Indian opener Gautam Gambhir underwent an MRI scan in London and a
word is still awaited on his fitness ahead of the limited-overs series
against England starting with a one-off Twenty20 match on August 31.
 Gambhir suffered a concussion after he backpedalled at mid-on in a bid to catch a miscued pull off Kevin Pietersen in the fourth and final Test. © AFP |
The team management is keeping its fingers crossed as Gambhir is
critical to India's plans in the ODIs now that his fellow opener
Virender Sehwag has been completely ruled out for the five one-dayers
and one-off Twenty20 match.
Gambhir suffered a concussion after he backpedalled at mid-on in a bid to catch a miscued pull off Kevin Pietersen.
The chance was fluffed when Gambhir fell back and hit his head on the ground with a thud.
The present series has been one of misfortune for Gambhir. He was
painfully hit on his right elbow while fielding at forward short leg
during the first Test at Lord's last month.
He subsequently had to miss the second Test at Trent Bridge. He did
play the third Test at Edgbaston and scored 38 and 14 in the two
innings.
Bad luck again bedeviled him in the final Test where he scored 10 and
3 coming low down the order. Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was to say
later that the opener was suffering from "blurred vision."
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