India captain Shubman Gill was on Sunday ruled out of the remainder of the opening Test against South Africa here due to a neck injury.
The BCCI gave the update before start of day three.
Gill had suffered a neck injury while batting on the second day of the first Test here and was retired hurt on 4 not out.
`Captain Shubman Gill had a neck injury on Day 2 of the ongoing Test against South Africa in Kolkata. He was taken to the hospital for examination after the end of day`s play,` the team management said in a statement.
`He is currently under observation in the hospital. He will take no further part in the Test match. He will continue to be monitored by the BCCI medical team,` it added.
Gill was stretchered into an ambulance to be admitted to a hospital here on Saturday evening with his neck immobilised, hours after retiring hurt in India`s first innings.
The Indian captain felt pain in his neck immediately after executing a sweep for four off South Africa spinner Simon Harmer, and had left the field after receiving some initial treatment from the team`s medical staff.
Vice-captain Rishabh Pant, who led India during Gill`s absence on Saturday, would continue to lead the team for the remaining match.
India`s assistant coach Morne Morkel blamed it on bad night`s `sleep and not his workload`.
`Yeah, I think we first need to determine how he got the neck stiffness, maybe just a bad night`s sleep. I don`t think it`s, or we can put it down to the (work) load,` Morkel told the media after day two.
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