Well, here is another big blow waiting for team India as opening batsman Gautam Gambhir is likely to miss the forthcoming one-off Twenty20 international and five-match one-day series against England due to injury.

Gambhir had backpedalled to catch a pull by Kevin Pietersen at mid-on on the second day of the fourth Test at the Oval but voyaged and fell on his head and consequently suffered from a indistinct vision. He could not shown a little improvement in his agonizing condition in the last ten days

Gambhir not able to clearly sight ball

Though he participated in the practice session on Monday morning, but later informed team management that he was not able to clearly sight the ball on a few occasions.

“He said that he could not see the ball at times when it came at full speed,” Shivlal Yadav, Indian team manager, informed to a leading cricket website.

“He will be taken to an eye specialist in Manchester on Tuesday.” With people making use of the long Bank holiday weekend,” he added.

Some key players are already ruled out

The world Champions are already at half of strength as Zaheer Khan, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Virender Sehwag and Ishant Sharma have been ruled out of the limited-over series following different sort of injuries which is considered as foremost reason of India’s humiliating 4-0 whitewash in the Test series.

It is also expected that team management would recall wicketkeeper batsman Parthiv Patel for Gambhir’s replacement in the ODI squad.