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Shubman Gill is part of India’s 15-member squad for the ICC Champions Trophy, which is set to be played from February 19 to March 9 in three venues across Pakistan and one in Dubai.
Shubman Gill hungry to win Champions Trophy. (Picture Credit: Screengrab)
Shubman Gill, who is India’s highest-ranked ODI batter, is very hungry to win the upcoming 2025 edition of the ICC Champions Trophy. The eight-team ICC tournament, which is making a comeback after eight years, is all set to be played from February 19 to March 9 in three venues across Pakistan and one in Dubai. Gill, who made his ODI debut for India on January 31, 2019, against New Zealand in Hamilton, was named in India’s 15-member Champions Trophy squad on January 18, and he will also serve as Rohit Sharma’s deputy.
Ahead of the start of the ICC tournament, Gill, in a video shared by ICC on Instagram, expressed his desire to win the Champions Trophy. According to him, he is very hungry to win the ICC trophy with the Men in Blue.
“I’m definitely very hungry, and it is something that you always dream of as a kid, and I’ve played one ICC tournament and came very close to winning a senior men’s trophy,” Gill said.
The 25-year-old right-handed batter, who is the youngest cricketer to score a double century in ODIs, said there is very little margin of error in the Champions Trophy due to intense competition between all eight teams.
“There is no space for defeat only. I think the top teams are playing, and it’s very exciting and very grueling, and you know that you don’t have any margin of error, so that is very exciting.”
Gill also recalled India’s win in the final of the 2013 Champions Trophy over England and said, “I remember watching it from home. Whenever I think of that Champion’s Trophy, there are a couple of things that I remember. One is Mahi bhai jumping when he missed the Ashwin bhai ball, and I think they (England) needed five runs off the last ball. The batsman misses, and then the commentators say, ‘The batsman misses, Dhoni misses, but it doesn’t matter,’ and then everybody is jumping and then seeing everyone dancing in the white coat when they were getting that trophy.”
India won the Champions Trophy title in 2013 under MS Dhoni’s leadership and finished as runners-up in the 2017 edition, which was also played in England.
