India, April 6 -- Kevin Pietersen has reignited one of English cricket's longest-running fault lines, claiming that his association with the IPL cost him the back end of an England career he believes should have lasted far longer. Speaking in a conversation with Ranveer Allahbadia, the former England and Royal Challengers Bengaluru batter said the fallout triggered by the league ultimately turned the system against him.

"I made big sacrifices. I lost my career. That's the reason why everybody in that establishment went against me," Pietersen said. It is a loaded claim from a player who finished with 104 Tests, 8,181 runs and 23 hundreds for England before his international career ended in 2014, when he was still only 33.

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