Former captain and batting star Kevin Pietersen said that it's 바카라stupid바카라 to blame the Indian Premier League (IPL) for England's embarrassing 0-4 loss to Australia in the recently concluded Ashes 2021-22 series. (More Cricket News)
England great David Gower was 바카라annoyed바카라 after their Ashes defeat and said current skipper Joe Root had players who were 바카라unavailable바카라 because of the IPL. Pietersen, an Ashes winner in 2005, 2009, 2010-11 and 2013, laughed at the remark.
바카라It is stupid. You can바카라t blame the IPL for the demise of Test cricket in England. It's crazy. I've commented on it quite a lot. It's the system, it's the county cricket system, which is poor. So there's no blame,바카라 Pietersen said on Thursday.
바카라It's crazy to blame the Indian Premier League because if you have a look at the Test team, there's only maybe (Ben) Stokes (Jonny) Bairstow and (Jos) Buttler who play the IPL... Hardly any of the Test team players play the IPL... So how can you blame the IPL? You can't blame the IPL. It's crazy,바카라 a former captain of the IPL바카라s Delhi franchise added.
Off-the-field, the English cricketers were also mired in a controversy after a report claimed that there was a 바카라drinking culture바카라 in the team with the players and coaches drinking late into the night before police broke up the session.
Pietersen said there was no harm in it as the players are affected by the strict bio-bubble restrictions. 바카라It's stressful. It's incredibly stressful. I've never played in a bubble. I can't imagine but I think it must be very lonely.
바카라You're not allowed to go to coffee shops. You're not allowed to go down to the restaurants, you're not allowed to do anything. And what else do you do? So I'm sure that the guys must have tried to find some sort of social activities in whichever way that they deem fit,바카라 he said.
The 41-year-old had earlier urged radical changes in the red-ball format in England with a call to impose 'The Hundred' template on first-class games as he felt that the standard of County Championship has fallen down.
Asked whether he sees himself as a batting coach of the side one day, Pietersen said: 바카라We'll see, we'll see. Maybe one day.바카라
