The Indian middle-order batsman, Shreyas Iyer was on Wednesday ruled out of the ongoing three-match ODI series against England. Apart from that, he will also be in doubt to feature in the first half of the 14th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) scheduled to be commencing next month after dislocating his left shoulder in the opening game in Pune.

The incident took place in the eighth over of the England innings when Shreyas dived on a drive hit by Jonny Bairstow off the fast bowler, Shardul Thakur. The 26-year-old looked in tremendous pain as he left the field clutching his shoulder. 

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Talking about the injury, one of the sources of PTI in BCCI source said, “It is unlikely he will play the first part of IPL.” On the other hand, the BCCI had stated, “Shreyas Iyer subluxated (partially dislocated) his left shoulder in the 8th over while fielding. He has been taken for further scans.”

Shreyas Iyer is the captain of the Delhi Capitals (DC) in the IPL, which is scheduled to be commencing on April 9. The Mumbaikar had perished for just 6 while batting in the first innings of the Pune ODI. Shreyas had led the Delhi-based franchise into the final of the 13th edition of the cash-rich league which took place in UAE. 

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Some of the reports are suggesting that it could take as much as six weeks for Iyer to recover from shoulder dislocation and much longer in case he had to go for surgery. In his absence, the DC captaincy could be handed to either Rishabh Pant, Australian Steve Smith or senior off-spinner R Ashwin. They will be playing their opening game of the season against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on April 10.