“England bat. 450/9 declared today”: Kevin Pietersen makes bizarre statement on England vs India 1st Test

Former England middle-order batter Kevin Pietersen made a big statement on England’s first innings, first-day score against India in the opening Test in Hyderabad. As soon as Pietersen posted the statement on X, formerly Twitter, cricket fans began to troll him.

Earlier today, England captain Ben Stokes won the toss and decided to bat first.

England made a positive start to their innings with Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley playing some fine shots, but soon India's premier spinner Ravichandran Ashwin got the better of them and both were sent back to the pavillion. England's number 3 batter, Ollie Pope, made a horrible start to his India campaign as he was forced to play Ravindra Jadeja's briliant delivery and ended up getting out at 1. England have scored 80-3 in 20 overs so far.


Pietersen, who is also one of the commentators in the ongoing series, made a bold statement about England’s declaration on Day 1 itself.

‘England bat. 450/9 declared today?” he wrote.




Soon, fans reacted to this prediction.

One user commented, "Jinxed, Now england will be allout before 250."

The second one wrote, "Not at all, wait for it."

The third user said, Can’t succeed bazball Under Rohit Sharma."

The fourth user wrote, "They will cross 500"

The fifth user said, "Not at all, wait for it."

A sixth user commented, "Let me reply after 2nd session."

A lot has been said about England's fast-paced Bazball coming into this five-match series. But India's spin-friendly wickets will pose a big challenge to English batters.

India must be wary of the fact that it was England that trounced them at home in a test series when Alastair Cook’s side won 2-1 in 2012–13. Since that series loss, India has only lost three of 44 home tests, maintaining an unbeaten streak in any test series at home.

Playing XIs:

India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Srikar Bharat, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj

England: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes (captain), Ben Foakes, Rehan Ahmed, Tom Hartley, Mark Wood, Jack Leach