Former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar said that Shubman Gill is unlikely to get the opportunity in the second Test against Bangladesh if Rohit Sharma is fit and available for selection for the final match despite scoring a century in the ongoing first Test in Chattogram.

He further mentioned that the Indian team management would not drop KL Rahul for Gill despite the fact that the stand-in skipper could not score more than 25 runs in each innings of the first Test.

Notably, Gill smashed his maiden Test hundred on Friday (December 16) to help Team India set Bangladesh a target of 513 runs to win the first Test in Chattogram. However, the young opener is likely to sit out for the second and final Test, as Rohit is set to travel to Bangladesh soon.

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Sanjay Manjrekar told Sony Sports: “This guy has got a hundred, he has looked good. Let’s imagine if Rohit Sharma is fit, KL Rahul and Rohit are your first-choice openers, you have to go back to Rohit Sharma. He is your captain.”

He added, “KL Rahul is not getting as many runs as he would like but they are not going to leave KL Rahul out. Shubman Gill may have to sit out. Ajinkya Rahane, it happened with him once, I think. It has happened before in Indian cricket.”

Manjrekar also said that India will not take a risk by dropping a bowler to play an extra batter, so there are high chances of Gill getting dropped from the playing XI for the final Test, starting on December 22.

He signed off by saying, “I think overseas, they may have played an extra batter. But here, they will play 5 bowlers. There is enough batting with Axar and Ashwin. If Rohit Sharma is fit, start getting prepared to see a centurion getting dropped.”