Kevin Pietersen shares Rahul Dravid’s electronic mail to assist England openers counter spinners

Former England captain Kevin Pietersen, on Saturday, took to Twitter and shared an electronic mail which was despatched by none aside from Rahul Dravid. Pietersen revealed how Dravid helped him play spin higher and in addition provided to assist out the present England batsman in a bid to sort out spin bowling in Sri Lanka.
To put it in context, Pietersen and Dravid performed collectively for the Royal Challengers Bangalore within the IPL for 2 years – 2009 and 2010 – throughout which the 2 shared a detailed bond. In 2010, after the England batsman endured a poor Test collection towards Bangladesh, he reached out to Dravid for assist who’s famend as one of the crucial technically sound batsmen of all occasions. The former India captain had shared a two-page lengthy essay on how Pietersen ought to method the spinners.
With England openers Zak Crawley and Dominic Sibley struggling towards the left-arm orthodox spinner Lasith Embuldeniya in Sri Lanka Pietersen provided his phrases of knowledge, to sort out spin bowling in Sri Lanka.
Pietersen additionally urged the England Cricket Board to print out Dravid’s message and share it with Dominic Sibley and Zak Crawley.

Hey @englandcricket, print this and provides it to Sibley & Crawley.They can name me to debate it at size if they need…!👍🏻 pic.twitter.com/qBmArq211s
— Kevin Pietersen🦏 (@KP24) January 23, 2021
Pietersen had earlier talked about Dravid in 2017, in an excerpt from his ebook ‘KP: The Autobiography’. “One good practice is to bat against Swann and Monty without pads or with just knee pads (maybe not a day before a game!). When you have no pads it will force you, sometimes painfully, to get the bat forward of the pads and will force you to watch the ball,” learn part of Dravid’s mail to Pietersen.
“Dravid wrote me the most beautiful email, explaining the art of playing spin, and ever since then it was a whole new world. The key point was looking for the length as soon as the ball was delivered – wait for the spinner and make your decision,” Pietersen stated on Sky Sports.