New Delhi, Oct 27: India ODI vice-captain Shreyas Iyer has been admitted to a hospital in Sydney and is currently in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) after suffering internal bleeding resulting from a rib cage injury sustained during the third match against Australia.

Iyer, who had taken a brilliant catch running backwards from backward point to dismiss Alex Carey, appeared to have hurt his left rib cage in the process and was rushed to the hospital soon after returning to the dressing room on Saturday.

Scans revealed he sustained a “laceration injury to the spleen”.

“Shreyas Iyer sustained an impact injury to his left lower rib cage region…He was taken to the hospital for further evaluation,” the BCCI said in a statement on Monday.

“Scans have revealed a laceration injury to the spleen.

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