Kevin Pietersen asks Donald Trump to research on how to pronounce legends' names

Kevin Pietersen came forward and took a dig at US President Donald Trump for misprouncing names of two of best batting maestros as well as world-class cricketers Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli during his speech at Motera Stadium in Ahmedabad on Monday. Trump is currently in India on a two-day visit along with his better half,  'First Lady' Melania Trump and ir daughter Ivanka.

KP asksTrump to do some research

During his speech, US President had prounced Sachin Tendulkar as 'Soo-chin' and Virat Kohli as 'Virot Kolee'. Pietersen took to micro-blogging site and requested English broadcaster Piers Morgan to ask Donald Trump to do some research in prouncing legends' names.

Earlier, KP's former English team-mate and skipper Michael Vaughan, as well as governing body of world cricket International Cricket Council (ICC), had also trolled Trump for misprouncing cricketers' names.

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Sachin & Kohli's contribution to Indian cricket

Both Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli have made nation proud and won many laurels by making ir bat do talking. Tendulkar had made his debut at international level as a teenr back in 1989. Sachin has scored 15921 runs in 200 Tests and 18426 runs in 463 One Day Internationals. He also remains top run-scorer in both se formats to date. Little Master also has 100 international centuries to his name which is a feat that one else has achieved. champion batsman also became first player to score a double century in ODI cricket.

Meanwhile, Virat Kohli first burst onto scene just months after leading India to a U-19 World Cup triumph in 2008. He has scored 7223 runs in 85 Tests, 11867 runs in 248 ODIs and 2794 runs in 82 T20Is. Kohli (43) needs just seven more tons to get past his idol Sachin who has 49 tons in 50-overs format. Indian skipper had surpassed likes of Tendulkar and Caribbean legend Brian Lara to become only player in history of game to score 20,000 runs in international cricket. He had achieved this feat during World Cup 2019. 

Both Tendulkar and Kohli were a part of Indian squad that had emerged triumphant at 2011 World Cup where Men In Blue won ir second world title after a long wait of 28 years. Kohli and n team-mate Suresh Raina were seen carrying cricket legend on ir shoulders while taking a victory lap. 

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