Did England lose the Ashes series because of IPL? Kevin Pietersen gave this answer

Kevin Pietersen On IPL And Ashes Series: Former England captain and batting legend Kevin Pietersen has termed it foolish to blame the Indian Premier League for his team’s 0-4 humiliating defeat in the recently concluded Ashes series. Former England great David Gower was very upset after the team’s defeat in the Ashes. He said that the current captain Joe Root had players who were unavailable due to IPL.

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Kevin Pietersen, who was part of the team that won the Ashes series in 2005, 2009, 2010-11 and 2013, laughed at this and said, “It is stupid.” You can’t blame the IPL for going down the drain of Test cricket in England. this is madness. I have given a lot of feedback on this. There is a lack in England’s cricket system for this. There is something wrong with county cricket.

Pietersen, who is representing ‘World Giants’ in ‘Legends League Cricket’, said, “Blaming the Indian Premier League is madness. Because if you look at the Test team, maybe only Ben Stokes, Jonny Bairstow and Jos Buttler play in the IPL.

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Pietersen, who was a part of Delhi’s franchise in IPL, further said, hardly any player of Test team plays IPL, so how can you blame IPL? You can’t blame IPL. this is madness.

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