1. Shubman Gill was born on 8 September 1999 and is an Indian international cricketer who represents the national team across all three formats of the game.
49 Facts About Shubman Gill
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Shubman Gill was a member of the team that won the 2025 Champions Trophy.
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Shubman Gill holds the record for the youngest cricketer to score a double century at the age of 23 in ODI as well.
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In 2022, Shubman Gill was part of the IPL championship-winning Gujarat Titans team.
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Shubman Gill won the 2023 IPL Orange Cap by scoring 890 runs, the second-highest total in IPL history, including three centuries.
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Shubman Gill was appointed as the captain of Gujarat Titans ahead of IPL 2024 after Hardik Pandya was traded to Mumbai Indians.
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Shubman Gill was born on 8 September 1999 into a Punjabi Sikh family in village Chak Jaimal Singh Wala of Fazilka district, Punjab, India.
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Shubman Gill's father, Lakhwinder Singh, is a farmer who aspired to become a cricketer.
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Shubman Gill showed early promise in cricket, picking up a bat at the age of three.
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At the age of twelve, Shubman Gill's performance caught the attention of former Indian bowler Karsan Ghavri, who recommended that Shubman Gill attend the Under-19 all-India pace bowlers' camp.
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Shubman Gill faced U-19 bowlers in the nets, leading Ghavri to request PCA to put him into Punjab's U-14 team.
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Shubman Gill is a friend of Abhishek Sharma since childhood and they used to open the innings for Punjab in the under-14s.
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In December 2018, during the 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, almost single-handedly taking his side to victory.
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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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In December 2016, Shubman Gill was part of the Indian U-19 team for the 2016 ACC Under-19 Asia Cup, where he emerged as the second-highest run-scorer of the tournament, behind teammate Himanshu Rana.
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India won the tournament by defeating Sri Lanka U-19 in the final, with Shubman Gill scoring 70 runs off 92 balls.
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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 selected for India's squad for the limited-overs 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 was part of the Indian squad for the 2021 ICC World Test Championship final against New Zealand.
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India lost the match, with Shubman Gill scoring 28 runs off 64 balls in the first innings and 8 runs off 33 balls in the second innings.
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In November 2021, during New Zealand's tour of India, Shubman Gill scored 144 runs in the 2-match Test series and was the fourth-highest run-scorer of the series.
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In July 2022, during India's tour of West Indies and USA, Shubman Gill scored 205 runs in three matches, including a 98 not out in the third ODI.
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On 22 August 2022, during the third match of the ODI series against Zimbabwe, Shubman Gill scored his first ODI century for the Indian national team.
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Shubman Gill emerged as the series' top run-scorer and was awarded the Player of the Series award.
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In November 2022, in the ODI series against New Zealand, Shubman Gill was the third highest run-scorer of the series, scoring 108 runs including a half-century in the first match.
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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, in the first match of the series against New Zealand, Shubman Gill scored a double century, tallying a total of 208 runs.
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Shubman Gill became the fifth Indian batsman to hit a double century in ODIs, and he is currently the youngest batsman to score a double century in ODIs in men's international cricket.
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Shubman Gill holds the record for the highest individual score by an Indian batsman in men's T20Is.
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On 9 March 2023, Shubman Gill scored his second Test century in the fourth match of the 2023 Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
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Shubman Gill was part of the Indian squad for the 2023 ICC World Test Championship final against Australia.
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Shubman Gill scored 13 runs off 15 balls in the first innings and 18 runs off 19 balls in the second innings.
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Shubman Gill was selected for the Indian squad in the 2023 Asia Cup.
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India won the tournament by defeating Sri Lanka in the final, with Shubman Gill emerging as the highest run-scorer of the tournament, tallying 302 runs.
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Shubman Gill captained the Indian Cricket Team for the first time.
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In February 2025, at the ICC Champions Trophy, Shubman Gill entered the tournament as the highest ranked ODI Batter.
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Shubman Gill scored an unbeaten 101 to guide India to victory in the first group game against Bangladesh.
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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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Shubman Gill scored 203 runs in the 2018 season as KKR finished third, losing in Qualifier 2 against Sunrisers Hyderabad.
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Shubman Gill scored 296 runs in the 2019 season as KKR finished fifth.
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Shubman Gill won the Emerging Player of the tournament award in the 2019 Indian Premier League.
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In 2020, Shubman Gill scored 440 runs, making him the highest scoring player for KKR that season.
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Ahead of the 2022 IPL auction, Shubman Gill was drafted by the newly formed Gujarat Titans franchise for 8 crore.
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Shubman Gill became the fourth man to score back to back centuries, 101 against the SRH and 104* against RCB.
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In Qualifier 2 versus MI, Shubman Gill achieved the season's highest individual score of 129 off 60 balls and the record of highest ever score in an IPL playoffs match and second most centuries in an IPL season at 3.
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Shubman Gill has made 14 international centuries- 5 in Test cricket, 8 in One Day International and 1 in Twenty20 international.