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I am rarely one to make such outlandish predictions but i have a feeling that Shubman Gill is going to be the next big thing in indian cricket in the next 10 years.

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He has won the best junior cricketer award for two consecutive years, and has been performing really well in FC and List A with an average of 61 and 40 respectively. Not only that but he also got an IPL contract at such an early age and has a decent average of 30 in T20s as well.

He also got the looks for the media and advertisements and if BCCI blood him in the team ASAP he will soon find a place in a lineup which is a one man show right now. I also feel that Virat can be a solid mentor as he seems to be a big hearted sort of a guy and can raise Gill's level.

The only worrying thing is BCCI's penchant for not selecting youngsters and sticking with TTFs which is harmful for a fan base that have put their hopes on a player like KL Rahul who has not shown much so far in either ODI or test format.

What do PPers think about Shubman? :ssa
 
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From what I've seen of him, he's the best young batsman to come out of Indian Cricket in the last 30 years. If he works as hard as Kohli, he'll eventually surpass him and Sachin.
 
ahmedwaqas92 said:
From what I've seen of him, he's the best young batsman to come out of Indian Cricket in the last 30 years. If he works as hard as Kohli, he'll eventually surpass him and Sachin.
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Kohli can instill the work ethic in him if he is put in the Indian team. I like the new upcoming Indian players in the fitness aspect, from all their negatives due to the rockstar culture, they do focus on their fitness a lot and try to get a six pack.

Chief Destroyer said:
Longer version of Kohli basically. He's the real deal.
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I just noticed that he is taller than Kohli. Eagle eyes, brother. That just adds more to his portfolio.
 
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He’s talented but I wouldn’t hail him as the future heir to the Indian batting throne just yet.
 
ManFan said:
He’s talented but I wouldn’t hail him as the future heir to the Indian batting throne just yet.
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Thats why i called it an outlandish prediction but i am going to stick with it until i see evidence to the contrary.
 
Not to doubt Shubman Gill but what about Prithvi Shaw? I thought he was seen as the next big thing for Indian cricket. Or is he too ugly in regards to media and advertisements? It should always be talent over looks. Like, this smiley right here -> :shezzy may have the looks, but does not have the talent.
 
TeamPak95 said:
Not to doubt Shubman Gill but what about Prithvi Shaw? I thought he was seen as the next big thing for Indian cricket. Or is he too ugly in regards to media and advertisements? It should always be talent over looks. Like, this smiley right here -> :shezzy may have the looks, but does not have the talent.
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Although, one could argue that it is because of the looks he might not get as much ahead as Gill. Its a sad reality of life. However, stats also do tell that right now Gill is performing better than Shaw.

Shaw's stats:

FC - 57
List A - 34
T20 - 27

Gill has better stats than him in all formats. Both are good prospects.
 
Absolutely.

Gill is the "next one" in my eyes as long as he puts in the hard work. I like him a lot more than KL Rahul.
 
Slim said:
Although, one could argue that it is because of the looks he might not get as much ahead as Gill. Its a sad reality of life. However, stats also do tell that right now Gill is performing better than Shaw.

Shaw's stats:

FC - 57
List A - 34
T20 - 27

Gill has better stats than him in all formats. Both are good prospects.
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Guess I should have looked up the stats! My comment was mainly based on the fact that during the previous U19 WC commentators were comparing the play styles of Gill and Shaw to Kohli and Tendulkar respectively.
 
TeamPak95 said:
Guess I should have looked up the stats! My comment was mainly based on the fact that during the previous U19 WC commentators were comparing the play styles of Gill and Shaw to Kohli and Tendulkar respectively.
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If Gill's style is similar to Kohli then that is the answer to the question there then as Kohli is better than Tendulkar.
 
Slim said:
If Gill's style is similar to Kohli then that is the answer to the question there then as Kohli is better than Tendulkar.
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Having the play style similar to another batsman is one thing, but to actually showcase it at the crease is a whole other animal. What makes Virat one of the best around is not only his batsmanship but his work ethic and mental toughness. If Gill can replicate this, then the only way is up for him and for India. It's obvious stuff to point out, but it still holds true.
 
Slim said:
Only for delusional indian fans. :yk
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Atleast give Rahul the whole England tour before dismissing him off. It was his first test and first tour in Eng. He never even played A games for India in England. KL Rahul is a class player and the home series against Aust, when all Indian batsmen failed, Rahul stood like a wall against the likes of Starc, Cummins and Lyon. The issue is they chop and change Rahul too much just to accomodate Dhawan. If Rahul given next 4 tests as opener, you would realize what is this hype all about.
 
Canford Cliffs said:
Atleast give Rahul the whole England tour before dismissing him off. It was his first test and first tour in Eng. He never even played A games for India in England. KL Rahul is a class player and the home series against Aust, when all Indian batsmen failed, Rahul stood like a wall against the likes of Starc, Cummins and Lyon. The issue is they chop and change Rahul too much just to accomodate Dhawan. If Rahul given next 4 tests as opener, you would realize what is this hype all about.
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Well! This is the aftereffect of an iconic thread created by some random PPer stating Rahul is the Superstar of current Indian batting lineup and Kohli's days are over and all that jazz. And that didn't go well with few other ppers and hence this hate-brigade and trolls. Rahul is a quality player and we need to persist with him. He will come good eventually.
 
India is blessed with batting talent.Rahul,Agarwal,Pant,Shaw,Gill are just a few who are under 28.
 
Prithvi Shaw in prime form for India A games, need to get him soon into national side before he dooms like Unmukt Chand.
 
Yo bro said:
Prithvi Shaw in prime form for India A games, need to get him soon into national side before he dooms like Unmukt Chand.
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I rate Gill higher than Shaw and stats back my opinion.
 
Canford Cliffs said:
Atleast give Rahul the whole England tour before dismissing him off. It was his first test and first tour in Eng. He never even played A games for India in England. KL Rahul is a class player and the home series against Aust, when all Indian batsmen failed, Rahul stood like a wall against the likes of Starc, Cummins and Lyon. The issue is they chop and change Rahul too much just to accomodate Dhawan. If Rahul given next 4 tests as opener, you would realize what is this hype all about.
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Tyler Durden said:
Well! This is the aftereffect of an iconic thread created by some random PPer stating Rahul is the Superstar of current Indian batting lineup and Kohli's days are over and all that jazz. And that didn't go well with few other ppers and hence this hate-brigade and trolls. Rahul is a quality player and we need to persist with him. He will come good eventually.
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Brother Tyler is blaming the bhaijaan [MENTION=65183]freelance_cricketer[/MENTION] for opening that thread but if we look closely indian fans were shouting and echoing his opinion on KL Rahul to the shock of pakistani posters. However, a humbling came soon after that in the ODI series and it kept going on exposing the false hero.

KL Rahul is good but not as good as he is made out to be. He is not even better than Babar Azam right now let alone Kohli, no offence.

Good for indian cricket if he proves us all wrong.

But i maintain, Gill is the real deal.
 
The same thing was said about KL Rahul till a couple days ago. We all know how revolutionary he has been for India:misbah

Give the lads a couple of games before building up such high expectations.
 
AssassinatedDevil said:
The same thing was said about KL Rahul till a couple days ago. We all know how revolutionary he has been for India:misbah

Give the lads a couple of games before building up such high expectations.
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:yk

I never made similar claims for Gill. Those claims wrt to Rahul were just outrageous and full of delusion.
 
Tyler Durden said:
Well! This is the aftereffect of an iconic thread created by some random PPer stating Rahul is the Superstar of current Indian batting lineup and Kohli's days are over and all that jazz. And that didn't go well with few other ppers and hence this hate-brigade and trolls. Rahul is a quality player and we need to persist with him. He will come good eventually.
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We have our own share of delusional fans...no doubt. They try to be entertaining but it turns into embarrasement.
 
Give the kid time, he has not even played a single test, I would love to replace Shaw, Gill and Pant with Vijay Dhawan and Kartik from this England series itself even if it costs us the series 5-0
 
AssassinatedDevil said:
The same thing was said about KL Rahul till a couple days ago. We all know how revolutionary he has been for India:misbah

Give the lads a couple of games before building up such high expectations.
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Rahul is still an excellent player.His mental game needs to improve.Technically he is superb.Guys like Steyn,watson rated him as a big player for the future.Not just us.He shows glimpses of it.I expect centuries from rahul if he is persisted with for 5 tests this series.Team management is undermining him,whereas kohli was supported and persisted with despite repeated failures early on.
 
austerlitz said:
Rahul is still an excellent player.His mental game needs to improve.Technically he is superb.Guys like Steyn,watson rated him as a big player for the future.Not just us.He shows glimpses of it.I expect centuries from rahul if he is persisted with for 5 tests this series.Team management is undermining him,whereas kohli was supported and persisted with despite repeated failures early on.
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Did Steyn and Watson made those comments during the IPL by any chance? :ronaldo
 
Bhaag Viru Bhaag said:
Hype, hype and more hype. Let them perform first.
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Viru bhai, i am all on the Gill hype train and not afraid to stick my neck out. I am not sure if he is going to be better than Kohli but he will be your next big thing after him.
 
lehen said:
Give the kid time, he has not even played a single test, I would love to replace Shaw, Gill and Pant with Vijay Dhawan and Kartik from this England series itself even if it costs us the series 5-0
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Curran hadnt played a single international test before as well. Look at what he did.
 
When the Inds hype some batsmen they are very rarely wrong. The only they got wrong was Gusheran Singh in the early 80's, who from memory went to the Windies but never came back in the cricketing sense.
 
He is behind Shaw at this stage. Not even permanent in India A side. Long way to go.
 
TeamPak95 said:
Not to doubt Shubman Gill but what about Prithvi Shaw? I thought he was seen as the next big thing for Indian cricket. Or is he too ugly in regards to media and advertisements? It should always be talent over looks. Like, this smiley right here -> :shezzy may have the looks, but does not have the talent.
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Yeah I saw a Netflix documentary about him, he seemed pretty good as a young kid, he played cricket with 25 year olds at the age of 12.
 
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Slim said:
Curran hadnt played a single international test before as well. Look at what he did.
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Curran was playing at home. Ask Curran to play in India...he will get mauled. When Eng toured us in 2016, the debutant Jayant Yadav was looking like world beater.
 
Canford Cliffs said:
Curran was playing at home. Ask Curran to play in India...he will get mauled. When Eng toured us in 2016, the debutant Jayant Yadav was looking like world beater.
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This reminded me of something Rohit Sharma said to Steyn. :)))
 
cricketjoshila said:
2 FC matches for Gill is no measure of his ability.

Shaw has played more FC matches and has done exceptionally well in the India A matches.
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Why arent you guys giving gill more chances? Something is really messed up with indian selectors.
 
Slim said:
This reminded me of something Rohit Sharma said to Steyn. :)))
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What is so funny? Its easy for an youngster to make debut at home in the conditions he grown up playing with. Curran did well but at home. Like what Jayant Yadav did against Eng at home.
 
lehen said:
Give the kid time, he has not even played a single test, I would love to replace Shaw, Gill and Pant with Vijay Dhawan and Kartik from this England series itself even if it costs us the series 5-0
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Exactly my point! Id rather lose 5-0 with young guns who have potential to improve with hunger rather than pensioner has beens who have been on the decline for 5 years
 
Slim said:
I rate Gill higher than Shaw and stats back my opinion.
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Shaw has been in blistering form in the A matches recently.If our openers again fail for 2nd test and 3rd tests, he could make it for the fourth test.Such has been his recent scores.
 
Slim said:
Brother Tyler is blaming the bhaijaan [MENTION=65183]freelance_cricketer[/MENTION] for opening that thread but if we look closely indian fans were shouting and echoing his opinion on KL Rahul to the shock of pakistani posters. However, a humbling came soon after that in the ODI series and it kept going on exposing the false hero.

KL Rahul is good but not as good as he is made out to be. He is not even better than Babar Azam right now let alone Kohli, no offence.

Good for indian cricket if he proves us all wrong.

But i maintain, Gill is the real deal.
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Babar is ahead of Rahul only in ODI. However in Tests, he is not even in the same ball park as Rahul with a tailenderesque average of 28 and no centuries yet.
 
Dingolfy said:
Babar is ahead of Rahul only in ODI. However in Tests, he is not even in the same ball park as Rahul with a tailenderesque average of 28 and no centuries yet.
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LOL

Babar Azam is not just better in ODIs, there is a wide gulf between the two. Babar has an average of 55 while KL has a minnow level pathetic average of 32.

Then comes t20Is, Babar beats him in that as well averaging 53 against his 49.

Babar will come good in test cricket, its only a matter of time. Its not like Rahul is ripping sky's with his mediocre test average of of 39 :))

As of now, Babar > Rahul.
 
Slim said:
LOL

Babar Azam is not just better in ODIs, there is a wide gulf between the two. Babar has an average of 55 while KL has a minnow level pathetic average of 32.

Then comes t20Is, Babar beats him in that as well averaging 53 against his 49.

Babar will come good in test cricket, its only a matter of time. Its not like Rahul is ripping sky's with his mediocre test average of of 39 :))

As of now, Babar > Rahul.
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49 avg comes at 155 S/R with two centuries already whereas Babar's is at 127 with no centuries.Rightly ranked ahead of Babar.
And in Tests, even Jadeja is a better batsman.Let Babar score a century first atleast against a minnow and then we will talk whether he is good or not.
 
Dingolfy said:
49 avg comes at 155 S/R with two centuries already whereas Babar's is at 127 with no centuries.Rightly ranked ahead of Babar.
And in Tests, even Jadeja is a better batsman.Let Babar score a century first atleast against a minnow and then we will talk whether he is good or not.
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So now making t20I hundreds is some sort of a barometer now :))

Man, some people are truly desperate to prove themselves right.

Babar will come good, worry about your dear Rahul who is on the verge of getting kicked out of the team for Pujara lol
 
Slim said:
So now making t20I hundreds is some sort of a barometer now :))

Man, some people are truly desperate to prove themselves right.

Babar will come good, worry about your dear Rahul who is on the verge of getting kicked out of the team for Pujara lol
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Yeah, sure.We will hype him up then. At this moment,Rahul ahead of him in two formats.
 
How has this thread become into Babar Azam vs Lokesh Rahul? :facepalm: Stay on topic
 
International cricket is different gravy I will reserve judgment until at least he has played 10 International games although it must be said he looks good and has good FC stats.
 
Gill, Shaw and Abhishek Sharma will be the future of Indian cricket.

Abhishek Sharma is only 17, but he bats like Yuvraj Singh.
 
Slim said:
LOL

Babar Azam is not just better in ODIs, there is a wide gulf between the two. Babar has an average of 55 while KL has a minnow level pathetic average of 32.

Then comes t20Is, Babar beats him in that as well averaging 53 against his 49.

Babar will come good in test cricket, its only a matter of time. Its not like Rahul is ripping sky's with his mediocre test average of of 39 :))

As of now, Babar > Rahul.
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The issue here is (at least I have the evidence now!) you won't get such "time" in Indian Cricket to make up yourself to improve those averages! Your neck will be on the sword while playing the games! (Actually this was not supposed to be so tight! Its the foolish Shastri/Kohli combo who made out this to be such extreme!) Babar would have got completely sidelined by now with those averages (in tests) by now if he was playing for India! Unfortunately you guys won't understand this!
 
RamLakhan said:
The issue here is (at least I have the evidence now!) you won't get such "time" in Indian Cricket to make up yourself to improve those averages! Your neck will be on the sword while playing the games! (Actually this was not supposed to be so tight! Its the foolish Shastri/Kohli combo who made out this to be such extreme!) Babar would have got completely sidelined by now with those averages (in tests) by now if he was playing for India! Unfortunately you guys won't understand this!
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Yeah, we all know about your high and mighty selections, choosing TTFs since Dhoni days. Pakistani selection is way better than Indian. Rahul has played double the amount of tests than Babar which is 100% more and he still has a mediocre average of 39.

Please get correct "evidence" the next time.
 
Hopefully Gill becomes the Kohli and Shaw Sachin ,and both play for us :P yeah dreams but still
 
hadi123 said:
How has this thread become into Babar Azam vs Lokesh Rahul? :facepalm: Stay on topic
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Actually Babar Azam vs Shubhman Gill is a better comparison. Both have similar style of batting and both equally talented. The only difference is Pak gave Babar a chance at early age but Gill is not even in A team.

Comparing Babar with Rahul is not correct. Rahul is a stroke player and skill wise ahead both of Babar/Gill. The only issue with Rahul is inconsistency and hopefully he sorts that out.
 
Slim said:
Yeah, we all know about your high and mighty selections, choosing TTFs since Dhoni days. Pakistani selection is way better than Indian. Rahul has played double the amount of tests than Babar which is 100% more and he still has a mediocre average of 39.

Please get correct "evidence" the next time.
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How can that be a mediocre average! As long as you keep analyzing just stats & numbers, you won't get any clear picture! At least stop analyzing players before they are settled... Selection is our problem & headache, that's the reason why I said don't compare players, just analyze them individually on their own strengths & weaknesses and the issues related to them! I guess even Pakistan had selection issues some years back & saw huge cries in this forum! So no one is sage here! If you go by just numbers Sachin didn't had a century in ODIs for a long time, that's how it goes...
 
Shaw and Gill will be the future of India for years to come. I just hope they favour the longer version than the shorter one though.
 
Selected for the ODI squad. Time for the future Kohli to shine!
 
GILL had an outstanding Ranji Trophy campaign for Punjab, scoring 790 runs in ten innings at an average of 98.75, including two hundreds and five half-centuries.

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He is in red hot form, well atleast in domestics, perfect time to blood him.. Hopefully we see him in the 3rd ODI
 
Slim said:
These stats are INSANE!
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Of those sub-50 scores, only that inning of 10 is a failure that he did make up in second inning of 148 in trying to chase some 350+ in a day.

Other are 24 and 69 inning match where both teams didn't score above 220 and 69 runs were important in Punjab getting bonus point. 8 run in the last inning of season where Punjab tried to chase at 10rpo for qualification.
 
There is a difference between domestic and international cricket. Hope our fans will show a bit patience even if he fails few matches. And not call him tulleybaaz and all like they did for Pant :inti
 
Canford Cliffs said:
There is a difference between domestic and international cricket. Hope our fans will show a bit patience even if he fails few matches. And not call him tulleybaaz and all like they did for Pant :inti
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I feel he is going to succeed if they give him 5 matches in NZ at 4.But for that rayudu needs to fail in this series miserably,thats what i'm praying for.Gill,pant and mayank can save our middle order.Need at least 2 out of these 3.
 
Canford Cliffs said:
There is a difference between domestic and international cricket. Hope our fans will show a bit patience even if he fails few matches. And not call him tulleybaaz and all like they did for Pant :inti
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Fans and fans who know batting are different banglapremi bhai. :)
 
Too much hype on the young kid.Talented for sure.Hope he gets opportunities and does well

Can be the no.4 we are looking for
 
Saurav said:
Too much hype on the young kid.Talented for sure.Hope he gets opportunities and does well

Can be the no.4 we are looking for
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But for hype we would still be seeing the likes of KKD, Jadhav, Rayudu, Rahul. You have to bombard the selectors into selecting talented players
 
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