New Delhi. Indian cricket team’s young batsman Shubhman Gill is not in need of any identity today. 24 year old young batsman Shubhman has made his special place among the fans. Not only this, due to his excellent batting, he has confirmed his place in the Indian team. At present Shubman Gill is associated with the team in the World Cup 2023. But do you know who is Shubman Gill’s favorite cricketer? What is his nickname? Which the family members call love. Shubman Gill himself has answered all these questions. In a special conversation with Star Sports, the cricketer has answered many questions related to his life.
Shubman called him his ideal and favorite cricketer.
Shubman Gill has named Virat Kohli as his current favorite cricketer. Apart from this, he called Sachin Tendulkar, known as the God of Cricket, as his idol. Shubman Gill also revealed the reason behind choosing his jersey number 77. Gill said, he wanted to get number 7 written on his t-shirt during the Under-19 World Cup, but that number was not available. For this reason he decided to take number 77.
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In this conversation, Gill also revealed his nickname. He told that everyone calls him Kaka which means baby in Punjabi. Gill called Ishan Kishan his best friend in the team. Let us tell you that Shubman Gill had batted brilliantly in the Asia Cup and was also the batsman who scored the most runs. In Asia he scored 302 runs in 6 matches. Apart from this, he also scored a century in the tournament.
Talking about the World Cup, Shubman Gill has not been able to show anything special with his bat in the tournament. Gill was affected by dengue during the World Cup. Due to which he could not play two World Cup matches with Australia and Afghanistan. After completely recovering, he joined the team.