Ex-RCB Star And Virat Kohli's Teammate Reveals Scary Battle With Testicular Cancer: 'It Hit Me Hard'

Australia Test and T20I cricketer Nic Maddinson has revealed he has been battling testicular cancer and recently underwent chemotherapy. Maddinson was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year and spent major part of 2025 dealing with the health issue.

He underwent a surgery to have a tumor removed before being told that the cancer has spread to other parts of his body.

“Once I found out I had to have chemo, that was pretty hard to deal with,” he told Nine newspapers. “It had spread to parts of my abdominal lymph nodes and lung. That was a bit where it was pretty daunting.”

Maddinson, an attacking top-order batter, has played 3 Tests and 6 T20Is for Australia besides representing IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bengaluru between 2014 and 2015.

“By

the second or third week, I lost all my hair,” he said. “I was feeling pretty average. I was taking types of steroids to manage side effects, but they would keep me up at night … I’d sleep until about 1am, but sometimes I’d then be awake until 6am. I found that difficult. I was super drained and felt like I had to sleep 24/7.

During this phase, Maddinson’s wife Bianca was pregnant with their second child.

“It was the slowest and longest nine weeks,” Maddinson said.

“To know that I caught it probably as early as I could have, and it still spread into other parts of my body, that was scary. I just think it’s so important if you have anything you’re worried about, get it checked out,” he added.