Cricket World Cup 2023: Why Shubman Gill Wears Jersey Number 77 And Not His Lucky 7?

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Cricket World Cup 2023: Why Shubman Gill Wears Jersey Number 77 And Not His Lucky 7?


Shubman Gill has an attention-grabbing story on how he acquired the jersey quantity 77 on his India jersey. The opening batter of the Indian cricket crew is presently getting begins within the Cricket World Cup 2023 however is unable to duplicate them to a giant rating. As per studies, Shubman has been working laborious to get his mojo again and get again amongst massive runs. In 2023, the 24-year-old has already smashed 5 centuries in ODIs, together with the double century vs New Zealand. He was in ominous contact within the Asia Cup and count on him to come back again to kind when India play Sri Lanka on November 2 in Mumbai. 

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Recently, whereas chatting with Star Sports, Shubman revealed the story of getting the jersey quantity 77 and the way he continues to play with it. Shubman mentioned that he has requested for his fortunate quantity 7 however didn’t get it. Hence, he added yet another 7 to it and made it 77. 

“When I was playing the U19 World Cup, I wanted the number 7 but it was not available to I took two 7s,” mentioned Shubman. We marvel why the quantity ‘7’ was not accessible. Thenumber 7 has earned a cult standing as a result of former India captain MS Dhoni wore it. Now that he has retired, Shubman can nonetheless put on it. But why he’s not wanting the 7 now? Maybe as a result of he does assume an excessive amount of about it and is joyful to play with no matter quantity is on his again. Or BCCI have already retired that quantity like they did for Sachin Tendulkar’s 10 or perhaps are pondering to do it.  

The rising India star additionally mentioned that his present favorite cricketer is Virat Kohli however when he was rising up, he idolised the good Sachin Tendulkar. Shubman additionally advised the world about his nickname on the Gill family and it’s ‘Kaka’,  Punjabi phrase for ‘child’. 

Currently, Shubman isn’t even within the high 25 batters of the World Cup, a listing that features the likes of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul. Shubman didn’t have an incredible begin to the World Cup. He fell prey to dengue and took nearly ten days to recuperate from it. He made his comeback vs Pakistan however couldn’t do a lot with the bat in hand. Since then, Shubman has performed repeatedly for India, opening the innings with Rohit Sharma however has not acquired a rating that’s value telling right here. 

He and the Indian crew administration hope that the drought of runs shortlives and the contact participant is again amongst runs quickly. The good factor for him is that his accomplice on the high Rohit Sharma is in nice contact and has made up for all of the runs Shubman has did not make at first of the innings. 





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