Gautam Gambhir to Play for Essex

New Delhi: In his bid to make a comeback into the Indian team, senior opener Gautam Gambhir will be playing his trade for the English county side Essex for the remainder of the English domestic season representing them in first-class as well as Pro-40 matches.

31-year-old Gambhir will replace New Zealand batsman Hamish Rutherfod as the county's overseas recruit. Rutherford will be heading home to prepare for New Zealand's upcoming international commitments.

Gambhir is expected to join the team ahead of the LV County Championship match against Northamptonshire in Colchester, which begins on August 20.

For nearly five years, Gambhir was India's first choice opener across all three formats before prolonged bad patch forced the selectors to drop him from the national squad.

Gambhir has played 54 Tests for India and scored 4021 runs at an average of 44.18. Gambhir is the first Indian player to sign for Essex this season after Harbhajan Singh played for the same county last season.

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