Captain: Shubman Gill
Coach: Ashish Nehra
Home Venue: Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Best Finish: Champion (2022)
Last Season: Eighth
Key Stats
1. PowerPlay Struggles
7.72 – Gujarat Titans’ run rate in the PowerPlay, the lowest in IPL 2024.
Despite a strong overall performance in the IPL, GT couldn’t keep up with the rapid PowerPlay scoring rates of teams like Sunrisers Hyderabad (11.17) and Kolkata Knight Riders (11.07). Its openers, Shubman Gill and Wriddhiman Saha, struggled, recording a combined strike rate of 128.06 in the first six overs.
2. Middle-Order Woes
22.18 – The combined batting average of GT’s middle-order (No. 4-7), the lowest in the tournament.
Losing Hardik Pandya left a gap, and with David Miller and Vijay Shankar failing to deliver, the middle-order was a weak point. Scoring at just 8.92 runs per over, Gujarat lagged behind teams like Punjab Kings (8.59), showing a clear area for improvement.
3. Rashid Khan Misfires
8.40 – Rashid Khan’s economy rate, his worst in IPL history.
Rashid’s dip in form was a significant factor in Gujarat’s poor campaign. With just 10 wickets in 12 matches and a high economy rate, his struggles highlighted GT’s overall underperformance in the middle overs, where they had the second-worst bowling average (37.48).
Predicted Playing XI
Top Order
– If buttler
– Shubman Gill
– B. Sai Sudharsan
– Mahipal Lomror
All-Rounders
– Rashid Khan
– satisfied tewatia
– Shahrukh Khan
Bowlers
– Gerald Coetzee
– Mohammed Siraj
– Prasidh Krishna
– Kagiso Rabada
Impact Player: R. sai kishore/anuj rawat
Final Thoughts
Gujarat Titans needs to overcome its PowerPlay and middle-order issues to mount a serious challenge in IPL 2025. Will it recover from last season’s slump? Time will tell.
