India’s efforts to get near Australia’s first-innings complete of 480 in Ahmedabad suffered a blow with lower-back ache preserving Shreyas Iyer from batting on the morning of day 4.
Ravindra Jadeja batted forward of Iyer on the third day, and whereas that wasn’t uncommon – India usually use the left-handed Jadeja to interrupt up a largely right-handed prime order – Iyer did not come out to bat even when Jadeja was dismissed on the fourth morning. As a substitute, wicketkeeper-batter KS Bharat walked in at No. 6.
The BCCI despatched out this assertion shortly after: “Shreyas Iyer complained of ache in his decrease again following the third day’s play. He has gone for scans and the BCCI Medical Workforce is monitoring him.”
It’s not but clear if Iyer would be capable of bat on this Take a look at match in any respect.
The harm will notably fear India since again bother has dogged Iyer over the previous few weeks: it saved him out of the first Take a look at of this Border-Gavaskar collection, in addition to the three-match ODI collection towards New Zealand that preceded it.
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