Shubman Gill missed the Perth Test match against Australia due to a thumb injury and Devdutt Padikkal stepped in place of Gill. Now, several reports are claiming that Gill is still on his way to complete recovery from that injury which means there is a chance that he may miss out on the second Test match as well which is a day-night Test scheduled in Adelaide. Also Read: ICC to Push for the Hybrid Model For the Champions Trophy 2025 The second Test is a pink-ball match and team India is scheduled to play a practice match on the 30th of November against Prime Minister XI ahead of the pink-ball match. However, Gill is yet to regain his full fitness which will rule him out from the practice game as well. A report from the Times of India (TOI) mentioned that Gill has been advised to take a rest of 10-14 days after the blow he suffered during the intra-squad practice match at the WACA ahead of the first Test match. The report further mentioned that the team is not in a hurry to add Gill to the playing XI which would increase the concern. As quoted by TOI, a BCCI source said: "The right-handed batter has been advised to rest for a couple of weeks and will require some match practice before being considered for selection. "Gill was advised a 10-14 day rest by the medical specialist after suffering that injury. He won't play in the practice match on the weekend, and is doubtful at the moment for the second Test too. Let's see how much his injury has healed, how his finger feels. Even after it has healed, he'll need some quality practice before playing a Test match.”’ In the absence of Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill, India went with KL Rahul as the opener and experimented with Devdutt Padikkal at the number 3 position. KL Rahul played a resilient knock and helped the team to post a mammoth score on the board, whereas Padikkal failed to make an impression with his golden chance. Rohit Sharma will likely be available for the second Test match which means India can ask KL Rahul to change his batting order to number 3.