Swashbuckling India opener Shubman Gill named the weirdest person with whom he played cricket. He named the Manchester United captain and Portuguese footballer, Bruno Fernandes, as well. During India’s recently concluded Test series against England, the entire Indian cricket team caught up with Manchester United players at their training facility at Old Trafford, where they played a bit of cricket and football together in what was a fun outing as well.

“Probably Bruno Fernandes, because he’s from Portugal. When we were at the Manchester United camp, not all, but most of their players had played cricket. Most of the English players had played cricket at some point in their life, in school or somewhere, but most of the other players hadn’t. Playing cricket with them was a fun, cool experience,” he said. (via Apple Music’s YouTube channel).

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“When I met Sachin sir for the first time, I was 9 years old, and I was one of the ball boys. In the IPL, his team, Mumbai Indians, had come to Mohali for practice, and I saw him for the first time. It was just such a surreal experience, you know, watching him from the screen, my dad’s idol, god of cricket in India. Just watching him practicing and playing, and how he prepares, I was just awestruck,” he further added.

However, Shubman Gill also commented on his iconic and trademark celebration.He also revealed that he had not intended to do it and that it came to him naturally as well.

“Honestly, like, I had no… that celebration just came naturally. I had no intentions of doing it, and I had not planned it. I had never done it before that. But my first international century that I scored was in Zimbabwe, Harare, in 2022. It just, like, I just did it in that moment and kind of then stuck with it,” Shubman Gill concluded.