Shubman Gill

Shubhman gill is a cricketer by profession. He was born on 8th September 1999 in Fazilka city, Punjab. His father, Lakhwinder Singh Gill, is an agriculturist while his mother, Kirat Kaur Gill, is a housewife.

He since always wanted to become a cricketer. Apart from cricket he also loves to go swimming. He has done his schooling from Manav Mangal Smart School, Punjab.

When he was only 11 years old, he got selected in the Under-16 Punjab cricket team to play at the district level. He scored 330 runs in his debut series. In Punjab's inter-district Under-16 cricket tournament, he scored 351 runs, and along with Nirmal Singh Bio coming soon... >> Read More... , he shared a world record opening partnership of 587 runs.

In 2014, in his Under-16 state debut for Punjab, he scored more than 200 runs in his first Vijay Merchant Trophy. For his successful season between 2013-14, In the under-16 cricketer category, he was honored h was honored with the M.A Chidambaram trophy by the BCCI. In 2017, he made his debut against Vidharbha cricket team in Delhi.

In 2018 IPL auction, he was bought by Kolkata Knight riders for 1.8 crores. In the Indian Premier League, he made his twenty20 debut for Kolkata knight riders. He was also chosen as vice-captain in the 2018 Under-19 cricket world cup.

For the 2019-20 Duleep Trophy, he was named as the captain of the Indian blue team. He is quite superstitious since he always keeps a red handkerchief while batting.