Team India`s ODI vice-captain Shreyas Iyer, who sustained an injury of ruptured spleen and rib cage during the third ODI match against Australia, was earlier shifted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in a hospital in Sydney.
He has now been moved out of the ICU and is in a stable condition, easing concerns over his health.
A source close to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) stated that the cricketer has been shifted out of the ICU and will take a few more days before being discharged.
“He has been shifted out of ICU and may take a few more days before he is discharged from the hospital in Sydney,” he said.
Iyer sustained a lower left rib cage injury while attempting a difficult running catch to dismiss Alex Carey off Harshit Rana`s bowling. Though he initially walked off the field with assistance from the physio, his condition later deteriorated as his vital parameters dropped, prompting immediate hospitalisation.
Subsequent tests revealed internal bleeding caused by a laceration in the spleen, following which he was admitted to the ICU for close monitoring.
Speaking about Iyer`s condition, Team India`s T20I skipper Suryakumar Yadav said that the right-hander is recovering well and once the procedure is completed, the side will take the Mumbai-born cricketer home.
“Now see, we are not doctors. When we saw from outside, when the catch was taken (by Shreyas), it looked like it was normal. But none of us were there, only those who were there can tell what actually happened. So they said after going inside it was felt you will have to pay good attention (to him). Then he was rushed to the specialist, and we were told about what happened,” said the Indian skipper.
He also said that such incidents happen to rare talents.
“After that we talked to him, when he was talking normally, we felt that it is a little better now, because doctors and physios told us that it was an unfortunate incident, which happens rarely. But sometimes rare incidents happened to rare talent,” added Suryakumar.
“God is with his side, he is recovering really well, doctors are supporting him, BCCI is in full support, he will recover soon and then we will take him home with us,” concluded the 35-year-old cricketer.
(With PTI Inputs)
