Where will KP go?
After all the denials and statements about the importance of playing for England, the cricket world's worst-kept secret is finally out. Kevin Pietersen will play in the IPL next year, and the deal might even top the $1.5 million a season that the Chennai Super Kings are paying Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Saturday's Daily Mail has the details, and everyone will now be left to guess which team manages to get their hands on one of the game's biggest hitters. Given his friendship with Shane Warne, and the thrilling cricket that the Rajasthan Royals have produced so far, the doosra's guess is that he'll be heading to Jaipur.
The ECB and Allen Stanford may eventually come up with their own alternatives to the IPL, but the Pietersen story is confirmation that the IPL is here to stay, and like the English Premier League, it will be the favoured destination for the world's best players.
Mr.Steven Alpert......There is no game superior to others...Games played for fun...If people are having fun, please let them hav it....In case of KP..I don't give a crap abt whether he will play or not...There are many biggies who were simply failed in IPL....Price should be performance based rather than hype...I don't think jaipur team need him...They already have better players like shane watson
Posted by: peddireddy | May 27, 2008 at 03:13 AM
I don't want my Cricket to be "inspired" or re-invented by India or any other country. I like the real game of cricket. If what you really desire is a game that can be played in 3 hours and has bats and balls, watch American Baseball. It is a far superior game to watered-down cricket and fits naturally in a 3 hour time frame.
Posted by: Steven Alpert | May 24, 2008 at 06:15 PM
Sorry, 20/20 is a poor version of the game of Cricket. I just don't want to see it. The worst of it is that DirecTv's CricketPlus channel is showing these damned IPL matches instead of England-New Zealands Test series. Going to cancel my CricketPlus over it.
Posted by: Steven Alpert | May 22, 2008 at 10:48 PM
ITS BEEN TREFIC FEELING BEING INDIAN AND IPL BEING INDIAN.I AM FIRM BELIEVER THAT INDIA INVENTS AND INSPIRE CRICKET.WITH THE IPL REPUTATION BEING SKYROKETING NOT EVEN THE PURIST CAN HELP BUT ADMIRE.KP SEEMS TO BE HEADING TO MUMBAI AS SACHIN IS THE ONLY PERSON WHO IS CAPABLE OF DRAWING THE MAXIMUM.RAJASTHAN BEING THE OTHER GUESS FOR MANUJ BEING IN ENLAND AND THE CO OWNER A MEDIA TYCON.
Posted by: AMRIT DOLEY | May 20, 2008 at 09:06 AM
most definitely the Royally Challenged.. Kevin will fit in like a glove...
Imagine how much fun the dressing room atmosphere will be when Dale, Jacques, Mark and Kevin trade stories and jokes about Graeme.. In Afrikaans..
The Afrikaans effect worked for the Poms ( think Pieterson, Strauss, Donald and Flower in the same dressing room) and could work for the Royally Challenged too..
And what a marketing coup it will be for UB - good volk drink KingFisher, not Castle Lager..
Take that SABMiller! :)
Cheers
Posted by: Homer | May 17, 2008 at 11:24 PM
So was he joking 2 months ago when he said he wasnt interested in playing in the IPL.. Cricinfo says its some wealthy family that s trying to get him.. It could only be the Mumbai Indians who can afford all that money considering there is no salary cap next year. Not having the salary cap - dumbest move so far by the IPL heads.
Posted by: Pontings _baldspot | May 17, 2008 at 06:08 PM