Gujarat Titans has one of the best win-loss ratio (1.647) of all of the Indian Premier League groups, courtesy of its splendid two-year run since its inception. After a title win and a runner-up end, it failed to match its requirements final season.
This 12 months, it might be a workforce in search of redemption, crammed with gamers having some extent to show.
In a league that’s spoken about as batting-friendly, and in a very high-scoring season final 12 months, Titans are the one workforce to have scored at fewer than 9 runs per over (8.71). And the one workforce to have scored at fewer than eight runs per over within the PowerPlay (7.72).
It has the repair this time in Jos Buttler, who’s coming off a lean patch with the bat. Buttler ought to ideally open with Shubman Gill to maximise the PowerPlay. With Sai Sudharsan at No. 3, Titans have a strong top-order.
Uninspiring
The middle-order is uninspiring. A strong Indian batter could be sorely missed. As it’s, Shahrukh Khan may get to play at No. 4, an excellent alternative for him to redeem himself.
Birdman Glenn Phillips, who’s currently been in good contact, may play at No. 5. Shahrukh and Phillips can neither be slotted as strong nor constant. Titans could be served properly if they’re to be.
Hamstrung by accidents, the workforce mixture turned out to be an unsolved jigsaw puzzle for Titans final season. An unstable line-up was a motive why the workforce crashed out with out making the playoffs.
With a gaggle of multi-utility gamers to select from — Washington Sundar, Sai Kishore, Sherfane Rutherford, Manav Suthar, Rahul Tewatia, and Gerald Coetzee amongst others — the workforce may wrestle to accept a mix as soon as once more.
As far because the bowling is worried, Titans can depend on two confirmed world-class T20 specialists in Rashid Khan and Kagiso Rabada. But once more, each Rashid and Rabada are redemption-seekers, coming off a boring final season.
Gill and Rashid need to preserve their influence from 2023 for Titans to make it to the playoffs.
Published – March 16, 2025 10:34 pm IST
