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[ad_1] Indian batsman Shubman Gill has not recovered from dengue fever and will miss his team’s second ICC World Cup 2023 match against Afghanistan, officials said Monday. Gill sat out the hosts’ six-wicket victory against Australia in Chennai on Sunday and will stay back in the southern Indian city “under the supervision of the medical team”. “Team India batter Shubman Gill will not be travelling with the team to Delhi on 9th October 2023,” the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said in a statement. Rohit Sharma’s India will face Afghanistan at New Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium on Wednesday. The team will then leave for Ahmedabad for the hotly-anticipated fixture against arch-rivals Pakistan on Saturday.   [ad_2] Source link https://worldnews2023.com/stports/icc-world-cup-shubman-gill-to-miss-indias-match-against-afghanistan-such-tv/?feed_id=314072&_unique_id=66c12ce3f3e74

[ad_1] Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly has picked the teams he expects to make the semi-finals of the 2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup. Ganguly, who turned 51 on Saturday, named five teams that could be in contention for a semi-final spot at the World Cup in India later this year and remained hopeful about a clash between arch-rivals India and Pakistan at Eden Gardens in one of the semi-finals. "It’s very hard to say [teams that could make the semi-final]," Ganguly said in an interview. "Australia, England, India. You can never underestimate New Zealand in these big matches. I will pick five, and include Pakistan also." "Pakistan better qualify so that we will have the India-Pakistan semi-final at the Eden Gardens." Eden Gardens is set to host the second semi-final of the World Cup on November 16 with Mumbai hosting the other. India play Pakistan on October 15 in the league stage, but the former skipper hoped that the teams would meet