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England’s decision to bar Pietersen from T20s is unfortunate: Chris Gayle – Cricket News Update

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http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CH-Gayle-c1221 – Cricket News Update
Formidable http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806’s inability to play T20 matches, after having announced his retirement from One-Day Internationals, is “unfortunate” for a player with his capabilities and reputation.  
“The Kevin Pietersen situation is really unfortunate. The England rules are that, once you don't play 50-over cricket, you can't play T20,” Gayle said while speaking to the
Sun. “If someone wants to retire from one, I don't see why he has to retire from the other. Kevin is a star player and he must know how much his body can take.”
Pietersen announced his retirement from all forms of limited-overs international cricket, citing the busy schedule as the reason behind his decision. He pointed out that barring Indian skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028, he’d played the most international cricket over the
last seven years. The right-hander claimed that he would be limiting himself exclusively to Tests for the national side, but would not quit playing in the Indian Premier League T20 tournament.
The decision drew mixed responses, with ECB expressing disappointment at the timing of Pietersen’s announcement – just 4 months before England prepare to defend their http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World Twenty20 title.
However, the 31-year-old, who was the Player of the Tournament in the last World T20 held in the Caribbean two years ago, claimed that he was ready and willing to play in the World T20 if the ECB allowed him to.
“For the record, were the selection criteria not in place, I would have readily played for England in the upcoming World Twenty20,” Pietersen said, before going on to observe that the rules in contracts would have to be changed in order to make that possible.
The star batsman – a veteran of 127 ODIs (with 4184 runs at an average of 41.84) and 36 T20 Internationals (with a total of 1176 runs at 37.93) – leaves his side considerably weakened as they go into the upcoming World T20, scheduled to begin in September
this year in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758.
“KP is the best batsman in the team and the coach, captain, players and fans will really miss him,” observed fellow T20 superstar Gayle.

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