Former England legend remembers Duleep Trophy!!!
Former england legend remembers Duleep Trophy!!!
These days Duleep Trophy (Duleep Trophy 2024), which marks the start of the domestic season, is being played in India. This time a total of 4 teams are participating in the trophy. The names of the participating teams are india A, india B, india C and india D. Although earlier the Duleep Trophy was played with zonal teams, but this time bcci has made a change. Meanwhile, former england veteran batsman Kevin Pietersen remembered the Duleep Trophy.
Pietersen shared a picture on instagram remembering the Duleep Trophy. Pietersen said that this was the time when I fell in love with India. Let us tell you that Pietersen played the Duleep Trophy in india in 2004. In 2004, foreign teams were also a part of the Duleep Trophy, in which Kevin Pietersen played for england A.
Captioning the picture shared by Pietersen, Pietersen wrote, "India 2004! Playing in the Duleep Trophy..." Pietersen further wrote, "This was the time when I fell in love with india or rather indian bowlers for the first time." Let us tell you that Pietersen also made his international debut for england in 2004.
The Duleep Trophy went well for Pietersen, but the team lost
It is worth noting that the Duleep Trophy played in 2004 went very well for Pietersen. He scored 345 runs in 4 innings of 2 matches at an average of 86.25. During this, Pietersen scored 2 centuries and 1 half-century. However, despite Pietersen's brilliant innings, england A (currently england Lions) lost both the matches. Pietersen's innings went in vain in both the matches. In the first match, South Zone defeated england A while chasing a target of 501 runs. Then in the second match, east Zone defeated england A by 93 runs.