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      <title>Gill may return for Pakistan clash, India mull three spinners</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;India opener &lt;a href="https://www.aajenglish.tv/news/30336041/world-cup-2023-shubman-gill-doubts-his-participation-for-indias-first-game"&gt;Shubman Gill&lt;/a&gt; is in the frame to return for Saturday’s World Cup &lt;a href="https://www.aajenglish.tv/news/30336935/rain-may-spoil-india-pakistan-world-cup-clash-indian-media"&gt;blockbuster against Pakistan&lt;/a&gt; and the hosts are also open to playing three spinners at the Narendra Modi Stadium, skipper Rohit Sharma said on Friday.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Gill is the leading run-getter in one-day internationals this year but missed India’s victories against Australia and Afghanistan as he continued his recovery from dengue.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The right-hander returned to the nets on Thursday and Rohit was optimistic of having his opening partner back for the tournament’s most anticipated match.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“99% he’s available,” Rohit said of Gill without elaborating even after being pressed.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;In Gill’s absence, Ishan Kishan opened with Rohit and scored a duck against Australia in Chennai and 47 against Afghanistan in New Delhi.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;India fielded a three-pronged spin attack in Chennai where they bowled out Australia for 199 and Rohit would not rule out repeating the combination by bringing back Ravichandran Ashwin.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Read: &lt;a href="https://www.aajenglish.tv/news/30336724/poor-spectator-turnout-a-fresh-blow-for-odis"&gt;Poor spectator turnout, a fresh blow for ODIs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“Depending on what kind of conditions we face, if there is a change or two we need to make, we will be ready with that and the guys have been informed well in advance about these kind of changes,” he said.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“I don’t think it’s going to be any issues for the players. If the requirement is there for us to play three spinners, we will play three spinners.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;India boast an unblemished 7-0 record against Pakistan in the 50-overs &lt;a href="https://www.aajenglish.tv/trends/world-cup-2023"&gt;World Cup&lt;/a&gt; but Rohit warned against underestimating their “quality opponent”.&lt;/p&gt;
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<p>Gill is the leading run-getter in one-day internationals this year but missed India’s victories against Australia and Afghanistan as he continued his recovery from dengue.</p>
<p>The right-hander returned to the nets on Thursday and Rohit was optimistic of having his opening partner back for the tournament’s most anticipated match.</p>
<p>“99% he’s available,” Rohit said of Gill without elaborating even after being pressed.</p>
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<p>In Gill’s absence, Ishan Kishan opened with Rohit and scored a duck against Australia in Chennai and 47 against Afghanistan in New Delhi.</p>
<p>India fielded a three-pronged spin attack in Chennai where they bowled out Australia for 199 and Rohit would not rule out repeating the combination by bringing back Ravichandran Ashwin.</p>
<p>Read: <a href="https://www.aajenglish.tv/news/30336724/poor-spectator-turnout-a-fresh-blow-for-odis">Poor spectator turnout, a fresh blow for ODIs</a></p>
<p>“Depending on what kind of conditions we face, if there is a change or two we need to make, we will be ready with that and the guys have been informed well in advance about these kind of changes,” he said.</p>
<p>“I don’t think it’s going to be any issues for the players. If the requirement is there for us to play three spinners, we will play three spinners.”</p>
<p>India boast an unblemished 7-0 record against Pakistan in the 50-overs <a href="https://www.aajenglish.tv/trends/world-cup-2023">World Cup</a> but Rohit warned against underestimating their “quality opponent”.</p>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2023 21:33:09 +0500</pubDate>
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