IPL franchise wants Pietersen 'at any price'

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IPL franchise wants Pietersen 'at any price'

Kevin Pietersen expects to be playing in India next year, and is on the verge of signing the most lucrative deal yet witnessed in the Indian Premier League, after being offered in excess of US$4million for a three-year contract by an undisclosed IPL franchise.

According to a report in Saturday's Daily Mail, the deal has been financed by one of India's wealthiest families, who want Pietersen to sign "at any price". Mahendra Singh Dhoni is currently the most valuable player in the competition, earning in excess of US$1.5million a year, but such is Pietersen's appeal - on the field and off it - his final figure could yet top that.

The news comes as a blow to the England & Wales Cricket Board, who had hoped to prevent their players from being lured to India ahead of a pivotal summer that includes the ICC World Twenty20 and, of course, the Ashes. An ECB insider told the Daily Mail that the head coach, Peter Moores, would have the final say on which contracted players would be permitted to join the IPL, but in Pietersen's case, they were already resigned to making an exception.
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The ECB is ready to give the nod to Pietersen to play in the IPL, so it seems that Pietersen will be playing for the Mumbai Indians(most probably) the next year. I wonder what's happened to the deal with Stanford which was supposed to prevent the English players from taking part in the IPL.
 
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It would be great to have Pietersen play for Mumbai but will he be free when IPL takes place next year. I thought the main reason English players were not allowed to play in the IPL was domestic and national duty.
 
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I'm not too sure about that. I think the English county season overlaps with the IPL. He'll have to get permission from his county, if he plays.
 
Re: IPL franchise wants Pietersen 'at any price'

I hope he plays at least 7-8 games and not like the Australian players who played for just 4 games.
 
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