Shubman Gill is an Indian cricket player. At the age of 11, he was selected to play for the Under-16 Punjab cricket team at the district level. This was his first series where he made a record by scoring 330 runs in five matches.
Shubman Gill is an Indian cricket player. He was born on 8 September 1999 in Punjab. He completed his schooling from Manav Mangal Smart School, Mohali, Punjab.
His father, Lakhvinder Singh Gill is an agricultural scientist. His mother’s name is Kirat Gill.
Shubman is unmarried and is rumoured to be in a relationship with Sara Tendulkar.
Shubman likes to swim.
His favourite cricketers are Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli.
Interesting facts about Shubman
Shubman started playing cricket at a very young age.
He grew up watching Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman, which inspired him to become a cricketer.
His father also aspired to become a cricketer, but he never got the opportunity.
Under-16 cricket team
At the age of 11, he was selected to play for the Under-16 Punjab cricket team at the district level. This was his first series where he made a record by scoring 330 runs in five matches.
In the year 2014, he scored more than 200 runs in his first Vijay Merchant Trophy in Under-16 Punjab state level match.
Shubman scored 351 runs in the Punjab Cricket Tournament Inter District Under-16 ML Markan Trophy and made a world record partnership of 587 runs with Nirmal Singh at the district level.
Award by BCCI
In 2014, he was awarded the MA Chidambaram Trophy as the best Under-16 cricketer by BCCI.
In the year 2017, he became the fourth youngest player to score a first-class century in Ranji Trophy for Punjab.
The same year, he was selected in India's Under-19 cricket team. He played his first match against England in the Youth ODI series. He became ‘Man of the Series’ by scoring 351 runs.
He was also the vice-captain for the Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2018.
IPL matches
In the year 2018, he became a part of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for Rs 1.8 crore in the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction.
While playing cricket, he always keeps a red handkerchief in his pocket.
Presently, Shubman Gill plays for the Indian Male Cricket team.
Last Updated Sep 14, 2023, 3:12 PM IST