Pietersen rules out returning as T20 captain

England batsman Kevin Pietersen has ruled out the possibility of returning as captain for this year's Twenty20 World Cup having resigned as Test and one-day skipper in January in controversial circumstances.

"I just think it's too soon after what happened between me and the ECB (England and Wales Cricket Board) for me to take over the captaincy again if I was offered it for the Twenty20 World Cup," he told Friday's Daily Mail in an interview.

"It's not somewhere I want to go and dive into. After the way I was let down I just don't think I want to get involved in that again. Being England captain means you have to be a politician and that's something I'm not."

Pietersen quit as skipper after less than six months following what the ECB described as an "irretrievable breakdown" in his relationship with coach Peter Moores, who was sacked on the same day. He was replaced as captain by Andrew Strauss.

The Twenty20 World Cup will be hosted by England in June.