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Kevin Pietersen slams Darren Lehmann for carrying on like he did

Dixit Bhargav
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Kevin Pietersen slams Darren Lehmann

Kevin Pietersen slams Darren Lehmann: Former English batsman has criticised Darren Lehmann for his approach as Australian coach.

Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen has lashed out at former Australia coach Darren Lehmann for ‘carrying on like he did’. The 38-year old Pietersen believes that the cultural issues had developed during Lehmann’s tenure as Head Coach of the Australian team with his deeds further adding to the problem.

Usually straightforward, Pietersen didn’t mix his words yet another time, saying what he intended to convey. Taking to Twitter, Pietersen uploaded a critising tweet for the 48-year old Lehmann.

“Australian Cricket’s culture review. Having played in that system for the last 4 seasons & with Lehmann carrying on like he did, I’m afraid an explosion was ALWAYS going to happen! Is he still employed by CA?!?!,” Pietersen’s tweet read.

 

Former coach Lehmann was cleared of any involvement in the infamous Ball Tampering incident which took place in March this year by Cricket Australia. Post the verdict, Lehmann decided to step down from the post on his own terms.

It is not the the first time that Pietersen has taken a dig at Lehmann. When the incident originally broke out, he had expressed doubts over Lehmann’s role in the whole scene then as well.

The clash between the two of them has been prevalent since Lehmann first tweeted regarding Melbourne Stars dropping Pietersen ahead of Big Bash League 2017. The duo had exchanged a series going-at-each-other tweets then as well.

Read some of the latest Twitter reactions on Pietersen and Lehmann below:

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Dixit Bhargav

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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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