Previous England batsman Kevin Pietersen says ex-mentor Andy Flower "was continually attempting to discover approaches to dispose of me".
Pietersen was sacked in February by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), five days after Flower surrendered.
"The ECB required a substitute," Pietersen, 34, told BBC Radio 4's Today program. "Bloom had it in for me after he assumed control.
"When they sacked me they never provided for me any reasons. I still don't know at this time why I'm not playing for England."
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Kevin Pietersen's England highs & lows
He included: "The ECB required somebody to stroll, to leave from the group."
Conceived in South Africa, Pietersen scored 8,181 runs at a normal of 47 in 104 Tests and captained England in three Tests.
He additionally scored 4,440 ODI runs at 40.73, making him England's heading universal run-scorer generally.
In January, in the wake of the 5-0 Ashes overcome in Australia, Flower remained down as England specialized executive after just about five years in control.
Pietersen had his focal contract ended by the ECB later that week after a gathering that additionally included commander Alastair Cook.
At the point when the report was made, ECB overseeing chief Paul Downton said: "The time is right to reconstruct the group as well as the group ethic."
Part of Pietersen's sacking incorporated a privacy assention covering all gatherings, which terminated at the end of September.
Pietersen, whose new book is distributed on Thursday, said he "didn't have an extraordinary relationship" with Flower all through his residency.
Kevin Pietersen on Tuesday's Today program
On England chief Alastair Cook: "I feel frustrated about him. The ECB said it was his choice to dispose of me. I trust in him, yet I think he's been placed in an exceptionally troublesome position for somebody who doesn't prefer showdown."
On consecutive Ashes arrangement: "To play 10 consecutive Ashes Test matches for players was unbelievably hard - it was a complete calamity."
On a conceivable England return: "Playing the political amusement is something that I never did. I've got my flaws, and when I've got my deficiencies I'll recognize that. For me I feel my vocation was given the ax, yet who comprehends what's round the corner."
He additionally shielded his part in the 2012 instant message embarrassment, when he was dropped via England for sending writings - apparently about skipper Andrew Strauss - to resistance players amid the Test arrangement against South Africa.
In spite of the fact that Pietersen apologized at the time, he told the Today program on Tuesday: "I wouldn't say I did anything wrong however I didn't protect the position of Strauss.
"In the England changing area I felt secluded, I had an inclination that I was being tormented."
Not long ago, Pietersen told the Daily Telegraph Flower "governed by alarm" and that the mentor and senior players managed "a tormenting society" in the changing area.
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