India opener Shubman Gill’s England tour ended after playing in the World Test Championship final (WTC) against New Zealand in which he managed scores of 28 and 8. He was supposed to open the innings with Rohit Sharma in the five-Test series against England beginning August 4.
However, it was reported that Gill suffered a stress fracture in his shin and the injury was bad enough to rule him out of the entire Test series. Though the BCCI didn’t entertain the requests of team management to send replacement openers to England; it seems that Gill has returned to India and is back home.
On Wednesday, Gill took to Instagram and shared a couple of pictures in his story. A glimpse of an airport could be seen in the first picture. Whereas in the second one, a cake could be seen with ‘Welcome Home Shubi’ written over it.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is yet to give an official statement on Gill’s return to India. If he is out of the upcoming series, then the Indian management will look at going ahead with either Mayank Agarwal or KL Rahul as the second opener with Rohit Sharma.
