![]() | This article's tone or style may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on Wikipedia. (October 2023) |
![]() Gill in 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Born | Fazilka, Punjab, India | 8 September 1999|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Top-order Batter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National side |
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Test debut (cap 297) | 26 December 2020 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 7 March 2024 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 227) | 31 January 2019 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 7 August 2024 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI shirt no. | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut (cap 101) | 3 January 2023 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 30 July 2024 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I shirt no. | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–present | Punjab | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–2021 | Kolkata Knight Riders | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022–present | Gujarat Titans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | Glamorgan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 14 March 2024 |
Shubman Gill (born 8 September 1999) is an Indian international cricketer who represents the Indian cricket team across all three formats of the game. He is the vice-captain of India in White-ball cricket. He captains Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League and plays for Punjab in domestic cricket. A right-handed Top-order batter, he made his international debut for Indian team in January 2019 against New Zealand.[1] Gill was part of the 2023 Cricket World Cup in which India was runners-up.[2]
In the ODI cricket, he is the fastest player to reach 2000 runs in 38 innings,[3] also holds the record for the youngest cricketer to score a double century at the age of 23 in ODI as well.[4] He made his List-A debut against Vidarbha in 2017 and first-class debut for Punjab against Bengal in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy, scoring a half-century in the game,[5] and 129 runs in the last match against Services.[6]
As vice-captain of India's Under-19 team, Gill scored 372 runs at an average of 124.00 in the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, where he played a crucial role in India's fourth title win and earning the edition's Player of the Tournament award.[7] His unbeaten 102 in the semi-final against Pakistan U-19 drew praise from batting greats such as Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, and Sourav Ganguly.[8][9]
In 2022, Gill was part of the IPL championship-winning Gujarat Titans team. He won the 2023 IPL Orange Cap by scoring 890 runs, the second-highest total in IPL history, including three centuries. He did not performed well in world cup final 2023. His score of 129 in the IPL Qualifier 2 is the highest individual score in IPL Playoffs history. Gill was appointed as the captain of Gujarat Titans ahead of IPL 2024 after Hardik Pandya was traded to Mumbai Indians.