Injured Tiwary ruled out of IPL

Manoj Tiwary, the Delhi Daredevils batsman, has been ruled out of the IPL due to an injured left hand. He suffered the injury during the game against Chennai Super Kings in Durban while trying to stop a shot from Andrew Flintoff off his own bowling.

He is expected to undergo surgery in the next few days. "It's my bad luck. The surgery will be done in Johannesburg and I'll be out of action for four to six weeks," he told the Kolkata-based Telegraph. "I'm bitterly disappointed."

This is not the first time he has missed a chance to be in the limelight. A shoulder injury in 2007 forced him to miss a one-day series in Bangladesh during which he was expected to make his debut.