"99% he is available. We'll see tomorrow," Rohit Sharma on Shubman Gill's availability in India vs Pakistan match

Indian Cricket team captain Rohit Sharma has said that star India opener Shubman Gill is 99% available for the India vs Pakistan match on Saturday at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Rohit sounded confident in the press conference about Shubman Gill's comeback in the playing XI after missing two back-to-back games in ICC World Cup 2023.

Gill was diagnosed with dengue just before the start of the ICC World Cup 2023. He missed the first game against Australia which India won by six wickets. Things started to get worse for the opener as was not able to recover on time for the game against Afghanistan in Delhi as well.

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Team management were forced to leave Shubman Gill in Chennai with the medical team and he was admitted in hospital as well for a day. While India was playing against Afghanistan, Shubman Gill started to recover as he was released from the hospital and then he alone flew to Ahmedabad with the medical team to prepare for the Pakistan game.

Generally dengue takes a toll on the body but Shubman Gill was seen practising at the nets in Ahmedabad to get himself ready for the India vs Pakistan match. Withe the form Shubman Gill was in, he was touted to be one of the game changers of the World Cup for India. Although, captain Rohit Sharma has stated that he is near about fit, it will be interesting to see what call Rahul Dravid and team management takes before the match.

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Rohit feels although this would be a big moment for the fans, they are going to take this match as just another match in the World Cup. He has not looked at the pitch yet. So, he still does not know with what combination they will face Pakistan on 14th October.

India have an unbeaten record against Pakistan in the ICC World Cup. They have won 7 out of 7 seven games so far against the neighbours. However, Rohit does not feel that those stats would play as an advantage for them when they take the field on Saturday.