The Indian Premier League 2022 (IPL 2022) came to an end on Tuesday, May 29, with Gujarat Titans (GT) becoming the champions. Now former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen has selected the playing 11 of IPL 2022. In this, he has not given place to players like Dinesh Karthik and Rashid Khan, while he has expressed confidence in two uncapped players Rahul Teotia and Umran Malik. There has also been a mistake while choosing the team from him, which will be explained further.
The Hardik Pandya-led side performed well throughout the season. After the mega auction, no one expected this. The team topped the points table by winning 10 out of 14 matches in the league stage. In the playoffs also, Gujarat continued its stellar performance by winning Qualifier-1 to make it to the finals. Then they won the title in their very first season by defeating Rajasthan Royals in the final. Even after this, he gave only three players a chance.
Chance given to a player of RCB – Pietersen has selected three players from Rajasthan besides Gujarat in the team selected for Betway. Apart from this, two players each from Punjab and Lucknow and one player from RCB have been given a chance. They have picked three all-rounders and two spinners and two fast bowlers. Jos Buttler and Quinton de Kock have been selected as openers and KL Rahul at number three.
Ignored them – Pietersen has not given place to Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in his team. This year has not been good for both the veteran players. While Virat was the victim of golden duck thrice, Rohit did not get a single half-century from his bat. He has also ignored Rishabh Pant and Sanju Samson.
Mistake made while choosing the team – Pietersen made a big mistake while choosing the team. No more than 4 foreign players can play in the playing 11 of any IPL team. The former England captain did not keep this thing in mind while choosing the team. He picked five foreign players. These players are Jos Buttler, Quinton de Kock, Liam Livingstone, David Miller and Jos Hazlewood. KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Rahul Tewatia, Ravichandran Ashwin, Umran Malik and Yuzvendra Chahal are there.
Kevin Pietersen IPL 2022 Playing 11 – Jos Buttler, Quinton de Kock (wk), KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Liam Livingstone, David Miller, Ravichandran Ashwin, Rahul Tewatia, Umran Malik, Yuzvendra Chahal, Josh Hazlewood