Kevin Pietersen heads home after commentating stint in IPL

Kevin Pietersen made his IPL commentary debut this year. Though he is still an active professional cricketer, Pietersen gave this season a miss as he wanted to spend time with family.

The 36-year old is now heading home as per schedule but he will be seen commentating again during the last two weeks of the tournament. Pietersen had earlier mentioned that he will be a part of the commentating team for week one, week four and the finals only. He had a jam-packed schedule as he participated in the CSA T20 Challenge, a domestic T20 tournament in South Africa, in December and the Big Bash League in January followed by the Pakistan Super League in February.

That was my last commentary stint for a few weeks…I thoroughly enjoyed it! Super production team & fellow comms! See you all soon!

— KP (@KP24) April 11, 2017

Pietersen’s commentating stint was highly successful as he was seen making friendly jibes at the cricketers especially during the on-field microphone chats with the players. He tried to troll MS Dhoni by saying that he is a better golfer than him but received a witty reply by the former skipper as he pointed out that KP is still his first Test wicket.

He was then again involved with a humorous on-field interview with Chris Gayle. The Jamaican was dismissed off a full toss and Kevin Pietersen was quick to pull his leg by saying that “full-tosses are dangerous balls’ these days.

Pietersen’s witty and humorous commentary was great for the viewers. Too bad that he couldn’t play the tournament which he had repeatedly mentioned he loves. Pietersen played just 4 games for Rising Pune Supergiant last season as his campaign ended prematurely due to an injury. He was later released by the franchise but he did not put himself in the auctions.

After his international career with England hit a brick-wall, Pietersen has played in various T20 leagues all around the world.