Shubman Gill: one day world cup Before this, a big problem has arisen for Team India. Actually, the team’s star opener Shubman Gill has been affected by dengue, due to which he may be out of not one, but the first two matches of the World Cup. The Indian team will play the first match of the tournament against Australia on Sunday, October 8 in Chennai. After this, the team’s second match will be against Afghanistan on October 11.
According to a report in ‘Cricbuzz’, the team management will not want to take any risk regarding Gill, hence his exclusion from the first match against Australia is certain. Apart from this, he may also miss the second match to be played against Afghanistan, which will be played at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.
It was reported in the report that when the Indian team reached Guwahati on September 30 for the first warm-up match, Gill started showing symptoms of dengue, after which he informed the team doctor Rizwan Khan about this. Then on Thursday evening, when he underwent more tests in Chennai, it was confirmed that he had dengue fever. However, a source in the team indicated that Gill is not feeling much weakness or discomfort.
Gill or Rahul are sure to get the responsibility of opening.
In the absence of Shubman Gill, it is almost certain that wicketkeeper batsman Ishan Kishan will get a chance in the playing eleven. Ishaan can be seen opening with captain Rohit Sharma in place of Shubman Gill in the first and second matches. However, the team also has another opening option in the form of KL Rahul. Both Rahul and Ishaan are batsmen who are capable of batting both in the opening and middle order.
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