Overview
- The BCCI said Gill suffered a neck spasm, was taken to a Kolkata hospital for scans, remains under observation, and will take no further part in the first Test.
- Gill retired hurt on four after a sweep on Day 2; visuals reported by ESPNcricinfo showed him in a neck brace being stretchered to an ambulance for transfer to Woodlands Hospital.
- Pant assumed captaincy on the field, and India began chasing 124 on Day 3 but slipped to 10-2 at lunch, effectively 10-3 with Gill unavailable to bat again.
- India assistant coach Morne Morkel said Gill had woken up with a stiff neck and cautioned against linking the issue to workload without evidence.
- A sharply turning, two-paced pitch has kept scores low, with Ravindra Jadeja taking four wickets and Temba Bavuma making the match’s only fifty to set India a fourth-innings target.