Ahead of the second Test match against South Africa, Team India's skipper Shubman Gill will travel to Guwahati despite sustaining a neck injury, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced.

On Day 2 of the first Test match against South Africa, Gill sustained an injury in his neck, which forced him to walk off the field. Following the injury, he was later hospitalised, and the hosts lost the match by 30 runs.