Is Kevin Pietersen joining Britain's archery team at Rio 2016 or Tokyo 2020?

Explosive batsman Kevin Pietersen's still keen to represent England in international competitions. After his cricket career was cut short, it seems he is looking to mark his mark as an archer

Explosive batsman Kevin Pietersen's England career is over and with it his day job as an international cricketer. But despite being unceremoniously dumped from the England national cricket squad early in 2014, the 33-year-old's desire to represent his country hasn't died down.

The South Africa-born cricketer who scored 8,181 runs at an average of 47 in 104 Tests, in addition to 4,440 runs in 136 one-day internationals and 1,176 runs in 37 Twenty20s, seems to be as keen as ever to represent England.

The batsman just may have to change his weapon of choice from a bat to some other instrument.

Well, from what the International Cricket Council (ICC) has tweeted, it seems that KP is replacing the bat with a bow and arrow.

Is @KP24 making a late bid to joing @TeamGB's archery team at the #Rio2016 @Olympics?! pic.twitter.com/joRPfaJ4Kv

— ICC (@ICC) August 5, 2016

But while it may be too late for KP to qualify for the Rio Olympics 2016, there may still be time for him to qualify as an archer for the Tokyo Olympics in 2010.

Now, let's see if we will see Pietersen the archer taking centrestage at Tokyo in four years time. 

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