England one-day captain Alastair Cook has warned that no player is guaranteed a place in his side after Kevin Pietersen was rested for the forthcoming series against India. Cook will be without flamboyant batsman Pietersen when he leads England into battle in a five-match limited overs series against India, which starts in Durham on Saturday. Pietersen played a full part in England’s 4-0 rout of India in the recent Test series and also featured in the Twenty20 victory over the tourists earlier this week.
But he has been left out of the India one-day matches and reports on Friday suggested he could also be excluded for the one-day tour to Asia, which would raise serious questions about his place in England’s 50-over plans as they build towards the 2015 World Cup. Cook insisted Pietersen, who has scored just two one-day half-centuries in the past two years, had only been left out due to England’s rotation policy, but he did warn that no-one was safe as the selectors look to find a winning formula.
