After the first six days of the World Cup 2023, Pakistan captain Babar Azam bagged the top spot in the latest ICC ODI Batting Rankings. Gill, who missed India’s game against Australia and is also unavailable for their clash with Afghanistan, missed out on the World No. 1 rank by just five points.
Ishan Kishan opened with India captain Rohit Sharma against Australia at MA Chidambaram, Chennai last week in Gill’s absence. India were reduced to 2 for 3 in a chase of 200 – Kishan, Rohit and Shreyas Iyer were dismissed for ducks. Team India recovered from their nightmare start to chase down the target with six wickets and 52 balls to spare, thanks to Virat Kohli and KL Rahul’s 165-run partnership.
India’s Shubman Gill plays a shot during a practice prior to a warm-up match between India and England ahead of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup, at the Assam Cricket Association Stadium in Guwahati
Gill has been the leading run-getting in the 50-over format in 2023, with 1,230 runs at an average of 72.35 and a strike rate of 105.03. In his last four ODIs, he scored two centuries and a half-century, with two of those knocks coming against Australia in their recently concluded bilateral series.
India are currently playing Afghanistan in their second match of the World Cup 2023 in Delhi. Afghanistan are 214 for 4 after 41 overs after opting to bat at Arun Jaitley Stadium.
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