Shubman Gill Birthday: Shubman Gill is celebrating his 24th birthday today. Know the records recorded in his name on this occasion. Gill is currently in Sri Lanka for the Asia Cup (Asia Cup 2023), where Team India has a match with Pakistan (India vs Pakista) on Sunday.
Today is the 24th birthday of Indian opener Shubman Gill. He is currently in Sri Lanka for the Asia Cup, where Team India will face Pakistan on Sunday. The Asia Cup is being played in ODI format and Gill has a world record in this format. Let us tell you how Gill’s cricket career has been so far.
Gill was born on 8 September 1999 in Fazilka, Punjab. His father also wanted to become a cricketer but could not succeed in it, so he thought of making his son Gill a cricketer and was successful in it. He had already sensed his son’s interest and aptitude for cricket, and decided to send him to the academy. Then he started living on rent with his family near the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium.
Gill made his List A debut in the Vijay Hazare Trophy in the 2016–17 season (25 February 2017). On 17 November, he made his debut in first class cricket. Gill went on climbing the ladder of success on his own. Gill made his international debut (ODI) on 31 January 2019, playing against New Zealand. After this he made his debut in Test (2020) and then T20 (2023).
Shubman Gill Birthday: This world record recorded in the name of Shubman Gill
The day of 18 January 2023 is memorable for Gill, on this day he made a world record in ODI cricket. Gill became the youngest player to score a double century in ODI. Anyway, only 8 players in the world have been able to score a double century in this format and out of these, 5 players including Gill are Indians. So far, only Rohit Sharma (3 times), Virender Sehwag, Ishan Kishan, Shubman Gill and Sachin Tendulkar have been able to score double centuries in the ODI format for India.
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Talking about Gill’s international cricket career, he has played 18 test matches in which he has scored 966 runs. In this format he has scored 2 centuries and 4 half-centuries.
Shubhman Gill has played 29 ODI and 11 T20 matches, in which he has scored 1514 and 304 runs respectively. Gill has scored 4 centuries and 7 half-centuries in ODIs. In T20, he has scored 1-1 century and half century.
