Team India’s rising star and vice-captain in the ongoing Asia Cup 2025 was seen engaging in a rapid-fire session where he answered some interesting questions during the conversation with SonyLIV on Friday, September 12. One of the standout questions was about the toughest bowlers he had faced in his life. The 26-year-old batter named former England bowler James Anderson as the toughest bowler he faced, and furthermore, he highlighted India’s Champions Trophy 2025 winning moment as a special moment of his career. Watch the video: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sony Sports Network (@sonysportsnetwork) Shubman Gill Reveals His Idol Shubman Gill recently appeared on a podcast with Apple Music. Gill reflected on his performance in the recent Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy and also talked about his personal idols. He said he grew up idolising Sachin Tendulkar since his childhood, he further said that Sachin was his father’s favourite cricketer. However, for the mental aspect and understanding of the gameplay, he looked up to the legendary Indian cricketer, Virat Kohli. “I have had two idols. The first one was Sachin. He was my dad's favorite, and I got into cricket because of him. He retired in 2013. Around 2011, 2012, 2013 was actually when I started to have real knowledge about cricket: like how the game works, more than just skill, like mental and tactical.” “I loved watching Virat bhai, Virat Kohli, how he used to go about his business and just the sheer passion that he had for the game and the real hunger. Because passion and hunger is one thing; you can learn all the skills, all the techniques, and all of that, but hunger is something that you can't learn. Either you have it in you, or you don’t. And it was something that he had so much, and it really inspired me.” The vice-captain of the Indian team is gearing up for his toughest battle as India faces Pakistan in an high intensity clash of the Asia Cup 2025 on Sunday in Dubai.