Vadodara, Jan. 9 -- Indian skipper Shubman Gill started practice in the nets ahead of the first ODI against New Zealand at Vadodara, taking place on Sunday.

The three-match ODI series against New Zealand, starting from Sunday at Vadodara, will mark the return of Gill to the Indian team after being ruled out of the South Africa T20 series due to a toe injury last month, and he was eventually left out of India's squad for the T20 World Cup.

Taking to Instagram, Gill posted some pictures from a practice session at Vadodara.

Gill has battled injuries over the past few months. Before suffering a toe injury, he was also ruled out of the Test series against South Africa last year due to his neck injury. He did not play in the remainder of the...