Yorkshire dropped Yuvraj Singh for the County championship match against Gloucestershire on Wednesday but the club said the Indian player is simply being rested and would be considered for future matches.

Yuvraj, who was one of the key factors in India's successful run at the World Cup in South Africa, has been struggling for form recently in England.

The left-handed batsman from Punjab started off well in the newly introduced Twenty20 tournament at the start of the season but has failed to live upto expectations in the first-class version and the one-day league.

The man who played a crucial role in India's famous victory over England in a tri-series final at Lord's last summer has produced mere 111 runs from eight matches at an average of 15.85 in the County championship.

In the National Cricket League, he has done no better with 145 runs from five innings at 29.00.

That is a mighty fall for the player who was hailed as India's Michael Bevan following his crafty performance at number six in South Africa.

"Yuvraj has been rested. He will play in the National League one-day match against Gloucestershire," Geoff Cope, Director of the Yorkshire CCC, said.

Other Indians on the county scene too have found it difficult to cope with the rigours of England's tough domestic schedule.

Mohammad Kaif, playing for Derbyshire, has scored 213 runs from 10 first class matches at 21.30 and 149 runs from four innings at 37.25 in the one-dayers.

Opening batsman Virender Sehwag fared just better for Leicestershire in the county championship with 478 runs at 47.80 but failed to come good in the shorter version of the game with 326 runs at 29.63.

Rahul Dravid, who opted to play for Scotland, though proved his worth with 311 runs at 77.75.

Sehwag might have escaped further 'agony' with a disc injury forcing a premature termination of his county contract.

The other players too will heave a sigh of relief if the Indian Board sends them an SOS to report for the conditioning camp, starting on August 14, for the upcoming home series against New Zealand.