Iyer suffers injury while attempting a catch in third and final ODI of India’s tour of Australia.
Published On 28 Oct 202528 Oct 2025
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India batsman Shreyas Iyer is in stable condition and recovering well from spleen injury, Twenty20 captain Suryakumar Yadav says.
Iyer suffered a lacerated spleen on Saturday during India’s victory over Australia in their third one-day international (ODI) when he fell awkwardly while making a catch.
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The 30-year-old was admitted to hospital, and Indian media reported that his condition was life-threatening.
“We spoke to him,” Suryakumar told reporters on Tuesday before India’s five-match Twenty20 series against Australia beginning in Canberra on Wednesday.
“When we got to know about his injury, I called him. Then I realised Shreyas doesn’t have his phone on him, and I called our physio, Kamlesh Jain, who told us he’s stable.
“He’s looking good 1761653559. We’ve been in touch for two days, he’s replying. If he’s able to reply on the phone, then he’s stable.”
India’s Shreyas Iyer holds his side after taking a catch to dismiss Australia’s Alex Carey as India’s Kuldeep Yadav calls for help [Hollie Adams/Reuters]
How did Iyer sustain freak injury?
The 30-year-old sustained an impact injury in his left lower rib cage region as he pulled off a sensational backpedalling catch to remove Alex Carey, a key moment in the third ODI of the series, which India won by nine wickets.
Iyer, who is also the vice captain of the ODI team, was forced off the field after the injury and did not return for the rest of Australia’s innings.
“He was taken to the hospital for further evaluation,” the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said in a statement.
“Scans revealed a laceration injury to the spleen. He is under treatment, medically stable, and recovering well.”
He remained hospitalised in Sydney, where the BCCI medical team closely monitored him in consultation with specialists from Australia and India.
It was not clear when Iyer could return to action.
Despite the victory on Saturday, India lost the series 1-2 after suffering defeats in the first two games in Perth and Adelaide.
India’s next one-day outing is a home series against South Africa, starting on November 30.
Iyer has scored 2,917 runs from 73 ODIs at an average of 47.81.
A five-match T20 series between the two cricketing powerhouses begins on Wednesday, but Iyer is not a part of that squad.
Moto3 rider Noah Dettwiler remains in a “stable but still critical” condition after being involved in a serious crash at the Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday.
Dettwiler, 20, collided with Moto3 world champion Jose Antonio Rueda during a sighting lap before their race.
Moto3 is the entry-level class below Moto2 and MotoGP.
“Noah has undergone several surgeries in the last few hours, which went well,” the rider’s CIP Green Power team and his family said in a statement.
“According to the doctors in charge, his condition is stable but still critical.
“We appreciate your understanding and ask that Noah and his family’s privacy be respected at this time.
“Thank you for all your incredible support and messages.”
A gas flame is seen in the desert at Khurais oil field in Saudi Arabia in June 2008. File Photo by Ali Haider/EPA
Sept. 7 (UPI) — A coalition of major oil-producing nations said Sunday it will slightly scale back its voluntary production cuts starting in October, adding a small amount of crude back into global markets while keeping most of its reductions in place.
Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria and Oman, which have made extra voluntary cuts since 2023, met virtually Sunday to review global market conditions and agreed to reduce those curbs by about 137,000 barrels a day, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries announced in a news release.
Decisions by OPEC+, which includes nonmember producers like Russia, matter for everyday Americans because the group controls more than 40% of global oil output and helps set the price of crude oil, the main ingredient in gasoline. Even small shifts in production can ripple through global markets, affecting what drivers pay at the pump, the costs of shipping and air travel, and broader inflation that touches everything from groceries to utilities.
If the scale-back of cuts succeeds in balancing supply with demand, oil prices may stabilize or even ease slightly, giving consumers modest relief at the pump and helping to cool inflation pressures. But if markets weaken or inventories climb unexpectedly, OPEC+ could reverse course, pausing or restoring the cuts, which could tighten supply and push prices back up.
The move is a fraction of the 1.65 million barrels per day the group pledged to withhold from the market in April 2023, when concerns about slowing demand and oversupply were pressing prices downward.
In November 2023, the alliance introduced an additional 2.2 million barrels per day in voluntary cuts. The April 2023 cuts were meant to be extended through 2025, and the November 2023 cuts were scheduled to phase out gradually through September 2025, although both could be modified based on market developments.
Officials said the adjustment reflects what they described as a steady global economic outlook and “healthy” market fundamentals, pointing to low oil inventories as evidence that supply and demand remain balanced. They emphasized that the cuts can be restored gradually, in part or in full, if conditions shift.
Analysts cautioned that the actual increase in oil supply may be far smaller than the headline figures suggest. Only Saudi Arabia and possibly the United Arab Emirates have enough spare capacity to raise output significantly, while most other members are already pumping near their limits, according to the Financial Times.
As a result, the real boost to global supply in October could be closer to 60,000 barrels a day, people familiar with the discussions told the newspaper.
The group has already raised output targets by about 2.5 million barrels a day this year as it unwound earlier cuts, the Financial Times reported.
Brent crude, the international benchmark, closed Friday at $65.50 a barrel — down 2.2% on the day but still up from a low of $58 a barrel in April.
OPEC+ said it will hold monthly meetings to reassess market conditions and review members’ conformity. The next session is scheduled for Oct. 5.
AIDAN O’BRIEN has mysteriously pulled a Royal Ascot winner ‘who can really move’ from a £500,000 race.
The Ballydoyle boss pulled the plug on Hampton Court Stakes hero Trinity College’s planned run in the German Derby on Sunday.
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Hampton Court Stakes winner Trinity College was all set to run in the German Derby on Sunday but trainer Aidan O’Brien suddenly pulled the plug on his participationCredit: The Mega Agency
Trinity College’s French Derby fourth automatically got him an entry in the Group 1 won last year by former Nicky Henderson inmate and world’s most expensive jumps horse Palladium.
He had been installed favourite by bookies on the back of his Ascot heroics.
But just 48 hours after putting him in the race O’Brien scrapped Trinity College’s entry.
It came as word spread O’Brien was set to supplement The Lion In Winter into a blockbuster Prix Jean Prat on Sunday.
The former Derby favourite, who is 25-1 for the City Of York stakes having been given an entry over 7f there too, could line up against Juddmonte’s Cosmic Year and Godolphin’s Dewhurst winner Shadow Of Light.
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HEARTBROKEN trainer Warren Greatrex has bravely opened up on the deaths of three young workers at his yard – remembering them all as ‘great lads’.
The Lambourn-based jumps trainer has had to be a father figure and counsellor for those rocked by the suicides of Michael Pitt, David Thompson and, most recently, Billy Moffatt.
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Billy Moffatt, who was in his early 20s when he was found dead, was the third yard worker for Warren Greatrex to take his own life in just four yearsCredit: Facebook
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Michael Pitt was found dead aged 19 in the first tragedy to rock the trainer’s stablesCredit: Hyde News & Pictures
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The Lambourn-based, Cheltenham Festival-winning trainer, said he considers himself a father figure to everyone who works for him – and worrying about them rather than himself is the only way to deal with such devastating lossesCredit: Rex
The huge Chelsea fan, who was reported missing in the days prior, had written a letter saying the happiest days of his life had been working for Greatrex, who said the second death ‘hit me so hard’.
Then in May this year, Moffatt, who was in his early 20s, was found dead in his accommodation – the third death in just four years.
Greatrex, a Cheltenham Festival-winning trainer, admitted he ‘never thought’ he would have to go through such shock and pain.
He told Luck on Sunday on Racing TV the passing of all three and the devastating impact on those who worked alongside them every day was still ‘raw’.
And he said to know the lads you would have had absolutely no idea any were struggling to the extent they were.
Explaining the magnitude of the losses and how best he tried to deal with it, an emotional Greatrex said: “I am the trainer so when I have a member of staff I am like a father figure as well.
“Parents entrust you to look after their children.
“I do feel responsible and all I am, and have been worried about, is everyone else.
“I never thought I’d have a situation like this.
“Even now it’s tough to talk about – but in the situation all you are worried about is everyone else.
“None of those three lads you would have had any idea that they would do that.
“All three lads were really good young men. They were funny, good to be around.
“Billy was a larger-than-life Newcastle lad who touched a lot of people because he was great fun to be around.
“But there aren’t any signs.”
Greatrex also spoke about the stresses and strains of working in the sport and how charity Racing Welfare have helped.
He said while ‘no words can describe the devastation’ of the deaths, Racing Welfare were at his yard ‘within minutes’ to offer support to those coming to terms with the losses.
His words pleading for more to be done with alcohol and drugs in racing came just days after champion jockey Oisin Murphy was charged with drink-driving ahead of his appearance at Reading Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.
Greatrex continued: “I think when you’re surrounded by young people there will be times when there will be drinking, there will be drug use – that’s just the way of the world now unfortunately.
“Maybe there is a way that people can recognise it (drug use) and help people with what they can and can’t do, or at least guide them in the right direction.
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“I always find when a member of staff comes into the yard I am responsible.
“But when they leave the yard I can’t keep an eye on them and have their back or look after them all the time.
“There will be times when members of staff come to speak to me or someone else senior like Tessa my wife, and of course we always do our best to help them.
“But when they leave the yard I am helpless.
“Still, I want them to be able to come to me.
“I am a father and when my children go anywhere, or to other yards, you want them to be looked after and navigated in the right direction.”
Greatrex will take part in a marathon hike in support of Racing Welfare on Sunday – donate to their cause HERE.
