Gujarat Titans are the newly formed franchise, who will play their first IPL tournament this season, captained by Hardik Pandya and coached by Ashish Nehra. They will play their home games in the newly made stadium, the Narendra Modi Stadium in Motera. The franchise is owned by CVC Capital Partners, which is British equity and private investment advisory firm.
A 📩 for #TATAIPL! pic.twitter.com/XSx19KTpeK
— Gujarat Titans (@gujarat_titans) March 19, 2022
They bought the club for ₹5,625 crores (US$750 million). Gujarat Titans drafted Hardik Pandya as their captain; they also purchased Shubman Gill and Rashid Khan to reinforce their squad.
Gujarat Titans IPL 2022 auction
Gujarat titans had a budget of 52 crores out of 90 crores, and the franchise spent 38 crores to pick three drafted players ahead of the tournament. The team picked Hardik Pandya and Rashid Khan for 15 crores each and Shubman Gill for 8 crores.
While overall they bought 20 players during the auction. Mohammed Shami, Jason Roy, Lockie Ferguson were the few instrumental players they were able to purchase, although Lockie Ferguson was the highest pick of the team with 10 crores.
On the way to @IPL see you India 🇮🇳 soon😇♥️ pic.twitter.com/o2QXkEgq0q
— Rahmanullah Gurbaz (@RGurbaz_21) March 18, 2022
Gujarat Titans IPL 2022 schedule
Date | Match | Time | Venue |
March 28, 2022 | GT vs LSG | 7:30 PM | Wankhede Stadium |
April 2, 2022 | GT vs DC | 7:30 PM | MCA Stadium, Pune |
April 8, 2022 | PBKS vs GT | 7:30 PM | Brabourne – CCI |
April 11, 2022 | SRH vs GT | 7:30 PM | DY Patil Stadium |
April 14, 2022 | RR vs GT | 7:30 PM | DY Patil Stadium |
April 17, 2022 | GT vs CSK | 7:30 PM | MCA Stadium |
April 27, 2022 | GT vs SRH | 7:30 PM | Wankhede Stadium |
April 30, 2022 | GT vs RCB | 3:30 PM | Brabourne – CCI |
May 3, 2022 | GT vs PBKS | 7:30 PM | DY Patil Stadium |
May 6, 2022 | GT vs MI | 7:30 PM | Brabourne – CCI |
May 10, 2022 | LSG vs GT | 7:30 PM | MCA Stadium, Pune |
May 15, 2022 | CSK vs GT | 3:30 PM | Wankhede Stadium |
May 19, 2022 | RCB vs GT | 7:30 PM | Wankhede Stadium |
Gujarat Titans IPL 2022 squad
Hardik Pandya (c), Shubman Gill, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Shami, Lockie Ferguson, Abhinav Sadarangani, Rahul Tewatia, Noor Ahmad, R Sai Kishore, Dominic Drakes, Jayant Yadav, Vijay Shankar, Darshan Nalkande, Yash Dayal, Alzarri Joseph, Pradeep Sangwan, David Miller, Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade, Gurkeerat Singh, Varun Aaron, B Sai Sudarshan.
Enthusiasm, energy and positivity. Great session out there with the boys 💯💪 @gujarat_titans pic.twitter.com/Lv14KQLWCo
— hardik pandya (@hardikpandya7) March 21, 2022
Gujarat Titans IPL 2022 best playing Xl
Shubman Gill, Jason Roy, Wriddhiman Saha (WK), David Miller, Hardik Pandya (C), Abhinav Manohar, Rahul Tewatia, Sai Kishore, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Shami, Lockie Ferguson
Gujarat Titans are a newly formed team that will compete with new players, although the team have an unbalanced squad, so it will be a tricky task for them to ply their trade as Gujarat Titans don’t have experience batsmen besides Hardik Pandya and Shubman Gill.
However, they have inherited great bowlers, the likes of Mohammed Shami and Lockie Ferguson Rahul Tewatia who can challenge Sunrisers Hyderabad, who also have excellent bowlers at their disposal.
Regardless, Gujarat Titans will need to be more compact at the batting department; otherwise, the entire pressure will be on bowlers to eke out victories. And this is their first season so they might crash out of the playoffs.