Pietersen gutted he missed mentoring England superstar

KEVIN PIETERSEN has told Harry Brook he missed the chance to fix a "big flaw" when he pulled out of his £550,000 Indian Premier League deal.

- By Mike Walters

The former England captain and box-office batsman, now a batting consultant at Delhi Capitals, admits he was "bitterly disappointed" when Brook jilted the franchise to focus on his international commitments - and told him so.

But Pietersen, who unfurled some of England's greatest inningsin Test and one-day cricket, still regards Yorkshire's rising star as a supreme talent.

England's new white-ball captain withdrew from his IPL contract for the second season running when he was anointed as Jos Buttler's successor last month.