Vikrant Shekhawat : Jun 01, 2022, 03:13 PM
IPL 2022 | Former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen has selected his best XI for the 2022 season of the Indian Premier League ie IPL. Pietersen has picked five foreign players in his XI. By the way, only four foreign players can play in an IPL XI. Pietersen has picked Gujarat Titans skipper Hardik Pandya as the captain, who has led the team to the title.England batsmen Jos Buttler, Quinton de Kock, David Miller, Liam Livingstone and Australian pacer Josh Hazlewood are part of Pietersen's XI. Pietersen has topped Jos Buttler, who scored 863 runs during IPL 2022. Regarding him, Pietersen said, "The second highest run-scorer ever in an IPL season, combined most centuries and some great hitting. He is the best player on the planet."He praised KL Rahul this season, who scored 616 runs. However, he included Quinton de Kock as an opener. KL Rahul will be at number three. At the same time, Pietersen, the former England cricketer-turned-commentator, also said that Hardik Pandya played his captain's role perfectly, scoring 487 runs and taking eight wickets. In this way he will be the captain of my team.Picking up all-rounder Liam Livingstone, who scored 537 runs and took six wickets for Punjab Kings, Pietersen said, "He hit 34 sixes in 14 innings. He scores incredibly fast." He also included David Miller, who scored 481 runs this season. Ravichandran Ashwin scored 191 runs and took 12 wickets, to which Pietersen said, "It is a great effort to average over 27 with the bat and take 12 wickets."Pietersen, seeing Rahul Tewatia's power hitting in the slog overs, found a place in the team, who scored 217 runs this season. These runs of Tewatia came as a finisher in many matches. Other players in Pietersen's best XI are pacer Umran Malik (22 wickets), this season's Purple Cap winner Yuzvendra Chahal (27 wickets) and Australian pacer Josh Hazlewood (20 wickets).Kevin Pietersen's Best IPL 2022 XIJos Buttler, Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya (captain), Liam Livingstone, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, R Ashwin, Umran Malik, Yuzvendra Chahal and Josh Hazlewood.