The Indian Test team has been hit by injuries ahead of their tour of Sri Lanka. As India are set to resume their World Test Championship (WTC) 2025-27 campaign in just over a two weeks, there are a few fitness concerns in the current squad. In addition to Jasprit Bumrah and Sai Sudharsan's participation being subject to fitness, skipper Shubman Gill is looking for a fix to his chronic neck pain that ruled him out of second Test against South Africa last year.
As per a report by TOI, Gill has sought help from specialists who are not part of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). After the Test series against South Africa, Gill had faced the neck pain during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 as well which ruled him out of one game. It flares up at times when the India ODI and Test captain bats for longer periods which has led to a cautious approach ahead of Sri Lanka tour.
Bumrah to begin bowling this week, Sudharsan to start batting in the next
Meanwhile, Bumrah is set to resume bowling this week and increase his workload gradually leading up to the series. He suffered an impact knee injury in the second ODI of the series against England. He missed the decider due to swelling in his first knee. He is expected to recover before the first Test which starts on August 15 in Galle. His presence is crucial to India’s plans of staging a comeback in the ongoing WTC cycle and advance to the final after missing the previous edition.
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India's no.3 batter Sudharsan had suffered a hamstring injury when he was batting for India A against Sri Lanka A. The report says that Sudharsan is set to resume batting next week at the Centre of Excellence, Bengaluru after a positive feedback from the BCCI medical team.
Will Bumrah, Sudharsan play warm-up match?
Before the Test series opener, India are set to play a four-day practice match in Colombo which begins on Colombo. Bumrah and Sudharsan may not feature in the warm-up game as a precautionary measure considering their fitness issues.
India’s squad for Tests against Sri Lanka
Shubman Gill [c], KL Rahul [vc], Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant [WK], Sai Sudharsan*, Dhruv Jurel [wk], Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Manav Suthar, Jasprit Bumrah*, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Gurnoor Brar, Devdutt Padikkal, Saransh Jain.