Fan Questions Champions Trophy Winner Washington Sundar’s IPL Exclusion. Sundar Pichai Joins Debate

Gujarat Titans had a disappointing begin to their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season because the Shubman Gill-led facet slumped to a 11-run loss towards Punjab Kings on Tuesday. Shreyas Iyer and Shashank Singh have been the highest performers for PBKS and though Sai Sudarshan performed a superb 74-run knock, it was not sufficient to clinch the match for GT. A notable exclusion from the GT enjoying XI was Indian cricket crew all-rounder Washington Sundar. A fan questioned the transfer on social media and requested how can a expertise like Sundar not making the crew regardless of enjoying for the nationwide facet.

“How Sundar sneaks into the best 15 of India but doesn’t get a place in any IPL XI when 10 teams exist is a mystery,” the fan posted on social media platform X (previously referred to as Twitter). The submit received a reply from Google CEO Sundar Pichai who commented on the submit: “I’ve been questioning this too.”

I’ve been questioning this too:)

— Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai) March 25, 2025

Gujarat Titans (GT) captain Shubman Gill mirrored on his crew’s slender 11-run defeat towards Punjab Kings (PBKS) of their opening recreation of the continuing Indian Premier League (IPL) in Ahmedabad.

Gill acknowledged that Gujarat had their moments however did not capitalize on key phases.

“We got our chances when we were bowling and batting. Too many runs we conceded in the back end of the innings…Those three overs in the middle, we scored around 18 runs. That, and our first three overs we didn’t score many runs. That cost us the game,” he stated after the sport, as quoted from ESPNcricinfo.

Despite the loss, Gill discovered positives in his crew’s efficiency.

“Apart from that, many positives for us today. Not easy for someone to come and deliver those yorkers for someone who is on the bench. It’s always a good wicket to bat on here,” he added.

Gujarat Titans will now look to bounce again of their upcoming matches, studying from their errors within the season opener.

(With ANI inputs)