{"id":244380,"date":"2025-10-27T15:44:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T15:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/244380\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T15:44:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T15:44:12","slug":"shreyas-iyer-admitted-to-hospital-in-sydney-after-internal-bleeding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/244380\/","title":{"rendered":"Shreyas Iyer admitted to hospital in Sydney after internal bleeding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>New Delhi: 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.<\/p>\n<p>Iyer, who had taken a brilliant catch while running backwards from backward point to dismiss Alex Carey, appeared to have injured his left rib cage in the process.<\/p>\n<p>According to sources, Iyer fainted in the dressing room and his vital parameters were alarmingly low. He was rushed to the hospital soon after with scans revealing he sustained a \u201claceration injury to the spleen\u201d.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/mseducationacademy.in\/?ref=siasat.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" style=\"display: block;\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"Memory Khan Seminar\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" style=\"width: auto; max-height: 280px;\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MS-NEET.webp.webp\"\/> <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cShreyas Iyer sustained an impact injury to his left lower rib cage region\u2026He was taken to the hospital for further evaluation. Scans have revealed a laceration injury to the spleen. He is under treatment, medically stable, and recovering well,\u201d the BCCI said in a statement on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe BCCI Medical Team, in consultation with specialists in Sydney and India, is closely monitoring his injury status. The Indian Team Doctor will remain in Sydney with Shreyas to evaluate his day-to-day progress,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old will remain under observation for 2-7 days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShreyas has been in ICU for the past couple of days. After the reports came in, internal bleeding was detected, and he had to be admitted immediately,\u201d a source privy to the development told PTI on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe will remain under observation for anywhere between two to seven days depending on recovery, as one needed to stop spreading of infection due to bleeding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The BCCI medical team acted swiftly after Iyer\u2019s vital parameters fluctuated upon his return to the dressing room.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.germantenhospitals.com\/?ref=siasat.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"Germanten Hospital\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Germanten-JointReplacement.webp.webp\"\/> <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe team doctor and physio didn\u2019t take any chances and took him to the hospital immediately. Things are stable now, but it could have been fatal. He\u2019s a tough lad and should be fine soon,\u201d the source added.<\/p>\n<p>Initially, Iyer was expected to be out of action for about three weeks, but the recovery period may now be longer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince there has been internal bleeding, he will certainly need more time to recover, and at this point, it\u2019s difficult to put a definite timeline on his return to competitive cricket,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old is expected to remain in the Sydney hospital for at least a week before being declared fit to travel back to India. Iyer is not part of India\u2019s T20 squad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Delhi: India ODI vice-captain Shreyas Iyer has been admitted to a hospital in Sydney and is currently&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244381,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,31779,85,670],"class_list":["post-244380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-shreyas-iyer","tag-sports","tag-sydney"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244380\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}