The skipper Gill has been ruled out of the second and final Test at Guwahati as he recovers from his neck injury sustained while batting, and Pant will be the stand-in skipper, standing in his first Test match as a captain. In the first Test at Kolkata, India were without their skipper Gill
Pant was announced as the captain of LSG on Tuesday ahead of this year's IPL season. The announcement was made on Star Sports during the show 'LSG Special Live', which also featured the franchise owner Dr Sanjiv Goenka.
Pant became the most expensive player in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL), being bought by Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) for a massive Rs 27 crore during the Indian Premier League (IPL) mega auction at Jeddah on Sunday.