India head coach Gautam Gambhir has rushed back to the country due to a family emergency.
Sources in the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed that the former India cricketer left London early on Thursday to attend to his mother, who is in a New Delhi hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest.
“Gautam has gone back due to a family emergency. All our prayers are with the family,” a Board source said.
In Gambhir’s absence, assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate will take charge, alongside batting coach Sitanshu Kotak and bowling coach Morne Morkel.
Board sources indicated that Gambhir is expected to rejoin the team ahead of the first Test, if ‘things back home are under control’.
India’s five-Test series begins on June 20 at Headingley in Leeds.
