GUJARAT TITANS

The Gujarat Titans is a IPL team based from the city of Ahmedabad. The home ground of the team is Narendra Modi Stadium in Motera. CVC Capitals Partners is the owner of the franchise. Moreover, the team created history by winning the IPL title in their innagural edition of the IPL.

Background

In August 2021, the IPL’s Governing Council invited bidders to submit proposals for two more teams. However,there were a total of 22 companies that expressed interest. However, only six were serious bidders due to the new teams’ high base price. But a  group of three businesses or people were allowed to submit a joint offer for each franchise. Eventually, for a bid of Rs. 5,625 crore (US$700 million), CVC Capital Partners, a British private equity and investment advisory firm, was awarded the license for Ahmedabad. Furthermore, the Ahmedabad franchise was awarded to CVC Capital Partners in an auction held in Dubai in October 2021.

Gujarat Titans drafted Hardik Pandya, Rashid Khan and Shubmhan Gill ahead of the mega auction in 2022.

IPL 2022| Gujarat Titans

Hardik Pandya led the side beautifully in the IPL 2022 last year. The team did not have big players in the squad. However they played together as a unit to win the IPL title. Gujarat  won many close games in the IPL due to calmness of Rahul Tewatia and David Miller with the bat. Mohammad Shami and Rashid Khan were brilliant with ball. Pandya himself bowled exceptionally well last season. Shubhman Gill played a crucial innings in the final to help the team win the title. They defeated Rajasthan Royals by 7 wickets chasing a score of 131.



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