Shubman Gill and Shardul Thakur rested from third ODI against Australia at Rajkot

Indian cricket team is in great form ahead of the ICC World Cup 2023 with all players showing best performances. The top news about India's form is that both batting and bowling units are looking in great shape and how India destroyed Australia in the second ODI displays that united effort. Despite not having big names in the playing XI like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Jasprit Bumrah, the Indian team crushed Australia by 99 runs in a rain-disrupted match.

It is no longer news if Shubman Gill displays great performance. Like the first ODI, Shubman Gill started strong and played a 200-run partnership with Shreyas Iyer to take India's total score to great heights.



Following great performances in both ODIs, Shubman Gill has been asked to rest and will now meet India in the ICC World Cup 2023. With him, Shardul Thakur will also remain missing from third ODI, as per a report.

This goes well with the management's plan of resting some players ahead of the ICC World Cup 2023. In the first two ODIs skipper Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya and Kuldeep Yadav rested. "Luckily we got a fair amount of cricket at the Asia Cup. If not, we would've looked at it some other way. More than physical, sometimes guys need a mental break, which isn't a bad thing leading into a tournament like the World Cup," BCCI chief selector Ajit Agarkar said.