Kolkata (West Bengal) [ India ], November 15 (ANI): India bowling coach Morne Morkel opened up on Shubman Gill 's unexpected neck stiffness that forced the captain to retire hurt after scoring four runs on Day 2 of the Test against South Africa at Eden Gardens.

Speaking about Gill's condition, Morkel said, "I think we first need to determine how he got the neck stiffness, maybe just a bad night's sleep. I don't think it's, or we can put it down to load, you know, Shubman is a very fit guy, he looks after himself very well, so it was just unfortunate this morning that he woke up with a stiff neck and that carried him into the day, which was crucial for us. You know, another sort of partnership with him batting around was going to be needed first of the time, and yeah, just bad ti

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