Vaughan said pressure would now be immense on Pietersen and he wanted the lanky batsman to bat his way out of the crisis.
"There will be pressure on KP after all the controversy and I hope he is not going to be affected by it. He has the flair and ability to make world-class bowlers look ordinary, and I think he will average 50-odd and become the world No. 1," Vaughan said.
"What Kevin has to do now is go to the West Indies and score a hundred in the first Test, then all the controversy will be forgotten. England need Kevin to be challenging to be the No 1 batsman in the world.
"I held the title for about a month but he is the one England player who I have played with who has the ability to sustain the No 1 position in the world. He is that good, that now has to be his goal. If he does that he will help England win many more games," Vaughan wrote in his column for The Daily Telegraph. |