My Compelling Story

Shubman started playing cricket at a very young age.He grew up watching Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman on television which aspired him to be a cricketer.His father also wanted to become a cricketer but never got the opportunity.After seeing the interest of Shubman towards cricket, his family moved from Fazilka to Mohali where he rented a house near the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium.At the age of 11, he was selected in the Under-16 Punjab cricket team to play at the district-level. In his debut series, he scored maximum runs of 330 in five games and made a record.In 2014, he scored more than 200 runs in his first Vijay Merchant Trophy Under-16 Punjab state-level match.He also scored 351 runs in the Inter-District Under-16 Punjab cricket tournament ML Markan Trophy and at the district level, he shared a world record opening partnership of 587 runs along with Nirmal Singh.He was honoured with the M.A. Chidambaram Trophy from the BCCI for the best under-16 cricketer for his successful season 2013-2014. Shubman Gill received M.A. Chidambaram Trophy.In 2017, he made his List A debut against the Vidarbha cricket team in Delhi.In the same year, he got selected in Indias Under-19 cricket team and played his first match against England in the Youth ODI series. In this series, he scored 351 runs and became the Man of the Series.