Team India's star batsman Shreyas Iyer was paralyzed, he himself has revealed this in an interview. This story of Shreyas Iyer has come to the fore for the first time, know what this cricketer told.

Shreyas Iyer is considered one of the best ODI format players of the current era. This right-handed batsman has won the Champions Trophy for Team India and in 2023 he also led the Indian team to the World Cup final. But what pain he has suffered behind this success has now been revealed. Shreyas Iyer told that in the year 2023 he suffered an injury due to which one of his legs stopped working. Shreyas Iyer revealed that he was paralyzed in one leg.

Shreyas Iyer was paralyzed?

Shreyas Iyer made this painful revelation in a conversation with GQ India. Iyer said, 'No one can understand the pain I have gone through. One of my legs had completely stopped moving, I was paralyzed in one leg. I had spine surgery and a rod was inserted in my waist, it was a very painful and dangerous experience. I used to have a lot of pain, I used to have a lot of pain from my waist to my heel. It was a very scary experience.'

Shreyas Iyer had to undergo back surgery in the year 2023 due to which he could not play in the IPL. Not only this, he could not play in the final of the World Test Championship as well. Due to this injury, Delhi Capitals made Pant the captain in his place and then he left this franchise.

'People consider players as robots'

Shreyas Iyer also targeted those who troll the players when they fail in some matches. Iyer said, 'People often consider players as robots. They think that they will perform in every match. They don't realize what is going on behind the scenes.' Let us tell you that Shreyas Iyer has faced failure despite performing so well. Currently, he could not make it to Team India for the Asia Cup, but this player is not ready to give up despite this. Iyer wants to return to Test and T20 formats soon apart from ODIs.