Major blow to India: Shubman Gill likely to miss match against Pakistan

A blow to India as its top batter Shubman Gill is likely to miss a match against Pakistan.

He is reported to have been hospitalized after his health deteriorated further.

As per the Indian media reports, Gill has still not recovered from dengue fever and was shifted to the hospital after reports showed a low platelet count.

Shubman Gill was admitted to a healthcare facility in Chennai on Monday and a medical panel of the Indian Cricket Board is supervising his treatment, Indian media reports.

• Shubman Gill has been discharged from the hospital after dengue treatment, the Hindustan Times reported.
• It was earlier reported by Cricbuzz that he had been admitted to a Chennai hospital. 

He already missed India’s opening World Cup match against Australia and is likely to miss the next game against Afghanistan, as well.

The sources indicate that he is not expected to fully recover before the match against Pakistan.

India’s all-important Pakistan match is scheduled on October 14 to be played in Ahmedabad.

“In case Shubman Gill recovers from the disease, he will fly directly to Ahemdamad,” the reports added.

Don’t see Shubman Gill playing the Pakistan game. The young man needs to recover and stay healthy. It’s a long World Cup, he will sure come into play when the team needs him the most #IndianCricket #ICCCricketWorldCup

— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73) October 10, 2023

Gill has been the leading run-scorer in one-day internationals this year.

He scored 1230 runs at an average of 72.35 and a strike rate of 105.03.

In his last four ODIs, he has hit two centuries and a half-century.