The team management is keeping its fingers crossed as Gambhir is critical to India's plans in the ODIs now that his fellow opener Virender Sehwag has been completely ruled out for the five one-dayers and the one-off Twenty20 match.
Gambhir suffered a concussion after he backpedalled at mid-on in a bid to catch a miscued pull off Kevin Pietersen during the 4th and final Test at The Oval. The chance was fluffed as Gambhir fell back and hit his head on the ground with a thud.
The present series has been one of misfortune for Gambhir. He was hit on his right elbow while fielding at forward short leg during the first Test at Lord's last month.
He subsequently had to miss the second Test at Trent Bridge. He did play the third Test at Edgbaston and scored 38 and 14 in the two innings.
Bad luck again bedeviled him in the final Test where he scored 10 and 3 coming low down the order. Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni revealed later that the opener was suffering from "blurred vision."
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