Due to dengue, Indian starting pitcher Shubman Gill’s platelet count significantly decreased, and he was therefore taken to a hospital in Chennai. His availability for the eagerly anticipated World Cup 2023 encounter against Pakistan on October 14 in Ahmedabad is now clouded by this news.
Shubman Gill‘s dengue renders him unsure for the match against Pakistan
Shubman Gill earlier missed India’s opening match of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 against Australia, which was played in Chennai, due to sickness. Additionally, the young hitter will not play in the following match against Afghanistan on October 11 in Delhi. After the Australia game, Gill stayed in Chennai under the medical staff’s strict supervision.
The outstanding batter has been ill for about a week after getting dengue immediately after arriving in Chennai.
Gill is probably not going to play against Pakistan after it was announced that he won’t be in the starting lineup for the game against Afghanistan.
A source from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said that Gill was receiving medical attention in the team’s hotel in Chennai while speaking with PTI.
Since hospitalization is normally advised for dengue patients when their platelet count falls below 100,000, the choice to admit him was made when his number of platelets dropped to 70,000.
The source further stated that Gill would be on the road to recovery and would be released from the hospital once his platelet count reached 100,000.
Shubman Gill has been receiving drip care in the Chennai team hotel for a few days. However, his platelet count fell to 70,000, and as is the case with dengue patients, you are taken to a hospital as a precaution if the count falls below 100,000. He would be released as soon as the total surpasses 100,000 once more, the source claimed.