Shubman Gill's stress fracture in shin could take minimum two months to heal

LONDON: India opener batsman Shubman Gill has sustained a serious shin injury which couldPTI Shubman Gill. (AP Photo) LONDON keep him down and out for something like two months, a BCCI source told PTI on Thu It is everything except certain that Gill is probably not going to highlight in the upcoming five-Test series against Britain starting in Nottingham from August 4. "Shubman has sustained a shin stress fracture, which will keep him down and out for minimum two months, which adequately rules him out of the first three Tests against Britain in August," the source said on conditions of secrecy. "It's anything but a test of skill and endurance to get him fit for the final two Test matches in September subsequent to completing restoration," he added. It is understood that the shin injury got disturbed during the as of late finished up World Test Championship final against New Zealand in Southampton which India lost by 8 wickets. "Stress fractures in shin are not threatening however tedious in terms of rest and recovery," a previous India pacer told PTI. "In the event that it would have been a shin fracture, it could have taken over 90 days however shin stress fracture injury ordinarily takes anything between 8 to 10 weeks to heal. "On the off chance that Gill's substitution, regardless of whether it's Mayank (Agarwal) or (KL) Rahul, does well, he may need to sit out and I accept the group the executives also will not show a great deal of desperation in g