'Batting these days is way easier...': England great takes brutal dig on modern-day bowlers after Joe Root and Ben Stokes' tons in Manchester Test

Former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen has taken a veil dig on modern-day bowlers and has claimed that batting has become way easier these days than it was in the previous era. This statement comes after the Three Lions posted a humongous total of 669 runs against India on the fourth day of the Manchester Test. They did so thanks to exceptional centuries from both Joe Root (150) and Ben Stokes (141), both of whom smashed Indian bowlers all around Old Trafford.

Root broke a plethora of records with his century against India 

Root also became the second-highest run-getter in Test cricket, surpassing the likes of Jacques Kallis, Rahul Dravid and Ricky Ponting on the list. The England star batter currently has 13,409 runs in red-ball cricket and is only behind the legendary Sachin Tendulkar, who scored 15,921 runs in his illustrious Test career.

Pietersen not only raised questions over the performance of modern-day bowlers, but also named 22 legendary bowlers and claimed that none of the bowlers today could compare with them.