Sacked England cricketer Kevin Pietersen has been released from the Indian Premier League side Sunrisers Hyderabad's deal so that the veteran batsman could return to county cricket in a bid to make an international comeback.
While Sunrisers confirmed the move in a joint statement with the player on Tuesday, Pietersen asserted that he was going to do everything in his power to earn a recall to the international set-up, the BBC reported.
Pietersen further said that his focus was then very much on the upcoming season in England and he was absolutely determined to score as many runs as possible.
Pietersen, who won 104 Test and 136 one-day caps for England, has been out of the national squad since his central contract was cancelled 13 months ago by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) following the team's Ashes washout by Australia.
Earlier this month, incoming ECB chairman Colin Graves had indicated that Pietersen's return to the national team was possible. He had said that Pietersen would need to secure a county deal and post some good run tallies to have any chance of returning to the national team.
