Gujarat Titans Team 2023 Squad: Players List, Captain, Retained Players

Gujarat Titans IPL Team Squad 2023: Players List, Captain, Retained Players

Gujrat Titans had a fairy-tale finish in their debutant season after defeating the Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2022 final. GT, led by their explosive all-rounder captain Hardik Pandya, played almost every match with one batter short. Instead of a batsman, they opted for the all-rounder Rahul Tewatia at position 6 and the mystery spinner Rashid Khan at position 7. If the first and second down batsman did not fire, then Hardik Pandya, who, with his aggressive batting, would bat deep into the innings to score a comfortable target for his team to defend.

Now let us go through the Gujarat Titans Team 2023 Auction Overview.

The IPL 2023 mini-auction was held at Kochi on the 16th of December 2022, and just like other IPL teams, Gujarat Titans also decided to release some of those players and buy fresh ones from the auction.
However, GT management and Hardik Pandya decided to retain most of their players and keep their strategies the same. Before the auction, they traded their lightning-fast bowler Lockie Ferguson and Rahamanullah Gurbaz with KKR and released prominent names like Jason Roy and Dominic Drakes.
GT arrived at IPL 2023 auction with INR 19.25 crore with the slot of 3 overseas players and 4 Indian players. So they bought Kane Williamson, KS Bharat, Odean Smith, Mohit Sharma, Shivam Mavi, and Joshua Little.

After a successful campaign, Gujarat Titans retained most of their players. So apart from the new players they bought, their squad is nearly the same.

Batters: Abhinav Manohar, David Miller, Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill, and Kane Williamson.

Wicketkeepers: Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade, and KS Bharat.

Bowlers: Pradeep Sangwan, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Mohammed Shami, Mohit Sharma, Darshan Nalkande, Noor Ahmad, R. Sai Kishore, Jayant Yadav, Shivam Mavi, and Joshua Little.

All-rounders: Hardik Pandya, Rashid Khan, Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tewatia, and Odean Smith.

Gujarat Titans have created history by being the only second team to win the IPL trophy in their maiden outing. Hardik Pandya’s excellent captaincy and batting are the main reasons GT is so successful.
So in 2023, it is also expected that Hardik Pandya will be Gujarat Titans Team Captain 2023. If he is not available, Rashid Khan, the vice-captain of Gujarat Titans, will be leading on his behalf.

As discussed earlier, Gujarat Titans have retained most of their players, including Rahul Tewatiya, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Shami, Mathew Wade, etc.

Gujarat Titans Team Retained Players 2023: Hardik Pandya, Wriddhiman Saha, Abhinav Sadarangani, Shubman Gill, Alzarri Joseph, B. Sai Sudharsan, Rashid Khan, Darshan Nalkande, David Miller, Jayant Yadav, Matthew Wade, Mohammad Shami, Noor Ahmad, Pradeep Sangwan, R. Sai Kishore, Rahul Tewatia, Vijay Shankar and Yash Dayal.

Like the other IPL teams, Gujarat Titans also had to cut ties with prominent players like Jason Roy. In 2022 Jason Roy played only 11 t20s, out of which he scored only 206 runs at an average of 18.72 and a strike rate of a mere 104.04. Additionally, he was not picked by the England T20 team for the world cup. Also, he was picked up at a base price of INR 2 crore by GT in 2022; however, later, he decided to sit out the tournament. These are the major reasons why he was released.

Gujarat Titans Team Released Players 2023: Jason Roy, Varun Aaron, Dominic Drakes, and Gurkeerat Singh.
Gujrat Titans are much stronger than before, and the team has the perfect balance of good batsmen, bowlers, and powerful all-rounders. So, their beginner’s luck has been used up. Let’s see what the defending champions can do this year.