ICC World Cup 2023 – Shubman Gill down with dengue, set to overlook India’s opening match in opposition to Australia
Shubman Gill is ready to overlook India’s opening match of the 2023 ODI World Cup, in opposition to Australia in Chennai on October 8, after testing optimistic for dengue*. In Gill’s absence, Ishan Kishan is more likely to open the innings with captain Rohit Sharma. Another choice is KL Rahul.
After Gill didn’t attend India’s coaching classes on the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Wednesday and Thursday, the group administration hoped for it to be nothing greater than a flu, however that was to not be the case.
“He’s below the climate,” the official replace from BCCI had mentioned. “The medical group is carefully monitoring him. We hope he will get higher quickly.”
Gill is the main run-getter in ODIs this 12 months with 1230 runs at a mean of 72.35 and a strike fee of 105.03. In his final 4 ODIs, he smashed two centuries and a half-century, two of these knocks coming in opposition to Sunday’s opponents, Australia.
Kishan has three half-centuries in 5 ODIs as an opener this 12 months, to go together with a formidable 82 in opposition to Pakistan from No. 5. Rahul, who made a comeback from harm through the Asia Cup, final opened in an ODI in August 2022, in opposition to Zimbabwe. Total, he has opened 23 occasions in ODIs, scoring 915 runs at a mean of 43.57.
* Oct 6, 2023 6 GMT The story was up to date after the affirmation.
