Kevin Pietersen Reveals His Player of IPL 2020
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|| India Correspondent ||
Former England captain Kevin Pietersen has recently named his player of the tournament. Notably, he was involved in IPL 2020 in the panel of experts in the dugout before opted out midway owing to personal reasons. However, he applauded the speedster of Mumbai Indians - Jasprit Bumrah as the player of the tournament after the franchise won its title for the record fifth time.
Jasprit Bumrah finished the 2020 IPL season with a whopping 27 wickets from 15 matches which came at 14.96 and an economy rate of 6.73 as well. However, it was Delhi Capital’s Kagiso Rabada, who earned the purple cap for 30 scalps.
“This was a toss-up between Jasprit Bumrah and Kagiso Rabada. But look at who was holding the trophy aloft after Tuesday’s final. You’ve got to go with the Mumbai Indians player. IPL conditions were batting-friendly, particularly for the first part of the tournament, so to take 27 wickets was yet another fine effort by Bumrah. He was a slow starter in the tournament, but ultimately he always turns up and delivers. Once he had warmed up he became the star of the show and his efforts at both ends of the innings meant that he was the biggest contributor towards Mumbai winning the title again,” Kevin Pietersen was quoted as saying by Metro.co.uk.
He was impressed with the youngster Devdutt Padikkal, who finished his debut IPL season with a staggering 473 runs. He not only played well in the opening but also supported Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers in the batting. And, the veteran campaigner is confident that Padikkal has a great future.
However, he also named Ishan Kishan, who smashed a whopping 516 runs with a record 30 sixes, and played a key role in Mumbai’s title win.
“Devdutt Padikkal has got such a bright future. Some of his shot-making for RCB was, of course, excellent but he was so calm under pressure in a few situations. ‘He also managed to ease himself into batting with Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers, looking like a seasoned campaigner alongside them. I thought that was a sign of someone very special. ‘I’d also like to mention the Mumbai Indians’ Ishan Kishan. He’s just 22 and I thought that he had a fabulous season, scoring 516 runs and hitting 30 sixes, which was more than anybody else,” he concluded.
