Gujarat Titans IPL 2025 Preview: Squad, Stats & Predicted XI
Gujarat Titans IPL 2025 Preview: Squad, Stats & Predicted XI
Shubman Gill
Ashish Nehra
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Champion (2022)
Eighth
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.
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.
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).
– Jos Buttler
– Shubman Gill
– B. Sai Sudharsan
– Mahipal Lomror
– Rashid Khan
– Rahul Tewatia
– Shahrukh Khan
– Gerald Coetzee
– Mohammed Siraj
– Prasidh Krishna
– Kagiso Rabada
R. Sai Kishore/Anuj Rawat
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.
