{"id":9339,"date":"2025-10-25T11:37:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T06:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=651069"},"modified":"2025-10-25T11:37:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T06:07:32","slug":"aus-vs-ind-3rd-odi-shreyas-iyer-unlikely-to-bat-after-injury-scare-heres-what-we-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/aus-vs-ind-3rd-odi-shreyas-iyer-unlikely-to-bat-after-injury-scare-heres-what-we-know\/","title":{"rendered":"AUS vs IND 3rd ODI: Shreyas Iyer unlikely to bat after injury scare \u2014 Here\u2019s what we know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Team India vice-captain <strong>Shreyas Iyer\u2019s night might be over<\/strong> after he walked off the field in visible pain during the <strong>third ODI against Australia<\/strong> at the <strong>Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG)<\/strong>. The star batter injured his <strong>left hip<\/strong> while taking a sensational catch to dismiss <strong>Alex Carey<\/strong>, and his return to the game looks <strong>highly unlikely<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred in the <strong>27th over<\/strong> when <strong>Harshit Rana<\/strong> bowled a short-of-length delivery that Carey mistimed. Iyer, sprinting back from <strong>backward point<\/strong>, pulled off a stunning over-the-shoulder catch \u2014 but landed awkwardly, clutching his hip in <strong>severe discomfort<\/strong>. The physio immediately rushed to his aid as the Indian dugout looked visibly concerned.<\/p>\n<p>After being assessed briefly, Iyer was seen <strong>limping off the field<\/strong>, grimacing in pain, and holding his lower back and hip area. According to early signs, the injury appeared <strong>serious enough to rule him out of batting later in the game<\/strong>, especially considering the level of discomfort he was in while walking off.<\/p>\n<p>With India already struggling in the series, this could be another major blow to their plans. The team management has confirmed that <strong>Iyer will not take the field again for now<\/strong>, and the <strong>BCCI medical staff<\/strong> is closely monitoring his condition.<\/p>\n<p>As things stand, it appears <strong>almost impossible<\/strong> for Shreyas Iyer to return to bat tonight, given the extent of his pain and limited mobility after the incident. Fans will be hoping the injury isn\u2019t long-term, with India\u2019s next international assignments just around the corner.<\/p>\n<p>If confirmed, this would mark another frustrating injury setback for the stylish right-hander, who has only recently returned to full fitness after a long battle with a back injury earlier this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team India vice-captain Shreyas Iyer\u2019s night might be over after he walked off the field in visible pain during the\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":32012,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[658],"class_list":["post-9339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket","tag-shreyas-iyer"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}