Want to make my debut for India this year, reveals Shubman Gill
Shubman Gill has expressed his desire to make his debut for the National Cricket team this year on the back of his fantastic form in domestic cricket. Shubham Gill had played an unbeaten 90 runs innings in the Under-19 Cricket World Cup against Zimbabwe which won the match for India.
Shubman Gill was one of the key members of the Under-19 World Cup winning squad of India which went on to lift the Cup in 2018. He was also the man of the tournament for the World Cup and now the youngster has expressed that this year he would like to make a foray into the Indian cricket team.
“2018 was a good year for me with a lot of new things to learn and what I am looking in 2019 is to play for India. That is the main goal for me,” Gill said to Indian Express.
Gill also revealed that his teammate in domestic cricket, former India player Yuvraj Singh too has backed him to make it to the Indian team after the ICC Cricket World Cup later this year.
“When a person like Yuvraj says something like that it means I am doing good and on the right track. It is a big boost in confidence,” said Gill.
Gill, who plays for Punjab in domestic cricket, has been in a stupendous run of form since making his debut for Punjab in 2017. In first-class cricket, Gill has made a phenomenal 1081 runs, at an average of close to 83. He also explained that even after playing for India-A recently and coming back to play cricket in India has not affected his rhythm at all.
“After playing two matches I went to India A tour and then came back and continued to score. I am happy not to lose the rhythm of scoring runs,” he added.
Gill has stated that apart from the runs what is important for him is the consistency. The 19-year-old has an immaculate average of making runs which is a testimony to the fact that he really believes in consistency.
“Runs are important but more so is consistency- scoring runs back to back. Only when you score big then you get the reckoning. Then once you are in the reckoning then comes the task of carrying it forward. This is crucial,” Gill explained.
In the ongoing Ranji Trophy, Gill has already scored 665 runs in just 8 innings at a stupendous average of 133. Gill also explained that he likes to dominate the bowlers from the word go and does not wait to build an innings.
“Since I started playing the game, I played with an attacking mindset. Free flowing batting is what I like, dominating the bowlers at the same time. Picking the length early has helped me a lot. Then you get a lot of time to play shots. As a batsman, I like to play my shots. I am not one of those who likes to take time and then score runs. Mostly I love to dominate the bowlers and picking the length early helps me do that,” he said.
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