I had a kind of disc bulge in my neck which was hitting the nerves: Shubman Gill

Team Indian Test and ODI captain, Shubman Gill, has revealed that he had a disc bulge in his neck, which was hitting the nerves, causing him to suffer from neck spasm, as he was ruled out of the Test series and ODI series against South Africa.

Notably, Gill, while batting in the first Test against South Africa, got retired out due to a neck spasm, but was later admitted to the hospital and was eventually ruled out of the Test and ODI series. However, he made a quick comeback in the T20I series after spending some time at the BCCI CoE in Bengaluru.

“I’m definitely fine. My body feels perfectly fine. I spent a bit of time at the COE and I’m perfectly fine physically, and mentally feeling ready. I had a kind of disc bulge in my neck which was hitting the nerves. When I went there, I had a bit of a spasm before the start of play in the morning. And when I played the match, I think I got a strain on my neck and got a bulge which hit the nerves. I had to go to the hospital for a couple of days, but I recovered well after that,” Gill said.

In Gill’s absence, India went on to suffer a 0-2 Test series whitewash to South Africa. Interestingly, it was the second consecutive Test series whitewash to a SENA nation at home for India. However, Gill is hopeful of the T20I series win ahead of the much-awaited ICC T20 World Cup 2026 next year.

“Obviously, watching my team play the Test matches didn’t go as we would have hoped for. But I think we played the one-dayers pretty well, and hopefully we’ll be able to top off the T20s here. The last 10 T20s now we have before the start of the World Cup, so hopefully we’ll find our momentum and rhythm, and the kind of play that we want to play in the World Cup,” he added.

“Momentum is one thing definitely any team heading into the World Cup wants to strive for momentum. Apart from that, finding the right sort of combinations on different surfaces that we might have to face in the World Cup. There might be a chance we’ll play on some surfaces or some grounds where there would be a lot of dew, or some grounds where there won’t be that much dew. So finding the right kind of combinations for those conditions would be the key for us,” he concluded.

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