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Kevin Pietersen issues an official statement on Ambati Rayudu after calling him a joker
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Former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen and former Indian batter Ambati Rayudu have been ruling the headlines since a few moments after the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) won the IPL 2024 trophy by crushing Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by eight wickets in the final in Chennai on May 26.
It is quite visible that Rayudu doesn’t like either Royal Challengers Bangaluru (RCB) or Virat Kohli, and many times during the commentary, he proved that. Recently, during the IPL 2024 Final between KKR and SRH, Pietersen clashed with Rayudu for his unfair analysis of Kohli.
Pietersen called out Rayudu on live TV for asking Kohli to ‘ease’ his standards to help other players. And then, after the final game, the former England batter called the former Indian batter “joker” for flipping his side once KKR won the IPL trophy for the third time.
Kevin Pietersen urges fans to stop abusing Ambati Rayudu
After which, Kohli’s fans went berserk at Rayudu, slamming him for unnecessarily targeting the Indian batting superstar, and it caught the attention of the English commentator as he urged the fans to stop abusing the former Chennai Super Kings (CSK) batter on social media.
He posted on X: “Come on guys! This tribalism with/against Indian players on social media needs to slow down! Example – @RayuduAmbati and I were messing around after the IPL final and all of sudden that banter has turned into an avalanche of abuse towards Ambati. PLEASE stop it? 🙏🏽”
Come on guys!
This tribalism with/against Indian players on social media needs to slow down!
Example – @RayuduAmbati and I were messing around after the IPL final and all of sudden that banter has turned into an avalanche of abuse towards Ambati.
PLEASE stop it? 🙏🏽
— Kevin Pietersen🦏 (@KP24) May 28, 2024
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