DTVHINDIIPL 2025 Mega Auction: Kagiso Rabada will play for Gujarat Titans, the franchise joined the team by paying so many crores
Rabada had kept his base price at Rs 2 crore. Kagiso Rabada (Image Credit- Twitter IPL 2025 Mega Auction: The auction for IPL 2025 is currently taking place in Jeddah city of Saudi Arabia. This time, bidding is going on for 333 domestic and international cricketers in the world’s most expensive cricket T20 league. A total of 10 teams are seen bidding to include 204 players in their respective teams. Meanwhile, South African fast bowler Kagiso Rabada, who is included in the marquee list, has been included by Gujarat Titans by paying a huge amount of Rs 10.75 crore. RCB was the first to bid to buy the player, but after this there was a war between Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans to buy the player. But after this, Gujarat won in the end. Although, Punjab Kings had the Right to Match card to include Rabada back in the team, but they have not used it. It is noteworthy that Rabada has emerged as a big match winner for any team in some of the matches played in IPL. Rabada’s ability to take wickets by bowling brilliantly in the powerplay and bowling brilliantly in slog overs makes him different from any other fast bowler. Rabada had kept his base price for the mega auction of IPL 2025 at Rs 2 crore, but he has got a huge amount of Rs 10.75 crore. A look at Kagiso Rabada’s IPL career Let us tell you that this excellent bowler of the Proteas team has a lot of experience of playing IPL. Till the time of writing the news, he has played a total of 80 matches in IPL. After so many matches played in IPL, the bowler has taken a total of 117 wickets in his name at an average of 21.97 and strike rate of 15.54. Also, taking four wickets for 21 runs during this period has been the player’s best performance. Before this, he has shown tremendous performance in IPL for teams like Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings. It will be interesting to see how he performs for Gujarat Titans in the upcoming season. Also read – IPL Auction 2025 Live Updates
IPL 2025: Gujarat Titans made a big change in their coaching staff, gave big responsibility to Parthiv Patel.
Mega auction of IPL 2025 will be organized on 24 and 25 November. Parthiv Patel. (Photo Source: Instagram) All the franchises have started their preparations for IPL 2025. There is a possibility of IPL mega auction to be held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia at the end of this month i.e. on 25th and 26th November. Just before the auction, Gujarat Titans have made some major changes in their team. Gujarat Titans have appointed an assistant and batting coach ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. Parthiv Patel has played in the IPL for franchise teams like Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Kochi Tuskers Kerala, Decker Chargers, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians. In 2022, Gujarat Giants selected him for Legends League Cricket and he also captained him in 2023 Legends League Cricket. Gujarat Titans (GT) handed over big responsibility to Parthiv Patel Gujarat Titans said in their official statement, ‘With a long career of 17 years, former wicketkeeper batsman of Team India, Parthiv Patel will bring a lot of experience and knowledge to the team.’ Parthiv Patel has previously worked as a scout for Mumbai Indians and has also been the batting coach of the Mumbai Emirates franchise team. He was last seen as a player in IPL 2018. The statement further added, ‘As the Titans prepare for the upcoming Indian Premier League season, Parthiv’s immense knowledge of batting technique and strategy will play a vital role in enhancing the players’ skills. Parthiv, who is known for his sharp cricket skills and ability to mentor young talent. Strengthen the coaching staff and contribute to player growth and performance. Talking about Parthiv’s career, he has played 25 Tests, 38 ODIs and two T20 International matches for India. In all three formats he has scored 934, 736 and 36 runs respectively. Parthiv did not score a single century in his international career, but scored six half-centuries in Tests and four half-centuries in ODIs. Parthiv Patel played his last international match in 2018.
IPL 2025: Gujarat Titans preparing to retain Gill and Rashid, Shami will be on leave!
Mohammed Shami unlikely to be retained due to injury concerns Indian Premier League franchise Gujarat Titans has decided to retain one of the biggest names of Indian cricket. Shubman Gill is the first choice in his list, while Rashid Khan is also included in the retention list. Apart from this, the franchise can also retain talented Sai Sudarshan. However, a big news for Gujarat fans will be that star Indian fast bowler Mohammed Shami is unlikely to be retained due to his injury concerns. Talking about uncapped players, Gujarat Titans can retain youngsters like Shahrukh Khan and Rahul Tewatia. “Shubman, Rashid and Sai will be retained by the franchise,” an IPL source said, according to India Today. Gujarat Titans were seen struggling in IPL 2024 Let us tell you that Shubhman Gill is being seen as the future of Team India and he has captained Gujarat Titans in IPL 2024. However, the team was seen struggling and finished eighth. Interestingly, Gujarat Titans created history by winning the title in their IPL debut season itself. Hardik Pandya led the team at that time. In the next season also the team had reached the finals. Talking about IPL 2025 mega auction, this event can be organized outside India. There are reports that the auction may be organized in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Let us tell you that this time the total budget of the auction has been increased to Rs 120 crore, which is 20 crore more than the budget of last year’s IPL teams. Apart from this, BCCI has also issued some new guidelines. As per the new IPL retention and rules, a maximum of six players can be retained, which will also include the Right to Match (RTM) card, which was not considered last year.
IPL 2025: Parthiv Patel will join Gujarat Titans, likely to get big responsibility
Shubman Gill took charge of Gujarat Titans after Hardik Pandya joined Mumbai Indians in the 2024 season. Parthiv Patel Every day some updates are coming regarding IPL 2025. Recently reports came that the mega auction will be organized in Saudi Arabia on 24 and 25 November. Meanwhile, news is coming from Gujarat Titans camp that former Indian cricketer Parthiv Patel can join the team. Parthiv Patel is set to be appointed as the batting consultant of Gujarat Titans ahead of IPL 2025. Due to the appointment of Gary Kirsten as the head coach of the Pakistan team, a place has been created for Parthiv in the franchise. According to reports, Ashish Nehra and Vikram Solanki will continue as head coach and director of cricket respectively. Let us tell you that Parthiv Patel has played some 139 matches in IPL, representing 6 franchises, in which he scored 2848 runs at a strike rate of 120.78. Currently, after retirement, he is working as a broadcaster and commentator. Gujarat Titans flopped badly in 2024 Talking about Gujarat Titans, under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya, the franchise played brilliantly in its first edition in 2022 and won the title. After this, in the 2023 edition also, the team reached the finals, but could not win the trophy and became champion for the fifth time by defeating Chennai Super Kings. However, Shubman Gill took charge of Gujarat Titans after Hardik Pandya joined Mumbai Indians in the 2024 season. But the team failed to perform well and stood at 8th position in the points table. For this reason, the franchise now wants to create a new unit for the upcoming edition, which will help it win the title. Talking about Parthiv, he has a lot of knowledge of domestic cricket which will be important for the Titans, especially in the upcoming mega-auction. However, he has not coached any team before, so it remains to be seen how he performs in that role if he joins Gujarat.
IPL 2025: Ashish Nehra and Vikram Solanki to continue in their respective roles at Gujarat Titans: Reports
Nehra’s contract with the franchise ended last year. Ashish nehra and vikram solanki (Image Credit- Twitter Before the start of IPL 2025, a big news related to the Gujarat Titans (GT) team is coming out. Let us tell you that for the upcoming IPL season, the head coaches of the team Ashish Nehra and Vikram Solanki will remain in their respective roles. It is worth noting that Nehra’s contract with the franchise ended at the end of IPL last year. After this, some media reports claimed that Nehra might leave the team, but now if a source associated with Torrent Pharma is to be believed, Nehra and Solanki will continue in their respective roles with the team. It is worth noting that Torrent Pharma, which does business in Ahmedabad, has bought a majority stake in the Gujarat Titans franchise. So now Nehra and Solanki will remain with the team in the upcoming IPL season. If we look at Nehra’s journey with the team as a head coach, then under his coaching the team created history by winning its very first IPL 2022 season. After this, GT was the runner-up in the 2023 IPL team, but after Hardik Pandya left the team in IPL 2024, the team could not show anything special. New captain Shubman Gill failed to take the team to the playoffs. However, now it will be worth seeing how the one-time champion Gujarat Titans is going to perform in the upcoming season? BCCI may soon announce rules related to retention Let us tell you that a mega auction is going to be seen before the season of IPL 2025. But till now the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has not given any information regarding the rules related to the retention of players. Recently, the Apex Cricket Board had an online meeting on September 25, but there has been no discussion among the officials regarding IPL retention. However, if reports are to be believed, the Right to Match Card (RTM) will not be seen in the upcoming mega auction, and a team can retain a maximum of five players (3 Indians, 2 foreigners).
IPL 2025: Ashish Nehra will leave the post of head coach of Gujarat Titans..! The franchise is making a big plan
According to reports, Gujarat Titans owners CVC Capitals might change their coaching staff ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction. Ashish Nehra (Photo Source: Getty Images) Gujarat Titans had already won the trophy in season 2022 under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya, while the team became runner-up in the next season. But like the first two seasons, the franchise could not do anything special in IPL 2024. Gujarat’s performance under the captaincy of Shubman Gill was disappointing. The team won 5 out of 14 matches and finished 8th in the points table. At this time, a big report is coming out that the franchise owner CVC Capitals may change their coaching staff before the IPL 2025 mega auction, in such a situation Ashish Nehra can be removed from the post of head coach. The franchise does not want Ashish Nehra as the head coach According to a Cricbuzz report, the Gujarat Titans management is considering changing the coaching staff for the upcoming IPL season. This staff includes Vikram Solanki (Director of Cricket), Ashish Nehra (Head Coach) and Gary Kirsten as mentor and batting coach during the first three seasons of the team. Let us tell you, Gary Kirsten is the white-ball coach of Pakistan, so he cannot continue as the mentor of Gujarat Titans. Vikram Solanki can continue as the Director of Cricket, while the franchise can take a shocking decision regarding Ashish Nehra. There will be a big change in the management of Gujarat Titans Let us tell you, there have been reports for a long time that there may be a change in the management of Gujarat Titans. According to reports, the ownership of the team can go from CVC to either Torrent Pharma or Adani Group. However, we will have to wait till February for official information. This is due to the mandatory three-year lock-in period for franchise shares, which means that CVC can remain associated with the team till the IPL 2025 auction. The IPL 2025 auction is expected to be held in December.
IPL: Gujarat Titans franchise may be sold soon, apart from Adani Group, this company is in the race
In the year 2021, the franchise was bought by CVC Capitals Partner Group for Rs 5625 crore for four years. Gujarat Titans (Image Credit- Twitter X) A big news is coming out from the IPL world. Let us tell you that CVC Capital Partners, which owns the Gujarat Titans franchise, has expressed its desire to sell most of the stake in the team. It is worth noting that in the year 2021, CVC bought the franchise for four years by paying a huge amount of Rs 5625 crore. At the same time, as per the rules framed by BCCI for IPL, any company which buys the ownership of IPL franchise cannot transfer its stake to any other company before the prescribed lock-in period. Whereas this lock-in period of CVC Capital Partners is ending in February 2025. Also, if the media reports of Economic Times are to be believed, Adani Group and Torrent Group have shown interest in buying the ownership of Gujarat Titans franchise. CVC Group now wants to exit the ownership of the company, while Adani Group has made a bid of Rs 5100 crore and Torrent Group has made a bid of Rs 4653 crore to acquire new ownership. Well, now it will be interesting to see which group is going to take the ownership of Gujarat Titans team? Gujarat Titans will have their eyes set on IPL 2025 On the other hand, if we talk about the performance of Gujarat Titans team in IPL, the team has played a total of 3 seasons so far, in which it has performed brilliantly. In 2022, the team won the IPL title in its debut season itself, while it was the runner-up of IPL 2023. However, the team’s performance in IPL 2024 was not very good. The one-time champion team was able to win only five out of the 14 matches played. So now its eyes will be on improving its performance in the upcoming season of IPL.
Gujarat Titans bowler made a big statement, said- I am one of the best bowlers in the world
R Sai Kishore was part of the Asian Games 2023 winning Indian team R Sai Kishore (Image Credit- Twitter X) Indian cricketer and Gujarat Titans team’s all-rounder player R Sai Kishore has made a big statement, calling himself one of the best bowlers in the world. Let us tell you that when he made his debut for Team India in the Asian Games 2023 in China, his eyes became moist during that match. So after this tournament, he performed brilliantly for Gujarat Titans in IPL 2024, and also bowled brilliantly in some matches. Kishore took a total of 7 wickets in 5 matches at an average of 19.57 and an economy of 9.13 and also took four wickets for 33 runs in one match. R Sai Kishore gave a big statement Let us tell you that in a recent discussion with Sports Keeda, R Sai Kishore said- Every cricketer has this notion in his mind that he has to play for India. Many things were favorable for me to play there (Asian Games), I went there as a net bowler. Akash Deep didn’t get his visa, and I was very emotional, so I played matches. When so many things happen to you, my mind doesn’t accept it. You don’t know what kind of things happen to you. Because of this you become very emotional. Kishore further said- If you work on your strategy, then there are very few players who can actually face you. I am one of the best bowlers in the world. I really believe in this. When you play cricket around the world, you can tell which players can hit you.
Was the decision to give the captaincy of Gujarat Titans (GT) to Shubman Gill wrong?
Questions are being raised that despite experienced players like Kane Williamson and Rashid Khan, the decision to make Shubman Gill the captain was wrong, let’s see. Shubman Gill(BCCI/IPL) 3 teams have been eliminated from the playoff race of IPL 2024. Mumbai Indians are the first, Punjab Kings are the second and Gujarat Titans are the third teams whose dream of lifting the IPL trophy this year has been shattered. Gujarat Titans made their IPL debut in the year 2022 and they lifted the IPL trophy in the same year. After this, they reached the finals in IPL 2023 but the team remained runner up after losing to CSK. For both these years, the captaincy of the team was in the hands of Hardik Pandya. However, Gujarat traded its captain Hardik Pandya to Mumbai Indians at the beginning of this season, due to which the captaincy position became vacant. After that the team management decided to make young opening batsman Shubman Gill the captain. The legacy left by Hardik was handed over to Shubman Gill and the fans as well as the team hoped that Gujarat would go to the playoffs. But this season the team’s performance was very poor. This team has played 13 matches so far in IPL 2024, out of which the team won 5 and lost 7. The match against KKR was canceled and the team’s dream of going to the playoffs was shattered. Was the decision to give captaincy to Shubman Gill wrong? Now questions are being raised that the decision to make Shubman Gill the captain despite experienced players like Kane Williamson and Rashid Khan was wrong. Former Australian opener Matthew Hayden has supported Gujarat Titans’ move to hand over the captaincy to Shubman Gill despite their inability to reach the playoffs in IPL 2024. “We have all forgotten what a young player he is. He is still a child of the next generation, so he needs time to learn leadership. He will learn everything gradually. I think he’s a leader, whether he likes it or not. He is a quiet leader. If he can put all those things together and play, I’m sure he has a bright future.”
IPL 2024: Gujarat Titans out of the playoff race, KKR’s place in top-2 confirmed, there will be a fight between these teams for top-4
After the cancellation of GT vs KKR match, Gujarat Titans are out of the race for the playoffs. GT vs KKR (Photo Source: X/Twitter) IPL Playoff Scenario: The 63rd match of IPL 2024 was scheduled to be played today (May 13) between Gujarat Titans and Kolkata Knight Riders at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. But due to rain the match was abandoned without a toss. Both the teams had to share 1-1 points. After the cancellation of the match, Gujarat Titans are out of the tournament. Gujarat is the third team to be eliminated from this season after Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings. Gujarat kept its playoff hopes alive by defeating Chennai Super Kings. To make it to the top-4, GT had to win the last two matches of the league stage. But the match against Kolkata has been cancelled. Even if the team beats Sunrisers Hyderabad in the next match, it will still not be able to reach the playoffs with 13 points. Gujarat Titans had won the trophy in the very first season under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya, and were runner-up last season. But under the captaincy of Shubhman Gill, the team has faced a lot of ups and downs this season. Kolkata Knight Riders have confirmed their place in the top-2 with 19 points. Let us tell you which teams will now fight to reach the playoffs- IPL Playoff Scenario: Rajasthan will have to do this work to reach the playoffs Rajasthan Royals are second in the points table with 8 wins and 16 points from 12 matches. The team needs a win to ensure a place in the playoffs. But Rajasthan would like to finish the league stage in the top-2. For which the team will have to show great performance in the last two matches against Punjab Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders. This is how CSK and Sunrisers Hyderabad can reach top-4. Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad are at third and fourth place with 14 points each. To reach the playoffs, CSK will have to win the last match of the league stage against Royal Challengers Bangalore at any cost. Whereas Sunrisers Hyderabad still has to play two matches against Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings, the team would like to win both the matches. Difficulties have increased for RCB, Delhi and Lucknow Royal Challengers Bangalore are at fifth position in the points table with 12 points. The team has to play the last match of the league stage round on May 18 at home against Chennai Super Kings. The team can stake a claim for the playoffs even with 14 points. But for this the team will have to defeat CSK by 18 runs and whatever the target is, it will have to be achieved in 18.1 overs, so that their net run rate can be good. After the defeat against RCB, Delhi’s hopes of reaching the playoffs have diminished. The team will play its last match against Lucknow Super Giants, even if the team wins this match, they will have to depend…
