In an encouraging sign for India ahead of the second Test, the pink-ball contest in Adelaide from Dec 6, India's No. 3 batter Shubman Gill returned to the India nets on Friday, showing signs of recovery from a thumb injury that ruled him out of the Perth series opener.
Gill was seen facing India's second-string pacers Yash Dayal and Akash Deep in Canberra on Friday. "I was just trying to get a feel to be honest, see how the injury is reacting, if any kind of soreness is there but it went much better than what I and Kamlesh (Jain, physio) expected. Very happy with that," Gill said in a video posted by BCCI on X after the training session.