On For the Love of Cricket, the England pair finalised their all-time IPL XI, together with a number of legends but additionally leaving out a number of high-profile gamers.Pietersen’s IPL XI: Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Andre Russell, Ravindra Jadeja, Sunil Narine, Yuzvendra Chahal, Lasith Malinga, Jasprit Bumrah.Pietersen didn’t keep on with the four-overseas-player restrict both, together with 5 worldwide stars in his XI. Gamers like Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya had been omitted, with the profitable Mumbai Indians trio lacking the lower regardless of their title-winning pedigree.Buttler, himself an IPL standout, requested Pietersen to select two openers from Kohli, Gayle, David Warner and Rohit. Pietersen rapidly settled on the 2 RCB icons with out hesitation.De Villiers was an easy inclusion, with the South African legend becoming a member of Raina within the center order. Nevertheless, Pietersen omitted names similar to KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Glenn Maxwell and Kieron Pollard.Earlier than finalising his center order, Pietersen briefly reconsidered however returned to Dhoni, calling him the ‘solely non-negotiable’ decide. Among the many all-rounders, he ignored Hardik Pandya in favour of Russell and Narine, stating that the latter would function in any IPL XI.His ultimate all-rounder choice was Jadeja, finishing the crew steadiness forward of naming the bowlers. Pietersen then picked Chahal over Rashid Khan, calling Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s determination to launch him “the worst in IPL historical past”.