Overview
- Iyer sustained a lacerated spleen with internal bleeding while taking a catch in the third ODI at the SCG and was initially treated in intensive care before being moved out of the ICU.
- A repeat scan showed significant improvement, and team captain Suryakumar Yadav and the BCCI say Iyer is stable and recovering in a Sydney hospital.
- BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia said Iyer did not undergo surgery, describing instead a medical procedure to arrest bleeding, countering earlier media reports of an operation.
- The board is arranging for his family to travel to Sydney, with a fuller medical bulletin expected once his parents arrive.
- Medical guidance suggests several weeks of rest for spleen injuries, and he is expected to miss the home ODI series against South Africa beginning November 30.