There is a Shreyas Iyer factor that might make Shubman Gill reconsider playing in the final Test against the Proteas.

There has been no official announcement yet on Shubman Gill 's availability for the second and final Test match against South Africa , which will get underway in Guwahati on Friday. The one BCCI secretary, Devajit Saikia, shared as part of a media release on Wednesday, was merely a health update. According to a PTI report, Gill not only travelled to Guwahati with the rest of the Indian squad on Wednesday, but also is desperate to go against medical advice and prove his fitness to save the series.

Gill had suffered a neck spasm while batting on Day 2 of the series opener in Kolkata last week and did not take part in the rest of the series. Although he was discharged

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