Before IPL 2026, Kevin Pietersen selected IPL’s ‘Dream XI’, did not give place to Rohit and Pandya

Delhi: Former England captain Kevin Pietersen recently chose his Dream 11 for IPL. He chose his favorite players from the options given by English wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler. Pietersen has chosen former West Indies batsman Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli as openers, who have been handling the responsibility of opening for RCB for a long time.

At the same time, Pietersen has given place to AB de Villiers for number 3 and Suresh Raina has been kept to play at number 4, who is also known by the fans as ‘Mr. IPL’. Both the players have scored more than 5 thousand runs in their IPL career.

Pietersen gave preference to these two players over stalwarts like KL Rahul, Glenn Maxwell, Rishabh Pant and Yuvraj Singh.

Pietersen made Mahendra Singh Dhoni the captain

Former legendary England batsman has made wicketkeeper batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni the captain of his Dream 11 of IPL. Pietersen has kept three all-rounders in his playing-11. Ignoring stars like Hardik Pandya and Dwayne Bravo, he has expressed confidence in Ravindra Jadeja, Sunil Narine and Andre Russell.

Whereas in the bowling department, Pietersen has selected Yuzvendra Chahal, Lasith Malinga and Jasprit Bumrah. Chahal occupies the top position in terms of taking most wickets in IPL. He has taken 221 wickets in his name in 174 matches. At the same time, Bumrah is at sixth position with 183 wickets.

IPL’s ‘Dream 11’ chosen by Kevin Pietersen

Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Suresh Raina, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain and wicketkeeper), Andre Russell, Ravindra Jadeja, Sunil Narine, Yuzvendra Chahal, Lasith Malinga and Jasprit Bumrah.

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