Overview
- The BCCI Centre of Excellence granted Iyer full fitness clearance, making him available for the three-match ODI series beginning January 11 in Vadodara.
- Medical staff issued the all-clear earlier than first planned, before his scheduled January 8 appearance for Mumbai against Punjab.
- Iyer had been named in the squad subject to fitness and is expected to slot back at No. 4 and resume the ODI vice-captaincy.
- CoE head VVS Laxman informed chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar of Iyer’s availability, according to multiple reports.
- The 31-year-old had been out since an October spleen injury sustained in Sydney, followed by hospital care and rehabilitation under BCCI supervision in Bengaluru.