Overview
- An official BCCI update says Gill is responding to treatment and will be monitored in Guwahati, with a decision on the second Test taken closer to match day.
- The team management is prepared to make a late call, potentially as late as Friday, according to the Times of India.
- Selectors have recalled all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy as cover, with right-handed batting options weighed against in-squad left-handers Sai Sudharsan and Devdutt Padikkal.
- Gill was seen wearing a neck brace while departing Kolkata, with local reports noting he arrived in Guwahati without it, and he remains a doubtful starter.
- India trail 0-1 after a 30-run defeat in Kolkata, sharpening focus on a left-hand heavy batting order that South Africa off-spinner Simon Harmer exploited with eight wickets.