India’s Test captain Shubman Gill has been ruled out of the second Test against South Africa starting in Guwahati on Saturday. Rishabh Pant will lead India in the 26-year-old’s absence, with the left-handed batsman Sai Sudharsan likely to come in for the skipper in the playing XI.

Gill sustained a neck injury while batting in the first innings of the first Test in Kolkata and neither fielded in South Africa’s second innings nor did he bat in India’s second innings during their chase of 124 runs for victory.

The right-hander was taken to a Kolkata hospital after the second day’s play and was discharged the following day. A BCCI press release on Wednesday said that the 26-year-old would travel with the squad to Guwahati , and he will be monitored by the BCCI’s medical team.

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