GT's Strengths and Weaknesses: Gujarat's Perfect Team; New captain, Pandya-Shami may be missed in pacer attack.

Mar 22, 2024 Divya Bharat

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Gujarat Titans, who won the title in their debut season in the Indian Premier League, have a strong team, but the team's fast bowling has been affected after captain Hardik Pandya went to Mumbai and Mohammed Shami withdrew due to injury. Gujarat, which has reached the finals in its two seasons, will play its first match against Mumbai Indians on March 24 in Ahmedabad. Young Shubman Gill is in command of the team. In the last auction, Gujarat franchise had bought 8 players including 2 foreigners. These include 3 capped and 5 uncapped players.

Wade-Minz will not play the opening match, Shami is out
Gujarat has a strong batting line. Sai Sudarshan can be seen opening along with captain Shubman Gill in the top order. Also, experienced batsman Kane Williamson can handle the command of number three. There are batsmen like David Miller, Robin Minz and Matthew Wade in the middle order, while all-rounders Rashid Khan and Rahul Tewatia are best for the role of finishers.

The bowling has quality spinners like Rashid Khan and Noor Ahmed, while the responsibility of the pace attack lies with the experienced Umesh Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Joshua Little and Karthik Tyagi.

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Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill (captain), Wriddhiman Saha, Sai Sudarshan, Azmatullah Omarzai, David Miller, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Umesh Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Spencer Johnson and Abhinav Manohar.

Strength

strong top order The team has a strong top order in the form of Shubman Gill, Sai Sudarshan and Kane Williamson. Gill was the top scorer of last season. He scored 890 runs in 17 matches with the help of 3 centuries and 4 half-centuries. Sudarshan also scored 362 runs including three fifties. Williamson could not play last season due to injury, but he is an established batsman in the league and can play in every situation.
The finish became stronger with the arrival of Omarzai-Shahrukh. The team had capable finishers like Rashid Khan and Rahul Tewatia. The franchise has further strengthened its Finnish department with the addition of Azmatullah Omarzai and Shahrukh Khan.
World class spinners like Rashid-Noor The franchise has world class spinners like Rashid Khan and Noor Ahmed. The team has many options for pace and spin bowling. Australia's left arm pacer Spencer Johnson can do wonders with the new ball.

Weakness

new team captain Captain Hardik Pandya, who led Gujarat to success in the first two seasons, is taking charge of Mumbai. In such a situation, the command of the team has been handed over to young Shubman Gill, but Gill, who made his debut in the year 2018, does not have the experience of captaining even a single match of this league.
Mohammed Shami out of the entire season Fast bowler Mohammed Shami is out of the current season due to ankle injury. In such a situation, Spencer Johnson's partner may be missed with the new ball.
Minj-Wade not available in initial matches Young batsmen Robin Minz and Matthew Wade are not available for the opening matches of the Indian League. Which will affect the batting.