IPL 2025 - Shubman Gill & Rashid Khan to be Retained, No place for Mohammed Shami

Updated At: 2024/10/21

IPL 2025 mega auctions are scheduled to take place in the coming months. All the franchises are in the process of finalizing their retained players according to the new rules declared by the BCCI and the IPL committee.

Gujarat Titans became part of the Indian Premier League in 2022 and became the champions in their debut season. They reached the 2nd consecutive final in 2023 but lost the final fixture to Chennai Super Kings.

IPL 2024 was a nightmare for the team and their tensions started even before the start of the league. They first lost their captain Hardik Pandya in a trade with Mumbai Indians and the decision to make Shubman Gill the new skipper worked against the whole team.

The 2022 IPL winners and 2023 finalists finished their IPL 2024 campaign by being in the 8th position in the league with 5 wins and 7 losses. Their net run rate stood at -0.353.

Gujarat Titans lacked the potential and aggression on multiple occasions and all their tactical planning worked against the team. However, their only positive memory was that they defeated Mumbai Indians in the league fixture and stunned their former skipper.

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IPL 2025 will bring in some major changes in the team through the mega auctions. Before that, the management will be planning their retention list and around those retained players, they will be planning to build the rest of the team.

For three seasons, Gujarat Titans have kept their players intact except for Hardik Pandya. A total of 14 players of the Titans have been part of all three seasons and that shows that the management has shown trust in their players.

However, the time has come for the management to make some tough decisions because of the mega auctions. In this article, we did a deep analysis of what players the Titans might retain for IPL 2025.

1) Shubman Gill

Gujarat Titans are expected to show their trust in the team Captain and ask him to continue for the team. For the first time in IPL 2024, Shubman Gill led an IPL team and hence his future with the team looks bright.

Shubman Gill - IPL 2024 Stats

	Matches	Runs	Average	Strike Rate
Shubman Gill	12	426	38.73	147.4

2) Rashid Khan

Rashid Khan is another key player for the Titans and in no way the management will let go of the T20 expert who took Afghanistan into the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup 2024. Rashid was also the fifth-highest wicket-taker in the tournament and his presence his important for the Titans.

Rashid Khan - IPL 2024 Stats

	Matches	Wickets	Average	Economy
Rashid Khan	12	10	36.70	8.40

Rashid Khan - T20 World Cup 2024 Stats

	Matches	Wickets	Average	Economy
Rashid Khan	8	14	12.78	6.17

3) Sai Sudharsan

Sai Sudharsan is a key contributor for the Titans with the bat. In the previous edition, Sai was the leading scorer for Gujarat Titans and the management won’t take any chances for him to leave the franchise.

The absence of Sai Sudharsan will disturb the chemistry of the batting lineup of the Titans. It will become difficult for them to find an equally effective performer.

Sai Sudharsan - IPL 2024 Stats

	Matches	Runs	Average	Strike Rate
Sai Sudharsan	12	527	47.90	141.28