BCCI: India's domestic season has started and in this series Duleep Trophy 2024 is being played. At present, only 4 domestic teams are seen playing in this tournament and only Indian players are seen playing in it.

However, there was a time when foreign players were also allowed to play in it. Not only this, teams from other countries were also included in this tournament. In this episode, something like this happened once and England's fierce batsman got a chance to play in this tournament.

BCCI included foreign teams in Duleep Trophy

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) took a decision in the 2003 season, which surprised everyone.

Actually, BCCI had included England A team in the Duleep Trophy and this was a very interesting initiative.

In this season, while the teams of South Zone and West Zone were participating in this event, on the other hand, the England A team was also involved in it. Their team included many young players who played this tournament along with India.

This player got a chance

In fact, in 2003, the England A team that came to participate in the Duleep Trophy included a player who later became the captain of this team. This team included Kevin Pietersen, who participated in the Duleep Trophy and he is one of the few foreign players who have played the Duleep Trophy.

Pietersen showed the power of his bat in this tournament and proved that he is a talented player.

He later became the captain of his national team and is known as an aggressive batsman. Kevin performed brilliantly in this tournament and scored a century in both innings of a match.

Pietersen's performance in Duleep Trophy

In this tournament, young Pietersen showed his talent to the world and told that he is going to make a big contribution to cricket in the coming times. This player batted brilliantly despite the spin pitch in India.

Pietersen played a total of 4 innings in 2 matches in Duleep Trophy 2003 and his performance was excellent during this period.

Pietersen scored a total of 345 runs in 4 innings. During this period, he scored 2 centuries and a half-century.