Kevin Pietersen excited about playing in IPL5 - Cricket News Update
The prolific http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806, is hopeful his stint with Delhi Daredevils in the ongoing season five of the lucrative Indian Premier League will help him improve his game in sub-continent conditions, ahead of the World
T20 Championship, to be hosted by Sri Lanka in September this year.
The 31-year-old South Africa-born English batsman, who missed the initial two IPL matches for Delhi Daredevils due to national duty, left for India soon after the Poms salvaged world number one Test spot by levelling two Test series against
Sri Lanka 1-1.
Pietersen had come to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 – three Test, four ODIs and three T20 Internationals – and it is feared that his body might not bear another 54-days of intense cricket. However, the right-handed
top order batsman insisted that the time in India will only help him develop as a more accomplished player in sub-continental conditions ahead of a busy summer for the Poms. Terming himself lucky, KP said that it’s a massive bonus for him ahead of a crucial
tour of India latter this year.
"The great thing about the IPL is we go there and today, tomorrow afternoon, Tuesday...I can just spend hours in the nets," said Pietersen before leaving for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 on Sunday, April 8, 2012.
"You've always got people wanting to bowl to you and wanting to competitively get you out in the nets so I see it as an opportunity to just improve my playing of spin bowling and improving my technique here in the sub-continent."
"I think it's a massive bonus, I'm very lucky," he added further.
At Delhi, he will be accompanied by Sri Lankan skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DPMD-Jayawardene-c1397 as another overseas player.
The inclusion of the experienced duo will bolster http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 Daredevils prospects in the match against defending champions Chennai Super Kings at home on Tuesday. The Daredevils have so far played two matches winning the rain-curtailed opener
against Kolkata Knight Riders and losing Saturday’s match against Royal Challengers Bangalore by 20 runs.
The Daredevils are still without likes of explosive http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 these days to play three Test series against the Caribbean side.
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