English cricket has a lot to thank the Indian Premier League for. Not only have their cricketers (read: Ben Stokes) been paid a bomb, but a certain letter from Rahul Dravid helped Kevin Pietersen improve his game.

When the two were playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore during the second and third seasons of the IPL, the former English batsman had asked Dravid for advice on how to play spin.

During Bangladesh’s tour of England in 2010, Pietersen had struggled to play against left-arm spinners Shakib Al-Hasan and Abdur Razzak.

Pietersen in his autobiography, KP: The Autobiography, published a letter Rahul Dravid had then sent him on how to overcome the shortcoming.