 "Coach Gautam Gambhir is ready to return to the team, may make changes in the playing XI – News-Patiala Punjabi")
Ind vs Aus: India head coach Gautam Gambhir is all set to join the team in Australia ahead of the second Test at the Adelaide Oval. After the Indian team’s big win in the first match of the series in Perth, he returned home due to ‘personal reasons’. Gambhir was not with the Indian team during the two-day warm-up match against the Prime Minister’s playing XI at Manuka Oval. But now he is ready to join the team. Gautam Gambhir (Gautam Gambhir) will join the team this Tuesday i.e. today 3 December.
The second Test of Border-Gavaskar Trophy will start from Friday. This day-night test will be played with a pink ball. Captain Rohit Sharma was unable to play the first match of the five-match series due to the birth of his second child and his return has strengthened the Indian team. Now finalizing the playing eleven will be Gambhir’s first priority.
In Gambhir’s absence, his three trusted teammates Abhishek Nair, Ryan ten Doeschate and Morne Morkel looked after the team’s training and preparations for practice matches. India won the practice match by six wickets. In the absence of Rohit Sharma, fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah led India in the Perth Test. Now, after Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill’s brilliant half-centuries in the practice match against Prime Minister’s playing eleven, it will be difficult for Gambhir to choose the playing eleven.
Indian squad for Test series: Rohit Sharma (captain), Jasprit Bumrah (vice-captain), Yashshwi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Iswaran, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Sarfraz Khan, Dhruv Jurrell, Ravichandran Ashwin. , Ravindra Jadeja , Mohammad Siraj , Akash Deep , Prasidh Krishna , Harshit Rana , Nitish Reddy , Washington Sundar