Indian ODI vice-captain Shreyas Iyer suffered a severe injury during the third and final ODI against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday, October 25. While taking a spectacular running catch near third man to dismiss Alex Carey, Iyer landed awkwardly and sustained a rib cage injury. He was immediately rushed to a local hospital for urgent medical attention.
Iyer’s Internal Bleeding was Detected, Under Close Observation
Medical reports have now confirmed that Iyer experienced internal bleeding due to a laceration injury to his spleen. He has been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and is expected to remain under close observation for five to seven days. The BCCI Medical Team, in coordination with specialists in both Sydney and India, is closely monitoring his progress.
“𝑺𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒋𝒖𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒏. 𝑯𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑻𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝑫𝒐𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝑺𝒚𝒅𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑺𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒚𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒂𝒚-𝒕𝒐-𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔,” 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝑪𝑪𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒚, 𝑶𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒓 27.
A source familiar with the situation told India TV,
“𝑺𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒚𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝑰𝑪𝑼 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔. 𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒏, 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒅𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒘, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒍. 𝑯𝒆’𝒔 𝒂 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒍𝒂𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒐𝒏.”
Iyer scored 72 runs in two innings during the three-match series, including a half-century in the second ODI at Adelaide. While his immediate recovery is the priority, the source added that it is too early to predict when he will return to competitive cricket.
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