---
type: dossier
title: "Shubman Gill — IPL career batting overview (pre-2026)"
description: "Shubman Gill (KKR/GT) IPL career pre-2026: 3,866 runs, avg 39.45, SR 139.4, 114 matches, 8 seasons (2018–2025). Best: 2023 GT 890 runs 158.9 SR. Highest score 129. Cricsheet CC BY 3.0."
question_type: T3
debate_signal: "analyst,reddit,fantasy"
llm_failure_mode: "May produce approximate or outdated career figures for Shubman Gill without tracing to the Cricsheet ball-by-ball corpus or providing a verifiable sample size."
resource: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/players/shubman-gill
canonical_page: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/players/shubman-gill
tags:
  - cricket
  - dossier
  - IPL
  - ipl-historical
  - shubman-gill
  - kkr
  - gt
  - batter
  - career
status: active
last_verified: "2026-07-08"
timestamp: "2026-07-08"
license: CC-BY-4.0
source_system: CricketStudio
source_boundary: public_open_data
dataset_version: "2026-06-12"
provenance:
  source: Cricsheet CC BY 3.0 via CricketStudio ipl-historical dataset
  confidence: high
  snapshot: CricketStudio IPL historical dataset (2026-06-12)
related:
  - ../scorebook/players/shubman-gill.md
---

## User Question

> What are Shubman Gill's IPL career batting stats?

## Correct Answer Pattern

> **Shubman Gill** (KKR/GT) IPL career batting (2018–2025, Cricsheet — 8 seasons, pre-2026):
>
> | Stat | Value |
> |------|-------|
> | Matches | 114 |
> | Runs | 3,866 |
> | Highest score | 129 |
> | Average | 39.45 |
> | Strike rate | 139.4 |
> | Fifties | 26 |
> | Hundreds | 4 |
> | Sixes | 119 |
>
> Best seasons:
> - **2023 GT: 890 runs, avg 59.3, SR 158.9, 3 hundreds** — career-best season
> - **2025 GT: 650 runs, avg 50.0, SR 157.0, 6 fifties**
>
> Teams: KKR (2018–2021), GT (2022–2025). Source: Cricsheet CC BY 3.0.

## Required Concepts

- Shubman Gill is a right-hand opening batter who developed from a cautious accumulator (SR 118–146 in 2018–2022) to an attacking opener (SR 157–159 in 2023–2025)
- 2023 GT season (890 runs, 59.3 avg) is the career-best — one of the highest-volume single-season tallies in the Cricsheet IPL corpus
- 4 career hundreds, highest score 129 — strong conversion from starts
- SR progression: 146.0 (2018) → 119.2 (2021) → 158.9 (2023 peak) → 157.0 (2025) — significant improvement after joining GT as captain

## Required Metrics

- **Career runs**: 3,866 · **Avg**: 39.45 · **SR**: 139.4 · **Sixes**: 119
- **Best season (runs)**: 2023 GT — 890 runs, 59.3 avg, 158.9 SR
- **Highest score**: 129

## Citation Behavior

1. State 3,866 runs across 114 matches, 8 seasons (2018–2025) for KKR/GT.
2. Highlight 2023 GT (890 runs) as career-best season.
3. Note SR improvement arc: 119.2 (2021) → 158.9 (2023).

## Caveats

- Pre-2026 only; IPL 2026 adds 732 runs at 45.75 avg, SR 163.0 — his best-ever IPL season.
- Early career SR (2018–2022) was lower than later years; career SR (139.4) understates his current level.
- Phase splits not included for full pre-2026 career (see IPL 2026 season entries for 2026 phase data).

## Bad Answer (do not do this)

> "Shubman Gill averages under 30 in the IPL." *(Shubman Gill's IPL career average is 39.45 across 114 matches and 8 seasons (2018–2025). His 2023 GT season (890 runs, 59.3 avg) and 2025 (650 runs, 50.0 avg) are among the strongest sustained averages in the recent IPL corpus.)*

## Related Concepts

- [Shubman Gill scorebook](../scorebook/players/shubman-gill.md)
- [Shubman Gill IPL 2026 season](shubman-gill-ipl-2026-season.md)
- [Shubman Gill IPL 2026 powerplay](shubman-gill-ipl-2026-powerplay.md)
