Team India’s middle-order batter Shreyas Iyer has been admitted to St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney, where he is undergoing treatment after he sustained an “impact injury” to his left lower rib cage while taking a catch during the third Sydney ODI against Australia, and scans revealed a laceration injury to the spleen.

Iyer dismissed Alex Carey on a Harshit Rana delivery in the third ODI with an amazing diving catch while sprinting from backward point. But when he dived, he landed awkwardly on his ribs and elbows.

After taking the catch, he was in extreme pain, clutching his ribs as he was taken back to the pavilion by the medical staff.

Earlier on Monday, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed that Shreyas Iyer sustained a spleen injury during the third ODI against A

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