India Test Captain SHUBMAN GILL (photo from STU Forster/Getty Images) SHUBMAN GILL remembers the first time he held a cricket bat. He was only three years old and tried to copy what he saw on TV when his father watched the matches late into the night. In the village of their family in Pandjab, cricket was not just fun, but something that gave his father a great joy. Gill wanted to be part of this world, and his father soon realized that his little boy had a rare gift. Gill spoke to Podcast with Apple Music and remembered how his oldest training ground was a family farm. His father would ask the agricultural workers to mix at him, and even offer rewards if they managed to get out. The clock turned into days and the bats became the second nature. At a time when he was seven, his father decided to move his family to Chandigar, a city with better facilities and opportunities. It was a bold step, but the one who changed everything.
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There were challenges on the way. When a disagreement with the coach saw the young Gill threw out of his academy, his father refused to let the dream disappear. Instead, he created his own schedule and awakened SHUBMAN at 3 am for practice in front of the school. This dawn lasted years, building discipline and resistance that would define Gill’s cricket figure. Looking back today, as the youngest man who led India in tests and holder of several captain records, Gill attributes his father’s faith as the establishment of his journey. “He was my first coach, my first inspiration,” Gill said. “Without these victims I would never have been here.” From the agricultural fields in the pandjab to the lifting of India to historical victory abroad, Gill’s rise is more than just a cricket story. It is the story of the unwavering determination of the father and son who carried this faith to the biggest scene.
