Updated On: 16 November, 2025 09:50 AM IST | Kolkata | PTI
“Yeah, I think we first need to determine how he got the neck stiffness, maybe just a bad night’s sleep. I don’t think it’s, or we can put it down to the load,” Morkel said, when asked if Gill’s packed multi-format calendar was a factor

Morne Morkel
India skipper Shubman Gill’s availability for the remainder of the opening Test is in serious doubt after he was stretchered into an ambulance with his neck immobilised on Saturday evening, hours after retiring hurt during India’s first innings on Day Two at the Eden Gardens.
India assistant coach Morne Morkel blamed it on bad night’s “sleep and not his workload”.