James Anderson wants Pietersen back for India Tests ? Cricket News Update
England?s pace bowling spearhead James Anderson wants Kevin Pietersen back in the side for the upcoming Test tour of India.
While speaking to media reporters on Friday, the Lancashire seamer said that the Poms need the hard-hitting top order batsman back in the ranks if they are to regain their Test No. 1 ranking, which they relinquished to South Africa this summer.
Pietersen, 32, has been out of England fold since early August, after being dropped for the third Test against South Africa, after sending some derogatory texts to the Proteas players in the preceding Test. Pietersen was also overlooked for the recently concluded ICC World T20 championship in Sri Lanka, where the Three Lions faced a Super Eights ouster following their not so impressive performances, especially with the bat.
However, the England and Wales Cricket Board earlier this month accepted that there was nothing offensive about the then captain Andrew Strauss or the coach Andy Flower in those texts, and has also agreed terms of reintegration with the Natal-born cricketer. The board also handed a provisional four-month contract to Pietersen and has assured that the batsman will be soon restored in the national side. However, it is yet to be determined when will KP don the Three Lions jersey again.
Anderson on Friday said that it would be great if the hard-hitting top-order batsman could be included in the squad for the India Test series, commencing on November 15, in Ahmedabad.
"We want to get back to number one and we need our best players to do that. Kevin is one of our best, " Anderson told BBC.
"If he is there then brilliant. Hopefully we can draw a line under the whole episode and crack on with the tour of India," he added further.
England are scheduled to play four Tests and Two T20 Internationals against India in November December, before returning to home for Christmas and New Year. They will go back to India in early January next year to play a five ODI series against the Men in Blue.
The controversial batsman is currently in South Africa to play for his IPL side Delhi Daredevils in the latest edition of the Champions League T20, which gets underway in Centurion today and will run until October 28.
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