Shubman Gill might feature in India’s practice match against the Prime Minister’s (PM) XI in Canberra. The 25-year-old had sustained a finger injury on November 16 while preparing for the 1st India vs Australia Test. Initially, it was reported that Gill could miss the first two Tests.
However, Morne Morkel, Team India’s assistant coach, cleared the air on the matter. He hinted towards Gill’s possible return in the first match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 itself if his finger was healed. In the end, Gill couldn’t feature in Perth, but India didn’t feel his absence as they beat the hosts by a huge margin of 295 runs.
Injury-free Shubman Gill back in the nets
Gill was given 10-14 days as his recovery time, and it seems he’s back at his best. He hit in the today at the Manuka Oval, the venue for the India vs PM’s XI match. It was expected that he wouldn’t be able to make it to the day and night practice game, but Gill’s ready.
GREAT NEWS FOR TEAM INDIA…!!!
– Shubman Gill is batting in nets ahead of the Day & Night Test. [
: Rohit Juglan from RevSportz] pic.twitter.com/inKDdpFmat
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) November 29, 2024
If he features in the 2-day match (November 31-December 1), it’ll also confirm his availability for the India vs Australia 2nd Test, which will be played almost a week after the India vs PM’s XI match in Adelaide.
India’s squad for Australia Tests
Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah (vc), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (wk), Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar
Reserves: Mukesh Kumar, Navdeep Saini, Yash Dayal
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