Shubman Gill is known for his classy batting, has been in terrific form since his U-19 World Cup heroics in New Zealand, where he finished as the second highest run-getter in the tournament with 372 runs from six games as India clinched the title. Since then, Gill's career graph has only gone north. He was picked up by INR 1.8 crore by Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL 2018 auction and he did well batting lower down the order for the Kolkata franchise, scoring 203 runs from 13 games at an average of 33.83. The Punjab top-order batsman became India's 227th ODI player and is the seventh youngest ever to debut in the 50-over format with Sachin Tendulkar being the youngest at 16 years and 238 days.
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Shubman Gill scored 296 runs in 14 matches, with 76 as his highest score and was presented the Emerging Player of the Year award in IPL 2019.
Shubman Gill played a composed knock of 65 not out off 49 balls and his father Lakhwinder Singh enjoyed every bit of it.
Opening the batting for only the third time this season, the talented 19-year-old smashed a career-best 76 to power KKR to 157 for one in 15 overs against Mumbai Indians on Sunday.
With a debate raging over the runout, it remains to be seen how Ashwin and Co. start afresh in what will be their first away match of the season.
Nitish Rana, Andre Russell and Shubman Gill helped Kolkata beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 6 wickets at Eden Gardens
Shubman Gill impressed in his debut season for Kolkata Knight Riders, scoring 203 runs from 13 games at an average of 33.83.
While regular skipper Virat Kohli is getting the much-needed rest, the Rohit Sharma-led squad will be hoping it has enough left in the tank to record a maiden T20 series win in New Zealand.
A 4-1 margin will look much better than 3-2 but it will be easier said than done at the Basin Reserve in Wellington.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar said the eight-wicket loss to New Zealand is a "reality check" for the team.
Only four Indian batsmen - Dhawan (13), Pandya (16), Kuldeep (15) and Chahal (18 not out) - posted double-digit scores.
Shubman Gill is the seventh youngest ever to debut for India in ODI cricket on Thursday.
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Ganguly said that the promise that Gill has shown so far in his young career makes him an exciting prospect for the Men in Blue.
Shubman, whose batting is a mirror image of Kohli, was part of India's U-19 World Cup winning team.
India opener Shikhar Dhawan feels the influx of youngsters like Prithvi Shaw and Shubman Gill has increased the competition within the players.
Shreyas Iyer said that playing the World Cup is still his biggest motivation and all he wants to do is perform at every given opportunity.
Chief selector MSK Prasad revealed that Rishabh Pant is missing the Australia just because of excess workload but he is very much in India's plans for the World Cup.
Shubman Gill starred in India's U-19 World Cup win in New Zealand in 2018 and also recently toured there with the India A side.
In February last year, Shankar's big match temperament was put to test against a quality Bangladesh attack.
Shubman Gill revealed that he went into a state of shock after getting to know about his maiden India call-up.
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