India, July 9 -- Shubman Gill shot into the limelight by returning as India's highest run-scorer in their victorious U19 World Cup campaign. Before the tournament, all the focus was on captain Prithvi Shaw, for obvious reasons. He had kept everyone interested since the age of 13. Prithvi had an average World Cup but Gill caught everyone's imagination. He was soon picked up by the Kolkata Knight Riders fr Rs.1.8 crore.

Gill made his IPL debut the same year but because of the presence of too many batters at the top of the order, he had to bat at No.6 and 7 the entire year. The right-hander from Punjab, scored 203 runs in 13 matches at a strike rate of 146.04. Karthik said Gill was preferred over another talented youngster from Uttar Prades...