All you need to know about Shubman Gill

Shubman Gill‘s meteoric rise continues with a maiden call-up to the India ODI squad late on Saturday. A dramatic turn of events will soon see the 19-year-old batting prodigy flying to New Zealand for a five-match ODI and three-match T20I series.

Gill has long been earmarked as the next big thing in Indian cricket having been part of India’s ICC U-19 World Cup squad that won its record fourth title last year in New Zealand. Batting at the No. 3 spot, he made heads turn with his Player of the Tournament performance, hitting 372 runs in five innings, averaging 124.

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His stunning numbers made him an instant hit in the IPL auction where he was picked up by Kolkata Knight Riders for a cool INR 1.89 crore. He played 13 matches for KKR last season, scoring 203 runs at 33.83 including an unbeaten 57.

Gill had an outstanding first-class season for Punjab, scoring 790 runs in five matches at an average of 98.75 in the ongoing Ranji Trophy. He struck two centuries – 148 against Hyderabad and 268 vs Tamil Nadu – apart from five half-centuries as well.

In nine first-class matches, he has 1089 runs with three hundreds and seven fifties. His List A career has seen him score 1529 runs in 36 innings with fours centuries and seven half-centuries.

Gill’s Punjab teammate and veteran India batsman Yuvraj Singh had termed him a special talent who would play for the national team post ICC World Cup 2019 slated to be held later this year. “He is a special talent. After a long time there is a young guy whose batting I like to watch. He is very exciting. After the 2019 World Cup, he can make it to the (Indian) side. He should represent India for a long time but it depends on how well he is looked after,” Yuvraj had said.