The tag of being 'Million Dollar' buys has its own pitfalls but former England captain Kevin Pietersen feels "pressure will be a lot more" on speedster Tymal Mills than all-rounder Ben Stokes in IPl-10.
Mills will turn out for Royal Challengers Bangalore while Stokes is representing Rising Pune Supergiants.
Stokes was bought for a whopping $2.16 million by Pune and T20 specialist Mills is now richer by $1.9 million. Asked about the pressure factor, Pietersen, a veteran of 100 plus Tests and a sought-after name in franchise cricket, gave an elaborate explanation.
"In terms of performances, there will be a lot of pressure on Mills. He is getting a lot of money now but mind it this amount of money doesn't survive a 'large time'. It's wonderful to get an unbelievable amount but he doesn't have an international career per se to fall back on. He doesn't have an ECB central contract like Ben Stokes has," Pietersen told PTI during an exclusive interaction.
Pietersen was of the opinion that there is more pressure in this format as not many T20 Internationals are held per year.