The Indian camp had causes to smile on Thursday as Shubman Gill, recovering from dengue, was again within the nets, elevating hopes of a return for Saturday’s World Cup recreation in opposition to Pakistan.
Nevertheless, it will possibly’t be mentioned with a level of certainty whether or not the crew would threat selecting the recovering Gill for the ‘Battle Royale’.
The 22-year-old has already missed the primary two video games in opposition to Australia and Afghanistan however there’s a excessive likelihood of him making it to the enjoying XI for the marquee conflict in opposition to the arch-rivals.
In reality, to facilitate a particular web session for Gill forward of the crew’s arrival in Ahmedabad, the Indian crew launched its left-arm throwdown skilled Nuwan Seneviratne on Wednesday itself.
Gill arrived on the Narendra Modi Stadium after 11 am and did some strides and sprints underneath the watchful eyes of crew physician Rizwan in the primary enviornment earlier than heading to the nets.
Protecting Shaheen Shah Afridi’s left-arm indippers in thoughts, Gill focussed on tackling the 150 clicks-plus sidearm thunderbolts from the Sri Lankan specialist.
He additionally confronted the online bowlers throughout an prolonged session.
Gill appeared snug going through each throwdowns in addition to the online bowlers.
For somebody whose platelet depend had dropped to 70000 just a few days in the past and was in hospital on Sunday evening, Gill’s restoration has been exemplary.
Nevertheless, it’s understood that coach Rahul Dravid and the medical crew can have a better take a look at his Friday’s session earlier than taking a name.
The concept to coach in intense warmth was to test how his physique responds to a recreation which begins at 2 pm, whether or not he would be capable of stand up to the warmth and humidity instantly after a bout of dengue.
