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Kevin Pietersen said that England “did not try” during their defeat of the Odi series against India, accusing Jos Buttler’s team of not having a single training session during a trip disastrous.
A 3-0 clean 3-0 scanning in the 50-sur-sur-suite format followed a defeat of the 4-1 T20i series for tourists, who hoped to connect before the Champions Trophy, which begins in Pakistan next week.
A miserable journey on the ground has been aggravated by increasing injury problems, the opener Ben Duckett last to support a problem in the third ODI. The left -hander has undergone an injury to the groin and is a doubt for the next tournament.
England has fought a lot of spin since its arrival in India, but according to the old drummer Pietersen, they did not necessarily try to solve their problems in the Nets.
The 44 -year -old man worked as a commentator during the series and said that only Joe Root had marked in a disastrous series, without a team session.
“I’m sorry, but I am absolutely moving that England has not had a team training session since the loss of the 1st ODI and the loss of the T20 series,” said Pieters on X, formerly Twitter. “How can it be?” Seriously, how?
“I think Joe Root was the only player to have a net in this series, Post Nagpur. There is not a single sportsman on this planet who can honestly say that they would improve without training while they fought. Nor can there be a player in this team of England who can sit on the plane by leaving India and saying, they did everything they could to try to help the ‘England to win. And for that, I am actually incredibly sad tonight.
“Losing is if you best give yourself to improve every day and England has not trained during this series, they did not try. Delicious for any fan of England! “”
A combined margin 7-1 through the formats represented a disappointing start to life under Brendon McCullum, who is now coach in England both in the games of red ball and white ball.
The test team adopted a more relaxed approach to training since the arrival of McCullum in 2022, while time on the golf course was a regular characteristic, as is the case for many international teams cricket.
Captain Buttler defended the preparation of his team and suggested that they had trained regularly during a series that had eight games in 22 days.
“It is not entirely true,” said Buttler about Pietersen’s comments after the ODI final defeat in Ahmedabad.
“I think we had a reasonably long tour, a few long days of travel, there were some times when we did not formed, but we have certainly done a lot of training throughout the tour.
“We are obviously trying to create a very good environment, but do not confuse this with a lazy environment or a lack of effort. The guys are desperate to play, do well and improve. »»
England began its champions trophy campaign against Australia on Saturday February 22 in Lahore.
