IPL 2022: R Ashwin, Rahul Tewatia amongst XI in Kevin Pietersen’s fascinating picks for Team of the Tournament

It’s that point of the yr when pundits decide and select the perfect XI from the Indian Premier League and this time it is the flip of England nice Kevin Pietersen to call his Team of the Tournament from IPL 2022. Pietersen, who had frolicked in Mumbai and Pune for the commentary duties, had watched the motion from up shut and he has give you a complete record.

IPL title-winning captain Hardik Pandya is an apparent decide in Kevin Pietersen’s IPL 2022 XI. The India all-rounder made a shocking comeback, scoring in extra of 480 runs and choosing up as many as 8 wickets as he led Gujarat Titans from the entrance.

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In the ultimate in opposition to the Rajasthan Royals on the Narendra Modi Stadium, Hardik proved his doubters fallacious by developing with a dream spell with the ball, choosing up 3 wickets, together with that of Jos Buttler, the Orange Cap winner, Sanju Samson and Shimron Hetmyer. He broke the again of Rajasthan’s batting unit earlier than shining with the bat in a difficult chase of 131.

Pietersen has picked Jos Buttler and Quinton de Kock as openers. While the England star hit 863 runs, together with 4 lots of, in a shocking marketing campaign, de Kock was a pillar of energy for newbies Lucknow Super Giants of their inaugural season.

While naming Buttler and de Kock on the high, Pietersen has not missed out on KL Rahul, the LSG captain, who continued his nice run with the bat in IPL, scoring over 600 runs once more on this season.

At No.4 is captain marvel Hardik Pandya who reveled in his new position increased up the order.

Pietersen added firepower to his line-up by having Punjab Kings’ Liam Livingstone at No. 5 and Gujarat Titans’ David Miller at No. 6.

“Miller went to a new level in this competition,” Pietersen stated in his column for Betway Insider.

He scored double figures in his final 13 innings, which is gorgeous consistency for a dying hitter. That run included a superb 94 in opposition to CSK after which one of many innings of the IPL, 68* to get Gujarat into the ultimate in opposition to the Royals.

Pietersen has loads of batting depth in his IPL 2022 XI. He bought in Rahul Tewatia and R Ashwin as his two spin-bowling all-rounders.

Explaining the explanation behind choosing Ashwin, Pietersen stated: Averaging over 27 with the bat and taking 12 wickets is a good effort. That all-round output implies that this was a nice marketing campaign.”

Pietersen picked Umran Malik, the SunRisers Hyderabad pacer who gained the Emerging Player of the Season award. The Jammu and Kashmir pacer has been rewarded for his robust displaying with an India call-up for the upcoming T20 sequence in opposition to South Africa.

Yuzvendra Chahal, the winner of the Purple Cap and RCB pacer Josh Hazlewood full Pietersen’s XI.

KEVIN PIETERSEN’S IPL 2022 XI: Jos Buttler, Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Liam Livingstone, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, R Ashwin, Umran Malik, Yuzvendra Chahal, Josh Hazlewood.