: Pause, rewind, play: Kevin Pietersen’s 186 versus India at the Wankhede – a masterclass for the ages #IndiaNEWS Walking in to bat in the 2012 Test at the Wankhede, Kevin Pietersen had a lot to

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Pause, rewind, play: Kevin Pietersen’s 186 versus India at the Wankhede – a masterclass for the ages #IndiaNEWS
Walking in to bat in the 2012 Test at the Wankhede, Kevin Pietersen had a lot to prove. It wasn’t just his team that had its back to the wall, Pietersen himself was going through a turbulent phase in his career.England’s 2012 tour of India was a lengthy one. It started with four Test matches and was to be followed by two T20 Internationals and five ODIs. And things didn’t really go as per plans from the get-go.In the first Test in Ahmedabad, a first innings collapse meant the visitors went down by nine wickets. Pietersen could only manage scores of 17 and two.The second Test was at the Wankhede and if England had to keep alive any hopes of winning the series, the least they had to do was earn a draw in Mumbai. Little did anyone know at the time that they’d go on to achieve a lot more.Batting first, India finished with 327 runs thanks to a typically gritty hundred by Cheteshwar Pujara and a fine half-century by Ravichandran Ashwin down the order. In reply, England found themselves in a spot of bother when they were reduced to 68/2.And that’s when Pietersen walked in to bat and ended up changing the course of the...Read more

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