In the new generation of Indian Test batsmen, no opener has the technical ease — or the family backstory — of Shubman Gill. The Fazilka-born son of a wheat-and-rice farmer who, around the time Shubman was eight, sold a portion of the family farm and moved the entire household from a small Punjab village to Mohali specifically so his son could train at the PCA Stadium, has now played 30+ Tests, captained India in white-ball cricket, and scored multiple Test double-hundreds before the age of 25. Behind every cover drive sits a deeply intentional Punjabi farming family that bet everything on one boy's cricket.
The Family's Roots: The Sikh Farmers of Fazilka
The Gill family are Sikh agricultural landowners of Fazilka district in southwestern Punjab. Shubman was born in the village of Chak Khere Wala on 8 September 1999.
His Father: Lakhwinder Singh Gill
Lakhwinder Singh Gill is the farmer father who orchestrated the entire family's move from Fazilka to Mohali in 2007 to enable his son's cricket training. He had been a club cricketer in his youth, and from the time Shubman was four years old he organised daily throwdowns with farmhands and visitors at the family farm.
His Mother: Keart Gill
Keart Gill is the homemaker who supported the Mohali move and ran the new urban household.
His Sister: Shaheen Gill
Shubman has one elder sister, Shaheen Gill, who has stayed out of the public eye.
The Gill Family Tree at a Glance
Community / Origins
- Sikh agricultural community of Fazilka, Punjab
- Native village: Chak Khere Wala
- Family relocated to Mohali in 2007 for Shubman's training
Parents
- Father: Lakhwinder Singh Gill — farmer; former club cricketer
- Mother: Keart Gill — homemaker
Siblings
- Shaheen Gill — elder sister
- Shubman Gill (b. 8 September 1999)
Shubman Gill
- Born 8 September 1999, Fazilka, Punjab
- Manav Mangal Smart School, Mohali
- 2018 Under-19 World Cup winner; Player of the Tournament
- Test debut: 26 December 2020 vs Australia, Melbourne
- 30+ Tests; multiple Test double-hundreds
- 50+ ODIs; 60+ T20Is
- Captain, India white-ball teams (2025 – present)
- Captain, Gujarat Titans (IPL)
- Arjuna Award (2024)
Personal
- Unmarried as of 2026; no children
What the Gill Family Story Teaches Us
A farmer father who sold land. A homemaker mother. An elder sister kept out of every press article. A family relocation from a Fazilka village to Mohali in 2007 specifically so an 8-year-old could train at the PCA Stadium. From that single decision came the next decade's most-watched Indian batting prospect.
For every family — large or small, famous or otherwise — the Gill story carries the same lesson. Family decisions about where to live shape everything that comes after. The 2007 move from Fazilka to Mohali is, in retrospect, the founding decision of a Test career. Write down those moves — when, why, and at what cost. They are some of the most important entries on the tree.
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