Twitterati unimpressed with Kevin Pietersen trolling Joe Root

The dismal run of team England in the Ashes continues to be a worrying concern for the team management and the fans. They are well under the threat of a whitewash defeat in the all-important Ashes. Being 0-2 down and on the verge of losing the third Test as well, certainly does not help the cause of the team. Amidst this backdrop former English batsman Kevin Pietersen trolled the England captain Joe Root.

Kevin Pietersen took to micro blogging site Twitter to troll Root for the constant failure of the team. He sarcastically mocked Root as ‘captain fantastic’. It was a direct dig at the newly appointed England captain. KP also added a picture along with his tweet. In the picture, Joe Root is seen with a toy gun in his hand.

Here is what Kevin Pietersen tweeted:

Captain Fantastic! #Ashes pic.twitter.com/rV3n55P7Y5

— KP (@KP24) December 18, 2017

The Twitterati certainly did not like what the out-of-favor English batsman tweeted. They came back harsh at KP asking him not to mock Joe Root. Some of the users rightly cited that it is only unfair to be targeting the captain when the entire team is not performing as a unit. The fans stood by the corner of Root very loyally and defended him.

Commenting on the current run of form of the English skipper, Root is yet to leave an imprint on the series. His failure to get the runs in the series is somewhere being reflected in the way the shoulders are down for the visitors. When seen in contrast, the Australian counterpart, Steve Smith, has already hammered two tons in the Ashes 2017-18. This includes his career best effort of 239 in the Perth Test.

Needless to concede why Joe Root is being targeted by many as well. Kevin Pietersen is just a prominent name doing so. However, the way he trolled Root is something that irked the English fans.

Here is how the fans reacted to KP’s tweet:

Why really u trolling him. We know he is one of the best batsmen in the world, May be in this series he is not focusing. But I believe this will not last long, he will eventually come back with a bang

— Shazia Naaz (@ShaziaNaaz7) December 18, 2017

Nobody can understand his plight he has to bear so much on and off the field. No pace bowler and so much drama off the field and there r people like KP just making fun of others miseries

— Shazia Naaz (@ShaziaNaaz7) December 18, 2017

Don't upload such pics @KP24 your case is getting stronger for the come back and why Morgan is not in the test side???

— Haider Rezvi (@haider_rezvi84) December 18, 2017

He is a great captain and a great person

— Subhasish pramanik (@Shubhpramanik02) December 18, 2017

Used to have respect for you KP, now your showing your true petulant colors. How'd you go as captain of England again??? Oh yeah thats right…

— Marcus Stubbs (@Stubbzie76) December 18, 2017

England doesn’t seems to be serious atm and making mess of everything. #raincannotsaveEngland

— Budania (@kulkuldeep143) December 18, 2017

plz not let him down he is a world class player he learn from it

— Zaid Shaikh (@MohammedZaidSh3) December 18, 2017

Have a very good look at yourself Kevin. It's so easy as a Saffa to distance yourself from the current set up but by abusing our captain, you're reinforcing the idea that you shouldn't have qualified.

— PubsinSydney (@Elllow) December 18, 2017

KP troll @root66 and cook as if he was never in the team when England was whitewashed by Australia last time, he should look himself into mirror because he was also not able to win a game for England

— Shazia Naaz (@ShaziaNaaz7) December 18, 2017

you can't do the blame game, nope. May or may not be a best Captain, that's team ethics not to blame.

— vijayakumar S (@vksreddy) December 18, 2017

I've got a pistol in my pocket baby, I've got it pointing at you KP. Stop this nonsense.

— Sam Jeez (@Slamma1969) December 18, 2017

Sorry KP Dont Troll Him

— Ar_Baloch (@iamAr_07) December 18, 2017

You're a looser fantastic

— . (@AnonKoshur) December 18, 2017