India’s T20I skipper Suryakumar Yadav has provided an encouraging update on Shreyas Iyer’s health after the batter sustained a serious spleen injury during the third ODI against Australia in Sydney. The unfortunate incident took place when Iyer took a diving catch to dismiss Alex Carey, landing awkwardly in the process. He was soon rushed to a hospital, where scans revealed a laceration in his spleen.
Following the initial scare, Shreyas Iyer was moved to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) due to internal bleeding, but is now stable and out of critical care, according to recent reports from Sydney.
“He’s replying on the phone now” – Suryakumar Yadav
Speaking ahead of the first T20I in Canberra, Suryakumar Yadav confirmed that Shreyas’s condition has improved significantly and that he has started communicating with teammates again.
“𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒋𝒖𝒓𝒚, 𝑰 𝒊𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒉𝒚𝒔𝒊𝒐 𝑲𝒂𝒎𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒉 𝑱𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏 𝒖𝒑𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒆. 𝑰𝒚𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒘, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒉𝒆’𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆. 𝑫𝒐𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒊𝒎, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆’𝒔 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒐, 𝒔𝒐 𝒊𝒕’𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅. 𝑯𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒇𝒆𝒘 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔,” 𝑺𝒖𝒓𝒚𝒂 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅.
The 30-year-old right-hander had suffered a severe impact to his ribs during the match, which led to temporary complications. However, the quick intervention of medical staff ensured his condition didn’t worsen.
“Rare things happen to rare talent” – Surya praises Shreyas’s fighting spirit
Expressing relief over his teammate’s recovery, the Indian captain lauded Iyer’s resilience and optimism.
“𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒖𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅 — 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒆. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑺𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒚𝒂𝒔 𝑰𝒚𝒆𝒓. 𝑩𝒚 𝑮𝒐𝒅’𝒔 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆, 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒆. 𝑺𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒊 𝒍𝒆 𝒋𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒖𝒔𝒌𝒐 𝒈𝒉𝒂𝒓 (𝑾𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔),” 𝑺𝒖𝒓𝒚𝒂𝒌𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒓 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆.
Meanwhile, the BCCI medical team continues to work closely with specialists in Sydney to monitor Iyer’s progress. Reports suggest that the cricketer is recovering steadily and could be discharged from medical supervision in a few days.
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