Shreyas Iyer cleared by BCCI medical team, to join India squad for second Australia Test | Cricket News – Times of India
NEW DELHI: India batter Shreyas Iyer, who was nursing a back injury, has been cleared by the BCCI medical team and will now join the squad ahead of the second Test against Australia starting in the capital on Friday.
The second Test will be played from February 17-21 at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in Delhi.
“Shreyas Iyer has successfully completed his rehab at the National Cricket Academy following his back injury and has been cleared by the BCCI Medical Team,” BCCI secretary Jay Shah stated in a media statement.
“Shreyas will join the squad in New Delhi ahead of the second Test of the Mastercard Australia tour of India for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy,” the statement further said.
Iyer had gone to Nagpur with the Indian team for the first Test, but then left for the NCA in Bangalore for his recovery.
A bad back has kept Iyer out of action since the ODI series against New Zealand last month.
The 28-year-old Mumbaikar has been recovering from the injury, which forced him to miss the T20I series against New Zealand too, at NCA.
India’s squad for second Test: Rohit Sharma (captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KS Bharat (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), R. Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Suryakumar Yadav
The second Test will be played from February 17-21 at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in Delhi.
“Shreyas Iyer has successfully completed his rehab at the National Cricket Academy following his back injury and has been cleared by the BCCI Medical Team,” BCCI secretary Jay Shah stated in a media statement.
“Shreyas will join the squad in New Delhi ahead of the second Test of the Mastercard Australia tour of India for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy,” the statement further said.
Iyer had gone to Nagpur with the Indian team for the first Test, but then left for the NCA in Bangalore for his recovery.
A bad back has kept Iyer out of action since the ODI series against New Zealand last month.
The 28-year-old Mumbaikar has been recovering from the injury, which forced him to miss the T20I series against New Zealand too, at NCA.
India’s squad for second Test: Rohit Sharma (captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KS Bharat (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), R. Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Suryakumar Yadav
For all the latest Sports News Click Here
For the latest news and updates, follow us on Google News.
Denial of responsibility! NewsBit.us is an automatic aggregator around the global media. All the content are available free on Internet. We have just arranged it in one platform for educational purpose only. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If you are the owner of the content and do not want us to publish your materials on our website, please contact us by email – [email protected]. The content will be deleted within 24 hours.
