London, April 23 -- Kevin Pietersen has rekindled an old feud with Alastair Cook by defending Jacob Bethell's continued presence at the Indian Premier League (IPL).
England batter Bethell, who made a breakthrough century in the final Ashes Test in January, is yet to feature for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in this year's IPL, according to BBC sport.
"He's not doing anything," Cook said on the Stick to Cricket podcast. "Ideally he could come back and open for Warwickshire to help England."But Pietersen responded by writing on X: "Alastair Cook has absolutely NO IDEA what it's liketo be in the IPL. What it's like to always be around the best players in the world.
"So his opinion on Jacob Bethell doesn't matter at all. Stay in India, J...