The India batter suffered a laceration of the spleen while taking a catch in Sydney; underwent emergency procedure to stop internal bleeding.

India’s middle-order batter Shreyas Iyer is set to be out of action for at least two months after sustaining a serious spleen injury during the third ODI against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground earlier this month. The 30-year-old suffered a laceration of the spleen and internal bleeding after landing awkwardly while completing a difficult catch of Australian wicketkeeper Alex Carey.

According to reports, Iyer fainted in the dressing room shortly after the incident and was rushed to a Sydney hospital, where he was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). The cricketer underwent an , a minimally invasive procedure in which a small cathe

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