Shubman Gill was born on September 8, 1999, in Fazilka, Punjab, India
He started playing cricket at the age of six, and his father, Lakhwinder Singh, was his first coach
Gill made his first-class debut for Punjab at the age of 17 in 2017
In 2018, he became the youngest player to score a first-class double century for Punjab
In the same year, he was the leading run-scorer for India in the U-19 Cricket World Cup, which India won
He made his debut for the Indian cricket team in January 2019 in an ODI against New Zealand
In 2020, he was named the Emerging Player of the Year by the International Cricket Council
In the 2020-21 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Gill was India's top run-scorer with 259 runs in three matches
Gill's favorite cricket shot is the cover drive, and his cricketing idol is former Indian captain, Rahul Dravid