Kevin Pietersen ruled out of IPL with Achilles injury

The 34-year old opted to play the multi-million dollar league after being snubbed by ECB’s new Director of Cricket Andrew Staruss and was about to fly out on May 17. (Source: Reuters)

England star batsman Kevin Pietersen’s return to any form of cricket got delayed when he was ruled out of the Indian Premier League(IPL)on Wednesday due to calf and Achilles injuries.

The 34-year old opted to play the multi-million dollar league after being snubbed by ECB’s new Director of Cricket Andrew Staruss and was about to fly out on May 17.

Pietersen suffered the injuries while playing county cricket for Surrey against Leicestershire during his innings of 355*. He is expected to be out of action for a fortnight.

Pietersen was bought by SRH at a whooping cost of Rs 20 million but requested the Hyderabad-based franchise to release him in order to play county cricket.