The IPL 2023 season as well as the World Test Championship final in June will not feature great batter Shreyas Iyer, which deals a serious blow to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and the Indian cricket team. According to rumors, Iyer has chosen to have surgery for his back issue and will be sidelined for three months as a result. live score between dc and gt, ipl 2023
Iyer Shreyas from India (AP)
Iyer has been dealing with a back problem for a while. Prior to being forced to withdraw due to injury from the final Test against Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series, he missed the limited-overs match against Bangladesh in December of last year. After that, he was declared ineligible for the three-match ODI series against a Steve Smith-led team at home.
ESPNCricinfo said that Iyer suffered irritation in his lower back on both occasions, which also caused calf pain. Iyer delayed making a decision about surgery until the IPL 2023 season began, waiting to see if pain relief from medications could be found. In the end, Iyer underwent surgery at the National Cricket School in Bangalore under the watchful eye of the BCCI medical experts. Throughout the second part of the season, KKR had anticipated his return. According to sources, the India batsman will undergo surgery abroad after being unable to train at the NCA. As a result, he would miss more than three months of activity, not counting post-recovery training.
The squad will be trying to take advantage of the home-field advantage against Royal Challengers Bangalore in their second IPL 2023 encounter at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday. KKR announced Nitish Rana as the new captain in place of Iyer. In a rain-delayed encounter at Mohali last week, KKR fell to Punjab Kings by seven runs using the DLS technique.