Gill Injury: Batter likely to be out for the year; who will be India's captain?

Guwahati: The ODI squad for the South Africa bid volition beryllium announced soon, and skipper Shubman Gill volition miss it. But it doesn't extremity there. The ODI skipper whitethorn not play immoderate cricket this twelvemonth and whitethorn beryllium backmost successful enactment lone adjacent twelvemonth against New Zealand. His cervix wounded is much superior than it looks, and 1 understands that it is simply a nervus injury. He has been fixed an injection, and according to a report, a transcript of which is with TOI, his rehab volition commencement aft rather a fewer days. The squad absorption wants him to beryllium acceptable arsenic soon arsenic possible, but with the T20 World Cup conscionable astir the country successful February-March, they don't privation to aggravate his injury. Hence, it is apt that helium volition miss the T20Is against South Africa arsenic good and volition beryllium backmost successful enactment successful January against New Zealand. Gill is presently successful Mumbai, wherever his fittingness volition beryllium assessed by the BCCI aesculapian team. It is apt that KL Rahul could beryllium handed the captaincy connected a stop-gap basis.Rishabh Pant is besides 1 of the contenders, adjacent though helium has not been portion of the ODI squad for a portion now. It volition beryllium absorbing if the BCCI considers him for the enactment relation successful white-ball cricket. With Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal acceptable to open, the 3rd opener's slot volition beryllium vacant, and it whitethorn not beryllium a atrocious thought to person Abhishek Sharma successful the squad.

Meanwhile, with Jasprit Bumrah apt to beryllium retired the ODIs, the enactment committee whitethorn look to see Akash Deep on with Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, and Arshdeep Singh. Bowling manager Morne Morkel worked agelong and hard with Akash Deep with the achromatic shot connected Saturday, wherever the Bengal bowler seemed to beryllium moving connected yorkers. It was a bully denotation that helium whitethorn find a spot successful the squad.