Former English batsman Kevin Pietersen reckons that Ben Stokes shouldn’t be allowed to travel for the Ashes following his involvement in a brawl in Bristol. The incident got hyped up when a video went viral on the internet showing Stokes smashing punches on a man.

Reacting to the same, Pietersen said, “I can hardly watch the bit at the end, it is horrendous. That 45-second video is brutal. The more you watch it the more shocking it is. I have watched it with some influential leaders in business and the general view was, ‘you cannot represent your country with a video like that going around’. It is a view I agree with.”

He further added, “Whether you like it or not, you become someone that people look up to. Someone that kids look up to. You cannot play for your country if you carry on like that. You cannot represent that badge.”

Pietersen concluded by sharing that Australia will be a tough country to tour and Stokes might fight it difficult to settle in. He said, “Australia is a hostile place and I don’t think with his personality, at least from what we have seen, I just don’t think it will work in Australia. Not this time. People get fined and suspended for bad timekeeping, swearing, for appealing too much. I don’t think that you can represent your country in the next Test match after that.”