KP Ruled out of ipl due to calf muscle injury
london: Kevin Pitersen’s disappointing cricket saga continued after the star batsman was ruled out of an IPl return with a calf and Achilles injury that he picked while playing for his county Surrey. After new ECB director Andrew Strauss shut the doors on the swashbuckling batsman citing “trust issues”, Pietersen’s IPl franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad was happy to announce that the player will join the side on Friday and be available for Sunday’s game. Even Pietersen was excited to join the David Warner-led side at the business end of the tournament, but the injuries have forced him out of action for two weeks, according to a BBC report. later in the evening, Sunrisers Hyderabad issued a statement confirming the development. “Sunrisers Hyderabad hereby confirms that Kevin Pietersen will not be able to take part in the team’s further proceedings of IPl campaign this year due to a calf injury. Pietersen who was all set to join David Warner and team has been ruled out for two weeks due to an injury that he picked up while playing for his county.”
UC Browser announces Yuvraj as ambassador
New Delhi: Cricketer Yuvraj Singh was on Thursday unveiled as the brand ambassador of UC Web’s flagship mobile browser called, ‘UC Browser Yuvi Version’, a special version of UC Browser for cricket fans. Yuvraj has been a regular user of UC Browser and its related apps. Early this week, the cricketer took to a popular micro-blogging site to give suggestions to UCWeb on ways to improve its cricketing app, UC Cricket. It was followed by a quick revert from the company and a meeting with Yuvraj which culminated into the cricketer coming on board as a product specialist, the company said.”I am happy to be associated with a young and popular brand like UC Browser. It’s fresh, it’s fast and it has everything I look for while browsing on my mobile,” Yuvraj said.