Gill will travel to Guwahati for 2nd Test: BCCI
New Delhi (PTI): India skipper Shubman Gill will travel to Guwahati for the second Test against South Africa despite his participation being in doubt due to a neck injury, the BCCI announced on Wednesday.
The 26-year-old Gill suffered the injury on the second day of the first Test that India lost by 30 runs in Kolkata. He could not bat after retiring hurt in the first innings and was even hospitalised.
The second Test starts on November 22.
"Shubman has been responding well to the medical treatment provided and will travel to Guwahati with the team on 19th November, 2025," BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia said in a statement.
"He will continue to be monitored by the BCCI medical team and a decision on his participation in the 2nd Test will be taken accordingly," he added, continuing the suspense over Gill's availability.
With Gill's participation highly unlikely, all-rounder Nitish Reddy has been taken out of the ongoing India A series against South Africa A in Rajkot.
The Andhra batting all-rounder reached Kolkata on Monday evening but did not take part in Tuesday's net session.
With a Test century to his name and being a right-hander, Reddy could be in contention for a place in the playing eleven at Guwahati if Gill is ruled out.
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Russian military plane crashes into cliff in Crime: All 29 on board killed in accident
Simferopol: Twenty-nine people traveling in a Russian military plane were killed as the flight crashed into a cliff in Crimea early Wednesday, as per Russian news agencies.
The AN-26 aircraft had lost contact and then gone down on the Black Sea peninsula annexed by Russia from Ukraine in 2014. The Defence Ministry confirmed that 23 passengers and six crew members, who were on board the flight, were killed in the accident, according to Russian news agency TASS.
The agency further said that, while the crash site has been located, more details are yet to be provided by the concerned authorities regarding the circumstances leading to the accident.
Initial assessments have suggested that the plane developed technical problems, which led to the crash, according to RIA news agency.
Russian Defence officers, however, are yet to respond to requests for comments outside regular business hours.
The crash has given rise to fresh concerns regarding the safety of the military transport operations of Russia. Further, this has hiked tensions in the Crimean region.
