England will be taking on India in a four-Test series beginning February 5, followed by five T20Is and three ODIs. The Virat Kohli-led side would be high on confidence following their recent memorable Test series win over Australia in their own backyard. The upcoming series for England is one of the most vital keeping the world test championships in mind.
However, the spin factor of Indian pitches and the team have started to haunt the England cricket team. Many cricket experts this that in order to break the fortress of the Indian cricket team is to no give wickets to spinners. Now, former England player Kevin Pietersen has shared the secret on why he became one of the most successful batsmen when last time England defeated India in India.
Kevin shared that it was none other than the tips of Rahul Dravid helped him to overcome the fear of spinners. Kevin recommended the tips, especially for English opening Batsmen Sibley and Crawley.
Sharing two pages of the email sent to him by Dravid, Pietersen wrote on his Twitter handle: "Hey @englandcricket, print this and give it to Sibley & Crawley. They can call me to discuss it at length if they want."
In the email, Rahul Dravid suggested Kevin Pietersen and said, "Against guys who bowled a bit quicker (and I grew up playing against Anil) I would look to go forward without committing or planting the front foot. What can happen is we look to go forward which is correct but because we are so keen to get forward and not get trapped on the back foot sometimes you can't plant that front foot of the body."
Rahul had suggested Pietersen to practise without pads and take the help of Panesar and Swann to overcome the fear of playing spin.
Read The Full Email of Dravid: