For IPL 2025, all 10 teams have announced the names of their retained players before the mega auction. Gujarat Titans, the champion of the 2022 season, has retained 5 players. Team captain Shubhman Gill will once again be seen playing for Gujarat Titans. Apart from Gill, the team has retained 4 more players. But the surprising thing is that the name of fast bowler Mohammed Shami is not included in this list. Mohammed Shami could not be a part of the last season due to injury, but he won the Purple Cap in 2023.
Big decision of Gujarat Titans
Gujarat Titans have not retained any bowler. Mohammed Shami had taken 28 wickets in 17 matches for Gujarat Titans. Even after this he has not been retained. Apart from Shubhman Gill, Gujarat team has also retained Sai Sudarshan, Rahul Tewatia and Shahrukh Khan. Rashid Khan has been the most expensive retention of Gujarat Titans. At the same time, as uncapped players, he has retained Rahul Tewatia and Shahrukh Khan with his team. Rahul Tewatia is one of the biggest finishers of the team and Shahrukh Khan managed to leave his mark in the last season.
GT spent so many crores of rupees in retention
Gujarat Titans have retained Rashid Khan for the highest amount of Rs 18 crore. Rashid Khan has been associated with this team since the year 2022. Till last season, he was getting Rs 15 crore as salary from Gujarat. At the same time, Gujarat team has spent Rs 16.5 crore to retain Shubhman Gill. Earlier, Gujarat was giving him Rs 8 crore for every season. On the other hand, Sai Sudarshan has been retained for Rs 8.5 crores. Rahul Tewatia and Shahrukh Khan have been retained with the team for Rs 4 crore each.
Released these star players
Gujarat Titans have Matthew Wade (wk), David Miller, Noor Ahmed, Umesh Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Karthik Tyagi, Sandeep Warrier, Abhinav Manohar, Sharath BR, Darshan Nalkande, Jayant Yadav, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson, Vijay Shankar, Joshua Little. It has been decided to release Spencer Johnson, Azmatullah Omarzai, Manav Suthar and Gurnoor Brar.
