Amanpreet Gill Height, Age, Death, Family, Biography

Some Lesser Known Facts About Amanpreet Gill

• Amanpreet Singh Gill, born in 1989 from Punjab, is a right arm medium pacer.

• He played for the Punjab cricket team and was selected to the Under-19 Indian squad as a youngster.

• Gill was a part of India’s under-19 team in 2007, alongside Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja along with Piyush Chawla.

• He played in six under-19 ODIs, taking nine wickets off 14.11 average, two wickets in two under-19 Tests.

• In his only youth appearance in Test cricket, he bowled out former Sri Lanka all-rounder Thisara Perera.

• Gill picked up nine wickets in five innings at an average of 9.44 in the 2007 tri-series in Sri Lanka featuring Sri Lanka Under-19 and Bangladesh Under-19.

• He grabbed 2/14 in six overs against Bangladesh under-19 in Colombo en route to a 129-run victory.

• During this period, he also had the opportunity to play in England and Malaysia with India under 19’s team.

• In spite of his excellent performance at the Under-19 level, Gill was just missed out of the 2008 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.

• Gill’s domestic career consisted of six first-class appearances for Punjab in 2006-08 which he helped his team win with the bat and 11 wickets, including an impressive 4/72, and 42 runs with the ball.

• He also appeared for Kings XI Punjab in the first edition of the IPL, but wasn’t a part of the season day squad.
  

  Amanpreet Gill during his cricket career

• Following his retirement from the game, Gill remained associated with the sport of cricket in Punjab.

• He was also a member of the Senior Selection Committee of the Punjab Cricket Association where he played an active role in the game in an administrative capacity.
  

  Amanpreet Gill after leaving his playing career

• Gill was admitted to the hospital and lost his battle with the disease in Chandigarh Wednesday when he passed away at the age of 36.
  

  Amanpreet Gill with his family and friends

• He had been cremated at the Manimajra Cremation Ground in Chandigarh at 4 pm on 6 May 2026.

• Virat Kohli wrote on X that he was “shocked and saddened” to hear of Gill’s death, and prayed for strength for his family.
  

  Virat Kohli’s tweet about Amanpreet Gill

• Former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh recalled his days with Gill as one of the hardworking cricketers who loved the game but was a quiet man.

• Former India opener Shikhar Dhawan also shared a note of condolence on X, stating that the news of Gill’s death is indeed “a tremendous loss for the cricket world.

• In his honour, Punjab Kings wore black armbands against SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) for the IPL 2026 on 6 May 2026.