Exclusive: ‘Exciting times lie ahead, would love to be part of any World Cup team’, says Shubman Gill | Cricket News

NEW DELHI: When the selectors sit down to choose the Indian team for ICC ODI 2023 World Cupscheduled to be held in India, Shubman Gill in all probabilities will be one of the choices chosen first.
The 23-year-old’s game is perfectly emulated for ODI and Tests and it’s good to see him not being pushed into T20I, even though he’s a regular in the IPL. He has yet to play a T20I match.
Tournament that someone likes Shubman Of course that will get the most attention right now is the next edition of the ODI World Cup next year.
India last won the World Cup over 50 in 2011 under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. India is the co-host of that edition along with Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
Shubman, who is currently a member of India’s national team playing South Africa at home in a three-match ODI series, is trying to leave no chance to be able to feature for the national team for his World Cup debut in the summer. performance over 50 years old. next year’s event. He is eagerly waiting to live his ‘World Cup dream’.

Shubman Gill. (AFP photo)
“Interesting times are ahead. I’m really looking forward to it (playing the ODI World Cup next year). As a player, I can give my all and hope that I’m part of the team.” Shubman said Timesofindia.com in an exclusive interview.
In the current series against Proteas, although he is yet to shoot, has scored 31 runs in 2 innings so far. He will be hoping for a big score in the series deciding match in Delhi on October 11.
In Sunday’s second ODI in Ranchi, Gill looked fine, hitting 5 boundaries quickly, but was kicked back by Kagiso Rabada for a ball 26 28.
Since making his ODI debut in 2019 against New Zealand in Hamilton, the 23-year-old has featured in 11 ODIs and scored 530 runs with an impressive average of 58.88. So far, he has a century and thirty under his belt in One Day cricket.

Shubman Gill. (AFP photo)
In fact, 2022 is the year that sees Gill become a full-time employee in India’s ODI organization. The five World Cups have seen different Indian teams compete in different series and Gill, who has cemented his place in the Indian Test team (11 Tests since his debut in December 2020) is a regular feature in Indian ODI teams now.
After playing only 3 ODIs in the three years (2 with New Zealand in 2019 and 1 with Australia in 2020) since his ODI debut, Shubman has played 8 ODIs so far in 2022 and scored 481 average runs. average 80,16.
His three ODIs of fifty and a century, which he scored against Zimbabwe (130 of 97 balls), were all scored in 2022. He also missed a century against the West Indies in West Harbor. Spain on India’s tour of the Caribbean and the United States earlier this year, when he scored 98 goals unbeaten with multiple tackles in a rainy game to help India win a resounding 119 games (method D /L).
Shubman also won two Man of Match Awards on that tour.
“I’d love to be a part of any World Cup team, be it the T20 World Cup or the ODI World Cup. I just want to keep performing the way I’ve been. I’m looking forward to it (becoming). part of India’s ODI World Cup team), “added the 23-year-old from Fazilka in Punjab TimesofIndia.com.
“My childhood dream was to put on the Indian shirt and score as many goals for the country as possible. I’m really grateful that I can do it. Whenever I Going out in the middle, I have one goal. And that is to score as many points on the scoreboard as possible and win games for my team,” said Shubman, who also has an average score of close to 31. in Test cricket, say TimesofIndia.com.
LEARN WORD SHIKHAR DHAWAN
Shubman is often seen chatting with opening partner and ODI captain Shikhar Dhawan in the middle.
Interestingly, Dhawan has featured in all 11 ODIs that Shubman has played so far in his career. Shubman has opened the match against Dhawan 7 times.
Overall, the Shubman-Shikhar combination has registered 601 runs in the ODI in 10 innings overall so far, including the seven they have opened for India, with an average of 66.77. So far, the duo also has more than 100 standings in the ODIs.

Shubman Gill and Shikhar Dhawan. (AFP photo)
Overall, Shubman played 5 ODIs of which Shikhar was the captain of India and scored 236 runs in those games, an average of 59.00, including 2 fifty.
“I really enjoy playing and opening with Shikhar bhai. He is a senior professional. I always discuss things related to batting and centering with Shikhar bhai. He is very helpful. I like it. opening with him he was always there to guide me no matter what i asked him about how to hit the ball he was always happy to answer all questions he was a great guy and was a cricketer…. Whenever I hit well, he would come and praise me,” said Shubman. TimesofIndia.com.
COUNTRY STORE
One thing that really stands out about Shubman in his fledgling international career so far is how he has slowly gotten better with the stick and also gained a lot of confidence overall as a player. is a cricketer. It is clear now from his body language on the pitch that he is indeed enjoying his time as an Indian cricketer.
So when there is a chance to play county cricket for Glamorgan knocked on the door, he accepted the challenge, again with a lot of confidence.
He started with an excellent 92 vs . match Worcestershire and then keep hitting 119 of 139 balls vs Sussex.

The 23-year-old is only the third Indian to play for Glamorgan. Former Indian cricketer and Head Coach Ravi Shastri (1987-91) and former India captain Sourav Ganguly (2005) also played for Glamorgan.
“It was an incredible experience (playing county cricket). Playing in different conditions especially abroad helped my game. County cricket helped me a lot. I have a lot to learn. The district’s experience helps me take my game to the next level,” Shubman signed off.