Kevin Pietersen slams Donald Trump over lack of research regarding Sachin Tendulkar’s name

Kevin Pietersen slams Donald Trump: The former English cricketer took a dig at the US President for mispronouncing names.

US President Donald Trump’s attempt of giving references of legendary Indian cricketers such as Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli in his speech at the Motera Stadium in Ahmedabad has put him in hot water across social media platforms.

Trump, who ended up mispronouncing the names of both the cricketers, received severe criticism regarding lack of research on his part before his speech. Even International Cricket Council took to their Twitter account to take a dig at Trump regarding the same matter.

Kevin Pietersen slams Donald Trump

Apart from ICC, Trump also faced criticism from former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen who also retweeted a video where Trump takes the names of Tendulkar and Kohli and expressed his views.

FFS, @piersmorgan, pls ask your mate to do some research in pronouncing legends names?! https://t.co/eUGuCNReaM

— Kevin Pietersen🦏 (@KP24) February 24, 2020

How Twitterati reacted on Trump mispronouncing names:

Who is this Sue Chin Tendulkerr? 🤣 https://t.co/OOYoDr6Xv5

— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) February 24, 2020

Please throw Marnus Labuschagne up on his teleprompter. Cheers. https://t.co/R4c4DUnR5u

— Ryan Pierse (@RyanPierse) February 24, 2020

Donald ‘the cricket expert’ Trump 🤭🤭

🎥: @andysilke pic.twitter.com/LgFr0yu7y9

— Fox Cricket (@FoxCricket) February 24, 2020

How are you today Sue Chin @sachin_rt !!!! #😂 #DonaldTrumpIndiaVisit

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) February 25, 2020

Donald Trump mispronounced the name of cricket great Sachin Tendulkar during a speech to more than 100,000 in India https://t.co/ZYhrGcslPF pic.twitter.com/IHHvmdww8s

— Reuters (@Reuters) February 25, 2020

All the words Trump mispronounced (and how to say them correctly):
– Suuchin Tendulkar (Sachin Tendulkar)
– Cheewallah (Chaiwallah)
– Shojay (Sholay)
– The ‘Vestas’ (The Vedas)
– Swami Vivekamanan (Swami Vivekananda) #TrumpInIndia

— BBC News India (@BBCIndia) February 24, 2020

Word Cloud of Trump in Motera speech- India-50 times, America-23, Modi-12, World-11, terrorism-7,-Economy-5, trade-4, Culture-security-3, Pakistan, Border; Gujarat, Gandhi Motera, Poverty-2, Bollywood, cricket, sachin, virat, Vivekananda, Sardar, chaiwalla 1. #NaMosteTrump

— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) February 24, 2020

It is worth mentioning that Trump landed in India yesterday afternoon in Ahmedabad. Trump and India Prime Minister Narendra Modi have held talks regarding bilateral ties, including the key areas of defence, security and trade and investment.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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