Happy Birthday Shubman Gill: Indian Ace batter turns 24

Shubman Gill, a promising batter for Team India, turned 24 today.

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Despite only making his international cricket debut in 2019, this batsman is now regarded as one of the best in the world.

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Gill really raised his level of play this year.

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Still Gill has much further to go.

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