Ahead of the blockbuster IND vs PAK World Cup 2023 clash on October 14 at the Narendra Modi Stadium, the Indian Cricket Team concluded their final training session ahead of the ‘biggest clash’ of the tournament.
A 3-hour evening/night training session was conducted by Team India on Friday before the all-important clash. Before the Men in Blue hit the nets, Rohit Sharma held a pre-match conference and gave important update on Shubman Gill’s fitness.
The Indian opener batted in the nets for an hour and faced Ravichandran Ashwin and Mohammed Shami. Indian skipper Rohit Sharma said that Gill is 99% fit to feature in IND vs PAK.
Meanwhile, Pakistan team focused on countering spin in their final session. Babar Azam, Muhammad Rizwan and others faced local spinners and brushed on their sweeps and reverse-sweeps.
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The debate for the No. 8 spot is heating up, with Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, and Shardul Thakur fighting for the same spot. However, with the pitch reportedly set to assist spinners, Team India is likely to with Ashwin.
India Probable XI for the IND vs PAK match
Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill*, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
*= subject to fitness, or else Ishan Kishan will open
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