Former England captain Kevin Pietersen is in India on a visit and he’s making one of the best use of his time by assembly high Indian political figures. On Friday (March 3), Pietersen met with Indian PM Narendra Modi and wrote a heartwarming caption. Pietersen wrote: “An honor to speak so passionately and warmly about the release of cheetahs on your birthday, Sir @narendramodi. Thank you for your infectious smile and firm handshake. I really look forward to seeing you again, Sir!”
KP, as he’s popularly referred to as, had met with India’s Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday, March 2. Pietersen had referred to as Shah ‘a sort, caring and inspirational man’ and the images had gone viral immediately.
See images of Pietersen’s meet-up with PM Modi and Amit Shah under:
An honor to talk so passionately and warmly concerning the launch of cheetahs in your birthday, Sir @narendramodi. Thank you in your infectious smile and agency handshake.
I actually stay up for seeing you once more, Sir! __ pic.twitter.com/9gEe3e1wwV
— Kevin Pietersen_ (@KP24) March 3, 2023
Thank you for essentially the most great welcoming this morning, Mr @AmitShah. Fascinating dialog. Kind, caring and inspirational man! Thank you! __ pic.twitter.com/qQJVdEBiua
— Kevin Pietersen_ (@KP24) March 2, 2023
KP has all the time been an enormous fan of the Indian PM. He had earlier praised PM Modi for his management through the difficult interval of Covid-19.Â
Pietersen was invited as visitor on the three-day The Raisina Dialogue occasion in India. He had tweeted per week after getting the invitation: “So extremely excited to be going to India next week to share the stage at the below geo-political conference. An honor to be invited! Traveling to India is always something that excites me.”
The England cricket star is a frequent customer to India. Back within the day, he used to return as a part of the England squad to play ODI and Test matches in India. But after his retirement, Pietersen travels to India to make commentary stints in Indian Premier Legaue and different main cricket sequence or tournaments.Â
Apart from his cricketing excellence, Pietersen takes energetic half in saving and defending wildlife and is engaged on a venture in Africa to avoid wasting the Rhinos.
Pietersen had an illustrious cricket profession wherein he performed 104 Test matches, 136 ODIs and 37 T20Is. In Test cricket, he completed with a complete of 8181 runs which got here at a mean of 47.29. KP completed with 4440 runs and 1176 runs in ODIs and T20Is respectively. Not to neglect, the laborious-hitting batter additionally performed 36 matches in IPL, scoring 1001 runs. Â