Kevin Pietersen responds after Gautam Gambhir questioned England legend's captaincy credentials

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Former England skipper Kevin Pietersen had a hilarious response to Gautam Gambhir's comments questioning his achievements, or lack thereof, as a captain.

Recently, Gambhir, the Kolkata Knight Riders' mentor, recently appeared in a chat with Sportskeeda, where he was asked about the criticism received by Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya from the likes of AB de Villiers and Pietersen. 

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Gambhir quickly downplayed De Villiers and Pietersen's words, stating that the duo had achieved absolutely nothing as captains during their playing careers.

MORE: Is Hardik Pandya a better captain than AB de Villiers?

Kevin Pietersen responds to Gautam Gambhir in a spirited way

Pietersen took to X (formerly Twitter) to respond to Gambhir's rather blunt statements regarding his captaincy credentials. 

The Englishman took those statements in a light-hearted way and reacted in quite a spirited fashion. "He’s not wrong. I was a terrible captain!!!," Pietersen wrote on X, tagging Gambhir.

What did Gautam Gambhir say about Kevin Pietersen and AB de Villiers' captaincy?

Gambhir did not hold himself back from criticising Pietersen and De Villiers as captains in a candid chat with Sportskeeda.

When these two captained, what were their performances? I don’t think Kevin Pietersen and AB de Villiers achieved anything remarkable as captains. When you look at their records, it is worse than any other leader. I don’t think AB de Villiers has led in IPL. If AB has, I don’t think he has achieved anything apart from his own scores. Hardik Pandya is still an IPL winning captain. So you should compare oranges to oranges and not oranges to apples.

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Parshva is a Content Producer for The Sporting News' India edition.
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