India, June 13 -- India head coach Gautam Gambhir returned to India on Wednesday, June 11, owing to a family emergency. The former India opening batter was in the UK along with the rest of the visiting contingent to prepare for the upcoming five-Test series against England, which gets underway on June 20 in Headingley, Leeds. Gambhir was set to oversee the intra-squad match between India and India A, which got underway on Friday, June 13. However, he has returned home to attend to his mother, who is currently hospitalised in New Delhi.

Sources within the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed to Hindustan Times that Gambhir is indeed back in the country and is spending time with his family.

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