“The striker today is” easier “than 20-25 years ago”: Kevin Pietersen after the record blow of Joe Root against India | Cricket news
New Delhi: The legend of England in the stick Kevin Pietersen sparked a new debate in the cricket circles by affirming that the striker today is much easier than two to three decades ago. According to Pietersen, a notable drop in the quality of bowling in nations playing tests made life easier for modern strikers.His remarks one day came after Joe Root exceeded Ricky Ponting from Australia to go to second place on the list of all time of test scorers, behind Sachin Tendulkar. Taking on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday, Pietersen wrote:“Don’t cry out but the striker these days is much easier than 20/25 years ago! Probably twice as hard at the time!”Known for his daring personality on and off the field, Pietersen – who played 104 tests for England between 2005 and 2013 and scored 8,181 points at an average of 47.28 – never failed to express strong views. This time, he doubled the argument by pointing to a list of starred quisters from the past, arguing that modern game lacks comparable threats.“Waqar, Shoaib, Akram, Mushtaq, Kumble, Srinath, Harbhajan, Donald, Pollock, Klusener, Gouth, McGrath, Lee, Warne, Gillespie, Bond, Vettori, Cairns, he wrote, before questioning his abstals:“I appointed 22 above. Please name me 10 modern quisors who can compare itself to the above names? ”
Pietersen’s comments arise at a time when strikers continue to tumble. The undefeated 150 of Root against India on day 3 of the fourth test in Manchester has now brought his career count to 11,736 trials, approaching 15,921 monumental tendulkar.
While many have applauded the coherence and the flair of the threads in the current era, Pietersen’s comments reopened the discussion on the quantity of evolution of flat locations, modified rules and the discoloration of the fireplace power power contributed to numbers of swollen strikers.
