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Shubman Gill Age, Stats, Records and IPL Salary

Shubman Gill is India's Test and ODI captain and the captain of Gujarat Titans. Born on 8 September 1999, he was 26 on 11 August 2026. BCCI's current profile lists 2,969 Test runs from 41 matches, 3,379 ODI runs from 67 matches and 869 T20I runs from 36 matches. His documented records include 208 in an ODI, 269 as an Indian Test captain, 890 runs in IPL 2023 and 732 runs while taking Gujarat to the IPL 2026 final. The official IPL squad document records a ₹16.50 crore retention deduction; this is a team salary-cap figure, not proof of his net worth.

By StumpScope Cricket Desk · Edited by StumpScope Editorial Team · Updated 2026-08-11

Right-hand batRight-arm off break bowlerBorn 1999-09-08

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Full nameShubman Gill

Age26As of 2026-08-11

Date of birth1999-09-08Fazilka, Punjab, India

Batting styleRight-hand bat

Bowling styleRight-arm off break

Career overview

Shubman Gill cricket career

Shubman Gill is a right-handed India batter and captain in Test and ODI cricket.

He was Player of the Tournament when India won the 2018 Under-19 World Cup.

His 91 helped India chase 328 in the historic 2021 Gabba Test.

He became the youngest men's ODI double-centurion with 208 against New Zealand in 2023.

He scored 890 IPL runs in 2023 and has captained Gujarat Titans since 2024.

BCCI lists 754 runs in his first five-Test series as India captain in England in 2025.

Career story

Shubman Gill career, earnings and personal life

Who is Shubman Gill?

Shubman Gill is an India top-order batter whose career connects Punjab domestic cricket, India Under-19s, the senior national side, Kolkata Knight Riders and Gujarat Titans. BCCI classifies him as a batter, records right-handed batting and right-arm off-break bowling, and now identifies him as India's Test and ODI captain. Gujarat Titans also list him as captain for IPL 2026. Those current first-party classifications lead this profile.

This profile keeps one canonical Shubman Gill page across every team and competition. A Gujarat fixture, India scorecard or Punjab result should point back to the same identity rather than create a duplicate biography. The identity match uses his 8 September 1999 birth date, India and Punjab pathway, batting role and official player identifiers before statistics are attached. That rule matters because short names, similar spellings and old team memberships can otherwise split one career into several thin pages.

Shubman Gill age, birthplace and playing style

Gill was born on 8 September 1999 in Fazilka, Punjab, and was 26 years old on 11 August 2026. The date agrees across BCCI, IPL and Gujarat Titans records. He bats right-handed, usually in the top order, and can bowl occasional off-breaks. His official international bowling table shows only a handful of deliveries and no wickets, so he should not be described as an all-rounder on the strength of a listed bowling style alone.

His role has changed within the batting order. He began his Test career as an opener, has also worked at number three, and continues to open in much of his white-ball and IPL cricket. A position used in one series is not a permanent identity field. The stable facts are that he is a specialist batter, a high-volume run scorer across formats and a captain responsible for both India and Gujarat Titans.

Punjab pathway and family-supported development

Official cricket biographies trace Gill's development to Punjab, where he moved through age-group and domestic cricket before senior India selection. His first-class breakthrough came quickly: ICC reported a maiden double-century of 268 against Tamil Nadu in December 2018, made in only his sixth first-class match. The innings followed his Under-19 success and showed that the youth record could translate into long-form domestic runs.

Reliable profiles have described the practical support of his father, Lakhwinder Singh, during his early cricket development. That family background helps explain the training pathway, but it does not justify publishing private household details or repeating relationship gossip. This page limits family coverage to development facts that have been reported by cricket authorities or reputable interviews. It does not infer wealth from land, sponsorship images or social-media visibility.

2018 Under-19 World Cup Player of the Tournament

Gill's global breakthrough came at the 2018 ICC Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand. ICC's Team of the Tournament report records 372 runs at an average of 124, with one century and three fifties. He passed fifty in four of five innings and made an unbeaten 102 against Pakistan in the semi-final. India won the tournament, and the judging panel selected him unanimously as Player of the Tournament.

The numbers belong to youth international cricket and are not added to his senior ODI or List A totals. Their value is developmental: they establish why a teenager moved rapidly into senior domestic and IPL opportunities. The official award also provides a stronger achievement than vague labels such as prodigy or future star. Gill's later record can be assessed on senior performances without rewriting the Under-19 event as if it were already full international cricket.

Kolkata Knight Riders and the first IPL stage

Kolkata Knight Riders gave Gill his IPL debut in 2018. An ICC report from that season records an unbeaten 57 from 36 balls against Chennai Super Kings, part of an unbroken 83-run partnership with Dinesh Karthik. He remained with Kolkata for four seasons and, according to his official IPL profile, led the team with 478 runs during its 2021 campaign.

Those Kolkata seasons are part of the same IPL career now associated with Gujarat. Team changes do not reset career matches or runs. Year-specific figures should be read separately from career totals, because adding the 2021 season to a later career table would count those runs twice. The KKR phase matters mainly as the period in which Gill moved from an Under-19 prospect to an established franchise opener.

Test breakthrough and 91 at the Gabba

Gill made his Test debut during India's 2020-21 tour of Australia. His defining early innings was 91 in the fourth Test at Brisbane. ICC's match report records eight fours and two sixes as India pursued 328 on the final day. Gill and Cheteshwar Pujara added 114 after an early wicket, creating the platform before Rishabh Pant's unbeaten 89 completed the chase.

The result was Australia's first Test defeat at the Gabba since 1988 and gave India a 2-1 series win. Gill's 91 was not the winning score by itself, so the profile credits the complete partnership and Pant's finish. That context prevents a famous contribution from being turned into an inaccurate solo claim. It remains an important career marker because it came in his first Test series against a full-strength pace attack.

208 against New Zealand and all-format hundreds

On 18 January 2023, Gill scored 208 from 149 balls against New Zealand in Hyderabad. ICC records 19 fours and nine sixes and notes that he moved from 150 to 200 in 23 balls. At the time he became the youngest player to make a men's ODI double-century. The innings lifted India to 349 for eight; no other India batter reached 35, giving the individual score substantial match context.

His BCCI career table now preserves 208 as his ODI high score and also lists a T20I high score of 126 not out. The official IPL biography notes hundreds in Tests, ODIs and T20Is and now a double-century in Test cricket as well. These achievements should remain format-specific: a T20I century describes a different sample and scoring environment from a five-day Test double-hundred.

Gujarat Titans move and the 2022 IPL title

Gill joined Gujarat Titans for the franchise's first IPL season in 2022 and played a central batting role in its title-winning campaign. The move gave him a stable top-order position and, over time, leadership responsibility. Official league archives identify Gujarat as champions in 2022 and show Gill's growing role before he became captain in 2024.

A title is a team achievement, so the biography does not convert it into an individual batting record. His contribution is better understood alongside match and season statistics. The same rule applies when Gujarat later lost a final: a captain can have a strong season without personally determining every result. Team pages should link the title and final scorecards, while this profile explains his role and keeps his personal figures separate.

IPL 2023 Orange Cap season: 890 runs

Gill's largest completed IPL season came in 2023. IPL's Gujarat archive lists him as the competition's leading run scorer with 890, and his official player profile records three centuries during the campaign. Gujarat finished first in the league archive but lost the final to Chennai Super Kings, so the season combines an individual batting peak with a runner-up team result.

The 890 runs remain a season total, not his current career total. They should not be added to the 134 matches displayed on the current IPL overview without the matching full career runs row. This profile therefore uses the figure as a documented achievement and leaves the current career aggregation to an official complete table or the dated secondary feed. This avoids mixing a reliable numerator with a missing denominator.

Gujarat Titans captain from 2024

Gujarat appointed Gill captain for IPL 2024. The official IPL profile says the team finished eighth in his first season and third in 2025, while the league archive identifies Sai Sudharsan as Gujarat's leading run scorer in both years. Those details matter because leadership development should not be narrated as an uninterrupted string of personal awards.

Gill scored 650 runs in IPL 2025 according to Gujarat's official profile, while Sai's larger team total explains the archive ranking. Captaincy adds decisions about selection, batting order and game management, but it does not change the meaning of batting averages or strike rates. This page therefore reports leadership milestones in narrative sections and keeps statistics in their own dated cards.

India Test captain, 269 and 754 runs in England

India appointed Gill Test captain at 25. BCCI's current biography says he responded with 754 runs in the five-Test series in England in 2025. His 269 at Birmingham became the highest Test score by an India captain, according to the official IPL biography, and is also the high score on BCCI's current Test table. The series established leadership with a measurable batting sample rather than reputation alone.

BCCI now lists 41 Tests, 2,969 runs, an average of 43.03, eleven hundreds and eight fifties. Those are current official figures retrieved on 11 August 2026 and therefore take priority over an older Wikipedia table if the match count differs. The 754 series total sits inside the 2,969 career runs and must not be added again. The 269 is one innings within both totals, not an extra record bucket.

ODI captaincy and the 2025 Champions Trophy

Gill was India's vice-captain during the 2025 Champions Trophy and opened the campaign with an unbeaten 101 against Bangladesh. ICC's match report says the innings came from 129 balls and completed a six-wicket chase of 229. India went on to win the tournament, giving Gill a senior ICC title after the 2023 World Cup runner-up finish.

He later became India's full-time ODI captain. BCCI's current table lists 3,379 runs from 67 ODIs at an average of 60.34 and strike rate of 100.96, with nine hundreds and twenty fifties. ICC reporting in 2026 also frames him as the captain looking toward the 2027 World Cup. Leadership status is date-sensitive, so future refreshes should verify the current board announcement rather than assume the role can never change.

IPL 2026: 732 runs and another final

Gujarat's official 2026 season review records 732 runs from 16 matches for Gill, including one hundred and six fifties. The franchise reached the final after beating Rajasthan Royals in Qualifier 2, then lost to Royal Challengers Bengaluru by five wickets. The current team page lists 104 as his highest score for the season.

That runner-up result should not obscure the difference between batting and captaincy evidence. Seven fifty-plus scores across sixteen matches show consistency, while the final scorecard records a team defeat. Both facts can coexist. The 732-run card is protected as an official current-season row; a Wikipedia refresh may add broader first-class or List A tables, but it must not replace this newer Gujarat figure with an older IPL snapshot.

Shubman Gill salary, net worth and personal-life review

The official IPL 2026 playing-squad document records a ₹16.50 crore deduction against Gujarat's salary cap for Gill. The same amount appears in the IPL 2025 retention table. It is a documented retention value, not an audited statement of cash received after tax, endorsements or deductions. BCCI's 2025-26 contract announcement places him in Grade A but does not provide enough public detail here to calculate total annual earnings.

No audited filing reviewed for this profile establishes Shubman Gill's net worth. This profile therefore does not publish an internet estimate or convert endorsement reports into personal wealth. The reviewed official sources also do not verify a wife or girlfriend, so relationship speculation is excluded. His father's role in early cricket development may be discussed where reliably sourced, but private family members are not treated as SEO material. No portrait is used because exact identity, provenance and reuse permission were not all established.

Shubman Gill records

Shubman Gill career statistics and records

Batting, bowling and fielding figures are kept separate by competition and format.

Test official through 11 Aug 202641matches

Batting

Innings: 75
Runs: 2969
High score: 269
Average: 43.03
Strike rate: 61.85
Not outs: 6
100s / 50s: 11/8

Bowling & fielding

Wickets: 0

Only fields published by the named source are shown; unavailable values are not guessed.

ODI official through 11 Aug 202667matches

Batting

Innings: 66
Runs: 3379
High score: 208
Average: 60.34
Strike rate: 100.96
Not outs: 10
100s / 50s: 9/20

Bowling & fielding

Wickets: 0
Catches / stumpings: 40

Only fields published by the named source are shown; unavailable values are not guessed.

T20I official through 11 Aug 202636matches

Batting

Innings: 36
Runs: 869
High score: 126*
Average: 28.03
Strike rate: 138.60
Not outs: 5
100s / 50s: 1/3

Bowling & fielding

Catches / stumpings: 9

Only fields published by the named source are shown; unavailable values are not guessed.

IPL 2026 official16matches

Batting

Runs: 732
High score: 104
100s / 50s: 1/6

Only fields published by the named source are shown; unavailable values are not guessed.

International career

Debut and last listed match

Test

Debut

26 December 2020, Australia v India at Melbourne

Last listed match

BCCI table retrieved 11 August 2026

ODI

Debut

31 January 2019, New Zealand v India at Hamilton

Last listed match

BCCI table retrieved 11 August 2026

T20I

Debut

3 January 2023, India v Sri Lanka at Mumbai

Last listed match

BCCI table retrieved 11 August 2026

IPL

Debut

2018, Kolkata Knight Riders

Last listed match

IPL 2026 final for Gujarat Titans

Career achievements

Documented achievements and milestones

Scored 372 runs at 124 and won Player of the Tournament at the 2018 Under-19 World Cup.
Made 91 in India's historic 328-run chase at the Gabba in January 2021.
Became the youngest men's ODI double-centurion with 208 against New Zealand in 2023.
Won the IPL 2023 Orange Cap with 890 runs and three centuries.
Scored 269, the highest Test score by an India captain, during a 754-run England series in 2025.
Was part of India's 2025 Champions Trophy-winning team after an unbeaten 101 against Bangladesh.
Won BCCI's Polly Umrigar Award for 1,565 international runs in 2024-25.
Scored 732 runs while captaining Gujarat Titans to the IPL 2026 final.

Reader questions

Shubman Gill FAQ

Direct answers based on the documented record shown on this page.

How old is Shubman Gill?

Shubman Gill was born on 8 September 1999 and was 26 years old on 11 August 2026.

What are Shubman Gill's current Test stats?

BCCI lists 41 Tests, 2,969 runs, a 43.03 average, eleven hundreds and a high score of 269.

What are Shubman Gill's current ODI stats?

BCCI lists 67 ODIs, 3,379 runs, a 60.34 average, nine hundreds and a high score of 208.

How many runs did Shubman Gill score in IPL 2026?

Gujarat Titans records 732 runs from 16 matches, including one hundred and six fifties.

What is Shubman Gill's IPL contract value?

The official IPL squad document records a ₹16.50 crore salary-cap deduction for his retention; it should not be confused with audited take-home income.

What is Shubman Gill's net worth?

No audited reliable source reviewed for this profile establishes his net worth, so This profile does not publish an estimate.

Is Shubman Gill India's captain?

As checked on 11 August 2026, official BCCI and ICC sources identify him as India's Test and ODI captain.

Is Shubman Gill married?

The reviewed official sources do not verify a wife or girlfriend, so this profile does not repeat relationship speculation.

Conclusion

What the documented record shows

Shubman Gill's documented record runs from a 2018 Under-19 World Cup award to senior captaincy, an ODI double-hundred, 269 in Tests and two 700-plus IPL seasons.

The page keeps current BCCI and Gujarat figures ahead of the secondary Wikipedia feed, preserves one identity across teams and labels the ₹16.50 crore retention correctly instead of presenting an unsupported net-worth claim.