IPL 2023 Retention: GT Released Players List – Defending champions Gujarat Titans have released England’s opening batter Jason Roy ahead of IPL 2023 Auction. Roy was bagged by GT at a cost of INR 2 crore. Apart from the Tradings of Ferguson and Mavi, The defending champions kept their core team intact heading into the mini-auction in December. Follow IPL 2023 Auction Live updates on Insidesport.IN
IPL 2023 Retention: Gujarat Titans RELEASES Jason Roy, Defending Champions Keep CORE Setup Intact ahead of Mini Auction- Check Out
IPL 2023 Retention
GT Released Players List: Varun Aaron Released, Vijay Shankar Retained
- Varun Aaron has been around the IPL circuit for over a decade now.
- The Gujarat franchise drafted the 33-year-old in the mega auction 2022 to add more bite to the pace attack
- However, Aaron failed to deliver with the ball.
- Aaron took two wickets in as many games played, he leaked runs at an alarming rate of 10.40. As a result, he was dropped from the side.
- With Dayal and Sangwan fairing well for the franchise, Aaron fitting into the starting XI seems difficult going ahead.
- Vijay Shankar has wealth of experience in the T20 circuit and has been retained by GT
- The ace all-rounder has played 115 matches and notched up 1733 runs at a strike rate of 124.58.
- In four matches, Shankar could only score 19 runs at a strike rate of 54.29 and did not have any impact with the ball either but GT decided to keep their faith in the player, hoping he would perform well the next time.
IPL 2023 Retention: Gujarat Titans RELEASES Jason Roy, Defending Champions Keep CORE Setup Intact ahead of Mini Auction- Check Out
As mentioned above, the debutants Gujarat Titans scripted history after they won their first IPL in the last edition. GT also have a strong core squad with the likes of Hardik Pandya, Rashid Khan, David Miller, and Shubman Gill set to be retained.
However, the same cannot be said for the Australian wicketkeeper-batter Matthew Wade who had a torrid time during IPL 2022. The left-handed batter was given a number of chances to prove his worth. However, he failed to deliver in the top order. Yet again, opposing to change their base setup, GT decided to give the Aussie player another chance to shine in IPL 2023.
GT Trade-Ins:
- Lockie Ferguson to KKR
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz to KKR
GT Retained Players:
- Hardik Pandya (capt)
- Shubman Gill
- David Miller
- Abhinav Manohar
- Sai Sudharsan
- Wriddhiman Saha
- Matthew Wade
- Rashid Khan
- Rahul Tewatia
- Vijay Shankar
- Mohammed Shami
- Alzarri Joseph
- Yash Dayal
- Pradeep Sangwan
- Darshan Nalkande
- Jayant Yadav
- R Sai Kishore
- Noor Ahmad
GT Released Players
- Dominic Drakes
- Gurkeerat Singh
- Jason Roy
- Varun Aaron
Remaining Purse: Rs 19.25 Cr
IPL 2023 Retention: Gujarat Titans RELEASES Jason Roy, Defending Champions Keep CORE Setup Intact ahead of Mini Auction- Check Out
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