India coach Gambhir returns home from Australia for personal reasons

India coach Gautam Gambhir has flown home from Australia for "personal reasons" but will rejoin the team in time for the second Test in Adelaide next week, a source told AFP Tuesday.

The tourists under stand-in skipper Jasprit Bumrah won the first Test in Perth by 295 runs on Monday to lead the five-match series 1-0.

India play a two-day tour match this weekend and Gambhir will miss the game in Canberra against a Prime Minister's XI.

"He has left Australia but will be back soon before the second Test," the Indian cricket source said.

The second Test, a day-night match, begins December 6.

India skipper Rohit Sharma will be back for the pink-ball Test after he missed the opening match due to the birth of his second child.

The big Perth win was a stunning turnaround for an Indian team which arrived in Australia on the back of a humiliating 3-0 home series defeat to New Zealand.