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Shubman Gill's father Singh was a farmer and Didar Singh Gill is his grandfather. He was born in 'Chak Khere wala (also reported as Chak Jaimal Singh Wala)' village, which is near Jalalabad Tehsil in the Fazilka district of Punjab into a Sikh Jatt family.[12] Shubman Gill has a sister and her name is Shaheen Gill.[13] His father Lakhwinder created a cricket ground in his farm for Gill's practice and a turf pitch to play,[6] he used to challenge village boys to take his lad's wicket and if they were successful he would give them 100 rupees for it. According to Lakhwinder Singh he left farming in his village and moved to Mohali to make his boy a professional cricketer. For some years Gill took coaching from his school, after his father admitted him in Punjab cricket association's academy.[14][15] Gill spent some years of his life in his village. Gill's father wanted to become a professional cricketer. In Gill's childhood he was interested in farming and he still wants to do farming according to his father. Shubman Gill is emotionally very attached to his village and his farm

He made his List A debut for Punjab in the 2016–17 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 25 February 2017 against Vidharbha team.[6][19] He made his first-class debut for Punjab in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy on 17 November 2017.[20] Later the same month, in his second first-class match, he scored his maiden century, batting for Punjab against Services.[21] He scored 129 against Bengal team.[6]

In January 2018, he was bought by the Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹1.8 crore (US$230,000) in the 2018 IPL auction.[22][23] He made his Twenty20 debut for Kolkata Knight Riders in the 2018 Indian Premier League on 14 April 2018.[24]

In October 2018, he was named in India C's squad for the 2018–19 Deodhar Trophy.[25] In the final round-robin match, against India A, he scored an unbeaten century to help send India C through to the final.[26] The following month, he was named as one of eight players to watch ahead of the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy.[27] In December 2018, during Punjab's match against Tamil Nadu in the Ranji Trophy, Gill scored his maiden double century in first-class cricket, scoring 268 runs.[28][29] On 25 December 2018, on the fourth day of the match against Hyderabad in the Ranji Trophy, with Punjab needing 338 runs from 57 overs, Gill scored 148 off 154 balls to almost single-handedly take his side to victory. The match finished as a draw, with Punjab ending the run chase at 324/8 in 57 overs.[30]

By 1 January 2019, Gill had scored 990 runs in first-class cricket, from fourteen innings across eight matches.[31] One week later, he scored his 1,000th run in first-class cricket, in his fifteenth innings.[32] He was the leading run-scorer for Punjab in the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy, with 728 runs in five matches.[33] In March 2019, he was named as one of eight players to watch by the International Cricket Council (ICC) ahead of the 2019 Indian Premier League tournament.[34] He also won the Emerging Player of the tournament award in the 2019 Indian Premier League.[35]

In August 2019, he was named as the captain of the India Blue team for the 2019–20 Duleep Trophy.[36][37] In October 2019, Gill was selected as the captain of the India C team for the 2019–20 Deodhar Trophy.[38] In November 2019, he became the youngest cricketer to lead a side in the tournament. He was 20 years and 57 days old, beating Virat Kohli's record, when he was 21 years 124 days old, during the 2009–10 tournament.[39]

Ahead of the 2022 IPL auction, Gill left the Kolkata Knight Riders and was drafted by the newly formed Gujarat Titans franchise.[40]

In September 2022, Gill was signed up by Glamorgan as their overseas player for the remainder of the 2022 County Championship season. He did debut at Sophia ground opposite Worcestershire[41]