Gujarat Titans Team in IPL 2022: Players Bought by GT at Mega Auction, Check Full Squad
The Hardik Pandya-led franchise would be eager on having some more big names on board, though they did a good job in landing Lockie Ferguson and Mohammed Shami. They also brought uncapped Afghan youngster Noor Ahmad, making him the youngest ( 17 years), to be sold on the day so far.
One of the two new franchises, Gujarat Titans have a decent time on the first day of IPL Auction 2022. The team, which would have Hardik Pandya as captain, also picked Shubman Gill and T20 cricket ace Rashid Khan after all teams had retained their players. Headed to the auction with a clean slate and strategy, Titans appeared to be busy in the second half of the event, signing players like Jason Roy, Mohammed Shami and Lockie Ferguson, amongst other signings. IPL 2022 Auction Live Purse Tracker: Get Realtime Team Budget in Rupees, Purse Limit, Player Salary
Out of their signings on Day 1, Lockie Ferguson appeared to be their most expensive pick at Rs 10 crore. Next in line was all-rounder Rahul Tewatia at Rs 9 crores followed by Mohammed Shami at 6.25 crores. Day 2 saw them rope in the likes of Alzarri Joseph, David Miller, Matthew Wade and also Wriddhiman Saha among others. Lockie Ferguson turned out to be their most expensive player at Rs 10 Crore.
GT Full Squad for IPL 2022
GT Players Bought at IPL 2022 Mega Auction: Jason Roy, Noor Ahmad, R Sai Kishore, Lockie Ferguson, Abhinav Sadarangani, Mohammed Shami, Rahul Tewatia, Dominic Drakes, Jayant Yadav, Vijay Shankar, Darshan Nalkande, Yash Dayal, Pradeep Sangwan, Alzarri Joseph, Gurkeerat Singh, Matthew Wade, Varun Aaron, Sai Sudarshan, Wriddhiman Saha, David Miller
GT Players Picked Ahead of IPL 2022 Mega Auction: Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya and Rashid Khan
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