The making of Shubman Gill

Brut India

The story of the hero for the Gujarat Titans in this year's IPL goes all the way back to a small village in Punjab.    : The Grade Cricketer

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00:00I was not out when I made a 400.

00:02I was very sad when I got out on 350, to be honest.

00:06I don't really have any coach other than my dad.

00:09Like, not any primary coach.

00:30I think when I first started playing cricket, I didn't have anybody to throw balls to me.

00:57I used to hit on the ball and the ball used to come back to me.

01:01So I used to try to keep the streak going on.

01:04So I used to give it 50-60 balls continuously, just so that the streak could go on.

01:09So that's how I basically started playing cricket.

01:12And then my dad saw me one day and then he thought,

01:15it's pretty cool for a three or four-year-old kid to keep continuously doing that.

01:21So that's when he actually thought, okay, he might be good at this.

01:25And that's when we actually started practicing and having fun.

01:29I know your dad's sort of been your coach your entire life, Shubham.

01:32But have you had any other coach at any point?

01:34And how does your dad deal with Ravi Shastri?

01:37No, actually, I don't really have any coach other than my dad.

01:41Not any primary coach.

01:42But in the under-16s and under-14s, we used to have state coaches and stuff like that.

01:47But my dad has been my primary coach throughout.

01:51I made like in our under-16 districts, that's like a pretty competitive cricket.

01:56So the players don't usually retire after getting a 50 or 100.

02:01They keep on playing because obviously,

02:02they want their team to win.

02:04It's a three-day matches, like a 90-over game.

02:06So I made a 350 in one game.

02:10And then I made a 400.

02:12But yeah, players in India, I don't think anyone,

02:16any batsman likes to retire after getting a 50 or after getting 100.

02:20With those innings, did you just sort of throw it away at the end?

02:22Were you disappointed or?

02:23I was not out when I made a 400.

02:26I was very sad when I got out on 350, to be honest.

02:31I have not been told a major technical change in my game.

02:36Like for a long, long time.

02:37I can't remember someone telling me not to change a major thing in my betting

02:41for the last two, three years.

02:43So I think the way they coach here is,

02:45I think it's a little bit different.

02:47Because the players, they play so much of cricket

02:50and they've been playing for so long.

02:51It's a little bit difficult for them if you ask them to change their grip

02:55or to change, to make a huge technical change.

02:58So the coaches tend to make changes that would be more of tactical

03:07or the technique that they have.

03:08They'll try to strengthen the players around that technique

03:12rather than to change the whole thing and to start from scratch.

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