It was a fantastic year for young Indian batsman Shubman Gill as he is the top scorer of the year. Gill has scored 2154 runs in 48 matches in the year 2023, which includes a total of seven hundred and ten half-centuries. Gill has been brilliant in the white-ball format while he is yet to prove himself in the red-ball format.

Former Indian cricketers Sunil Gavaskar and Irfan Pathan chose Shubman Gill as the best player of the Indian team in the year 2023. Gill was also chosen as the breakout star of the year by both cricket legends.

Gavaskar, who picked up his emerging star, believed that Gill was exceptional in the white-ball format, while he could not match the standards in red-ball cricket.

Sunil Gavaskar and Irfan Pathan choose their best Indian artist and become star of the year

Sunil Gavaskar said on Star Sports, “It will be because of how he batted in all formats in international cricket. He was unstoppable at the beginning but he faded towards the end in Tests, although his performances in ODIs and T20Is were exceptional.”

Shubman Gill will lead the Gujarat Titans in IPL 2024 after the exit of Hardik Pandya. Gill will lead for the first time in his cricket career. Former Indian cricketer Irfan Pathan feels that Shubman Gill is the “future of Indian cricket” and also a candidate to become the next Indian captain.

Irfan Pathan said: “The year he had, especially in one-day cricket… for a young player, who is probably the future of Indian cricket, and has a future in leadership. He was on a century-long streak this year, his average has been exceptional and ODI cricket seems to be the perfect format for him.”

Sunil Gavaskar and Irfan Pathan were also asked to name the best player of the year 2023. Shubman Gill was also named as the best player of the Indian team in the year 2023 by the two legends of Indian cricket along with some other players.

Sunil Gavaskar said: “There are many contenders. Gill himself, Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj, for the way he bowled in the Asia Cup final, Jasprit Bumrah’s comeback and Virat Kohli’s absolutely incredible batting in the World Cup where he scored three centuries and five fifty”.

Mohammed Shami was the leading wicket-taker in the ODI World Cup 2023, while Mohammed Siraj has been exceptional with the ball for the Indian team in the year 2023.

Former all-rounder Irfan Pathan added the names of Mohammed Shami and KL Rahul to the list but chose Shubman Gill as his best player due to his magnificent batting performance in the year 2023. Rahul hit a ton on his return to international cricket and He also played some key knocks during the 2023 ODI World Cup.

“Gill’s name has to be there. Then there is KL Rahul, who averaged over 70 in ODIs this year after returning from injury and has also taken up wicketkeeping duties in all formats. Not forgetting that century in Rahul’s Centurion, which will be remembered for ages. Third is Shami, who bowled at the first opportunity and the kind of comeback he made,” said Irfan Pathan.

Shubman Gill is known to be one of the best players in the current Indian team and has scored runs throughout 2023. Gill scored seven hundreds in the year 2023, which is just one less than Indian batsman Virat Kohli.

However, Shubman Gill has not been able to carry the same momentum in the Test format and scored his first hundred in the format in December last year. Gill made his Test debut during the IND vs AUS Test series in 2021 and has since started in Test cricket but has not been able to convert them into big scores.

Shubman Gill was the leading run-scorer in the Indian Premier League 2023 and scored 890 runs in 16 matches. Gill also scored two hundreds in the entire season and rained many runs at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

Shubman Gill was also expected to score big runs during the 2023 ODI World Cup but he failed to do so. Gill scored 354 runs in nine matches, which is much less than his ability. Gill’s highest score was 92 and runs scored at an average of 44.25.

Shubman Gill also scored 28 runs in the first Test match of the IND vs SA Test series and will want to score big in the second match starting January 3.

Shubman Gill will take part in the Test series against England at home after the South Africa Tests and will want to do it big against the Ben Stokes-led team.