In the crowd of veterans to get selected for the Indian team in the T20 World Cup 2024, a 24-year-old star just missed out on the cut. However, Shubman Gill is not someone who is afraid of rejection anymore, because his happiness isn’t dependent on cricket anymore. Gill, who has been earmarked as the next big thing in Indian cricket, has been named as a travelling reserve for the tournament.
‘It felt strange’
Shubman Gill in a conversation with the Indian Express explained how he had to readjust himself to reinvent his happiness in cricket. Gill had a relatively quite year in Test cricket in 2021-22, averaging 26.50. He explained how he had to readjust his personality to find his inner peace during the lean period.
“Definitely, it felt strange. I felt disconnected with the sport at one point. Even when I was doing well, I wasn’t feeling great. I would feel I had missed out on the last three-four games, that I had to do well in the next four games. And the joy in doing well in that one game was missing. I wasn’t enjoying the good thing,” Gill said.
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Change in Gill’s personality
“It has taught me so much. In order to get out of it, I had to change as a person. I had to detach a part of my personality that was only happy with success in cricket. Ki khush tabhi hounga, jab run ban rahen hain mere (that I will only be happy when I score runs),” says Gill.
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