Joe Root backs ‘always brilliant’ Pietersen to bring best out of England players
Captain says he learned ‘huge amount’ from new mentor‘I’m probably last to have played with him still going’Joe Root has backed Kevin Pietersen to bring the best out of England’s players after the 46-year-old’s surprise appointment as a specialist mentor to the white-ball squad, saying he was “always brilliant” when the two played together towards the start of Root’s international career, a period in which he learned “a huge amount”.Pietersen was in the team when Root made his Test debut…
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