New Delhi: Team India ODI vice-captain Shreyas Iyer is recovering well after he was shifted from the ICU in Sydney. Iyer, 30, suffered internal bleeding just below the rib cage while attempting the catch that dismissed Australia’s Alex Carey in the third ODI. The horrific rib-cage injury could have been fatal — had the on-ground medical team not responded swiftly to the emergency.

Iyer landed awkwardly on his left lower abdomen, immediately doubling over in pain. He then limped out of the field, grimacing, and was admitted to a hospital on Saturday.

According to reports, the middle-order batsman had severely low blood pressure, and his condition worsened in the dressing room. The BCCI on Monday confirmed Iyer’s life-threatening injury and released a stateme

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