Shubman Gill taken for scans after blow to left forearm

Shubman Gill, the India opening batsman who copped a blow in his left forearm whereas fielding at ahead short-leg on the third night, has been taken for a “precautionary scan”, the BCCI confirmed on Tuesday, the fourth morning of the second Check in Chennai.

It was the final ball of the 18th over of the England second innings, bowled by R Ashwin, and Dan Lawrence stretched out to get to the pitch of the ball and swept with energy. Gill tried to take evasive motion on the close-in place however the ball nonetheless hit him in his hand.

Just one over was bowled on the day after that incident, and the BCCI mentioned by way of a tweet on Tuesday: “Shubman Gill sustained a blow on his left forearm while fielding on Day 3 of the 2nd Test. He has been taken for a precautionary scan. The BCCI Medical Team is assessing him. He won’t be fielding today.”

UPDATE – Shubman Gill sustained a blow on his left forearm whereas fielding on Day 3 of the 2nd Check. He has been taken for a precautionary scan. The BCCI Medical Workforce is assessing him. He will not be fielding at present.#INDvENG pic.twitter.com/ph0GJsqpFi

— BCCI (@BCCI) February 16, 2021

The fourth day began with England at 53 for 3 chasing 482 for victory, and a 2-0 lead.

Gill made his Check debut on the current tour of Australia, and scored 45, 35*, 50, 31, 7 and 91 in his three Exams there as India gained the collection 2-1. He completed the collection with an impressive average of 51.80, solely behind Ravindra Jadeja’s 85.00 and Rishabh Pant’s 68.50 amongst Indians. Then, within the first Check towards England, additionally in Chennai, Gill scored 29 and 50 whilst India misplaced by 227 runs to fall 1-0 again within the four-Check collection, and he had scores of 0 and 14 within the ongoing recreation.

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