Shubman Gill, the young Indian cricketer, is the modern era cricketer who got the opportunity to play under the captaincy of Virat Kohli. For his impressive performance, he is labelled as the next possible opener for the Indian team. Amid the lockdown, the youngster took up some of his fans’ questions to answer them in his leisure time. In this regard, he also named a retired cricketer with whom he would like to play now.
The Punjab cricketer made the debut in the Indian team in 2019 against New Zealand. Perhaps, he didn’t have a good debut matches as he scored 18 runs in 2 ODI games. Since then, he has been in the eye of the selectors and is included in the Test and ODI squad as a substitute. Although, the 20-year old is a regular player in the India A team. In last India A tour against New Zealand XI, he scored back to back two centuries in the four-day match.
After his impressive performance, he was also picked up in the squad of the two-match Test series against the Kiwis. However, he could not break into the playing XI as Prithvi Shaw was selected over him.
Shubman Gill picks Sachin Tendulkar:
Answering a fan’s question, he picked up Sachin Tendulkar, the retired cricketer, with whom he would now love to bat. The legendary cricketer has been the role model of many youngsters like Gill. He has dedicated 24 years of life to the game, and his life motivates others to give their best to the game.
The one and only, Sachin Tendulkar.
— Shubman Gill (@RealShubmanGill) April 26, 2020
Meanwhile, Shubman Gill would have featured in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020, but because of the outbreak of the coronavirus, the league has been postponed. He started the journey of IPL with KKR in 2018 and plays for them till now.