England Players Were Jealous of Kevin Pietersen's 'Massive' IPL Deal: Michael Vaughan

[Savak]

England Players Were Jealous of Pietersen's 'Massive' IPL Deal: Vaughan

Michael Vaughan has revealed that many former England players were jealous of Kevin Pietersen after the latter bagged a huge contract with the Indian Premier League (IPL).

IANS |April 23, 2020, 11:43 AM IST

London: Michael Vaughan has revealed that many former England players were jealous of Kevin Pietersen after the latter bagged a huge contract with the Indian Premier League (IPL).

In 2009, Royal Challengers Bangalore had bought Pietersen for $1,550,000, which made him the highest-paid IPL player along with Andrew Flintoff at that time.

"I think there was a lot of jealousy," Vaughan said in an interview with foxsports.com.au. "And the players will completely deny it now but I think there was at the time when Kevin was on a massive contract.

"There were all sorts of whispers and rumours of cliques in the team. There was a little band of a few; Graeme Swann, Tim Bresnan, (James) Anderson, (Stuart) Broad and Matt Prior. The whispers were they were on one side and Kevin was kind of standing on his own on the other side," the former England captain said.

The 45-year-old further said that while Pietersen was off the view that playing in the IPL would further the development of the one-day team, England players felt he was going after money.

"It wasn't anything other than that Kev (Kevinn Pietersen) around that time wanted to go to the IPL. That's how it all started to blow up and that's when those factions came into play," said Vaughan.

"He was saying to the team he wanted to play because it would further the development of the one-day team and all the one-day players would get the chance to play there and improve their game. They deemed that he just wanted to go for the money. He was on a big contract while not many of the other players were even getting sniffed at.

"It was very much Kevin against the team in terms of that one," he added.

During the course of the interview, Vaughan also said that Pietersen should have never played for England again after the infamous Text-gate scandal in 2012.

Pietersen, who was born and brought up in South Africa, was accused of sending texts to South African during a Test series between the two teams against his captain Andrew Strauss and a few of his team-mates.

Link: https://www.news18.com/cricketnext/...tersens-massive-ipl-deal-vaughan-2589109.html

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

IPL gave him money but destroyed his image and international career.

 

[Walawalkar]

IPL gave him money but destroyed his image and international career.

How IPL destroyed his Image and Career?

 

[Bhaijaan]

KP was a troubled child who needed a father figure like coach.

He was unlucky to not have a Bob Woolmer (God bless his soul) around him or a Franz Beckenbaur or a Phill Jackson.

Instead he found himself surrounded by a bunch of chicken hearted jealous phonies.

 

[Savak]

Michael Vaughan was his best captain. Vaughan was well known for having exemplary man management skills.

 

[Rana]

KP was a troubled child who needed a father figure like coach.

He was unlucky to not have a Bob Woolmer (God bless his soul) around him or a Franz Beckenbaur or a Phill Jackson.

Instead he found himself surrounded by a bunch of chicken hearted jealous phonies.

He was a disruptive element in the county circuit also before his international selection. I love the player, the brand. But the man has serious ego issues. I’m sure he wasn’t humble about his IPL deal and that may have rubbed his team mates the wrong way. Especially the privileged prep school boys

 

[Savak]

The same thing happened with Andrew Symonds. He was offered $1.6 million by the IPL in 2008 and thats when he started becoming more difficult to deal with his Australian team mates.

 

[gazza619]

It is perfectly human to be jealous when your peers are earning 100 times more than you

 

[Robert]

KP was a troubled child who needed a father figure like coach.

He was unlucky to not have a Bob Woolmer (God bless his soul) around him or a Franz Beckenbaur or a Phill Jackson.

Instead he found himself surrounded by a bunch of chicken hearted jealous phonies.

And yet he also fell out with Natal and then Notts.

Seems like everyone was out of step except him.

 

[FreePalestine]

And yet he also fell out with Natal and then Notts.

Seems like everyone was out of step except him.

Yeah, I saw his skype chat with Shehzad. Guy does seem like a piece of work. Great batsman though and probably it was unfair of the team to gang up on him and make that fake twitter account. Silly jealous bullying.

 

[Robert]

Yeah, I saw his skype chat with Shehzad. Guy does seem like a piece of work. Great batsman though and probably it was unfair of the team to gang up on him and make that fake twitter account. Silly jealous bullying.

Not the team. Three or four guys. But he also fell out with two England skippers and two England coaches. Is there a pattern emerging here?

 

[Hawkeye]

Not really.

Any sane person would not stand a sight of a disgusting and cunning personality like KP's. A complete trouble-maker and egomaniac.

Nothing to do with money.

 

[Oxfordchamp]

thats the power of IPL. Now almost all top English players are part of it and advocate for it. The ECB bosses too have recognized it..

 

[Zaz]

I dont think it was just jealousy of his IPL deal

Pietersen just seems like a horrid personality whos completely self absorbed and if anything a bully himself

 

[gazza619]

I dont think it was just jealousy of his IPL deal

Pietersen just seems like a horrid personality whos completely self absorbed and if anything a bully himself

Yep and i guess we saw that during his recent chat with Ahmed Shehzad.

 

[Last Monetarist]

The same thing happened with Andrew Symonds. He was offered $1.6 million by the IPL in 2008 and thats when he started becoming more difficult to deal with his Australian team mates.

Not wholly true.

Symonds' problems started after monkeygate when he felt that the board had let him down, and consequently fell into a spiral of drinking heavily and starting to feel sorry for himself.

The IPL cash obviously helped later on when he had to swallow his ego while playing in the same team as Harbhajan.

 

[Savak]

Not wholly true.

Symonds' problems started after monkeygate when he felt that the board had let him down, and consequently fell into a spiral of drinking heavily and starting to feel sorry for himself.

The IPL cash obviously helped later on when he had to swallow his ego while playing in the same team as Harbhajan.

At the time i remember reading articles where a reporter complained Symonds was rude, condescending when asked for interviews and it quoted several of his australian team mates saying ever since he got the largest IPL contract at the time, his attitude towards his team mates was beginning to deteriorate.

That IPL saga on the other hand highlights Symonds hypocrisy. He constantly takes Harbhajan's name even today for publicity and tries to play the victim in that episode but he chose not to take a moral stand when offered $1.6 million to play in the same team as Harbhajan by the same country which humiliated him. Everything goes out of the window when you offer big money. In my opinion he had lost the right to complain against the BCCI and Harbhajan when the Australian commission ruled against him and his team mates in 2007 but even more so when he didn't object to playing in the IPL in 2008.

 

[princeuk]

I dont think it was just jealousy of his IPL deal

Pietersen just seems like a horrid personality whos completely self absorbed and if anything a bully himself

Exactly, It probably wasnt because of the IPL deal but because of who Kevin Piterson was, His ego probably got bigger when he was offered the IPL deal. He was notorious for his big ego on the county circuit too.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

I dont think it was just jealousy of his IPL deal

Pietersen just seems like a horrid personality whos completely self absorbed and if anything a bully himself

Getting quick and easy money without doing nothing can make one arrogant. As Steyn once said, IPL is a paid vacation. He had to take back his words because he was attacked by some Indian trolls who were as arrogrant as KP was.

 

[Saj]

It was more than just the IPL.

KP's autobiography is an interesting read where he suggests a cultural clash was also partly to blame.

 

[Bhaijaan]

KP was the Shaquille O Neil of Cricket

 

[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just imagine, IMAGINE this tweet 8/9 years ago...! ������<br><br>I’m so happy these guys are benefitting positively from the IPL! ���� <a href="https://t.co/QqWx9qr1Yx">https://t.co/QqWx9qr1Yx</a></p>— Kevin Pietersen�� (@KP24) <a href="https://twitter.com/KP24/status/1322453640360173568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 31, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[Marshland]

I'd say the falling out with Peter Moores was the beginning of the end for KP.

He was never quite the same after that, having also burnt bridges with Strauss and Flower in that period.

 

[Kroll]

If there is an example of money talks, then this it. England go on about taking the knee etc but the IPL is a discriminatory league - where are the tweets and boycotts in protest?

 

[Marshland]

If there is an example of money talks, then this it. England go on about taking the knee etc but the IPL is a discriminatory league - where are the tweets and boycotts in protest?

England care about the money only when the suits are getting it. Pioneers like KP can be left in the wind.

 

[Bigboii]

KP was the Shaquille O Neil of Cricket

know THIS!
Perfect

great players, entertainers but with massive egos

 

[Saj]

KP's tweet today made me smile.

Oh the irony of the ECB.

 

[SensiblePakFan]

KP always has bants lol.

 

[cricketjoshila]

If there is an example of money talks, then this it. England go on about taking the knee etc but the IPL is a discriminatory league - where are the tweets and boycotts in protest?

There is no right to have employment in a foreign country.

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

If there is an example of money talks, then this it. England go on about taking the knee etc but the IPL is a discriminatory league - where are the tweets and boycotts in protest?

Can anyone from any nationality work in Pakistan without valid visa or work permit?
I guess no, then discrimination already happens as people of the country decide who gets to be in and who is not allowed.

 

[hitthestump]

If there is an example of money talks, then this it. England go on about taking the knee etc but the IPL is a discriminatory league - where are the tweets and boycotts in protest?

No it's not. The fact is that Pakistan shot themselves in the foot for IPL 3 when they vengefully withdrew permission for their players to play. That practically sealed their own fate in terms of why they can't play today.

 

[Rightarmfast]

To think that any star, be it a small player or big will not have ego is living in a fools paradise. As if except for KP, the other players are coming and having tea with some of the posters here.

 

[Rana]

Pakistani don’t have a right to employment in India but Australians and English have a privilege to employment.

On the other hand, Pakistani lives don’t matter. Such a peaceful message to the world.

 

[leg-side-flick]

Pakistani don’t have a right to employment in India but Australians and English have a privilege to employment.

On the other hand, Pakistani lives don’t matter. Such a peaceful message to the world.

None of the other boards withdrew their NOC for IPL participation. Pcb did.

 

[Rana]

None of the other boards withdrew their NOC for IPL participation. Pcb did.

Was 11 years ago. Plenty of things happen when two countries could be on the brink of war.

 

[Hasan123]

Who cares ? It was years ago now. KP ego is massive. He is putting himself on another stratosphere. England dropped you, just get over it man.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Vaughan is a troll and KP was certainly a piece of work but the truth is neither Strauss nor Cook knew how to handle that "cultural clash" KP had with Swann, Anderson and Broad. Vaughan, on the other hand , was an unusually good man manager by English standard and got the best out of a bunch of personalities who were vastly different from one another- Harmison, Flintoff, KP, Monty etc. Best English captain I've ever seen.

 

[Rana]

Vaughan is a troll and KP was certainly a piece of work but the truth is neither Strauss nor Cook knew how to handle that "cultural clash" KP had with Swann, Anderson and Broad. Vaughan, on the other hand , was an unusually good man manager by English standard and got the best out of a bunch of personalities who were vastly different from one another- Harmison, Flintoff, KP, Monty etc. Best English captain I've ever seen.

Vaughan only had the duty to manage KP for a couple of years at the start of Pietersen’s career. The other captains had to deal with him when Kevin had solidified his status as a superstar of world cricket. He was a huge draw, fans from India and Pakistan loved watching him play.

 

[cricketjoshila]

Pakistani don’t have a right to employment in India but Australians and English have a privilege to employment.

On the other hand, Pakistani lives don’t matter. Such a peaceful message to the world.

Work visas are a matter of policy. Some countries are preferred over others and thats the case with all countries.

 

[BunnyRabbit]

Vaughan may have been a great captain but he knows how to add spice to stuff up a bit.

KP was once in a generation talent but a man child who loved throwing tantrums.

On the other hand, English cricketers of late noughties and early 2010s definitely were of the snobbish type. Some envy or jealousy obviously must have been there.

It wasn't until recently that England started churning out loveable cricketers and personalities like Buttler, Woakes, Moeen, Root and a few others

I guess Cook and Collingwood were the only "nice" sort of guys back then.

 

[leg-side-flick]

Was 11 years ago. Plenty of things happen when two countries could be on the brink of war.

Yes, since the two countries have been at odds, how do you expect India to give Pakistani players a go at IPL.

It will happen but not right now.

 

[Rana]

Yes, since the two countries have been at odds, how do you expect India to give Pakistani players a go at IPL.

It will happen but not right now.

So it’s discrimination due to war at the moment?

 

[leg-side-flick]

So it’s discrimination due to war at the moment?

Yes, the two Boards have just come out of a court case..

The two PM's are almost having a go at each other every week

The exchange of people / travel was probably at it lowest even before corona...

So yeah, I think it's a outcome of political situation....

 

[CanadianG00se]

So it’s discrimination due to war at the moment?

Discrmination is when denying someone their “Rights” based on their race/religion/sexual orientation/ ethnicity etc. Pakistanis have same right to work in India as Nigerians have in U.S, absolute Zilch. So, you’re either refusing to understand the difference between rights and privilege or just trolling.

Two or more countries extend privilege to each other’s nationals based on reciprocity, mutual understandings, friendly environment, trust, co-operation etc. At the moment there is none between India and Pakistan. Between 2004-2008 relations between India-Pakistan were quite friendly and we witness countless bilateral games, as well as Pakistani players in IPL. But things got quite bitter since 26/11 and we see the old animosity lit up again. We could see change in relationship in future when both countries start to trust each other again, until then we just have to live with it.

 

[Rana]

Discrmination is when denying someone their “Rights” based on their race/religion/sexual orientation/ ethnicity etc. Pakistanis have same right to work in India as Nigerians have in U.S, absolute Zilch. So, you’re either refusing to understand the difference between rights and privilege or just trolling.

Two or more countries extend privilege to each other’s nationals based on reciprocity, mutual understandings, friendly environment, trust, co-operation etc. At the moment there is none between India and Pakistan. Between 2004-2008 relations between India-Pakistan were quite friendly and we witness countless bilateral games, as well as Pakistani players in IPL. But things got quite bitter since 26/11 and we see the old animosity lit up again. We could see change in relationship in future when both countries start to trust each other again, until then we just have to live with it.

Beating
Around
The
Bush
Is
Still
Not
Going
To
Change
The
Fact
That
It
Is
Discrimination

 

[CanadianG00se]

Beating
Around
The
Bush
Is
Still
Not
Going
To
Change
The
Fact
That
It
Is
Discrimination

So you go two options then

Either do something

Or
Live with it!


I can tell you onething, nothing is going to change, no one in World Cricket can boss around BCCI.

 

[cricketjoshila]

More like when they will be issuing work permits for the forever colony in history

But Indians are not lining up to get work visas in Pakistan.

 

[cricketjoshila]

So you go two options then

Either do something

Or
Live with it!


I can tell you onething, nothing is going to change, no one in World Cricket can boss around BCCI.

Its not about BCCI. No country can be forced to issue visas esp work visas to citizens of another. Thats not discrimination.

 

[CanadianG00se]

Its not about BCCI. No country can be forced to issue visas esp work visas to citizens of another. Thats not discrimination.

I know its not discrimination which i tried explaining the poster above, but of no use.

 

[Rana]

Its not about BCCI. No country can be forced to issue visas esp work visas to citizens of another. Thats not discrimination.

It’s discrimination. You can’t hide behind the MOU or whatever tricks your guys play. It’s discrimination.

 

[Rana]

Apparently Pakistanis not in the IPL isn’t discrimination if Indians don’t think it is.

Fair enough.

 

[Hitman]

It’s discrimination. You can’t hide behind the MOU or whatever tricks your guys play. It’s discrimination.

Wasn't it the PCB who refused to let their players in the 2009 edition of the IPL for whatever reasons they could think of?

 

[princeuk]

Wasn't it the PCB who refused to let their players in the 2009 edition of the IPL for whatever reasons they could think of?

Yes the PCB refused to allow them for that ONE edition of the IPL to come but since then PCB have allowed the pakistani players to play for the IPL if their organisers allow it, we seen the humiliation that the pakistani cricketers had to endure in 2010 when none of the pakistani players were chosen during the auction, Didnt the BCCI get their revenge? Since then they should be allowed to play but its the IPL/BCCI now make the excuses not to include them.