ICC Cricket World Cup 2023: One Day Cricket World Cup has started. India’s first match will be played against Australia on Sunday, October 8 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Indian fans as well as cricket fans around the world are eagerly waiting for this match, because both these teams are considered to be strong contenders to become world champions this time. In such a situation, there is full hope that the first match of these two will be explosive.
However, the Indian team has suffered a big setback before this big match. Shubman Gill, who was in excellent form for the last one year, has been suffering from dengue. His disease was detected in the investigation conducted on Thursday. For this reason Gill did not come to practice on Friday. The medical team has advised him to take rest. In such a situation, it is difficult for Shubman Gill to play in the first match against Australia. Now the question arises that if he does not play, then who will play the responsibility of opening with captain Rohit Sharma, and what will be the playing eleven of India.
India’s playing eleven without Shubman
Apart from Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan and KL Rahul are also the opener batsmen in India’s World Cup squad, but only Ishan Kishan is expected to get the responsibility of opening, because KL Rahul is performing better in the middle order than opening. . At the same time, Ishan Kishan also has a double century in his name as an opener in ODI format.
In such a situation, there is full hope that in case of Gill not playing, Ishan Kishan can take the responsibility of opening along with Rohit Sharma. Apart from this, India’s match against Australia will be played in Chennai, where there is a pitch that helps spin. Because of this, Team India can keep its three main spinners Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav and Ravichandran Ashwin in the playing eleven.
India’s probable playing eleven against Australia – Rohit Sharma (captain), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah.