Shubman Gill Injury Update: Gill Travels With Team; Nitish Kumar Reddy Returns Ahead of Guwahati Test

A final decision on whether he will play will be taken a day before the match. India lost the first Test at Eden Garden by 30 runs, having failed to chase 124 in the second innings. Gill was not available to bat in the crucial second innings, as he was recovering in hospital. Meanwhile, the national selectors have summoned right-handed all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy to Kolkata.

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Nitish Kumar Reddy Batting Allrounder

Nitish Kumar Reddy is an Indian cricketer.

He checked into the team hotel late Monday night and is scheduled to fly with the squad to Guwahati on Wednesday morning. Nitish was in Rajkot with the India A team for their three-match one-day series against South Africa A. On Monday evening, he was suddenly told to go to Kolkata, so he left right away. He was earlier part of the Test squad, but was released before the Test began and asked to play the white-ball matches in Rajkot instead. He played the first two games on November 13 and 16, both of which India won.

But before the third match on November 19, he was called back to join the main group again. Whether the SOS to Nitish is an indication that he will play the second Test is still conjecture, but there has been considerable debate over the Indian team's batting line-up, which comprised as many as six left-handers in the Eden Test. Nitish being a right-hander could work in his favour, though there has also been criticism of the team management for favouring all-rounders over specialists.

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