Twitter Reactions: Kevin Pietersen blasts 42 off 17 as England Legends breeze past Bangladesh Legends
Earlier, England bowled well to restrict the opposition to only 113.
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It seems more like a trend in T20 cricket now as the chasing teams have been winning games with ease. We saw it in the recently postponed PSL and now we are seeing it in the Road Safety World Series as well. The first two matches, since its return, had been won by the sides batting second and third game was no different.
England Legends won the toss and Kevin Pietersen made the obvious decision to bowl first. Nazimuddin and Javed Omar walked out to open the batting for Bangladesh. They did play 10-15 deliveries each but failed to get going. The rest of the top order couldn’t do much either which meant the side had a score of 55-5 at the end of the first 10 overs.
Bangladesh were in deep trouble and definitely needed someone to consolidate the inning. Khaled Mashud and Mushfiqur Rahman did step up in that sense. While the former scored 31 runs the latter mustered 30. Mashud, however, took 39 balls to reach 31 runs before walking out retired hurt. This extremely conservative approach meant that the side could score only 113 runs at the end of their 20 overs.
Kevin Pietersen rolls back the years
Chris Tremlett was the pick of the bowlers as he took a couple of wickets in the two overs he bowled. A target of 114 was never going to be tough for an English side that had some very good batsman. Phil Mustard and Kevin Pietersen walked out to open the batting for the England side and played some very aggressive cricket. The former was dismissed after scoring a quickfire 27 off 16 balls.
Pietersen, however, continued his hitting and showed just how good he is even at this age. He scored 42 runs off only 17 deliveries before being dismissed by Mohammad Rafique. His knock included seven boundaries and one big six. By the time he was dismissed, the game was already in England’s pocket.
Darren Maddy scored 32 runs off as many balls to guide his team to a comfortable victory. They won the match by seven wickets with six overs to spare. England have started off their campaign with an emphatic win while Bangladesh have now lost both their games thus far.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
What a knock from Kevin Pietersen, 42 in just 17 balls while chasing 114 against Bangladesh Legends.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) March 7, 2021
Vintage Kevin Pietersen was in show in the run chase against Bangladesh Legends – 42 runs from just 17 balls including 7 fours & 1 sixes – 34 runs through boundaries. One of the finest of England ever.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) March 7, 2021
Kevin pietersen recalled Mashud of the BAN legends when the umpire gave him out but he indicated that there was bat , So @KP24 demonstrated the #SpiritOfTheGame. 👏 #RoadSafetyWorldSeries
— Arpan (@ThatCricketHead) March 7, 2021
Whatta a player @KP24 bats as good as he tweets in Hindi 😉 pic.twitter.com/ooM5pHqguo
— Shreevats goswami (@shreevats1) March 7, 2021
@KP24 want to see you again in england jersey 🔥😍#KevinPietersen #RoadSafetyWorldSeries #EnglandLegends https://t.co/F5bfVkJ8Od
— SP SINGH (@spsingh225) March 8, 2021
Great wicket, they should have prepared a couple of this Ahmedabad. Beautiful wicket
– Kevin Pietersen @KP24
Player of the match #RoadSafetyWorldSeries #EngvsBan #ENGLvsBANL
— Pavojinga (@Thank_____Y0u) March 7, 2021
What a knock from #KevinPietersen. 42 off 17 🔥🔥@KP24 MY 1ST FAV FOREIGN CRICKETER STILL DESTROYING THE OPPOSITION LIKE A BOSS 🔥🔥#EnglandLegends#RoadSafetyWorldSeries2021
— RAWNICK18 (@hridhaan143) March 7, 2021
42 off 17 balls for Kevin Pietersen, before being undone by left-arm spin https://t.co/FCBHVlKsQX pic.twitter.com/Qhky9wEc2z
— Nick Friend (@NickFriend1) March 7, 2021
Kevin Pietersen Bowled by Left arm spinner 😂😂
Left arm spinner vs English batsman
Struggle continue😂#RoadSafetyWorldSeries— Pavojinga (@Thank_____Y0u) March 7, 2021
Kevin Pietersen and Darren Maddy propel England Legends to a grand win over Bangladesh Legends. #RoadSafetyWorldSeries pic.twitter.com/WzKy26zTrG
— CricTracker (@Cricketracker) March 7, 2021
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