Mother Still In ICU, But Gautam Gambhir To Fly Back And Re-Join India Team In England On...
Gautam Gambhir had left England to fly back to India after his mother suffered a sudden cardiac arrest.
- Gautam Gambhir had left for India from the England Tour last week after his mother suffered a cardiac arrest.
- Gambhir is reportedly flying back on the night of Monday, June 16.
- His mother's condition is stable but is still in Intensive care Unite (ICU), says a report
Gautam Gambhir will soon be joining the Team India ahead of the five-match Test series that starts head coach Gautam Gambhir is set to leave for England on Monday night to reunite with the team after a family emergency compelled him to leave the group for a while, sources have said. Gambhir travelled to England last week with the squad to bolster their preparations for their upcoming five-match Test series assignment in England, which begins on June 20 at Headingley. Last Friday, when India was set to play an intra-squad match for the series, sources had said that Gambhir was rushing back to India as his mother suffered a heart attack.
According to a report in Dainik Jagran, the health condition of Gambhir's mother is stable though she is still in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Despite that, Gambhir has decided to join the Indian cricket team and it only shows the importance of the Tour.  Â
In the upcoming series, India faces a massive challenge in the testing conditions of England. After batting wizards Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli bid adieu to Test cricket last month, India was left short on experience. With India bereft of its torchbearers, the management turned to youngsters to mark the beginning of a new era.
The five-test tour of England starts June 20 at Leeds and lasts until August 2025. With India lining up without its batting bigwigs Rohit and Virat following their retirement from the game's longest format, the onus lies on the Shubman-led revamped side to prove itself away from home in testing and gruelling English conditions.
The series will be held from June to August, with matches scheduled at Headingley in Leeds, Edgbaston in Birmingham, Lord's and The Oval in London, and Old Trafford in Manchester.
India's Test squad for England series: Shubman Gill (c), Rishabh Pant (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, Nitish Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav.
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