File photo of former England player Kevin Pietersen.
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Kevin Pietersen could be dreaming of walking back into the England side but on Thursday, he ended up barging into a tree.
England's controversial batting star posted a selfie on Twitter that showed a tiny bruise on his forehead.
Pietersen has been making the headlines ever since he decided to skip Indian Premier League 2015 in a bid to revive his England career by playing County cricket for Surrey. He had been snapped up by the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the recently-held player auctions for Rs. 2 crore.
Incoming England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chairman Colin Graves has suggested that Pietersen may yet be able to resurrect his England career, having been frozen out of the national set-up a year ago.
Despite Pietersen's best efforts to find his way back into the national setup, England coach Peter Moores made it clear that the South Africa-born cricketer wasn't in their plans ahead of England's tour to West Indies .
"For me, Kevin's not on this trip, so I don't need to focus on Kevin at all," Moores told a media conference at Gatwick Airport.
"My focus is to support (captain) Alastair (Cook) as I always would and the 16 players on this tour. From my point of view, Kevin isn't on the radar. So he can't be in my or Cooky's focus at all."
Skipper Alastair Cook, who was dropped from the ODI side for the World Cup 2015, echoed his coach's thoughts.
"We've got these 16 guys going to the West Indies who are desperate to turn around England cricket. We need to get back to winning ways, and that's all these 16 guys and support staff are focused on."
Despite all the controversy, Pietersen has never hidden his desire to play for England. Whether or not he gets to strap on his pads for the Three Lions again remains to be seen.
(With inputs from AFP)
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