Satire: 5 possible newspaper headlines if Kevin Pietersen plays for South Africa in 2019

#2 June 25, 2019: "Faf du Plessis runs KP and AB out"

du Plessis ran out his partners in the crucial clash

South Africa suffered a setback in their bid to top Group A in the league stage as they lost by 8 runs to India in the clash at Cardiff. Faf du Plessis was the culprit as he ran both AB de Villiers and Kevin Pietersen out in successive overs to peg South Africa back. The former Proteas skipper, du Plessis, refused to run a quick single as Pietersen found himself stranded midway in the 35th over.

De Villiers, who walked in at the fall of Pietersen's wicket, was South Africa's last hope to chase down the target of 367. But in the next over, du Plessis tucked one to the leg-side and called AB for a run but then refused the single. de Villiers had by then hared to the other end where he found a smiling du Plessis greeting him.