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Gill, India’s vice-captain in T20Is. Seems to have recovered from his neck injury and was included subject to a fitness. Clearance from the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru. Meanwhile, Pandya, who was sidelined due to a quadriceps injury since the Asia Cup in Sept in UAE. Re-covered after undergoing rehab at CoE.
Inside details of Shubman Gill's rehab at BCCI CoE, set to return for SA T20Is
On Tuesday, while playing his first competitive match in almost two months, Pandya smashed a match winning 77 off just 42 balls for Baroda against Punjab in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy match in Hyderabad, be sides taking 1/52.
Chief selector Ajit Agarkar and BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia were also present. Just before the commencement of the second ODI between India and South Africa at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Stadium.
Gill sustained the injury during the opening Test against SA in Kolkata and retired hurt. Normally, the selection committee names squads for ODIs and T20Is at the same time during a series, but the selectors delayed picking the T20I squad as they waited for a final word from the BCCI’s medical specialists on Gill’s injury. Gill underwent rehab at the BCCI’s CoE in Bengaluru.
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Left-hand batter Rinku Singh and allrounder Nitish Kumar Reddy, who were part of the squad that toured Australia, were both dropped.