Kevin Pietersen has backed incoming England and Wales Cricket Board chairman Colin Graves to make the changes needed to revitalise the national team . Graves will take up his new post in May and high on his list of priorities will be to reinvigorate England 's one-day side , who were knocked out of the World Cup in the group stages after an embarrassing loss to Bangladesh on Monday . The defeat gave ammunition to those who believe it was a mistake to axe Pietersen from the international set-up 14 months ago , while Graves appeared to leave the door open for the star batsman earlier this month when he suggested he would have a better chance of an England return if he played county cricket in this country . Kevin Pietersen has backed incoming ECB chairman Colin Graves to revitalise the national team . Graves will tstart in May and high on his list of priorities will be to reinvigorate England 's one-day side . Pietersen tweeted on Tuesday : 'Quick note - ECB does n't decide who gets to play in IPL/Big Bash . The franchises have to want them ! Plenty have tried & failed to get a go ! 'But , the encouraging news is that the new boss has the vision to look to open up a window to hopefully give players a better chance ! ' I really do think changes are going to be made & positive things are going to start to happen for the good of English cricket ... ' ECB managing director Paul Downton insisted after Monday 's defeat that they needed to look at giving England 's players more experience in the Twenty20 format . Pietersen was sacked by England in January 2014 and has since played domestic T20 cricket for Delhi Daredevils , Surrey , St Lucia Zouks and Melbourne Stars . The 34-year-old is currently without a county contract , having left Surrey in October . England were knocked out of the World Cup in the group stages after defeat by Bangladesh . Pietersen has not given up hope of playing for England again and Graves has suggested it could be possible . Pietersen checks his phone while at Loftus Road with Queens Park Rangers shareholder Amit Bhatia ( right )
PietersenKevin Pietersen has backed Colin Graves to revitalise the national team . Graves is the incoming England and Wales Cricket Board chairman . Kevin Pietersen said he felt 'positive ' that things would change .