Many questions for India to answer before 2nd Test

Will Gill recover in time? Who could replace him if he misses out? Hosts will have to address many things ahead of SA tie in Guwahati

- SWAROOP SWAMINATHAN

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WHERE does the Indian Test team go from here? In a literal sense, Guwahati where they play the second game of the two-match series. It’s scheduled to begin on Saturday but there are a lot of questions the team management and the leadership group have to answer between now and then.

For starters, what are their options if Shubman Gill doesn’t recover in time for that game? The hosts are scheduled to have a closed-doors training session at the Eden Gardens on Tuesday before they leave for Guwahati a day later. The Indian captain, who has been on the road without a break since the first week of September, was discharged from the hospital on Sunday following the neck injury he suffered on the second morning of the Test.