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A bombshell report has come out revealing the severity of the injury sustained by the India National Cricket Team ODI vice-captain, Shreyas Iyer, during the third and final match of the series against the Australia National Cricket Team. The report revealed that the horrifying on-field injury suffered by Shreyas Iyer was actually life-threatening, and a timely intervention from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) medical team saved his life. Shreyas Iyer got injured while taking a catch Iyer has faced a lot of ups and downs in his career, and over the years, he has suffered numerous injuries to his shoulder and back, which have prohibited him from reaching new heights in the international cricket arena. He has once again found himself on the unfortunate side of things, as the batter is expected to be once again out of action for at least three months after suffering a freak injury during the third ODI against the Australia National Cricket Team. While fielding at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Shreyas Iyer got injured upon impact after he took a catch running backwards from point to dismiss the wicketkeeper-batsman Alex Carey. Notably, Iyer looked in extreme pain after suffering the injury, and he immediately clutched his rib cage and signaled for medical attention. The physio came running to the ground and took Shreyas Iyer out of the field. Later, the BCCI issued a statement, confirming that the India vice-captain has suffered a laceration to the spleen and is being monitored in the Intensive Care Unit [ICU]. Shreyas Iyer suffered a near-fatal injury Meanwhile, the Dainik Jagran journalist Abhishek Tripathi has made a bombshell revelation on Iyer's injury. He revealed that an email written by Dr. Dinshaw Pardiwala to BCCI clearly mentions that Iyer could have lost his life if the medical team hadn't provided him with adequate treatment on the ground. "A very big piece of information is coming about Shreyas Iyer. The head of the medical team of the BCCI, a member of the ICC medical team, and the head of medical science at the Kokilaben Hospital, Dr. Dinshaw Pardiwala, wrote an email to the BCCI at 6 pm on the 26th. This is a four-point email. I will tell you one by one," the journalist revealed. "The most important point is the fourth, in which he has said that if the medical team of the BCCI did not diagnose properly on the ground and did not intervene immediately, then Iyer's life could have been in danger. That is, the injury was so serious that Iyer could have died." "This is the fourth point of Dr. Pardiwala. 'Your timely diagnosis and immediate intervention have saved a life. This is his last point. His last and most important point. The wound was very serious'." 'Initial 24 hours were very difficult for Shreyas Iyer' Also, the journalist further revealed that Dr. Dinshaw Pardiwala stated that the first 48 hours would be very critical for Iyer, and one doctor, Dr. Rizwan, was given the duty to provide the medical update of the India star to his family twice on a daily basis. "In the second point, Pardiwala has written that the 'first 24-hour critical and fortunately all is well for now'. That is, yesterday evening he was saying that the initial 24 hours were very difficult, full of problems. Fortunately, all is well for now. Now everything is fine," the reporter added. "'Hopefully, we will see the same progress for the next 48 hours. We should not be in any hurry to shift Shreyas out of the ICU for the next 48 hours'. There is a third point, which says 'There needs to be a single point of contact between the medical team and Shreyas' family regarding medical update. I would suggest Dr. Rizwan speaking to his family twice daily regarding his medical condition'".
