The two former players on Twitter have been involved in a war of words.
Former England skipper Kevin Pietersen got involved in a heated argument with ex-South African opener Alviro Petersen on Twitter.
Gulam Bodi, the former Proteas batsman, was sentenced to five years in jail after pleading guilty to eight charges of corruption.
The batsman had been banned for 20 years by national body Cricket South Africa (CSA) for his role in attempting to fix or influence matches in a 2105 domestic T20 competition.
Alviro shared his thoughts about the matter on Twitter and termed the event as ‘great day for cricket’.
1. 'Good day for cricket'
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“Good day for cricket!!! Gulam Bodi just been sentenced to 5 years in prison."
"He will apply for leave to Appeal and to extend bail his bail, pending the outcome of the appeal,” Alviro's post read on Twitter.
Good day for cricket!!!
— Alviro Petersen (@AlviroPetersen) October 18, 2019
Gulam Bodi just been sentenced to 5 years in prison.
He will apply for leave to Appeal and to extend bail his bail, pending the outcome of the appeal.
2. 'Wow'
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But the Englishman was not at all have with this action and quickly brought up the match-fixing scandal in which Alviro Petersen was involved in.
Kevin replied to his tweet with, "You’ve really tweeted this when YOU were banned for two years for the part YOU played?!?! Wow!"
You’ve really tweeted this when YOU were banned for two years for the part YOU played?!?!
— Kevin Pietersen (@KP24) October 18, 2019
Wow!
3. 'That's it, FOR NOW'
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Other than Bodi, six more players were also got punished.
Petersen, Ethy Mbhalati, Thami Tsolekile, Jean Symes, Lonwabo Tsotsobe and Pumi Matshikwe were found guilty for fixing charges and were handed bans of 2-12 years.
Petersen also went full guns blazing at Kevin and reminded the England batsman of his past misdeed.
“What's wrong with it? You seem to know a lot, why was I banned for 2 years? While you are busy explaining, explain; 1. Reporting your captain to us in 2012, mid series? 2. Newlands test? That's it, FOR NOW...!!” Alviro replied back.
What's wrong with it?
— Alviro Petersen (@AlviroPetersen) October 18, 2019
You seem to know a lot, why was I banned for 2 years?
While you are busy explaining, explain;
1. Reporting your captain to us in 2012, mid series?
2. Newlands test?
That's it, FOR NOW...!!
