The Indian team’s worries ahead of its opening World Cup game against Australia have been compounded with in-form Shubman Gill suspected to be suffering from dengue, rendering him a doubtful starter for Sunday’s match against Australia. Ishan Kishan could open the innings in case Gill is ruled out. The BCCI is yet to confirm the nature of the illness but head coach Rahul Dravid did not want to throw in the towel yet with 36 hours still to go for the match.

“He is feeling better today. The medical team is monitoring him, and he is doing better,” Dravid said during a press conference here on Friday.

Dravid, who is known for being non-committal, further played it safe.

“He is not technically out for the first game. The medical team is monitoring him and (we) will take the decision after tomorrow,” he said.

However, the situation might just not be bright after all.

“Gill is not well and he is in no position to play at least first two games (of the WC),” a BCCI source privy to the developments told PTI on condition of anonymity.

Earlier, the BCCI had said they were waiting for updates on Gill.

“He’s under the weather, the medical team is closely monitoring him. We are hoping he gets better soon. We will have to wait on more updates from the medical team,” the medical update from BCCI stated.