Indian vice-captain Shreyas Iyer looked in utter discomfort after having injured his ribs while taking a stupendous running catch that dismissed Alex Carey and marked the start of Australia’s downfall.
The BCCI has finally revealed the status of his injury.
India is playing Australia in the final ODI and has received multiple blows. Nitish Kumar Reddy is already doubtful about participating in the upcoming T20I series in Australia, where he was the lead all-rounder following Hardik Pandya’s exit.
Shreyas Iyer, the vice-captain, has now joined the list, though he is not part of the T20I series following the end of the One-day format.
Shreyas Iyer hospitalized after a rib injury for further assessment
When Alex Carey was batting against Harshit Rana, he edged and lobbed a ball as it flew towards the third man fielder, but Shreyas Iyer, standing at point, rushed back with his eyes set on the ball. The fielder didn’t disappoint the Indian team as he grabbed the ball with perfection, but ended up injuring himself in the attempt.
The BCCI has now stated that Shreyas Iyer has sustained an injury to his left rib and has been moved to a hospital in Australia for further evaluation and assessment of his injury. If Shreyas is ruled out, India will miss their vice-captain for the home series against South Africa.
Virat Kohli officially turns second-highest run-getter in ODI cricket
Indian legend Virat Kohli has been officially elevated to the level of the second-highest run-getter in the 50-over format as he has reached the closing stages of his decade-long career.
Starring for India in 305* ODI matches from his debut in 2008 to 2025, the legend boasts the best career average for any batter with 10000+ runs in the 50-over format. He has amassed 14250 runs in all these games at an average of 57.69.
He surpassed former Sri Lanka legend Kumar Sangakkara. Only MS Dhoni has a record of 50 in having scored 10000+ international runs in One-day cricket. Kohli also boasts the most international hundreds in One-day cricket.
Rohit Sharma inches closer to the former Pakistani captain’s world record
Rohit Sharma scored a spectacular century in the final ODI against Australia as he looked flawless after having scored a well-made 73 in the second ODI at Adelaide. Rohit Sharma, the opener, smashed 3 sixes in his innings and inched closer to the record length held by Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi.
While Afridi holds the record of 351 international sixes in the 50-over format in 398 games, Rohit Sharma is just four sixes away from surpassing the former Pakistani captain, with 348 sixes in over 276* matches. Rohit Sharma also reached his 50th international hundred across all formats.