**EDS: THIRD PARTY IMAGE** In this image released by @BCCI via X on June 8, 2025, India's head coach Gautam Gambhir during the team's practice session ahead of the Test cricket match series against England, in UK. (@BCCI via PTI Photo)(PTI06_08_2025_000305B)Gautam Gambhir sends stern message after Bengaluru tragedyMore to follow..India head coach Gautam Gambhir , who had rushed back home due to a family medical emergency, is set to link up with the team in England on June 17. The first Test of the five-match Test series will start from June 20.Gambhir returned back home on June 12 as his mother suffered a heart attack on June 11. She was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a Delhi hospital where she received treatment.While head coach Gautam Gambhir was away, India’s assistant coaches Sitanshu Kotak, Ryan ten Doeschate, and Morne Morkel took charge of the team for a four-day intra-squad game against India A in Beckenham.Gambhir, along with newly appointed captain Shubman Gill , was grappling with multiple selection dilemmas ahead of the five-Test series against England. The retirements of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have left key vacancies in the batting line-up.There were also tough choices to be made in the bowling department, with one among Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, and Prasidh Krishna expected to be left out, in addition to a probable exclusion between allrounders Shardul Thakur and Nitish Reddy.The Indian team paid tribute to the victims of the Ahmedabad plane crash by donning black armbands and observing a minute’s silence on the first morning of the match.
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