37 Facts About Shubman Gill

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Shubman Gill was born on 8 September 1999 and is an Indian cricketer who plays for Punjab in domestic cricket as a right-handed opening batsman.

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Shubman Gill plays for Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League.

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Notably, Gill served as the vice-captain of the Indian Under-19 cricket team in the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup and received the prestigious Player of the Tournament award.

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Shubman Gill is considered as one of the most talented young cricketers in the world.

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Shubman Gill holds the record for the highest score made by an individual for the Indian men's T20I team.

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Shubman Gill made his international debut for the Indian cricket team in January 2019.

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Shubman Gill was drafted into India's Under-19 side as the vice-captain for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.

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Shubman Gill scored 372 runs at an average of 124.00 at the tournament, where he batted at number three to play a crucial role in India's record fourth world title and was adjudged the edition's Player of the Tournament.

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Shubman Gill was born on 8 September, 1999 in into a Sikh family in Fazilka, Punjab where they owned agricultural lands.

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Shubman Gill observed his son's cricketing ability at an early age and welcomed the opportunity to modify his cricketing capacity.

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Shubman Gill would ask the hired help on the farm to throw balls at Shubman to help him practice batting.

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Shubman Gill's father, convinced of his talent, moved with his family to Mohali and rented a house near the PCA Stadium.

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Shubman Gill's father has said that Shubman was passionate about cricket since the age of three.

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Shubman Gill hit an unbeaten double-century on his Under-16 state debut for Punjab in the Vijay Merchant Trophy.

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Shubman Gill's father Lakhwinder Singh was a farmer and Didar Singh Shubman Gill is his grandfather.

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Shubman Gill was born in Chak Khere wala village, which is near Jalalabad Tehsil in the Fazilka district of Punjab into a Sikh Jat family.

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For some years Shubman Gill took coaching from his school, after his father admitted him in Punjab Cricket Association's academy'.

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Shubman Gill is emotionally very attached to his village and his farm.

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Shubman Gill made his Twenty20 debut for Kolkata Knight Riders in the 2018 Indian Premier League on 14 April 2018.

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In December 2018, during Punjab's match against Tamil Nadu in the Ranji Trophy, Shubman Gill scored his maiden double century in first-class cricket, scoring 268 runs.

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On 25 December 2018, on the fourth day of the match against Hyderabad in the Ranji Trophy, with Punjab needing 338 runs from 57 overs, Shubman Gill scored 148 off 154 balls to almost single-handedly take his side to victory.

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Shubman Gill won the Emerging Player of the tournament award in the 2019 Indian Premier League.

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Ahead of the 2022 IPL auction, Shubman Gill left the Kolkata Knight Riders and was drafted by the newly formed Gujarat Titans franchise for 8 crore.

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In September 2022, Shubman Gill was signed up by Glamorgan as their overseas player for the remainder of the 2022 County Championship season.

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Shubman Gill had a successful tournament, leading the team in runs scored with 372 runs and was named the player of the tournament.

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In January 2019, Shubman Gill was added to India's squad for the limited-overs leg for their series against New Zealand.

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In December 2019, Shubman Gill was named as the captain of India A squad for their tour of New Zealand.

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Shubman Gill made his Test debut for India on 26 December 2020, against Australia, helping India to a comeback win in the second match of the series.

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Shubman Gill's performances proved to be instrumental On 22 August 2022, Gill accomplished a major milestone in his cricket career by scoring his first One Day International century for the Indian national team.

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On 16 December 2022, against Bangladesh, Shubman Gill scored the first century of his Test career and was dismissed for 110 runs.

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Shubman Gill made his Twenty20 International debut on 3 January 2023, against Sri Lanka.

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Shubman Gill scored seven runs from five balls in that match.

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On 18 January 2023, against New Zealand, Shubman Gill scored a double century.

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Shubman Gill became 5th Indian batsman to hit a double century in ODI's, and he is currently the youngest batsman to score a double century in ODI's in men's international cricket.

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On 1 February 2023, Shubman Gill scored his maiden T20I century against New Zealand.

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Shubman Gill became the 5th Indian batsman to score a century in all formats of international cricket.

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Shubman Gill now holds the record for the highest individual score by an Indian batsman in men's T20I, scoring 126 runs off 63 deliveries.