Huge blow to India! Shubman Gill ruled out of practice game's Day 1 due to impact injury, BCCI gives update

India’s Test captain Shubman Gill did not walk out for the coin toss on August 7 in Colombo for the three-day practice game. Gill suffered an impact injury in his right finger while training on the eve of the practice game. He has been rested for Day 1 of the warm-up game as a precautionary measure.

Currently, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is monitoring his progress. 

In Gill's absence, KL Rahul is leading Team India against Sonal Dinusha-led Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) XI. Dinusha won the toss and opted to bat first.

Sri Lanka Cricket XI for practice match vs India

Nishan Madushka, Ravindu Rashantha, Pasindu Sooriyabandara, Pavan Rathnayake, Ahan Wickramasinghe, Sonal Dinusha (captain), Anjala Bandara (wicketkeeper), Nipun Dananjaya, Lahiru Kumara, Vishwa Fernando, Asanka Manoj, Isitha Wijesundara, Ramesh Mendis, Kesara Nuwantha, Dilum Sudeera.

India’s Test squad for Sri Lanka tour

Shubman Gill (c), KL Rahul (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant (wk), Sai Sudharsan*, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Manav Suthar, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Gurnoor Brar, Devdutt Padikkal, Saransh Jain, Auqib Nabi.