{"id":34199,"date":"2017-04-07T02:00:32","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T02:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=34199"},"modified":"2017-04-07T02:00:32","modified_gmt":"2017-04-07T02:00:32","slug":"ipl-10-dhoni-pietersen-engage-in-friendly-banter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=34199","title":{"rendered":"IPL-10: Dhoni-Pietersen engage in friendly banter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-34198\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MS-Dhoni-RPS.jpg\" alt=\"MS Dhoni RPS\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" width=\"520\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MS-Dhoni-RPS.jpg 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MS-Dhoni-RPS-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MS-Dhoni-RPS-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>Pune: Friendly banters have always been a part and parcel of cricket and this time it was two former Rising Pune Supergiant (RPS) teammates &#8212; Mahendra Singh Dhoni and England&#8217;s Kevin Pietersen &#8212; taking shots at each other in the 2017 Indian Premier League (IPL) match against Mumbai Indians here on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>In the second over of the match, Pietersen, who skipped playing this edition of the IPL and instead is at the commentator&#8217;s box asked Pune&#8217;s Manoj Tiwary on the microphone to tell Dhoni that the former England batsman is a better golfer than the Ranchi stumper.<\/p>\n<p>After insisting, Tiwary, who was fielding at slips went to Dhoni, and passed Pietersen&#8217;s message to which Dhoni retorted: &#8220;He&#8217;s still my first Test wicket,&#8221; which triggered laughter in the commentary box as well as to the viewers.<\/p>\n<p>Dhoni, however, forgot that his appeal to get Pietersen caught behind during the 2011 tour to England was turned down by umpire Billy Bowden.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-34198\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MS-Dhoni-RPS.jpg\" alt=\"MS Dhoni RPS\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; 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