IPL 2021: 'Hearing Morgan, Rohit Get Fined Was Music To My Ears', Kevin Pietersen Express Satisfaction

Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen expressed satisfaction on seeing Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma and Kolkata Knight Riders captain Eoin Morgan gets fined for slow over-rate in the Indian Pr

"When you know that you're fighting against that, you stop procrastinating and start making quicker, better decisions. It all serves the excitement and buzz of the spectacle," he added. He said that pressure nowadays in T20 cricket forces captains to slow down games.

"I get why it happens. T20 cricket at the start wasn't particularly high-pressured, but when the money came in and careers were defined by the format then the pressure built up. Under pressure, captains want to slow the game down and bring it to their pace," he wrote.

But in T20 cricket, that shouldn't be allowed. Hearing that two leading captains had been fined was music to my ears, and if fines don't work then I want to see runs penalties.

"Nothing should be off the table when it comes to speeding up the play, because it becomes so much harder to watch when it takes too long."