Virat Kohli and Kevin Pietersen were involved in a friendly banter on social media (@imVkohli Photo)
Virat Kohli and Kevin Pietersen go back a long way. The two played together for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League and remain good friends even to this day. And when Kohli, the world's best batsman posted a picture on Twitter, Pietersen had a cheeky reply.
Virat Kohli is currently in New Zealand and is basking in the glory of sweeping the ICC awards. He became the first man in history to win all three ICC awards - the ODI Cricketer of the Year, Test Cricketer of the Year and Cricketer of the Year.
On Wednesday, Kohli led India to their first ODI win against New Zealand in New Zealand since 2009.
A day after, Kohli was visibly relaxed and posted a photo on Twitter.
PIETERSEN AND KOHLI BANTER
Well in that case you should've seen my first caption. Much worse.PS - the face is still in the sun
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Kevin Pietersen, known for his quick wit, could not resist a reply. He pointed out Kohli looked like he was more in the shade.
Pietersen is the fifth highest run-scorer for England in Test cricket but his career came to a halt when he was sensationally dropped after an Ashes whitewash in Australia.
Years later, Alastair Cook, who was England captain on the tour of Australia in 2013-14, revealed he did not want to sack Pietersen.
"I was involved in the decision at first, but the England captain doesn't have the final say on hiring and firing," Cook told Test Match Special in September. "I agreed with it, but I said 'why don't we give him some time off, we can go away and maybe KP can come back later on'.
"Paul Downton (the England director of cricket) wanted clarity, a clean break, because people would always be asking when is he coming back. You had to back his decisions because that's what his job was. The fallout was pretty nasty and I don't think the ECB handled it well or appreciated how social media worked very well then. I bore a lot of the brunt of it."
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