‘I’ll be in touch…’: Indian coach provides update on Shubman Gill’s extensive injury situation

Ahead of the team’s first Test against Australia in Perth, India bowling coach Morne Morkel gave an update on young batsman Shubman Gill’s fitness status, saying he was improving “day by day” and that he was selected for selection. will be decided, he said. The morning of the match. The first Test between India and Australia begins on Friday at Optus Stadium in Perth. Both teams, who are in the top two spots in the ICC World Test Championship points tally, will aim to further improve their chances of making it to the final. While India will be looking to bounce back from a rare and humiliating defeat at home to New Zealand, Australia will be aiming to avoid a hat-trick of series losses to India at home.

Gill’s injury has been one of the biggest talking points ahead of the game. Early Saturday, Gil injured his left hand while fielding and did not return on the second day of the Red and White match.

Coach Morkel said of Gill at the pre-match press conference: “Shubman is getting better day by day. We will contact him on the morning of the test. He played well in the match simulation during the build-up.” Ta. , so fingers crossed. ”

Gill has been in great form this season, scoring 806 points in 10 games and 19 innings, averaging over 47 points. He has scored 3 centuries and 50 minutes, with a best score of 119*.

Batting at No. 3, Gill pitched 25 innings in 14 games, averaging 42.09 points and scoring 926 runs.

Morkel also highlighted veteran Mohammad Shami, who recently recovered from an ankle injury and made a triumphant return to the sport after a year by picking up seven wickets in Bengal’s Ranji Trophy match against Madhya Pradesh. He said he was doing it.

“We are keeping an eye on Shami. He has been out for a year. It is a big win for us to have him back playing. We are looking at how we can best support him to get back on his feet. Can he deliver? He is a world-class bowler,” he added.

Shami was named in the Bengal squad on Monday for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, the country’s top-tier T20 tournament.

Shami’s experience will be invaluable if he is included in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy squad, especially given India’s inexperienced pace attack. The bowling line-up has promising talents like Harshit Rana, Prasidh Krishna, all-rounders Nitish Kumar Reddy and Akash Deep, along with Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj.

After the series opener in Perth on November 22nd, a day-night second Test will be played under the lights at Adelaide Oval from December 6th to 10th.

Fans will then turn their attention to The Gabba in Brisbane for the third Test from December 14 to 18. The traditional Boxing Day Test is scheduled for December 26-30 at Melbourne’s iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground and will be the penultimate stage of the series.

The fifth and final Test will be held at the Sydney Cricket Ground from January 3 to 7, promising an exciting climax to the much-awaited series.

Indian team for Border-Gavaskar series: Rohit Sharma (c), Jasprit Bumrah (vc), Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammad Shami, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Ravindra Jadeja, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Juler (wk) , Sarfaraz Khan, Virat Kohli, Prasidh Krishna, Rishabh Pant (wk) , KL Rahul, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mohammed Siraj, Washington Sundar.

Australia squad for first Test: Pat Cummins (c), Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitch Marsh, Nathan McSweeney, Steve – Smith, Mitchell Stark.