misplaced each single recreation, however I’ve left understanding there are gamers which have improved the way in which they performed and considered spin as a result of they’d finished the onerous yards within the nets.

“It might not change the outcomes now however, goodness me, it’d change the lead to Lahore in a number of weeks time while you’re enjoying spin effectively and higher.”

‘Outcomes do matter’ – KP responds to Duckett

Pietersen was equally scathing of Ben Duckett’s feedback on the eve of the match in Ahmedabad wherein he mentioned a 3-0 sequence whitewash wouldn’t matter if England went on to win the Champions Trophy.

“These phrases must be frowned upon,” the previous England captain added. “I form of perceive his reasoning saying that dropping to India would imply completely nothing in the event that they win the Champions Trophy.

“I hope that England can activate that faucet and flick that swap that allows all their batters to get tons of and their bowlers to get wickets, as a result of it is fairly an announcement of what that dressing room thinks.

“But when they suppose that simply right here in India, they will simply flip up it does not matter… The outcomes do matter. You are enjoying to your nation. You have received many cricketers in England who would like to be in your place and would love to return to India, would like to play in entrance of those crowds.

“It is stuff that I as an ex-player, want that I nonetheless had. I want I may nonetheless play in entrance of those crowds. So, while you hear statements like that, it simply actually is disappointing.”

England start their Champions Trophy marketing campaign towards Australia in Lahore on Febraury 22 earlier than going through Afghanistan on the identical venue 4 days later after which South Africa in Karachi on March 1.

Have England finished too little within the nets?

Former England wicketkeeper Matt Prior, talking on TNT Sports activities:

“It is very straightforward to take a seat right here now and say they need to be within the nets each minute of the day working onerous, and what’s this golf garbage. I am certain there will likely be individuals sat at dwelling fiercely pissed off by watching England lose time and time once more.

“Your preliminary response to listening to they’ve had one web session on this complete ODI sequence, and that one batsman was Joe Root is ‘dangle on a second’. You have received younger batsmen struggling for runs, why are they not going within the nets working onerous.

“India as a nation loves cricket. Once you flip up at nets there are actually 40 youngsters that wish to bowl at you all day lengthy. In case you needed to get your package on and bat for six hours towards spin, you have got that chance to work in your recreation.

“Now we have to be balanced as effectively, it has been an extended tour, there was a number of time away, the journey is a component. Particularly when you find yourself dropping, you can not take away all components of enjoyable and beast your self.

“However as a younger staff rebuilding, a possibility to construct for a Champions Trophy within the sub-continent, you have to be within the nets, you have to be working in your recreation making an attempt to enhance your self.”

Finn: You may compound dangerous habits within the nets

Former England quick bowler Steven Finn warned extended nets periods can often have an opposed impact, citing his experiences throughout the 2013/14 Ashes tour in Australia.

“I believe you possibly can compound dangerous habits within the nets earlier than going to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy [later this month] the place spin will not be as prevalent as it’s in India,” he advised TNT Sports activities.

“I’m not infuriated at them not practising on this sequence as we all know McCullum has the philosophy of taking strain off gamers.

“On my 2013/14 Ashes tour I made all the things difficult by practising extra. The extra I did that, the more serious I received and it took me 18 months to untangle the garbage I put inside my head.”