Ian Bishop takes a dig at Kevin Pietersen, reminds him of his shameful captaincy for Delhi Capitals during 2013 season

 Ian Bishop takes a dig at Kevin Pietersen, reminds him of his shameful captaincy for Delhi Capitals during 2013 season

Ian Bishop – Kevin Pieterson (Source – Twitter)

Indian cricketing legend Sunil Gavaskar and the West Indian great Ian Bishop took a dig at the former England cricketer Kevin Pieterson during their commentary stint in the ongoing match of IPL 2023 between Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders.

Talking about DC’s performance in the ongoing season, Bishop said that Delhi have lost their first five league games of the season for the first time since 2013. After breaking into uncontrollable laughter, the former West Indian also clarified that he had no intentions to target Pieterson as he was the skipper of DC in 2013.

“Only the second time that Delhi Capitals have lost their first five games of their season. It last happened back in 2013 (laughs). Kevin Pietersen has just put his hand in the air and said he was the captain back then. That’s not my intimation,” Bishop said during his commentary stint on Star Sports.

Replying to Bishop’s comments, Pieterson found himself guilty and hoped that it doesn’t happen with David Warner, who is leading DC in the ongoing season.

“I put my hand up and said guilty as captain. Let’s hope it doesn’t happen to Warner this evening. Absolutely not, they have won the toss and that’s the first job done very well. And for this great city, for this great fan base. They got to get off to a winning start in this campaign this evening Sunny,” said Pieterson.

‘They have to get their campaign going’ – Gavaskar

After that, Gavaskar also joined the on-air banter between Bishop and Pieterson and made a noteworthy statement about DC’s performance in the ongoing season.

“Absolutely, they have to get their campaign going. I don’t know what you said to your team after those losses to lift themselves up. That’s something Warner will want to tell his team. To be positive, to believe in yourself, to grab the hard chances. That is so important, field well and restrict KKR to a total that is gettable,” Gavaskar added.

However, DC are leading to their first victory of the season as they bowled out KKR for 127 runs in 20 overs at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Delhi bowlers did a tremendous job and kept taking wickets at regular intervals.

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