Out of favour India player Shreyas Iyer seems to be struggling with his long-standing back issue and that has come to the fore yet again in the ongoing Ranji Trophy final between Mumbai and Vidarbha. As per reports, Shreyas experienced back issues on Wednesday and didn't take the field.
As per a report by ESPNcricinfo, he received treatment from the team physiotherapist and was expected to turn up on Thursday (day five), however, the Mumbai team took the field on day five without Iyer.
Notably, this is not the first time Iyer has experienced back issues. He underwent back surgery in London in April and had to stay back as doctors monitored him for progress. Iyer initially explored non-surgical options but none provided any long-term solutions; hence, he ultimately decided to go under the knife.
Iyer was a part of the Indian team for the first two games against England but was left out when the squad was picked for the rest of the games. He didn't feature in Mumbai's Ranji Trophy quarterfinal against Baroda as per reports of a back problem.
Kolkata Knight Riders sweat over Shreyas Iyer's fitness
Kolkata Knight Riders didn't have the services of Shreyas during IPL 2023 and finished seventh on the points table with six wins and eight losses. The sudden injury to Iyer jeopardized KKR's plans and they had to announce Nitish Rana as captain for the season.
Hence, KKR are keeping their fingers crossed again as injury cloud hovers over their captain ahead of the season.
Kolkata Knight Riders' full squad for IPL 2024:
Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Shreyas Iyer (c), Phil Salt, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, KS Bharat, Chetan Sakariya, Mitchell Starc, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ramandeep Singh, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Dushmantha Chameera, Sakib Hussain.
