The coronavirus pandemic has forced many countries around the world to seal their borders and implement a nationwide lockdown and the people have left with no option than to be inside their houses. Whoever you ask, will only curse the virus for disrupting their lives, and rightly so, as it is hard to find any silver-lining amid this global pandemic. But former England batsman Kevin Pietersen was of different opinion.

The cricketer-turned-commentator on Wednesday took to Twitter to thank the novel coronavirus for making “awkward greetings” rituals, like kissing on cheek or shaking hand, a thing of past.

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Tweeting about the same, Pietersen wrote: “The one thing I’ll thank Covid for, is NO MORE of those awkward greetings. One kiss on a cheek, or two, or 3, like in Europe etc etc. And the handshake for NO REASON! They’re GONE!”

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Pietersen was born in South Africa but went on to play for England at the international level. In his illustrious career, Kevin played 104 Tests, 136 ODIs, and 37 T20Is for the Brits. 

During the lockdown, Pietersen has been conducting many live sessions on different social media platforms and during one such session, he was asked to pick between Indian skipper Kohli and Australia’s Steve Smith by fellow-commentator Pommie Mbangwa.

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Pietersen, without even mincing his words, picked Virat Kohli over Steve Smith, even going on to say that the former Australia skipper “doesn’t even come close” to the Indian skipper.

Talking about the two modern-day greats, Pietersen said, “Kohli, hands down. Freakshow. His record chasing, winning games for India with the amount of pressure he consistently lives under, Smith doesn’t even come close.”