Dubai: Kevin Pietersen has lifted the lid on the injury that has kept him out of Delhi Daredevils's first two games.

The (former) England batsman posted this picture (below) on Instagram, along with the tweet.

 

 

Meanwhile, Mitchell Starc of the Royal Challengers Bangalore took some well-earned down time by the hotel swimming pool, or at least we think this is him:

 

 

 

Starc's RCB teammate AB de Villiers, who played a star roll in the win over Mumbai Indians on Saturday, had a different idea of how to spend his free time in Dubai:

 

 

However, for fellow South African Jacques Kallis of the Kolkata Knight Riders, the day off cricket meant some retail therapy in Dubai Mall (or something like that!):

 

 

Back to cricketing matters, and a sight that strikes fear into the hearts of batsmen throughout the IPL from the official Mumbai Indians Twitter feed:

 

 

Sunrisers Hyderabad were also all about business, getting some time in the nets at the ICC Academy in Dubai:

 

 

While RCB owner Vijay Mallya was in a happy (and, dare we say, slightly smug?) mood following his side's two wins from two matches so far:

 

 

And Ross Taylor was delighted to see his Delhi Daredevils side get a win on the board against Kolkata Knight Riders:

 

 

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