The Indian youngster, Shubman Gill suffered a huge blow before taking the field on Day 4 of the ongoing 2nd Test against England at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. On Tuesday, the youngster was taken for scans on Tuesday after he suffered a blow to his left forearm while fielding on Day 3.
In a statement regarding the same, BCCI said, “Shubman Gill sustained a blow on his left forearm while fielding on Day 3 of the 2nd Test. He has been taken for a precautionary scan. The BCCI medical team is assessing him. He won’t be fielding today.”
Gill suffered the blow late in Day 3 after the Indian team had set England a target of 482 runs. He was hit on his forearm when fielding at short-leg as England batsman Daniel Lawrence played a vicious sweep shot that crashed straight into Gill against the bowling of Ravichandran Ashwin.
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This is the second injury concern for India in the ongoing Test as Cheteshwar Pujara also wasn’t seen on the field on Day 2 of the 2nd Test after suffering a niggle. However, the star India batsman came out to bat during India’s 2nd innings and has been on the field for the final innings. Pujara was hit on his fingers while batting on Day 1.
India has been marred by injury concerns during the Australia tour. India kept losing the cricketers to injury during the four-match Test series in Australia which they managed to win 2-1. In the exciting series finale in Brisbane, India did not have their entire first-choice bowling attack for the BribaneTest but they managed to breach the Gabbatoire for Australia by gunning down a record total of 338 in the final innings.
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The Indian team is currently missing the is without Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, and Ravindra Jadeja for the ongoing series due to injuries picked from the Australia tour. Shami and Umesh have started bowling at the National Cricket Academy while Jadeja has been ruled out of the entire Test series.
