Rising Pune Supergiants cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni stretches during the 2017 Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket match between Rising Pune Supergiants and Mumbai Indians at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune on April 6, 2017. Pic/AFP

Pune: Friendly banters have always been a part and parcel of cricket and this time it was two former Rising Pune Supergiant (RPS) teammates -- Mahendra Singh Dhoni and England's Kevin Pietersen -- taking shots at each other in the 2017 Indian Premier League (IPL) match against Mumbai Indians in Pune on Thursday.