From 450/9 To 'Two Day Game': Kevin Pietersen Trolled For India vs England 1st Test Prediction

26.01.2024 - 05:49 sports.ndtv.com

Former England cricket team batter Kevin Pietersen was trolled heavily on social media by ex-India opener Wasim Jaffer after his prediction regarding England's batting on Day 1 of the first Test match against India on Thursday went horribly wrong.

At the start of day's play, Pietersen took to social media to post that he believes England will declare their innings on 450/9.

However, Ben Stokes was the only England batter to cross the 50-run mark as Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja took three wickets each to bowl out the visitors for 246 in the third session.

Jaffer was quick to react to Pietersen's prediction on X (formerly called Twitter) and his witty reply even had a reference to Dinesh Karthik.

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