<p>Ahmedabad: Shubman Gill is all set to make a comeback in the playing XI for the marquee World Cup clash against Pakistan here on Saturday, India skipper Rohit Sharma said on eve of the game.</p>.<p>"99 percent he is available for tomorrow's game," Rohit said during the pre-match media conference here.</p>.<p>Gill looked in fine touch during an extended session at the Motera on Friday.</p>.<p>The manner in which Gill faced the bowlers at the nets, it hardly looked like he was hospitalised last Sunday for dengue, with the blood platelet level dipping to 70,000.</p>.<p>Against Ravichandran Ashwin, Gill looked absolutely regal as he played some crisp on-drives off the off-spinner.</p>.India vs Pakistan: What to expect from the high-octane clash.<p>Not for once did Ashwin trouble him as he also lofted him for what would be a certain boundary in a match situation.</p>.<p>Against Mohammed Shami, however, Gill was more watchful as he defended him mostly while unleashing a few savage cuts against a left-arm pacer summoned for the net session.</p>.<p>After around 20 odd minutes at the bowlers' nets, Gill entered the throwdown nets to face some heavy-duty fast deliveries from Nuwan, Raghu and Vikram Rathour.</p>.<p>A few deliveries did trouble him for pace but it still seemed like the time has come for him to replace Ishan Kishan at the top of the order.</p>.<p>During the day, Kishan didn't come to the nets for first hour and a half as he went through the fielding and warm-up game drill, which was a round of foot volley.</p>.<p>While Gill looked in good rhythm despite the two-week break, Shami breathed fire as he repeatedly beat Virat Kohli at the nets on the day.</p>.<p>Shami bowled at a brisk pace and there were two occasions when he squared up India's No 1 batter and also beat him on another couple of occasions.</p>.<p>Kohli was also hurried once by Nuwan's throwdown as he played an identical stroke like the one he played against Josh Hazlewood in Chennai and Mitchell Marsh dropped a sitter.</p>
<p>Ahmedabad: Shubman Gill is all set to make a comeback in the playing XI for the marquee World Cup clash against Pakistan here on Saturday, India skipper Rohit Sharma said on eve of the game.</p>.<p>"99 percent he is available for tomorrow's game," Rohit said during the pre-match media conference here.</p>.<p>Gill looked in fine touch during an extended session at the Motera on Friday.</p>.<p>The manner in which Gill faced the bowlers at the nets, it hardly looked like he was hospitalised last Sunday for dengue, with the blood platelet level dipping to 70,000.</p>.<p>Against Ravichandran Ashwin, Gill looked absolutely regal as he played some crisp on-drives off the off-spinner.</p>.India vs Pakistan: What to expect from the high-octane clash.<p>Not for once did Ashwin trouble him as he also lofted him for what would be a certain boundary in a match situation.</p>.<p>Against Mohammed Shami, however, Gill was more watchful as he defended him mostly while unleashing a few savage cuts against a left-arm pacer summoned for the net session.</p>.<p>After around 20 odd minutes at the bowlers' nets, Gill entered the throwdown nets to face some heavy-duty fast deliveries from Nuwan, Raghu and Vikram Rathour.</p>.<p>A few deliveries did trouble him for pace but it still seemed like the time has come for him to replace Ishan Kishan at the top of the order.</p>.<p>During the day, Kishan didn't come to the nets for first hour and a half as he went through the fielding and warm-up game drill, which was a round of foot volley.</p>.<p>While Gill looked in good rhythm despite the two-week break, Shami breathed fire as he repeatedly beat Virat Kohli at the nets on the day.</p>.<p>Shami bowled at a brisk pace and there were two occasions when he squared up India's No 1 batter and also beat him on another couple of occasions.</p>.<p>Kohli was also hurried once by Nuwan's throwdown as he played an identical stroke like the one he played against Josh Hazlewood in Chennai and Mitchell Marsh dropped a sitter.</p>