The Indian group’s worries forward of its opening World Cup sport towards Australia have been compounded with in-form Shubman Gill suspected to be affected by dengue and the batter is a uncertain starter for Sunday’s match towards Australia. Ishan Kishan might open the innings in case Gill is dominated out. The BCCI is but to substantiate the character of the sickness. “He’s under the weather, the medical team is closely monitoring him. We are hoping he gets better soon. We will have to wait on more updates from the medical team,” the medical replace from BCCI said.

Gill, India’s most prolific batter in ODIs in current instances, is reportedly down with excessive fever and will likely be examined for dengue on Friday earlier than a closing name is taken on the matter.

“Shubman has had high fever since landing in Chennai. His tests are being done. He will have tests on Friday and a call will be taken on his participation in the opening game,” a BCCI supply aware about the developments instructed PTI on situation of anonymity.

It is learnt that Gill is being examined once more for dengue and, whether it is confirmed, he might nicely miss a few video games.

The restoration from dengue usually takes 7-10 days for a participant to be match-fit once more. However, if there’s a vital drop within the platelet depend, it might take rather more time.

While Gill could possibly be a non-starter towards Australia, there’s a excessive likelihood that he will not play towards Afghanistan (Oct 11) and Pakistan (Oct 14) in case the restoration takes extra time.

“Let’s not jump the gun. If it’s normal viral fever, he could play on antibiotics but it’s completely the medical team’s call,” the supply mentioned.

Gill, who has scored 1,200 runs this season, has cast a profitable opening stand with skipper Rohit Sharma of late. If he’s absent for an extended time frame, it might nicely be a giant setback for the Indian group.

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