Watch: Shubman Gill missed India’s first two 2023 World Cup matches with dengue, and started in style coming back into the side against Pakistan.
India were already on top and caused a dramatic middle-order collapse, taking Pakistan from 155-2 to 191-191. Rohit Sharma then hit the first pitch of a four-ball chase before giving a strike to Gill with a single.
The Indian star will turn heads in 2023, leading the world in runs and centuries in ODI cricket and even threatening Sachin Tendulkar’s record for most ODI runs in a calendar year. did. However, he missed India’s first two matches against Australia and Afghanistan due to a bout of dengue fever and spent some time in hospital earlier this week.
When Ishan Kishan was included in the starting lineup, he was once again fit for the important match against Pakistan. He played against Shaheen Shah Afridi and pulled off a perfect four-man cover drive. He didn’t hit the ball too far and didn’t reach the breakthrough, but his timing was so precise that the ball ran towards the boundary.
Gill added two more off-drives and showed four fine legs before hitting Shaheen for a point, but for 16.
Watch the perfect Gill cover drive below:
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