‘Gill is 99 per cent available’
Updated On: 14 October, 2023 08:59 AM IST | Ahmedabad | Ashwin Ferro
India skipper Rohit reveals fellow opener Shubman is almost a certainty for today’s clash against arch-rivals Pakistan after recovering from dengue
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India’s Shubman Gill during a practice session on the eve of the match against Pakistan in Ahmedabad yesterday. Pic/AFP
The Indian team management is known to keep their cards very close to their chests when it comes to revealing the playing XI before any international game. However, there is one big-match player even they have struggled to hide so far in the build-up to the blockbuster battle with arch-rivals Pakistan at the Narendra Modi Stadium today.
Prolific opener Shubman Gill, 24, first made his presence felt when he arrived in Gujarat’s most prosperous city a few hours before the Indian team on Thursday morning and hit the nets in a bid to check his match readiness after recovering from a severe bout of dengue that needed hospitalisation and saw him miss India’s opening two matches of the World Cup.
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