{"id":842362,"date":"2026-03-22T07:40:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T07:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/842362\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T07:40:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T07:40:22","slug":"rohit-sharma-hardik-pandya-out-ex-england-star-picks-ipl-xi-names-worst-decision-in-history-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/842362\/","title":{"rendered":"Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya OUT! Ex-England star picks IPL XI, names &#8216;worst decision&#8217; in history | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pandya-rohit-2203-ipl.jpg\" alt=\"Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya OUT! Ex-England star picks IPL XI, names 'worst decision' in history\" title=\"Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya (BCCI\/IPL Photo)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya (BCCI\/IPL Photo) NEW DELHI: Former England batter <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/kevin-pietersen\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kevin Pietersen<\/a> has named his all-time <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IPL<\/a> XI, leaving out several big names, including <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/rohit-sharma\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rohit Sharma<\/a>, who captained Mumbai Indians to five IPL titles. Pietersen, who represented Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals), and Rising Pune Supergiants during his IPL career, also left out star all-rounder Hardik Pandya.While unveiling his XI, Pietersen described Yuzvendra Chahal\u2019s release by Royal Challengers Bengaluru as the &#8216;worst decision&#8217; in the league\u2019s history.  <\/p>\n<p> Watch<\/p>\n<p> Shashi Tharoor &amp; Samson\u2019s Redemption Story: From Setbacks to Glory On For the Love of Cricket, Pietersen and Jos Buttler selected their all-time IPL XI.Pietersen referred to MS Dhoni as the \u201conly non-negotiable\u201d pick in his side.He included Yuzvendra Chahal in the XI and reiterated that Royal Challengers Bengaluru\u2019s decision to release him was \u201cthe worst in IPL history\u201d.Pietersen\u2019s IPL XI:Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (c &amp; wk), Andre Russell, Ravindra Jadeja, Sunil Narine, Yuzvendra Chahal, Lasith Malinga, Jasprit Bumrah.<\/p>\n<p>Poll<\/p>\n<p>Do you think selecting more than four overseas players in an IPL XI should be allowed?<\/p>\n<p> Pietersen also overlooked a key IPL rule while finalising his XI, selecting more than the permitted four overseas players in the lineup.Royal Challengers Bengaluru are the defending champions, having won the IPL 2025 title after defeating Punjab Kings in the final.<a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/microsite_v2\/website-toisa,path-book_pass_2026.cms?utm_source=TOI&amp;utm_medium=Masthead_sports\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Banner Insert\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" title=\"\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdersrc=\"\" placeholdermsid=\"\" msid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/129493222.cms.jpeg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya (BCCI\/IPL Photo) NEW DELHI: Former England batter Kevin Pietersen has named his all-time&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":842363,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4101],"tags":[1406,14275,5710,240937,39756,63432,16384,79,16,15,6241],"class_list":["post-842362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-hardik-pandya","tag-ipl","tag-ipl-rcb","tag-jos-buttler","tag-kevin-pietersen","tag-rohit-sharma","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-yuzvendra-chahal"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116271698964917068","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/842362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=842362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/842362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/842363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=842362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=842362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=842362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}