Shubman Gill ruled out of Afghanistan match BCCI confirms

Shubman Gill ruled out of Afghanistan match BCCI confirms

Ahead of match against Afghanistan, India’s star batter Shubman Gill, reportedly down with dengue fever, will miss the team’s second Cricket World Cup 2023 match against Afghanistan. BCCI confirms Gill was ruled out of India’s opening match of the World Cup against Australia at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai having been down with fever for the last few days. In the match against Australia, Ishan Kishan replaced the opening batter, pairing up with India captain Rohit Sharma.

BCCI in a press release confirmed that Shubman Gill will not be travelling with the team to Delhi on 9th October 2023 miss the team’s next fixture against Afghanistan in Delhi on the 11th of October. He will stay back in Chennai and will be under the supervision of the medical team.

.In Gill’s absence, Ishan is likely to open with Rohit against Afghanistan. The left-handed batter could not even open his account in the match against Australia. He would be keen to change his fortunes against Afghanistan.

With Gill out, Shreyas Iyer is also likely to feature in the middle-order for India’s second World Cup game. He was also dismissed for a duck against Australia.

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