The former English cricketer Kevin Pietersen feels the present cricket has its lack of entertainers, excluding the Indian skipper Virat Kohli.

Recently, Pietersen told BBC Radio 5 Live’s Sportsweek, “I really struggle to see entertainers, they’re lacking in the game. Virat Kohli is an exception, but otherwise pure entertainers and superstars are not in the game and that’s a big worry.”

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The 38-year-old Pietersen was a stylish batsman who always entertained the cricket world. The right-handed batsman played 104 Tests, 136 ODIs and 37 T20Is where he scored 8,181 runs (average 47.28), 4,440 runs (average 40.73) and 1,176 runs (average 37.93) respectively.

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Talking about the entertainers and superstars, Pietersen spoke about Muttiah Muralitharan, Curtly Ambrose, Courtney Walsh, Matthew Hayden, Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Shane Warne, Adam Gilchrist, Andrew Flintoff, Wasim Akram etc. and compared them with present cricketers. Pietersen said that the former superstars are not involving in the game directly (i.e. coaching etc) and that’s why the excitement has been dropped.

Pietersen said, “Maybe it’s a generational thing but the sad part is that quite a few of those former players are commentating but they are not in the game of cricket.

“You want those superstars attached to franchises, national sides and academies so that youngsters get inspired to be those people.”

Pietersen claimed the cricket boards should pay more to the coaches and others who involved in the game directly.

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The former English cricketer said, “They have to get paid more because the money for commentary, which is a pretty easy gig, is fairly good. The boards have that money and they maybe need to get their fingers in their pockets.”