Birthday spotlight: India's young batting sensation Shubman Gill's rise to stardom

Young batting sensation Shubman Gill turned 24 on September 8, 2023. Gill is a right-handed batter who plays for Punjab in the domestic circuit and India in international cricket. He is considered to be one of the most promising young batters in the country. He plays for the Gujarat Titans in the IPL. Gill made his international debut in 2019 against New Zealand in an ODI fixture. He has played 29 ODI matches since, scoring 1514 runs at an average of 63.08. He has also played 18 Tests, scoring 966 runs at an average of 32.20. In T20Is, he has played 11 matches and scored 304 runs at an average of 30.40. 

In the 2023 IPL, Gill was the leading run-scorer, aggregating 890 runs at an average of 59.33. He also scored three centuries. The 24-year-old has been picked for the 2023 ODI World Cup, which will be held in India. Gill is a talented batter with a bright future ahead of him. He is one of the players to watch out for in the years to come. 

Here are some of the stats and numbers achieved by Shubman Gill that everyone needs to know: 

23 Years 132 days - Youngest to smash an ODI double-centurion 

19 - Shubman Gill stormed to 1000 ODI runs in just 19 innings, becoming the fastest Indian batter to achieve the feat. 

208 - Shubman Gill's highest individual score in ODIs. 

1 - Only Indian batter to smash a century in all formats across international and IPL in a single calendar year (2023) 

126* - Gill's unbeaten 126 is the highest score by an Indian batter in T20Is. 

2 - Gill has smashed three centuries in the IPL 2023 season, which is the second-most number of centuries in a single IPL season by the batter. 

2- Gill aggregated 890 runs in IPL 2023, the second-most runs scored in a single season of the IPL. 

29 - Shubman Gill became the fastest batter to score 1,500 ODI runs in 29 innings 

5 - Shubman Gill is the fifth Indian batsman to score centuries in all three formats of international cricket. The others to achieve this feat are Suresh Raina, KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, and Virat Kohli.

23 years - Shubman Gill is the youngest batter to score centuries in all three formats of international cricket.