Shreyas Iyer Fitness Update: ICC announced the schedule of T20 World Cup 2026 in Mumbai on Tuesday i.e. November 25, 2025. During this time, a good news also came out for Indian cricket. Indian ODI team vice-captain Shreyas Iyer has started training after the operation. Shreyas was seriously injured during the third ODI match against Australia in Sydney on 25 October. Now Iyer has shared his health update on social media, in which he is seen riding an exercise bike. Now it remains to be seen whether Shreyas will be available for selection in Team India by the ICC T20 World Cup 2026, which is going to start in February next year.

How did Shreyas Iyer get injured?

Shreyas Iyer was injured in the Sydney ODI against Australia, when he was trying to catch the ball of Harshit Rana. Iyer had a serious problem of spleen laceration due to his fall from the left side. Due to this, Iyer had to be admitted in the ICU and there was also a complaint of internal bleeding in his body, which could have been fatal. He was operated on in Australia itself, after which his condition became stable. Shreyas Iyer returned to India after being discharged from the hospital in the beginning of November.

Iyer has been advised to take rest for two months

Medical experts have advised Shreyas to take rest for at least two months and stay away from cricket. Doctors say that if spleen injuries are not taken seriously, their hidden dangers can increase, because this organ plays an important role in filtering blood in the body and supporting immunity function. Recently there were reports that due to this injury, Iyer may be out of the race for selection for the T20 World Cup 2026. He will also be out of IPL 2026, but now after this photo, there are speculations that he will soon become fit and return to the field.

Italy has qualified for the T20 World Cup 2026 Host to be held in India. This is the first time that Italy Cricket Team must be participating in an ICC event. Italy has now become the 15th team, which has qualified for the next year’s T20 World Cup, a total of 20 teams will participate in this tournament. Italy’s qualification is evidence that the game of cricket is leaving its mark around the world, but do you know when cricket started in Italy and how this team has got admission in their first World Cup tournament.

When did cricket start in Italy?

The Italian Cricket Federation was established in the year 1980, after which the team got membership of ICC after four years. The Italian cricket team played their first official match in the year 1984, in those days this team used to play with local clubs in London. At the same time, Italy’s first international cricket match came against Denmark in 1989, which was a draw. Finally, about 11 years after playing the first official match, he became an associate member of Italy ICC in 1995.

How to qualify for T20 World Cup?

The teams living in the top-8 of the previous T20 World Cup got direct qualification for the 2026 World Cup, while four teams got admission in the World Cup based on the ranking. At the same time, the remaining 8 teams have to make a place in the World Cup tournament via regional qualifiers. Italy has also found entry into the World Cup via qualifiers.

A total of 30 teams participated in the Europe qualifier, which were divided into 2 groups of five teams. Toping Group-A, Italy made it to the final stage of Europe Regional Qualifiers, where only two of the 5 teams were to get admission in the World Cup. In this phase, Italy lost to the Netherlands, yet Italy was ahead of the Jersey team in the case of net run-rate, due to which it got entry in T20 World Cup 2026.

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