In a setback to him, India’s dashing white-ball batter and most recent T20I skipper Suryakumar Yadav, who will miss the upcoming T20I series against Afghanistan due to an ankle injury, is also set to miss the entire domestic season, and in most likely-hood the initial phase of the IPL after being afflicted by sports hernia, for which he will soon undergo surgery in Germany, TOI has reliably learnt. In mid-2022, India’s star wicketkeeper batter KL Rahul too had suffered sports hernia, for which he underwent surgery in Germany in July that year.