Is Shubman Gill fit for South Africa T20Is? BCCI issues major fitness update
BCCI has provided an important update on Shubman Gill’s fitness ahead of the T20I series against South Africa. After completing his rehabilitation at the Center of Excellence and passing all fitness tests, Gill was declared fit to rejoin the team, giving India a boost ahead of the three-match series.
Is Shubman Gill ready to participate in the T20I series against South Africa? With just a few days left for the five-match series, BCCI shared important news regarding Gill. Although the India T20I vice-captain was in the squad, his participation depended on his fitness. On Saturday, December 6, the BCCI Center of Excellence, Sports Science and Medicine team informed the management that Gill is fit to compete in all formats.
“Shubman Gill has successfully completed his rehabilitation in the CoE and meets the criteria to be declared fit for all formats of the game,” the notification reads.
Gill suffered a neck injury during his first Test against South Africa at the Eden Gardens, where he faced only three balls before leaving the field. He failed to bat during India’s chase.
Later, Gill was excluded from the ODI series. In his absence, KL Rahul is captaining the Men in Blue team in the ODI matches against South Africa; Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are also part of the ODI squad.
Shreyas Iyer, who was appointed as the vice-captain of the ODI team before the Australia tour, is also not in the squad due to his injury and is not in the current squad.
The first T20I of the five-match series between India and South Africa will take place in Cuttack on December 9. The second T20I will be held in Mullanpur on December 11 and the third T20I will be held in Dharamsala on December 14. The last two T20Is will take place in Lucknow and Ahmedabad on December 17 and 19 respectively.
South Africa made a remarkable comeback in the Test series with a score of 2-0. The ongoing three-match ODI series is currently tied at 1-1 with the winner of the third match securing the series 2-1.
India T20I squad: Suryakumar Yadav (C), Shubman Gill (VC), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Sanju Samson (WK), Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Washington Sundar
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