IPL 2017: DD's Shreyas Iyer out of action for 1 week

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New Delhi, April 4: The Delhi Daredevils today (April 4) suffered a setback ahead of their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2017 season as flamboyant batsman Shreyas Iyer has been ruled out for at least a week due to chickenpox.

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Iyer is now back in Mumbai recuperating from illness and is expected to join the squad after getting fully fit.

It may take around a week before he starts training again. Iyer's absence during the first week is a big worry for the perennial underachievers with two of their biggest overseas recruits Quinton de Kock and JP Duminy already out of the tournament.

Angelo Mathews is also out for a better part of the cash-rich event. The swashbuckling Iyer was a big hit for the franchise during the 2015 edition while 2016 was not that great.

However, the 2016-17 season had been an impressive one as he was the highest scorer for Mumbai in their Ranji Trophy campaign apart from scoring a double hundred against Australia in a warm-up game.

He earned a maiden call up in the Test squad in place of Virat Kohli even though he did not make it to the final eleven.

PTI