New Delhi: India Test and ODI captain Shubman Gill is recovering in Mumbai right now and it’s reliably learnt that the 26-year-old could well check into the BCCI Centre of Excellence (CoE) on either December 1 or December 2 – a week before the T20I series vs South Africa starts on December 9 in Cuttack.
Gill wasn’t available for selection for the three-match ODI series against the same opposition and as per the roadmap finalised by Dr Abhay Nene, Spine Specialist in Mumbai, and BCCI medical team, he will continue to rest before taking the next steps at the CoE. Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!It is understood that the T20I call is still some time away and all possibilities will be explored by the Indian team management. Gill, the vice-captain in T20Is, is a crucial part of the set-up.Gill’s schedule for the coming week is yet to be finalised and while he would mostly be in Mumbai, there is a possibility of going to Chandigarh before taking the flight to Bengaluru. India are currently without their regular skipper in the ongoing second Test vs South Africa and will miss his services in the ODI series too. While Rishabh Pant is leading the troops in Guwahati, KL Rahul has been appointed captain for the three fifty-over games starting later this month.India’s ODI squad to face South Africa: Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Tilak Varma, KL Rahul (C) (wk), Rishabh Pant (wk), Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Prasidh Krishna, Arshdeep Singh, Dhruv Jurel
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