U-19 World Cup 2018 : We Even Forced Rahul Dravid Sir to Dance - Shubman Gill

India U-19 team won the 2018 ICC U-19 World Cup, as they defeated Australia by a large margin of eight wickets.

India won the title for the record fourth time. Australia is second on the list of winners with three titles. India won the previous titles under the leadership of Mohammed Kaif, Virat Kohli, Unmukt Chand and now winning it under Prithvi Shaw.

One of the star performers for the Indian team in the World Cup was Punjab’s Shubman Gill who was also the second highest run-getter in the tournament with 372 runs.

More importantly, Gill scored an unbeaten century in the semi-final clash against Pakistan to guide India to the finals.

Usually known to be quiet, Gill’s celebrated the knock in an aggressive manner which came up as a surprise for all.

However, he later clarified the reason for his aggravated reactions. 

“At the start, they were sledging a little which was all right. I expect opponents to sledge a little so I wasn’t too bothered by it. But after we lost a few wickets, they started sledging too much which was frustrating for me. That’s why I celebrated like that,”  

Gill also revealed the entire team celebrated the win by dancing the night away including Rahul Dravid,

“We danced to all kinds of music. Punjabi, English and Hindi songs. We even forced Rahul (Dravid) sir to dance.

The Kolkata Knight Riders bought the right-handed middle-order batsmen for 3.2 Crores, but Gill says the money won’t add pressure on him and he will go into the tournament and play in the same manner he played in the World Cup.

“Rahul (Dravid) sir told us to concentrate on batting till the end in every match, to just concentrate on doing our best. That’s what I’m going to do in the IPL too. Yes, I know that I will be under a little pressure because we won the tournament, but all that is before I walk in to bat. Once I’m in the middle, I only concentrate on scoring and not getting out.” 

Gill also said the boys got emotional after the last match, as they might not get a chance to play together again,

“We’ve been together for more than 15 months so naturally, we’ve got to know each other pretty well. The day after we won, it suddenly dawned on us that we might not play with each other again. So, our last team meeting was really emotional. Even the support staff was emotional,” 

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