Gautam Gambhir Back On Field Despite Pain

Gautam Gambhir's return to Test cricket suffered a major blow on Monday, when he aggravated a shoulder injury to go back to the pavilion retired hurt, during India's second innings on Day 3 of the 3rd Test in Indore. He later came back to resume his innings on Day 4 after the fall of Murali Vijay and hit his 22nd half-century.

Gambhir, who was unbeaten at six at stumps on Day 3, looked to be in considerable pain and was forced to leave the field due to the injury.

The incident happened when the opener was running between the wickets. While diving to complete two runs from a delivery, Gambhir's landing seemed to cause more damage to an injury on the shoulder that he had picked up while fielding earlier in the match.

The cricketer from Delhi, making his return to the Indian Test team after two years, had been dismissed for 29 in India's first innings.

Speaking to NDTV on the repercussions of Gautam Gambhir's injury, cricket great Sunil Gavaskar had earlier said, "Gambhir's injury is unfortunate, but that is part and parcel of the sport. If he doesn't bat again in the second innings, it will be difficult for him to come back into the team as KL Rahul and Shikhar Dhawan will return."

"But he was also lucky to play in this Test because of the injuries to Rahul and Dhawan," Gavaskar added.