Prior to the five-match Tets series against England, Team India got a big blow as their opener Shubman Gill is likely to rule out from the first Test. However, Gill has sustained an injury and is virtually ruled out of the Test series as well. Young Abhimanyu Easwaran likely to replace him as well. Notably, the series will take place in August and they have more than a month in hand.

Meanwhile, as per the indications, the 21-year-old is believed to be carrying a serious internal injury and it will keep him out of immediate action as well, although what had actually happened is not known yet as it can be from calf, shin injury to hamstring damage as well.

However, Shubman Gill will continue to be with the team. And, as per the Cricbuzz, the youngster had been carrying this injury for quite some time now, and it has got aggravated in recent time only. Meanwhile, there are a lot of options available in the squad and Mayank Agarwal or KL Rahul could be the other opener alongside Rohit Sharma.

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However, Shubman Gill didn’t have a great run in the inaugural World Test Championship (WTC) as he could manage only 36 runs in both innings. But Aakash Chopra backed him, saying that he should play even in the first Test against England. He also added that Shubman Gill was the right choice as the opener as well.

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“Shubman Gill should have definitely played. I feel he should definitely be played the first Test against England as well. Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma was the right combination. It did not work out; if we look back the path always looks better on the rear-view mirror but whoever has to select the team has to look ahead and not behind,” Aakash Chopra said.

He further added: “Shubman Gill with Rohit Sharma was the right decision. Shubman Gill with Rohit Sharma will be the right decision for the first Test match also. I am going with what the team did.”