In the history of the IPL, the Gujarat Titans are one of those teams that left their mark in the Indian Premier League in a very short time. Gujarat Titans, which made its debut in IPL season 2022, won the trophy in its very first season. In IPL 2023, the team led by Hardik Pandya was the runner-up. The 2024 edition was full of ups and downs for the franchise. After the captain, Hardik Pandya, left the team and joined the Mumbai Indians, that team could not perform well as they finished the season (2024) in the eighth position in the points table.
In IPL 2024, Pandya was replaced by Indian team opener Shubman Gill, but he lacked enough captaincy experience, which was directly reflected in the team’s performance. Mohammed Shami’s earlier exclusion from IPL 2024 due to injury was also detrimental for the team. Mohit Sharma, who was one of the leading wicket-takers in IPL 2023, took only 13 wickets in 2024 while star spinner Rashid Khan took only 10 wickets.
Gujarat franchise can make a lot of changes in the mega auction of IPL 2025. Some of these big names like Rahul Tewatia, Kane Williamson and Mohit Sharma may not be retained.
These three big names GT might release ahead of IPL 2025 Mega-Auction
Mohit Sharma
There is an interesting story behind Mohit Sharma playing for Gujarat Titans, earlier Mohit was a Gujarat bowler in 2022, then in 2023 coach Ashish Nehra was impressed with him and included him in the squad. After which Mohit surprised everyone with his performance, he took a total of 27 wickets in 14 matches in the 2023 season and also became the joint second-leading wicket-taker bowler of the tournament.
But the 2024 season was nothing special for Mohit, he played a total of 12 matches in which he got only 13 wickets and his economy was also not very good. He conceded a lot of runs with an economy of around 11. The franchise may not retain him in the 2025 mega auction but will definitely try to buy him back from the mega auction.
Kane Williamson
The Gujarat Titans franchise had included Kane Williamson in their team in the IPL 2023 mini auction as Ashish Nehra is looking for stability at number 3 and Williamson will live up to his expectations. But in the very first match of the tournament, the New Zealand captain was ruled out of the tournament due to a knee injury.
In IPL 2024, Kane Williamson got a chance to play only two matches in which he scored only 27 runs. Gujarat management did not give him much chance because their first choice at number 3 was Sai Sudharsan. It is certain that the franchise will not retain Williamson in IPL 2025 because the franchise has better foreign players available than him, whom they have to retain.
Rahul Tewatia
Indian uncapped player Rahul Tewatia plays the role of finisher for Gujarat, but the franchise will not be interested in retaining him in IPL 2025 as his retention will be based on three Indian players like Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan and Mohammed Shami.
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