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