Gautam Gambhir to be absent from Adelaide Test? Massive update arrives

India National Cricket Team head coach Gautam Gambhir will be rejoining the team soon ahead of the second Test against the Australia National Cricket Team. As per the reports in ESPNCricinfo, it is learned that he has flown out of India and will join the squad on Tuesday.

India National Cricket Team head coach Gautam Gambhir, after the first Test against the Australia National Cricket Team, had to rush back home. The former skipper of the team left the squad due to personal reasons and then also missed India's warmup game against Australia's PM XI.

Gautam Gambhir flew back to India at the conclusion of the first Test in Perth

Gambhir flew back to India at the conclusion of the first Test in Perth on November 25. He left on November 26, and it was then reported that he would be back by the time the second game started. With four days remaining for the second game, the head coach will be taking over the charge of the team.

In his absence, Indian assistant coaches in Abhishek Nayar, Ryan ten Doeschate, and bowling coach Morne Morkel were helping the players in the training sessions. They also were in charge during the warmup game, which India won by six wickets and got good training with pink-ball.

Gambhir, under whom India lost the home Test series against New Zealand, made a strong statement with his team as they won the first game against the Australia National Cricket Team. The India National Cricket Team dominated the first game and won the game by a margin of 295 runs.

Gautam Gambhir will have to make some tough decisions related to battimg order for second Test

With the second Test, which will be a pink-ball game, around the corner, Gambhir will have to make some tough decisions going into the game. Skipper Rohit Sharma is back with the team after missing the first game due to the birth of his child while Shubman Gill too has recovered from injury.

While it is almost certain that Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill will return in place of Devdutt Padikkal and Dhruv Jurel, the headache for Gautam Gambhir will be adjusting the batting order. The opening role is one of the hottest topics going around for the second Test.

There are chances that Rohit Sharma might bat in middle-order

Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul put on a double-century first-wicket stand in India's second innings in Perth, and to disturb them at the top would be a bold call. There are chances that Rohit Sharma might drop him down and bat in the middle order at No.5 and Gill will take his No.3 spot back.

Gautam Gambhir will have to play a crucial role in deciding how the batting order goes. By the indication from the practice game, it seems that Rohit Sharma would bat in the middle order as KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal opened the innings.

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