Published: Oct 06, 2014, 12:27 PM (IST)
Edited: Oct 06, 2014, 09:23 PM (IST)
Oct 6, 2014
Kevin Pietersen believes that the fake Twitter account — believed to have been run by someone from the England dressing room — led to what Pietersen referred to as his “mental disintegration.” The Textgate row that followed, resulted in his suspension from the England squad.
According to Telegraph Sport, Pietersen admits to the fact that he did not disagree when a South African player called Andrew Strauss a “doos,” which is slang for “just an idiot.” Pietersen said, “I regret being involved in conversations like that, and I shouldn’t have been, but mentally I was totally broken. I was crying in a room with Andy Flower during that Test match, saying, how the hell has it come to this?”
Explaining the reason he was upset, he said, “What had happened the previous week where I got told by a senior player that that Twitter account was being run from inside our dressing room. I was completely broken, absolutely finished, mentally shot.”
“I got out in the second innings. They said you can open the batting because we need 220 in 30 overs and I said – yeah, I’ll give it a go. Whacked a few, got out, went into the backroom at Headingly and found a spot where I slept. It was pitch black. That’s not me. I don’t do that. I was mentally completely broken,” he added.
“Yes, of course I regret getting Straussy involved. I went to his house to apologise – said I’m really sorry – I should never have got you involved, it hurt your final Test match. And I apologised to his wife too, through him. I said – please tell Ruth I’m so sorry, because the wife always goes through it with you. But I was mentally gone, because of what happened with that twitter. I was like – right this is a difficult place for me now,” he was quoted saying.
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