Kevin Pietersen slams England for not training post Nagpur loss

Former cricketer Kevin Pietersen lashed out at England for their practice during the India tour He feels that the Englishmen should have faced the net bowlers and worked well on their abilities to play spinBefore being 03 whitewash in the ODI series England lost the T20I series by 14 against Team IndiaWhile England held a couple of training sessions before the tour began in Kolkata with the first T20I they held one session each in Chennai and Rajkot before the second and third T20IsBut no sessions were held ahead of the fourth and fifth T20Is in Pune and Mumbai respectively They also did not hold training sessions before the second and third ODIs at Cuttack and AhmedabadIm sorry but I am absolutely gobsmacked that England did not have ONE team practice session since losing the 1st ODI and losing the T20 series a frustrated Kevin Pietersen wrote on his X accountAlso ReadShreyas Iyer wasnt supposed to be benched throughout England series GambhirHow can this be Seriously how I believe Joe Root was the only player to have a net this series post Nagpur he addedEnglands inability to handle spin has been a huge issue throughout the series which has started raising concerns ahead of the Champions Trophy 2025There isnt a single sportsman on this planet who can honestly say that theyd improve without practicing whilst theyre getting beaten There also cannot be one player in that England side that can sit on the plane leaving India and saying to themselves they did everything they can to try help England winAnd for that Im am actually incredibly sad this evening Losing is fine if youre giving your best to improve everyday and if England didnt train during this series then they didnt try Heartbreaking for any England fanAccording to reports England stopped net sessions due to mounting injuries and a packed schedule Injuries are part of sport and this schedule is like every bilateral series almost ever played Injuries are NOT stopping batters from batting against net bowlers and learning the art of playing spin And thats where they should have been to IMPROVETrust me on this one as it saved my career against spin he addedWhile commentating on the third ODI Kevin Pietersen pointed out that Tom Banton who replaced injured Jacob Bethell spent time at the golf course before the match dayI never played golf when I played cricket I was in the nets hitting thousands of balls trying to make improvements here in the subcontinent Have your days off in EnglandEngland will be bitterly disappointed but they have only got themselves to blame The margin of defeat got bigger and bigger Thinking caps need to go on very quickly If you dont practice you dont improveThe subcontinent is where you learn the art of being able to play these guys by playing all sorts of spinners in the nets England should be spending hours in the nets and leaving India thinking they are much better players of spinFormer India coach Ravi Shastri had also touched upon Englands lack of sufficient trainingFrom what Ive heard England have had just one net session this entire trip if not any If youre not prepared to do the hard yards youre not going to improveiquest Shastri said while doing commentaryHowever skipper Jos Buttler defended his teams training scheduleIm not sure thats quite true to be honest We had a reasonably long tour a few long travel days Theres been a couple of times weve not trained but weve certainly done plenty of training throughout the tour Buttler told the mediaWe obviously try and create a really good environment but dont mistake that for a lazy environment or a lack of effort The guys are desperate to perform and do well and improve Buttler addedWith PTI Inputs