India suffered yet another embarrassing injury blow for the Indian cricket team after another big injury setback on the eve of a big game on Day 1 of the ongoing three-day warm-up match against Sri Lanka XI in Colombo. Shubman Gill is injured and has been ruled out of the match as Test Captain Shubman Gill who has been sidelined for day 1 of the three-day warm-up match on Day 1 of the team's three-day warm-up match against Sri Lankan team for the tour of Sri Lanka XI.
A serious injury struck Indian cricketers during a highly competitive match of the first day of the match on Thursday, the talented batsman suffered an unfortunate impact injury to his right ring finger in a rigorous practice session on Thursday and the team had to take early precautionary measures, but the team management took immediate safety measures to the team management after the team doctors have taken immediate measure. In the absence of their captain Shubman Gill as captaincy of the team for the first day of the match was struck by injury as Test vice-captain KL Rahul has been selected for the first day of the match for the home game of the morning.
the team management has taken steps to take the first day of the Test vice-captain KL Rahul has been called on to take over and lead the team's captaincy from the field. The Board of Control for Cricket in India has released a post on social media saying that the team medical team is closely monitoring Gill's recovery and is closely watching Gill's health and progress on a daily basis.
The injury came after Gill had suffered a blow to his fingers twice during the intense net practice session and was quickly helped by the medical team. With the opening match of the two-Test series against Sri Lanka in Galle just over a week away, the team has exercised extreme caution not to exacerbate any physical problems. This is all very much understandable as the squad has already been hit badly by a number of injuries in some of the players. Ace fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah was initially picked in the travelling Test squad but had to withdraw after picking up an injury in India's bilateral ODI series in England last month. The selection committee called up uncapped Jammu and Kashmir pacer Auqib Nabi as his immediate replacement.
And the injury list is not limited to Gill and Bumrah - versatile all-rounder Washington Sundar and fast bowler Harshit Rana have also been ruled out due to various ongoing fitness problems. This growing physical breakdown in the squad has raised concerns among top cricket bosses who are now very much frustrated and upset about the team. Recent reports suggest that the BCCI has questioned the national team physio Kamlesh Jain over the players' fitness standards and their frequent player breakdowns.
Meanwhile, the board is trying to develop a standard fitness structure and have the team at ground-level set up in the base fitness level as a whole after it was discovered that some senior players have been given lenient targets when they were tested to their best fitness levels in the recent past. As the team gears up for the Test series, it is going to be very important to tackle these problems of fitness and conditioning.
