Shubman Gill

Shubman Gill: A Brief Biography

Shubman Gill is one of the brightest shining stars on the Indian cricketing horizon. The teenager impressed everybody with his affluent playing style during the U-19 World Cup and since then has only got better and better.

Shubman Gill is a professional cricketer who plays for the Indian cricket team and captains the Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Born on 8 September 1999 in Firozpur, Punjab, the right-handed batter plays as an opening batter for the team.

Shubman rose to prominence following his ICC U19 World Cup 2018 performances. He scored 372 runs in the tournament, bagging the Player of the Tournament trophy and featured in the ICC Team of the World Cup.

Shubman Gill: Along the Years

Shubman Gill Records

• Youngest cricketer to lead a side in the Deodhar Trophy

• Leading scorer for Punjab in the 2018-19 Ranji Trophy (728)

• Leading run-scorer for India in 2018 U-19 WC (372)

• Youngest batter for an Indian team to score a double century in a first-class match vs West Indies A

• Youngest batter to score an ODI double-century (23 years and 132 days)

• Quickest batter to complete 2000 runs in ODI history (38 innings)

Shubman Gill Awards and Accolades

• Emerging Player of the Tournament in IPL 2019

• Player of the Tournament in 2018 U19 WC

• Polly Umrigar Men’s Cricketer of the Year 2023

Shubman Gill Career

Shubman Gill is considered a prodigious talent for years to come by the cricketing fraternity due to his technical prowess. He had a dream 2023 season across formats and IPL and made a name for himself at a very young age.

Shubman Gill Domestic Career

Shubman Gill made his List-A debut on 25th February 2017 against Vidarbha. His first-class debut came on 27th November 2017 as a member of the Punjab Ranji team. He scored a half-century in the first match and 129 in the second against Bengal.

In October 2018, he was named in India C's squad for the 2018–19 Deodhar Trophy. In the final round-robin match, against India A, he scored an unbeaten century to help send India C through to the final. In December 2018, during Punjab's match against Tamil Nadu in the Ranji Trophy, Gill scored his maiden double century in first-class cricket, scoring 268 runs.

Shubman Gill IPL Career

Following his impressive stint at the 2018 U-19 World Cup and domestic tournaments, Shubman caught the eye of the cricketing fraternity and was bought for INR 1.8 crores by the Kolkata Knight Riders in the 2018 IPL auction. Gill had a decent campaign with the bat for KKR but it was after getting drafted into the newly introduced Gujarat Titans that he found his groove and was instrumental in the Titans lifting the trophy in their maiden campaign (2022). Gill had a dream run in IPL 2023, bagging the Orange Cap for scoring 890 runs in 17 matches, including three centuries. He was appointed as the Titans’ skipper ahead of IPL 2024.

Shubman Gill International Career

Shubman Gill has had a tremendous start to his international career, with ODIs seeming to be his kingdom. The youngster has amassed 4098 runs across formats and is also on the list of batters with centuries in all formats.

Shubman Gill ODI Career

On the back of a mountain of runs posted by the Punjab-born batsman in the U-19 and domestic scene, Gill was added to India's squad for the limited-overs leg of their series against New Zealand in January 2019. On 31 January 2019, he made his One Day International (ODI) cricket debut against New Zealand in the fourth ODI match of the series at Seddon Park, Hamilton. Gill could only muster up nine runs in his 21-ball vigil at the crease and was snaffled up by Trent Boult.

However, he scored his maiden century against Zimbabwe in 2022 and started getting regular game time from the beginning of 2023. Gill made an impact immediately as he hammered a double ton against the New Zealanders, making him the youngest (23 years and 132 days) to achieve the feat. He became the quickest batter (38 innings) to achieve 2000 runs in ODIs, surpassing the record of the legendary Hashim Amla (40 innings). Gill also became only the fourth Indian after Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni, and Virat Kohli to achieve the ICC No. 1 ranking in the ODI format.

Shubman Gill Test Career

After hitting a double century against the West Indies A side in the Caribbean, Shubman Gill was instantly named in India's Test squad for their series against South Africa. However, with big names already in the team, the youngster had difficulty in breaking into the playing XI and he returned without donning the white flannels for his country. However, in February 2020, he was again named in India's Test squad, this time for their series against New Zealand Cricket. Gill played a huge role against Australia in the historic Gabba victory in 2021, scoring a match-winning 91 in India’s second innings.

However, the 24-year-old had a slight dip in form in Tests after that, failing in both WTC (World Test Championship) finals as well. Gill seems to have found his touch in the recently concluded series against England, scoring the second-most runs (452) in the series and a couple of centuries as well.

Shubman Gill T20I Career

Shubman Gill made his T20I debut against Sri Lanka in January 2023. He scored his maiden T20I century against New Zealand in February 2023.

Shubman Gill Captaincy

Shubman Gill was assigned the vice-captaincy of the U-19 World Cup team in December 2017 and he led from the front and became the highest scorer for the Indian side. Gill and his mixture of aggression and composure helped the team go the distance.

In August 2019, he was named as the captain of the India Blue team for the 2019–20 Duleep Trophy. In October 2019, Gill was selected as the captain of the India C team for the 2019–20 Deodhar Trophy. In November 2019, he became the youngest cricketer to lead a side in the tournament. He was 20 years and 57 days old, beating Virat Kohli's record, when he was 21 years and 124 days old, during the 2009–10 tournament. Gill was appointed the Gujarat Titans’ skipper for IPL 2024.

Shubman Gill Under 19 Career

His international debut for the U-19 Indian cricketer team came against England U-19 at the age of 17, where he hit two back-to-back centuries. After impressing domestically and internationally, he was selected and appointed as the vice-captain of the India U19 team in December 2017 for the 2018 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. Shubman shone in the World Cup, hitting 372 runs from five innings and finishing second in the rankings. In the Group B match against Zimbabwe, Gill scored an unbeaten 90 runs from 59 balls as India beat Zimbabwe by 10 wickets. The quarter-final saw him hitting 86 off 94 balls with India beating Bangladesh by 113 runs.

He scored a century in the semi-final against arch-rivals Pakistan, hitting a blazing unbeaten 102 from 94 balls. India won by 203 runs with Gill winning the Man of the Match award.

In the finals against Australia, he scored 31 runs from 30 balls, helping India clinch an eight-wicket victory and winning the U19 World Cup for a record fourth time. Eventually, Gill won the Player of the Tournament award for scoring 418 runs at a whopping average of 104.50.

Shubman Gill Family

Shubman Gill was born to Lakhwinder Singh and Keart Gill on September 8, 1999, in Firozpur, Punjab. He also has an elder sister named Shahneel Singh.

Shubman Gill's Net Worth

As of 2024, Shubman Gill has an estimated net worth of INR 34 crores or USD 4 million.

Shubman Gill House

Shubman Gill owns a luxurious house in Jaimal Singh Wala Village, Jalalabad Tehsil, Firozpur District, Punjab, India.

Shubman Gill Cars

Shubman Gill owns a Mahindra Thar, a Mercedes Benz E350, and a Range Rover SUV.