‘Mummy praying for Shreyas Iyer’ – Suryakumar Yadav’s mother’s touching Chhath Puja act wins internet; video goes viral

In a heartwarming display of cricketing brotherhood, Suryakumar Yadav’s mother was seen praying for a speedy recovery of Shreyas Iyer, who is currently hospitalised at a Sydney hospital following his injury during the India’s win over Australia in the third ODI last Saturday.

Iyer, who is the Indian vice-captain, injured his abdomen while taking a running catch to dismiss Alex Carey off the bowling of Harshit Rana. While taking the catch, Iyer landed badly on his abdomen and was withering in pain. While it looked like nothing serious initially, but scans revealed that he suffered a spleen injury which led to internal bleeding.

The injury was treated immediately and he is in stable condition right now. In a video shared by Suryakumar’s sister Dinal Yadav, Suryakumar’s mother offered prayers for Iyer during Chhath Puja recently, the clip fo while went viral on social media. She also urged the onlookers to pray for Iyer’s speedy recovery. “Mummy praying for Shreyas Iyer,” Dinal captioned the video.

“Mai ye bolna chahti hu ki Shreyas Iyer ke liye pray kijiye sab log ki vo bahut ache se aa jaye. Kyuki maine kal suna ki uski tabiyat nahi theek hai, mujhe bilkul acha nahi laga (I urge you all to pray for Shreyas Iyer and he returns to India safely. It pained me when I heard that his health is not at all good),” Suryakumar’s mother was heard saying in the video.