‘Shardul Thakur ki mangni mein to matak raha thaa’ – Shreyas Iyer complains of lower back pain, goes to hospital for scans

India batter Shreyas Iyer is said to have complained about back pain in the ongoing fourth BGT test. When the team was fielding in the first two days of the game, he fielded at various positions. However, on Day Three when Shubman Gill got out after scoring a century, Iyer was expected to walk out as the third wicket had fallen.

However, the team sent Ravindra Jadeja out to bat with former skipper Virat Kohli. At the time, it was believed that the team wants a left-hand, right-hand combination. They put together 68 runs before Jadeja was caught at mid-on in the ongoing first session of Day Four. At this point, it was expected that Iyer will come out to bat. However, wicketkeeper batter KS Bharat has been sent out.

Now, it is said that the right-hander, Iyer had complained about back pain and had gone to a hospital for scans. At the time of writing, Kohli and Bharat are batting at the crease with India scoring 335/4, trailing by 145 runs.

Shreyas Iyer had a back injury ahead of the New Zealand series

Meanwhile, the Mumbaikar had a back injury ahead of the ODI series against New Zealand in January this year. India hosted the Blackcaps for a three-match ODI and a T20I series. However, ahead of the 50-over games, he was ruled out of the entire series. He made his comeback in the ongoing series against Australia. Even though it is not an injury as of now, it will be interesting to see whether he would be able to take part in the game or not.

Also, he is being named in the squad for the three-match ODI series against the same side.

India: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, K L Rahul, Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya (Vice-captain), Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umran Malik, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Jaydev Unadkat.

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