County side Middlesex have dropped Yuvraj Singh from their Friends Provident T20 scheme of things after the BCCI denied them a written approval for the same. Middlesexs chief executive Vinny Codrington said that,despite receiving Yuvrajs signed contract,the county was not signing the Indian middle-order batsman and blamed the BCCI for playing spoilsport. We had received a signed contract from Yuvraj confirming that he was playing for us .we had received full approval from a prominent member of the BCCI also as to Yuvrajs signing,and we had even agreed what squad number he would be sporting for the Panthers this year and what name he would be wearing on his back, Codrington wrote on the club website. We were quite rightly awaiting written approval from the BCCI before formally announcing the signing to club members at large and to the UK media,which unfortunately,despite much chasing on our part was never forthcoming, he rued. Codrington said the club then received a notification from BCCI about the Asia Cup,scheduled in June,and a training camp preceding the tournament. Repeated efforts to get a word from the BCCI bore no result and with a scheduled tri-series,also involving Sri Lanka,Yuvrajs participation in any of the T20 matches was ruled out.
