Two days before the potentially series-defining second Test against South Africa at the Assam Cricket Stadium here, uncertainty continues to surround Shubman Gill’s availability. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said on Wednesday that the India captain is “responding well” to treatment for his neck injury and has been cleared to travel from Kolkata to Guwahati with the rest of the squad.

Gill sustained the injury while batting in the first Test in Kolkata, where he was later hospitalised as India slipped to a third-day defeat and fell 0–1 behind in the two-match series against the reigning World Test Champions.

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Despite widespread speculation about his unavailability, the BCCI has stopped short of ruling the 26-year-old out of the second Test. A final call w

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