KP’s ‘shukriya’ to Mumbai crowd

Kevin Pietersen, whose heroic knock of 186 played a huge part in England’s thumping 10-wicket victory against India in the second Test, has a few good words to say about the Mumbai crowd. Pietersen posted a message in hindi on his Twitter page to thank the crowd who gave him a standing ovation when he returned to the pavilion after his brilliant effort. “Dono teams ko support dene ke liye shukriya! Main chahta hoon kolkata aur nagpur mein agle do tests ke liye bhi aisa hi ho!”, Pietersen said on his Twitter account. “Test wins have to be celebrated! Mumbai is gonna get it tonight!”, he said in another update. Pietersen’s team-mate Matt Prior congratulated the dashing middle-order batsman. “Re integration’ complete! Well played @kevinpp24” Prior wrote on Twitter. ‘NO TO COMPLACENCY’ Heroes of England’s thumping 10-wicket triumph against India in the second Test, skipper Alastair Cook and aggressive batsman Pietersen today said the team will have to guard against complacency in the remaining two matches. “Any win in India is a huge win. I played 18 one-day games and won one game. I have won more Test matches than one day games in India. Any Test victory or any victory in India is huge,” said Pietersen. “But we are not going to get ahead of us, that is for sure. Last week we got hammered and this week we turned it around,” he added. Cook also said the team would not get carried away. “We have set the series out really well. We have got two games to go now and it is level.”