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The IPL's injury roster

<b>YUVRAJ SINGH</b><br><b>Team:</b> Sunrisers Hyderabad<br><b>Status:</b> The India allrounder missed Sunrisers' first seven games while recovering from an ankle injury picked up during the World T20. He played his first match on May 6  Getty Images
<b>ASHISH NEHRA</b><br><b>Team:</b> Sunrisers Hyderabad<br><b>Status:</b> Ruled out of the IPL with two league games left to play, having injured a hamstring during Sunrisers' game against Kings XI Punjab on May 15  BCCI
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<b>KANE WILLIAMSON</b><br><b>Team:</b> Sunrisers Hyderabad</b><br><b>Status:</b> The New Zealand batsman missed Sunrisers' first six games with a hamstring injury, before returning to action against Royal Challengers Bangalore on April 30  BCCI
<b>JOEL PARIS</b><br><b>Team:</b> Delhi Daredevils<br><b>Status:</b> The Australian fast bowler was ruled out with a shin injury before the tournament began  BCCI
<b>JP DUMINY</b><br><b>Team:</b> Delhi Daredevils<br><b>Status:</b> Missed Daredevils' first match as he recovered from a hamstring strain suffered during the World T20, returned for four games, then was not fit again for their match against Kolkata Knight Riders on April 30. He was back in action on May 3</b>  BCCI
<b>SAMUEL BADREE</b><br><b>Team:</b> Royal Challengers Bangalore<br><b>Status:</b> The West Indies legspinner is out of the tournament without having played a match, courtesy a shoulder injury picked up during the World T20 final  AFP
<b>MITCHELL STARC</b><br><b>Team:</b> Royal Challengers Bangalore<br><b>Status:</b> Retained by RCB ahead of the season, but yet to play in any format in 2016 after undergoing surgery on his problematic right ankle  CA
<b>ADAM MILNE</b><br><b>Team:</b> Royal Challengers Bangalore<br><b>Status:</b> Another fast-bowling blow for the team, with the New Zealand pacer heading home with a torn hamstring in his right leg after playing just one game  BCCI
<b>LASITH MALINGA</b><br><b>Team:</b>Mumbai Indians</b><br><b>Status:</b> Out of the tournament without making an appearance. He is yet to fully recover from the knee injury that has kept him out of top-flight cricket since February  ICC
<b>LENDL SIMMONS</b><br><b>Team:</b> Mumbai Indians<br><b>Status:</b> The opener was ruled out of the tournament after just one match due to lower-back trouble  BCCI
<b>KEVIN PIETERSEN</b><br><b>Team:</b> Rising Pune Supergiants<br><b>Status:</b> The first of a string of injuries for Pune, Pietersen pulled a calf while batting against RCB and that was the end of his tournament. He turned out for Pune in four games  BCCI
<b>FAF DU PLESSIS</b><br><b>Team:</b> Rising Pune Supergiants<br><b>Status:</b> A broken finger put South Africa batsman Faf du Plessis out of action for six weeks on April 28, ending his IPL season after only six matches  AFP
<b>MITCHELL MARSH</b><br><b>Team:</b> Rising Pune Supergiants<br><b>Status:</b> The third Rising Pune Supergiants player to be ruled out in the same week. He exited with a side strain, after playing three games  BCCI
<b>STEVEN SMITH</b><br><b>Team:</b> Rising Pune Supergiants</b><br> Possibly the biggest blow so far to a struggling Pune side, Australia's captain headed home with a wrist issue a few days after striking his first T20 ton  BCCI
<b>M ASHWIN</b><br><b>Team:</b> Rising Pune Supergiants<br><b>Status:</b> The last of Supergiants' injuries, before they were dumped out without making it to the playoffs: legspinner M Ashwin, who played 10 games in the season, was ruled out with a side strain  BCCI
<b>SHAUN MARSH</b><br><b>Team:</b> Kings XI Punjab<br><b>Status:</b> A day after his brother was ruled out of Pune's campaign, Shaun Marsh had similar bad news at Kings XI. He was ruled out after picking up a back injury  BCCI
<b>GLENN MAXWELL</b><br><b>Team:</b> Kings XI Punjab<br><b>Status:</b> After struggling with injury (and patchy form) over the IPL season, Maxwell left for Australia to get treatment for an apparent side strain, thereby missing Kings XI's last two games  BCCI
<b>JOHN HASTINGS</b><br><b>Team:</b> Kolkata Knight Riders<br><b>Status:</b> The Australian fast bowler had to fly home after injuring an ankle during KKR's warm-ups ahead of their game against Mumbai Indians on April 13, just their second of the tournament  Getty Images
<b>ANDRE RUSSELL</b><br><b>Team:</b> Kolkata Knight Riders<br><b>Status:</b> While he was never officially ruled out of the tournament, a leg injury - picked up when he slipped in his follow-through - put the in-form West Indies allrounder out of action for Knight Riders' final three games, including the eliminator that they lost  AFP
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