Kevin Pietersen has sent fans into meltdown with a tongue-in-cheek post on social media, making himself available for the role of the Indian team’s batting coach.
A story is doing the rounds that the BCCI might hire a batting coach after its review meeting of the Australia series. Pietersen, the former England captain, replied to one such post on X (formerly Twitter), saying: “Available!”
On the face of it, the response appears cryptic, but it has already attracted more than 120,000 views and close to 10,000 likes. Born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, Pietersen played 104 Tests for England, scoring 8,181 runs, including 23 hundreds. He is widely considered as one of England’s greatest-ever.
The current Indian team doesn’t have a designated batting coach. Abhishek Nayar and Ryan ten Doeschate are part of head coach Gautam Gambhir’s support staff as assistant coaches, and their role was called into question after India’s back-to-back series defeats against New Zealand and Australia. With players falling prey to the same old technical problems, Sanjay Manjrekar, the former India batsman, has called out the coaching staff.
“I guess the time has come to scrutinise the role of a batting coach in the Indian team. Why major technical issues have remained unresolved for so long with certain Indian batters,” he wrote on X.
If at all the BCCI ropes in Pietersen, it would be a high-profile appointment. Given that India’s next Test assignment is a five-match series in England, it would be a good appointment as well.
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