Kevin Pietersen motivates openers Sibley & Crawley with this treasured memory of Dravid

Former English skipper Kevin Pietersen has come forward with an important piece of vice for Test openers Dom Sibley and Zak Crawley ahe of upcoming four-match Test series against India that gets underway on February 5. 

Both Sibley and Crawley will be playing in India for first time and Pietersen who is vastly experienced when it comes to playing on Indian and sub-continent wickets has vised opening duo of how y need to tackle India's lethal spin attack in ir own backyard. 

However, what has really stood out here is that KP has forwarded screenshot of an e-mail that he h received from former Indian skipper Rahul Dravid during his playing days.

'Call me to discuss it': Kevin Pietersen

Taking to micro-blogging site, 2010 T20 World Cup winner forwarded a screenshot of Dravid's mess after which he tagged England Cricket urging m to print and give it to Dominic Sibley and Zak Crawley. At same time, South African-born cricketer has also me it crystal clear that English Test openers can call him to discuss it at length if y want.

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Rahul Dravid's vice to Kevin Pietersen

This mess dates back to last dece when Pietersen was struggling with spin while England h toured Banglesh back in 2010. Rahul Dravid and Kevin Pietersen got to kw each or well after duo played for IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore. KP was one of best batsmen during his playing days.

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During England's tour of Banglesh in 2010, 'Three Lions' h played a practice match prior to Test series where Pietersen h a forgettable outing as he could only man to score 2 and 20 in both innings and he h lost his wickets to spinners on both occasions. y were Shakib Al Hasan and Abdur Razzak respectively.

veteran all-rounder definitely wanted to improve and refore, he decided to seek vice from arguably best in business, Rahul Dravid about how to play spin. Dravid, who is also one of gentlemen of world cricket obliged and wrote a big te to former English skipper on how to tackle spinners effectively. 

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Rahul Dravid's words of wisdom for KP

Here's what Dravid h asked Pietersen to follow in order to counter spinners in sub-continent.

“One good practice is to bat against Swann and Monty without ps or with just knee ps (maybe t a day before a game!). When you have ps it will force you, sometimes painfully, to get bat forward off ps and will force you to watch ball. Also, leg will be less keen to push out without any protection."

“My coach would tell me you should never need ps to play spin!! Watch ball and trust yourself. Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t play spin, I have seen you and you can."