The much-awaited cricketing extravaganza,The IPL 2024,is about to begin.Ten top teams will fight for the ultimate prize.There is quite a bit excitement among the fans as they will enjoy watching the best players in the world showcasing their talents to the best of their abilities. Last year’s Finalist Gujarat Titans will enter the IPL 2024 without their Captain,Hardik Pandya,who will be leading the Mumbai Indians this season.Superstar opening batter Shubman Gill will take Pandya’s place.
The first two seasons of the newly formed Gujarat Titans(GT) have been nothing shot of miraculous. They won the IPL title at first attempt in 2022 and lost to CSK in the Final last year. Expect similar performances from GT this season too. Here we will discuss the 5 Most influential players for them in IPL 2024.
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Shubman Gill (GT Captain,IPL 2024)
India’s latest batting superstar,Shubman Gill, will start the season with the added responsibility of leading the team in absence of the departed Hardik Pandya. It will be a daunting task for Gill to repeat the team’s performances of last two years.
As a batsman, Shubman has been phenomenal for Gujarat in last two seasons. Last season ,he was the orange cap winner,scoring 890 runs in 17 games at an average of 59.33 with the help of three hundreds and four fifties. GT will be more than happy if he repeats that feat again this season. Let’s hope captaincy pressure doesn’t affect his batting,which is so crucial for GT.
David Miller (GT Batter,IPL 2024)
South African batting great David Miller joined GT in 2022 and made an instant impact. His batting form was crucial to franchise’ first IPL title. Miller scored 481 runs at a brilliant average of 68.71. Last season though,Miller was not at his best. Scoring just 259 runs in 16 matches. This was well bellow the usually high standards set by the 34 years old South Africa batter. Great players don’t stay out of form for long and GT will expect Miller to be back to his brilliant best in IPL 2024. He is a type of player who if gets going can change the whole complexion of the game in the matter of minutes.
Kane Williamson ( GT Batter, IPL 2024)
New Zealand Captain and one of the all time great Kane Williamson is back after a long injury lay off. Kane ruptured his ACL while playing his first game for GT in IPL2023. He is healthy again and played well for his national side in recent games. He will most probably open the innings with team Captain Shubman Gill.
Kane’s vast captaincy experience at the top level will be very helpful for young Gill.Williamson is also one of the best batters of his generation. In the IPL, he hasn’t been at his best in last few years. His last great season in IPL was in 2018,when he scored 735 runs in 17 games for SRH. GT hope that Williamson will turn back the clock this year and bat like he did in 2018.
Rashid Khan (GT Leg Spinner,IPL 2024)
Afghanistan superstar Rashid Khan is arguably the best leg spinner in the world in white-ball cricket. He has been one of the most consistent players in IPL history. Rashid has recently come back from injury and will spearhead the bowling attack of Gujarat Titans.
Having joined the GT in 2022 in a deal worth INR 15 crores,Rashid has been instrumental in the franchise remarkable success in the last two years. He got 19 wickets in title-winning campaign in 2022 and was in brilliant form last season when GT reached final.Rashid got 27 wickets in 27 games at just 8.24 per over. He is probably GT’s most important player.
Mohit Sharma (GT Fast bowler,IPL 2024)
Titans were dealt a body blow when Mohammed Shami was ruled out of the season because of the ankle injury he suffered during the ODI World Cup 2023.Shami was the bowler of the tournament last year and won the purple cap. In Shami’s absence Mohit Sharma will take the centre stage. Sharma was at his brilliant best in IPL 2023. In just 14 matches he took 27 wickets,just one behind Shami. In IPL 2024 GT need Mohit more than ever before. His wicket taking ability in middle overs will be crucial.Mohit is also a skillful death bowler. These traits endear him to Titans fanbase and they expect him to show all his qualities this season too.
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