Star Australian all-rounder Cameron Green has exclusively revealed that he has been suffering from since childhood he has been suffering from chronic kidney disease.
In an interview with 7Cricket, Green disclosed that he has been diagnosed with a kidney disease characterized by no symptoms and is irreversible. Throughout his cricketing career, Green has chosen to keep this medical condition private.
“My parents got told when I was born that I had chronic kidney disease, basically, there are no symptoms. It just got picked up from the ultrasound. Kidneys can’t get better. It’s irreversible. So anyway you can find to slow the progression, you basically try and do,” said Green.
Cameron Green’s father Gary informed that when the cricketer was 12 years of age, the doctor told him that he wouldn’t be alive after it.
“At the time it was uncharted territory as such; the prognosis wasn’t great. There were life-expectancy issues that he might not expect to live past 12 years of age,” said Green’s father.
The Australian all-rounder made headlines recently when he was transferred from Mumbai Indians to Royal Challengers Bangalore before the IPL 2024 retention deadline. Green had joined the Mumbai-based franchise in the previous season when the team secured his services for INR 17.5 crore.
