India’s T20I vice-captain, Shubman Gill, recently revealed when and how he started watching football. He credited
Brazilian footballer Neymar is for the same. However, Shubman Gill started watching the sport from the 2014 football World Cup as well. He also stated that he loved watching Neymar and would pick whichever team the footballer played for.

“I started actually watching football because of Neymar. I used to love watching the 2014 World Cup. I started watching football properly then. And I used to love watching Neymar, so whatever team he was in, I used to pick that. Ever since he’s gone to Saudi and now back to Brazil, I’ve kind of stopped playing FIFA. But whenever I do play, I remember I used to pick Liverpool in between because they had a very strong team. And then Man City,” he said. (via Apple Music’s YouTube channel)

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Moreover, Shubman Gill also opined on the collaboration that the Indian cricket team had with Manchester United. However, India were recently in England for a five-match Test series, and the fourth match took place in Manchester. There, the Indian team met the Manchester United players at the club’s training facility at Old Trafford as well.

“We went to see all the players when we were in Manchester. Yeah, it was like a team collaboration between the Indian cricket team and the Manchester United team. All the players were really amazing. I met Mason Mount, whom I have known from before when he was playing in Chelsea, and met Bruno Fernandes. Most of the players, they all were so nice and so kind. We spoke about so much,” Shubman Gill concluded.