After two years, opener Gautam Gambhir will return to the Indian dressing room in Kolkata when India play New Zealand in the second match of the three-Test series. A great Duleep Trophy tournament and luck has brought back Gambhir in the team.
Gambhir’s comeback in on the basis of his performance in the Duleep Trophy where he scored 356 runs at an average of 71.20. He had four back-to-back half-centuries in five innings with two scores of 90-plus. In his last innings in Duleep Trophy this year, he was dismissed for 36. He last played for India against England in 2014.
Also, India initial choice as opener KL Rahul, who opened in the first Test, suffered a hamstring injury while running in the match and was ruled out of the remainder of the Test series.
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