Pietersen Finding Difficulty
The recently retired English batsman, Kevin Pietersen, is finding it hard to score runs in the Pepsi IPL 2014. He has returned to action after getting rid of his finger injury and he clearly seems rusty at the moment. Batting for his team Delhi Daredevils in the last game versus the Kolkata Knight Riders, Pietersen looked completely out of sorts against the spinners. He didn’t have the clue which way the ball was turning. Eventually, he got so frustrated that he went for a suicidal run and was run out.
Pietersen needs to raise his game pretty soon if he has to guide the Daredevils through to the playoffs. That’s looking almost an impossible task at the moment, but, Pietersen has done wonderful things in the past. So, people are still not writing his team off.
Pietersen’s bad form so far might be surprising for his fans, but, as far as the experts and the former players are concerned, they are not surprised at all. According to them, Pietersen had not played enough top level cricket coming into this tournament and on top of that, he got injured as well. So, there was no way that he could have come all guns blazing. He needs a bit of time.
But, everyone knows that Pietersen is not an ordinary player. He was in a similar position in 2012 as well during the test series versus India. He had struggled to put bat on ball in the first test at Ahmedabad and was criticized a lot for that. A few days later, in the second test, he played one of the all-time greatest test innings on a turning track. One should not be surprised if he does something similar in the next couple of IPL games.