Kevin Pietersen
Kevin Peter Pietersen MBE (an haife shi a ranar 27 ga watan Yunin 1980), ɗan wasan kurket ne, mai ra'ayin kiyayewa, kuma tsohon ɗan wasan kurket na ƙasan Ingila. Shi ɗan wasa ne na hannun dama kuma ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na lokaci-lokaci wanda ya taka leda a duk nau'ika uku don Ingila tsakanin shekarar 2005 da ta 2014, wanda ya haɗa da ɗan gajeren lokaci a matsayin kyaftin .

An haifi Pietersen ga mahaifin Afrikaner da mahaifiyar Ingila a Afirka ta Kudu. Ya buga wasansa na farko a Natal a shekarar 1997 kuma ya koma Ingila a shekara ta 2000, bayan da ya bayyana rashin jin daɗinsa da abin da ya ce tsarin ƙabilanci a wasan kurket na Afirka ta Kudu.  Kasancewa zuriyar Ingilishi, Pietersen ya cancanci shiga tawagar Ingila muddin ya fara yin hidimar cancantar shekaru huɗu a wasan kurket na lardin Ingilishi. Ingila ta kira shi kusan nan da nan bayan ya kammala shekaru huɗu tare da Nottinghamshire . Ya buga wasansa na farko na duniya a wasan One Day International (ODI) da Zimbabwe a shekarar 2004 da kuma wasan gwajin sa na farko a cikin jerin toka na shekarar 2005 da Australia . 

Pietersen ya bar Nottinghamshire zuwa Hampshire a cikin shekarar 2005, amma dogaro da tawagar Ingila da ta biyo baya ya sa Pietersen ya fito ajin farko na sabuwar gundumarsa tsakanin shekarar 2005 da ta 2010. A cikin Yunin 2010, Pietersen ya sanar da burinsa na barin Hampshire;  ya shiga Surrey a matsayin aro na sauran kakar wasa, sannan ya koma dindindin a shekarar 2011.  

Pietersen ya kasance kyaftin na Gwajin Ingila da kungiyoyin ODI daga ranar 4 ga watan Agustan 2008 zuwa 7 Janairun 2009, amma ya yi murabus bayan Gwaji uku kawai da ODI tara bayan taƙaddamar da kocin Ingila Peter Moores, wanda aka kora a rana guda.  Dangantakar Pietersen da ECB ba ta sake farfaɗowa ba. Wannan ya zo kan gaba a cikin shekarar 2012 lokacin, bayan rashin jituwa kan jadawalinsa, Pietersen ya sanar da yin ritaya daga kowane nau'i na wasan kurket na iyakacin duniya a ranar 31 ga watan Mayu.   Ko da yake daga baya ya janye ritayar sa, dangantakarsa da ECB da abokan wasansa sun yi tsami yayin jerin gwano da Afirka ta Kudu,  kuma an jefa shi don gwajin ƙarshe na wannan jerin.  Pietersen na ƙarshe ya buga wa Ingila wasa a cikin shekarar 2013-2014 Ashes da ODI na gaba, bayan haka an sanar da shi cewa ba a sake la'akari da shi don zaɓin ƙasa da ƙasa.

Ya kuma buga wa Melbourne Stars a Babban Bash League har zuwa karshen BBL | 07 (lokaci na bakwai), Quetta Gladiators a cikin Pakistan Super League da kuma Hollywoodbets Dolphins a cikin CSA T20 Challenge . Hakanan Rising Pune Supergiants ya sanya hannu a kan kakar shekarar 2016 na gasar Premier ta Indiya .

Pietersen yana daya daga cikin dan wasa mafi sauri da ya kai ODI gudu 1,000 kuma har yanzu yana rike da tarihin zama ɗan wasa mafi sauri da ya haye gudu 2,000 a wasan kurket na ƙasa da ƙasa na Rana Ɗaya.   Yana da jimillar gudu na biyu mafi girma daga gwaje-gwajensa na 25 na farko, bayan Sir Don Bradman na Ostiraliya kawai,  kuma shi ne ɗan wasa mafi sauri, dangane da kwanaki, don isa gwajin gwajin 4,000, 5,000 da 7,000.    Ya zama ɗan wasan Bature na uku kacal da ya kai matsayin ICC One Day International martaba, yana yin haka a cikin watan Maris 2007.  A cikin watan Yulin 2008, bayan ƙarni na ƙarni a kan Afirka ta Kudu, The Times ta kira shi "mafi cikakken ɗan wasa a wasan kurket"  kuma a cikin shekarar 2012 The Guardian ya kira shi "Babban ɗan wasa na zamani na Ingila".  A lokacin gwajin gwaji na 1000 na Ingila a cikin watan Agustan 2018, ECB ta sanya shi a cikin mafi girma Test XI na ƙasar.  Ya lashe kyautar gwarzon ɗan wasan da ya yi a cikin  2010 ICC World Twenty20 da kuma taimaka wa Ƙungiyar Wasan Kurket ta Ingila lashe kofin ICC na farko.

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