Great Concern! During a blinding catch against Australia, Shreyas Iyer sustains an injury.

In a cruel turn of events for India, Shreyas Iyer seemed to have suffered a major injury on Saturday, October 25, when he made a fantastic, partnership-breaking catch against Australia in Sydney.

On the third ball of the 34th over, it took place. Alex Carey played an almost useless shot, mistiming a leg-sided heave to high over backward point, and Rana hit a solid length ball on the off-stump.

Shreyas maintained his sights on the ball as he sprinted back from the in-field position. He reached out and caught the ball with his chest when it seemed to be beyond his reach, tumbling and rolling onto his left side. He gazed in agony, gripped his ribs, and winced in agony as if the same action had seriously injured him.

While the rest of his teammates gathered around him, Shreyas remained on the ground for many minutes till Kuldeep Yadav requested for the physio to join the field. With the assistance of the physiotherapist, he was eventually lifted off the ground. View the incident by clicking this link:

India would be anxious to see whether the vice captain’s injury isn’t severe enough to keep him out of action for more than a few days. He doesn’t have any games right now, however, since India will play Tests against South Africa at home and T20Is against the Australians, two forms in which he is already unpopular. The Proteas will be the opponent in the next ODIs starting on November 30.

India must win by 237 runs.

In the fourth ODI, India’s bowlers, spearheaded by Harshit Rana’s explosive 4/39, held Australia to 236. Matt Renshaw’s calm 56 demonstrated his developing white-ball maturity. Prior to progress being interrupted by controlled spin and fine Indian fielding, early partnerships—61 between Mitchell Marsh and Travis Head and 54 between Renshaw and Alex Carey—promised more.

Washington Sundar trapped Renshaw LBW, Virat Kohli and Iyer made incredible catches, and Axar Patel bowled Marsh. Australia’s innings never gained traction against India’s unrelenting assault and dynamic fielding show at the SCG, despite short pushback from the lower order. Whether Iyer will bat in the second innings is still up in the air.