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.
India skipper Shubman Gill has a great chance to create history at Edgbaston in Birmingham, where the second Test of the five-match series will be played. The visitors are 0-1 down after losing the opening Test at Headingley in Leeds.
Even though India lost the first Test against England in Leeds, their batters' rankings have improved as four of them scoring centuries. Rishabh Pant and Yashasvi Jaiswal remain in top 10 while Gill and Rahul have improved their rankings.
Newly appointed India captain Shubman Gill shared Jasprit Bumrah's availability for the remainder of the Test series against England. Meanwhile, the team suffered a five-wicket defeat in the first Test at Headingley.
Shubman Gill made a stellar captaincy debut as he slammed a century in the first innings of the first Test against England in Leeds. Gill hit 155 in both innings combined. Here is a list of Indian players with the most runs as captain on debut.
Former India cricketer Sachin Tendulkar took to X and heaped praise on the duo of Rishabh Pant and Shubman Gill for their performance and mind games against England in the ongoing first Test between the two sides.
Yashasvi Jaiswal played a scintillating knock to hit his fifth Test century. Against England at Headingley, he showed tremendous character and built important partnerships with KL Rahul and Shubman Gill in the middle. After Day 1, he reflected on his ton and partnership with Gill.
With a century each by Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill on Day 1 of the first Test against England at Headingley, they became the third Indian pair to score a century each on the opening day of a Test match. It was 2017 when an Indian pair scored a ton on Day 1 of a Test match.
Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal slammed centuries, while Rishabh Pant also hit a fifty as India bossed the opening day of their first Test against England in Leeds. India ended the opening day strong on 359/3.
Shubman Gill made a thumping captaincy debut as he slammed a century during the first Test of the five-match series against England at Leeds. Gill has joined a rare list of Indian players in a major milestone.
Shubman Gill has surpassed Virat Kohli and Yashasvi Jaiswal in the list of most centuries for India in the World Test Championship. The newly-appointed captain has 6 to his name, while both Kohli and Jaiswal have 5 each. Rohit Sharma tops the list with 9.
Shubman Gill began his Test captaincy in style as he slammed a half-century on his maiden innings as skipper. He created history and surpassed legends like Sunil Gavaskar and Virat Kohli with his half ton in the Leeds Test.
Sai Sudharsan became the 317th Test cricketer for India as the left-hander was handed his debut cap by Cheteshwar Pujara. England skipper Ben Stokes decided to bowl first after winning the toss, suggesting that the wicket will get better to bat on later.
With India all set to take on England in a five-game Test series starting from June 20, star batter KL Rahul took centre stage and revealed reaching out to new skipper Shubman Gill for any guidance going forward.
India will be up against England in a five-match Test series starting at Headingley on June 20. It is the beginning of a new era for the Indian team under Shubman Gill and how they line up in terms of combination will play a huge role in deciding how the visitors go about it in England.
India captain Shubman Gill revealed his plans for the England series. He mentioned dominating the opposition and wants to become the best batter in the five-match series. Gill also highlighted the bowling plans for the England tour.
India's newly appointed vice-captain Rishabh Pant is set to break multiple records of MS Dhoni in the upcoming five-match series against England. He also confirmed batting at number five, with Shubman Gill set to feature at four.
India vice-captain Rishabh Pant confirmed that newly-appointed captain Shubman Gill will bat at number four in the upcoming five-match Test series against England, starting June 20. Meanwhile, he will continue at number five.
Dinesh Karthik says Shubman Gill must score runs in the England Test series to earn dressing room respect. While Gill has led well, Karthik warns that his poor SENA record and Test captaincy pressure could hurt unless he focuses more on his batting.
India will play a five-match Test series against England, starting June 20 at Headingley. The team has played seven matches in the stadium so far. Check the record and how India have fared in Headingley in Test cricket.
Former England captain Jos Buttler analysed Shubman Gill's captaincy as the latter is set to lead India for the first time in Test cricket against England. Buttler believes that he will be a mix of both Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.