In a big boost for the Indian team, young batsman Shubman Gill fully recovered from his finger injury ahead of the second Test match against Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Gill batted untroubled in the warm-up match against Australia’s Prime Minister’s XI in Canberra.
The young Indian team led by him jasprit bumrahscored a decisive 295-run victory over Australia in the first Test. Notably, India were missing key players like Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma. Devdutt Padikkal Replaced Gill in the playing XI but scored just 25 runs in both innings of the Test match at Perth.
Watch: Shubman Gill Hits Half-Century in Warm-up Match
There were concerns about Gill’s availability for the pink ball Test in Adelaide. However, the Indian camp shared positive updates confirming that Gill is back from a thumb injury. The right-hander featured in the pink-ball warm-up against the Prime Minister’s XI in Canberra.
The 25-year-old football player gained valuable practice with the pink ball in day and night conditions. He made the most of the opportunity with an impressive fifty. Gill scored 50 runs off 62 balls in a run chase of 241 runs in 46 overs. But he didn’t retire after reaching his milestone to give other batsmen a chance.
Cricket Australia took to its social media account X (formerly known as Twitter) to share a clip of Gill reaching his half-century: “A half-century for Shubman Gill in the first innings of India’s tour of Australia #PMXIvIND.”
You can watch Gill’s clip below:
Half century for Shubman Gill in the first innings of India’s tour of Australia #PMXIvIND pic.twitter.chem/YCPGFMqvetc8
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) December 1, 2024
Talking about the match, India chose to bowl first after winning the toss. They wanted to test their bowlers with the pink ball in the afternoon session. Harshit Rana and got four goalkeepers Muhammad SirajRavindra Jadeja and Prasidh Krishna took a wicket each. PM XI was bowled out for 240 runs.
There will definitely be two changes – Sunil Gavaskar
Legendary cricketer Sunil Gavaskar has said that India will adjust the batting order for the second Test against Australia. He predicted that Rohit Sharma will replace KL Rahul while Gill will bat at number three. Gavaskar also said that Ravindra Jadeja could replace Washington Sundar.
“I am sure there will be two changes, both Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill will return to the XI. My feeling is that the batting order will change. Where Rohit Sharma will replace Rahul, Shubman Gill will bat at three, Padikkal and Jurel will be out of the team, Rahul will bat at six,” Gavaskar told 7Cricket.
“And another change that could happen is Jadeja replacing Washington Sundar,” he said.
Gavaskar’s predicted Indian XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.
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