Shubman Gill was not named as Gujarat Titans' most expensive retention, with that honour going to Afghanistan all-rounder Rashid Khan ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega auction. The franchise also kept hold of two surprise uncapped Indian players. Gujarat Titans (GT) left everyone utterly impressed as they clinched the IPL title in their inaugural season in 2022. Under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya, they went on to play the final in IPL 2023 but lost lost to Chennai Super Kings. However in 2024, Hardik left the Gujarat-based franchise to reunite with his old team Mumbai Indians and Shubman Gill took as the skipper of the team. In that season, GT failed to get through the playoffs. GT have now announced the names of their retained players for the upcoming mega auctions.
Top order batter B Sai Sudharshan, who scored 101 runs more than Gill in IPL 2024, was retained for Rs 8.5 cr by the franchise. Sai Sudharshan opened with Gill in the latter stages of the tournament, and is likely to continue that partnership from 2025.
Gujarat Titans chose to not retain star pacer Mohammed Shami, who has undergone several fitness problems over the last few months. Pacer Mohit Sharma, who has taken 40 wickets for the franchise over the last two seasons, was also not retained as an uncapped player.
Instead, GT chose to retain middle-order powerhitters Rahul Tewatia and Shahrukh Khan as their uncapped players ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction. While Tewatia has consistently performed for GT over the previous three-year cycle, Shahrukh's retention comes as a bit of a surprise.
Most notably, veteran South African batter David Miller has been released by Gujarat Titans.
PLAYERS RETAINED:
1. Rashid Khan (Rs 18 cr)
2. Shubman Gill (Rs 16.5 cr)
3. B Sai Sudharshan (Rs 8.5 cr)
4. Rahul Tewatia (Rs 4 cr - uncapped)
5. Shahrukh Khan (Rs 4 cr - uncapped)
AUCTION BUDGET: Rs 69 cr
RTMs available: 1
GT IPL 2024 squad: David Miller, Shubman Gill, Matthew Wade, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson, Abhinav Manohar, B. Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, Vijay Shankar, Jayant Yadav, Rahul Tewatia, Mohammed Shami, Noor Ahmad, Sai Kishore, Rashid Khan, Joshua Little, Mohit Sharma.