Kevin Pietersen dismissed all the talk around the Ahmedabad pitch as ‘nonsense,’ adding that batting from both India and England was ‘dreadful’. He also said he has played on grassy pitches in England where batting was impossible.
At a time when the cricketing world is divided on their assessment of the Ahmedabad pitch in which the India-England third Test match ended inside two days, former England captain Kevin Pietersen said he has played on pitches in England which were ‘impossible’ to bat because of the amount of grass on them.
Pietersen’s comments came after India thrashed England by 10 wickets to end their hopes of winning the four-match series and also qualify for the World Test Championship final.
“England players and fans can talk about the pitch, but I’ve played on pitches in England that have had so much grass on that batting is virtually impossible. You have to play the conditions,” Pietersen wrote in his column for betway.
England were bowled out for 112 and 81 (their lowest against India) as India spinners Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin shared 18 wickets between them.
Pietersen dismissed all the talk around the Ahmedabad pitch as ‘nonsense,’ adding that batting from both India and England was ‘dreadful’.
