Shreyas Iyer likely to be fit for South Africa ODIs at home; Nitish Kumar Reddy to be fit for Australia T20Is - Reports

Shreyas Iyer got injured during the third IND vs AUS ODI in Sydney.

Indian Cricket Team batter Shreyas Iyer faced a scary injury in last match of the three-match series against the Australian Cricket Team. The dead rubber ODI between the two teams took place at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney on Saturday, October 25. 

Shreyas Iyer gave his all for the team in the field as he put in a magical dive to take the catch of Alex Carey off Harshit Rana’s bowling. He ran backwards to catch the ball, but fell awkwardly and ended up getting injured before being taken off the field by the physio. 

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) then released an official statement, saying that the batter faced a rib cage injury.

“Shreyas Iyer sustained an injury to his left rib cage while fielding. He has been taken to the hospital for further evaluation and assessment of his injury.”

Shreyas Iyer to report to the BCCI’s CoE, likely to regain fitness before South Africa series 

The reports in Cricbuzz claimed that Shreyas Iyer is still in the hospital with the BCCI providing him with a doctor to attend to him. He is also accompanied by some of his friends based in Australia. 

The exact date for his return to India is yet to be known but it is expected that he will be back in a few days and will head straight to the Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Bengaluru. With India’s next ODI series, starting from November 30, the reports claimed that he might get fit by the time the series starts. 

Nitish Kumar Reddy to play T20I series against Australia 

Along with Shreyas Iyer, there was another injury scare for India in Nitish Kumar Reddy. The all-rounder missed the third ODI against Australia due to a quadriceps injury. There were a lot of speculations as well over his availability for the T20Is. 

But the reports claimed that the injury is not serious enough and he will be fit for the T20I series, which will begin on October 29. There is a slight chance that he might miss this opening game but he is expected to play the majority of the series. 

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