Shubman Gill replacement: The Indian team is in Australia to play a five-match Test series against Australia. All the players of Team India are practicing. The first match will be played in Perth from 22 November. Before this match, Team India played an intra squad test match against India A. Shubman Gill got injured in this match and he is out of the first test match. In such a situation, who will replace Shubman Gill in the Indian team? This is a big question. Two players can replace Gill.
Gill suffered a thumb injury
According to Indian Express, Gill suffered a thumb injury, after which he was scanned and a fracture was found. They may take at least 2 weeks to heal. In such a situation, he is out of the first test match. Although he can return in the second match. This is also considered a big blow for Team India. Now two players can be included in the team in place of Gill.
Names of 2 players surfaced
Devdutt Padikkal and Sai Sudarshan may get a chance in the team in place of Gill. Both the players are in Australia these days and are part of India A. In such a situation, the team management can give a chance to these two players in place of Gill. Padikkal made his debut for India in the 5-match Test series played against England this year itself. He has scored 65 runs in 1 test match for India, which also includes 1 half-century. Whereas Sai Sudarshan has not yet got a chance to play for the Indian Test team.
Talking about his recent performance, Padikkal batted with good intent in the Test series against Australia A. This left-handed batsman had scored 36 and 88 runs in the first match. Whereas in the second match he scored 26 and 1 runs. Sudarshan has also done wonders against Australia A. He played innings of 21 and 103 runs in the first match, while in the second match he scored 3 runs.
#ICYMI:
– KL Rahul suffered a hit on the elbow on the first day of simulation
– Shubman Gill injured his left thumb fielding in the slips on Saturday
– Rohit Sharma welcomes second child, but not certain whether he’ll play in PerthRead more: pic.twitter.com/IeZHtj32nt
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Team India's squad for Border Gavaskar Trophy
Rohit Sharma (captain), Jasprit Bumrah (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), R Ashwin, R Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj. , Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Washington Sundar.
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