Team India vice captain, Shreyas Iyer, recently suffered an impact injury to his left rib cage. This was on October 25, 2025, when the third ODI against Australia was played in Sydney. Scans shared that he got an injury in his left rib with a laceration injury to his spleen. Many reports have stated that Shreyas’ injury could have been life-threatening because of internal bleeding. Shreyas is in the hospital and is out of danger.
Well, according to a source close to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), a press statement revealed that Shreyas is out of the ICU and will take a few more days before he is discharged from the hospital in Sydney. Scans revealed that Shreyas had a big fall, and now the big fat question is what is a ruptured spleen injury, what does it mean for the health of an athlete, and how long will Shreyas take to kind of come back to his fitness?
What exactly is Shreyas Iyer’s ruptured spleen, and how is it dangerous?
