‘I lost 4 kg of weight due to dengue…’ With which technique did Shubhman Gill deal with his weakness? Revealed after the match

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Shubman Gill recovered from dengue and returned to the World Cup
Gill played match winning innings against Sri Lanka

New Delhi. Indian cricket team’s young opener Shubman Gill missed his century by 8 runs against Sri Lanka in the 33rd match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023. On the basis of Gill’s explosive innings, India registered a big win against Sri Lanka (IND vs SL) by 302 runs. With this victory, Team India has 14 points in 7 matches and has entered the semi-finals. Due to dengue, Gill could not play in the first two matches of the World Cup. He entered the World Cup with the match against Pakistan. After that he has scored 2 half-centuries in 5 innings. After winning the match against Sri Lanka, Gill revealed that he was not at full fitness. He has lost 4 kg weight due to illness.

In the match played at Wankhede Stadium, Shubman Gill played an inning of 92 runs in 92 balls which included 11 fours and 2 sixes. India lost the wicket of Rohit Sharma on the total score of 4 runs. After this, Gill and Virat Kohli played an important role in taking India to the score of 357 by making a partnership of 189 runs for the second wicket. After the match, Gill said, ‘I am not completely fit. Due to dengue, my weight has decreased by 4 kg.

India settled the score with South Africa in 24 hours, snatched the chair of NO 1, also cut the ticket for semi-finals.

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This is Shubman Gill’s debut World Cup
Shubman Gill is playing in the World Cup for the first time. This year has been great for him so far. He has scored the most runs in ODIs in the year 2023. Gill said that he wanted to bat with restraint to put pressure on the Sri Lankan team. According to Gill, ‘Some balls were seaming and I hit them. I was trying to put pressure on the bowlers. I think I got the start in all the matches except the last match. We thought about rotating the strike today. To be honest, I didn’t think it was a 400-run wicket. We batted well and scored 350 runs.

Shami took 5 wickets
Against Sri Lanka, Virat Kohli played an inning of 88 runs while Shreyas Iyer was out after scoring 82 runs. After this, on the basis of the lethal bowling of Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj, India bowled out Sri Lanka for 55 runs. Shami took 5 wickets giving 18 runs in 5 overs while Siraj took 3 wickets giving 16 runs in 7 overs.

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