Kevin Pietersen has won and lost plenty of fans over the years, so he may not be too disturbed by the news that he is no longer Dan Evans' favourite cricketer.
Evans, the British tennis player, has told of being turned down for a photograph with Pietersen while in Melbourne. Evans is currently competing in the Australian Open, where he has reached the fourth round - his best performance in a major - but was not pleased by Pietersen's rejection on a night out.
Evans is set to enter the ATP's top 50, having made his first final at the Sydney International last week, but Pietersen was not interested in posing for a picture when stopped in the street. Pietersen, who plays for Melbourne Stars in the BBL, later apologised to Evans via Twitter.
"He didn't want me to have a picture with him," Evans said after his surprise win over Australia's Bernard Tomic to reach the last 16 in Melbourne. "I think he was worse for wear - well that was his excuse when he replied.
"He was my favourite cricketer until that point, genuinely was, but there was some serious rage for about 20 minutes after that happened. It was a bad moment."
Birmingham-born Evans will presumably now be rooting for Ian Bell's Perth Scorchers when they take on Pietersen's Stars in the Big Bash semi-finals next week.