What transpired?

Late on Tuesday night, reports emerged that Iyer, looking to make a Test comeback, was ruled out of Mumbai’s upcoming Ranji Trophy match against Tripura from October 26. Initial reports in Cricbuzz stated that Iyer would miss the game due to a shoulder injury, which has since been updated to the player skipping the match as he “needed to rest his body: after several successive multi-day matches since the Duleep Trophy.

The report quotes Iyer as saying, “No matter whatever people think outside, I have to listen to my body because I know the amount of threshold I've carried over the last few years and based on that I'll be taking the right decision and I hope that my team will also back (me),” after his century against Maharashtra last week.

However, several accounts on social media started reporting about his shoulder injury, which seemingly did not please the player who decided to put an end to all speculations. He replied to a tweet about his shoulder injury: “Guys seriously let's do some homework before publishing news.”

Iyer had undergone shoulder surgery in 2021 after dislocating it during an ODI series.

What is the latest on his injury?

Various differing reports are circulating about the exact reason Iyer has opted to skip the match in Agartala. While the Cricbuzz report has no mention of the shoulder injury anymore, the Times of India has mentioned that Iyer had pain in his shoulder during Mumbai’s match against Maharashtra last week. It further adds that he went for an MRI after the game, with sources in the Mumbai Cricket Association confirming that Iyer is unlikely to join the team.

PTI reports that Iyer will miss the Tripura game due to “personal reasons”, further adding that the player requested time off and that his appeal had been accepted.

Mumbai will also be without the services of Prithvi Shaw for the game.

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