New Zealand all-rounder Jesse Ryder has pulled out of the third edition of cash rich and lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL-3) due to groin injury.

New Zealand Cricket (NZC) official reported that Ryder has not yet fully recovered from the injury and he will miss the IPL-3 to get fit for the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup to be held in West Indies in May this year.

Wellington, Dec 31 : New Zealand’s talented opener Jesse Ryder has resumed training, but is still half way to declaring himself fully fit for a come back.

Ryder has been out since September 28 when he tore an abdominal muscle during an innings of 74 off 58 balls for New Zealand against Sri Lanka during the Champions Trophy in South Africa.

The troubled but immensely talented batsman spent 10 minutes in the nets doing some light fielding drills before leaving the two-hour practice halfway for a physiotherapist appointment.

Otago (New Zealand), June 11 (ANI): Otago batsman Aaron Redmond will
join the Black Caps at the World Twenty20 cricket championship in
England as cover for injured Jesse Ryder.

A New Zealand Press Association report said that Ryder is under
observation in a hospital in London, even as his team travelled to
Nottingham to face Ireland in Friday’s Super Eight game.

A decision on Ryder''s continued participation in the tournament was
likely to be made in the next 24 hours, team manager Dave Currie said.

Wellington, Apr. 2 : Jesse Ryder has been officially declared New Zealand''s number one Test batsman.

According to a Dominion Post report, Ryder''s magnificent 201 in Napier, on the back of his equally controlled century in Hamilton, has catapulted his world ranking to 30 after just eight tests.

Averaging 64 in Test cricket, Ryder yesterday inked a long-term sponsorship deal with Gray Nicolls to add to his lucrative IPL contract.

Wellington, Apr. 2 : Double-sided bats are here to stay, but Kiwi batsman Jesse Ryder isn't too taken up with the idea of using it.

New sponsor Gray Nicolls handed Test batsman Jesse Ryder the jazzy bat, invented for hitting reverse sweeps with the back of the bat''s flat surface, and some space-age helmets yesterday.

Gray Nicolls'' Cameron Black said the bats had caused a stir in Australia after David Warner hit Australian team-mate Shaun Tait on to the roof of the Adelaide Oval using the back of the bat.

Napier, Mar. 29 : Batsman Jesse Ryder is on track to becoming the fastest New Zealand cricketer to reach 1000 test runs.

According to a Sunday Star report, Ryder has so far scored 768 runs from 14 test innings and needs another 232 to reach 1000.

The Kiwi record holders for the fastest 1000 runs, a benchmark in test cricket, are John F Reid and Mark Richardson, who both took 20 innings to post a grand.

Napier (New Zealand), Mar. 27 : Kiwi batsman Jesse Ryder appeared disappointed on Friday after completing his double ton, suggesting that he is hungry to score more runs.

Ryder slammed his bat on the ground after playing the ball back on to his stumps just after reaching his maiden double hundred.

Hamilton (New Zealand), Mar. 20 : Former internationals are struggling to remember a better maiden test century than the one posted by Jesse Ryder against India in Hamilton this week.

Ryder''s 102 was his fourth successive 50-plus score in tests and came just 10 days after he posted his maiden one-day hundred in Christchurch.

Former Indian international Ravi Shastri marvelled at the way Ryder was able to adapt to his game to the match situation.

"I see him getting many more hundreds, but at the end of it all, he might just rate this as one of his best," Shastri said.

Wellington, Mar. 12: Jesse Ryder should not be hidden in the New Zealand middle order, but should be allowed to open the innings, given his devastating and aggressive style of batting.

According to stuff. co. nz, the time has come to allow Ryder to fulfill his promise.

He is far more comfortable against pace bowling than spin bowling and due to his late hands, is an ideal fit against the swinging ball.

The bowling is also a worry without Chris Martin. Franklin needs to be back to the 140kmh we know he can bowl at to be effective.

Wellington (New Zealand), Feb. 28 : The New Zealand cricket squad for the first three one day internationals (ODI) against India announced today features the return of Jacob Oram, Jesse Ryder and Kyle Mills, all of who were out of the squad with different injuries.

Ewen Thompson and Nathan McCullum from the Twenty20 squad have been omitted.

Stuff. co. nz quoted selection panel chairman Glenn Turner as saying that the squad was a strong one, which reflected the sizeable pool of players in consistent good form at international and domestic levels.

The selectors had decided not to include a second spinner in the initial ODI squad, Turner said.

Wellington, Nov. 19 : Wealthy owners of the eight Indian Premier League (IPL) teams are all keen to make a bid for New Zealand’s latest cricket star Jesse Ryder despite his bad boy reputation.

According to Archivestuff, the 24-year-old will be part of next year''s IPL auction to be held on February 6, a placement that could earn him anything upwards from US200, 000 dollars a year for the next couple of years.

Of course Ryder has to be snapped up by one of the eight franchises before the big bucks roll in but the blockbusting batsman''s Wellington-based agent Aaron Klee said there was considerable interest in his star pupil.

"We''ve got confirmation he is going to be in the auction, which is great for Jesse," Klee said. (ANI)