Kevin Pietersen to Australia: If you can't play spin, don't go to India

"Learn to play spin very quick. If you can't play spin, don't even go," Pietersen told cricket.com.au.

The ex-England batsman said it was important for Australia to practice against spin bowling before the tour and pointed out that one does not require turning tracks to practice footwork against spin bowling.

You can, you don't need to be on a spinning wicket to play spin properly or practice spin, you can be on any type of wicket.

Kevin Pietersen

"When you get there (India) you've got to practice it, and you can actually practice it here - I can do spinning drills in Australia, I did them ... on a South African wicket to make sure that my feet were going and picking length," he said.

"You can, you don't need to be on a spinning wicket to play spin properly or practice spin, you can be on any type of wicket. It's about picking length, and picking lines and getting your feet going."

Pietersen also provided tips to Australian batsmen. "As soon as you start planting like a lot of southern hemisphere batters do – dead. Don't plant your front foot. Wait for the ball, engage. Where is it? Pick it, and then play. (You have) plenty of time, if you can play somebody (bowling) at 150 (km/h) and get into good positions, (you can do it against) somebody bowling at 50 miles an hour.

"I always looked to score. I was always looking for a boundary every single ball. So I didn't really change, it was just my feet that had to change."