Will Shubman Gill take the field against Pakistan? Rohit Sharma answers

Young Indian opener Shubman Gill is 99 percent available to play against Pakistan in the ICC World Cup 2023 blockbuster showdown after he recovered from dengue fever captain Rohit Sharma said on Friday Gill missed the teams opening two victories but is likely to take the field at the worlds biggest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad on Saturday Rohit did not reveal the team for the hotlyanticipated contest and when pressed about Gills participation the captain said we will see tomorrow Gill 24 had a practice session on Thursday after he flew into the western Indian city from Chennai where he had been hospitalised and missed Indias win over Australia The batsman picked up the dengue infection ahead of the tournament and did not travel with the team for the second match in New Delhi where India beat Afghanistan Ishan Kishan replaced Gill and filled the opening slot in both the matches making nought and 47 Pakistan also come into the contest at the 132000 seater Narendra Modi Stadium named for the Indian prime minister with two wins from two gamesDue to the illness Gill was hospitalized but batting coach Vikram Rathour said He was hospitalized yes but that was more as a precautionIn 20 ODIs this year Gill has scored 1230 runs at an average of 7235 and a strike rate of just above 105 He has scored five centuries and five fifties this year with the best of 208After registering two backtoback wins India riding on high confidence will face traditional rival Pakistan at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on SaturdayThe Saturday encounter comes after Indias two matches against the archrivals during a winning Asia Cup campaign One match held in the group stage was abandoned due to rain while India registered a thumping win in the next clash during the Super Four stageAlso Read Cricket World Cup Where fandom comes with a lsquohefty price tagrsquoIndia began their World Cup campaign with a victory over Australia while Pakistan has two victories in two matches to build momentum ahead of the major encounterFans will be hoping that megastars of Men in Blue such as Virat Kohli skipper Rohit Sharma Jasprit Bumrah KL Rahul and Mohammed Siraj keep up with their consistent performances to continue the countrys winning streak with Pakistan in 50over World Cups and come out with 80 win against the archrivals in the World CupIndia has dominated the headtohead record in ODI World Cup matches with Men in Blue winning all seven games against the archrival boasting a 100 per cent win record till nowPredicted squadsIndia Rohit Sharma c Hardik Pandya vc Shubman Gill Virat Kohli Shreyas Iyer KL Rahul Ravindra Jadeja Shardul Thakur Jasprit Bumrah Mohammed Siraj Kuldeep Yadav Mohammed Shami Ravichandran Ashwin Ishan Kishan Suryakumar YadavPakistan Babar Azam c Shadab Khan Fakhar Zaman ImamulHaq Abdullah Shafique Mohammad Rizwan Saud Shakeel Iftikhar Ahmed Salman Ali Agha Mohammad Nawaz Usama Mir Haris Rauf Hasan Ali Shaheen Afridi Mohammad Wasim