Shubman gill: The 18th edition of the Indian Premier League, which is considered to be the festival of cricket in India from 22 March, will begin. The first match of the new season will be played between defending winners Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore. At the same time, this year, the Indian team's ODI vice captain Shubman Gill will be seen taking over the responsibility of captaining the Gujarat Titans, but two elderly players of his team are ready to put a spot on his captaincy. Usually, at the age when the player says goodbye to cricket, he will be seen playing IPL with the youth at that age.
Jayant Yadav, who played 6 Tests and 2 ODIs for India, was bought by Gujarat Titans for Rs 75 lakh and included in his squad. Jayant Yadav, who played domestic cricket for Haryana, will be seen playing for Gujarat Titans this year. The 35 -year -old Jayant may have stopped getting opportunities in the Indian team team, but in the IPL, the franchise is still not reluctant to bet on him.
Jayant took 28 wickets in 13 innings of 8 matches in the 8 matches of 8 matches in the Ranji Trophy 2024-25 from Haryana, while in 11 innings of 8 matches he scored only 223 runs at an ordinary average of 22.30, including one Pachasa. This player has not played a single T20 match since 2023. This year Jayant Yadav will be seen playing under the captaincy of Shubman Gill.
Indian team veteran fast bowler Ishant Sharma is 36 years old, but so far he represents Delhi not only in IPL but domestic cricket. Head coach Ashish Nehra is believed to be the biggest reason for taking Ishant in Gujarat Titans who have played many matches for India with Ishant. Ishant Sharma, representing Delhi, played five matches for Delhi in the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2024-25, in which he took 6 wickets and during this time his economy was 3.49. At the same time, Ishant played 7 matches in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024, in which he took 10 wickets and scored runs from just 7.16 economy.
This is the reason why Gujarat has bet on this 36 -year -old player for 75 lakh rupees, but it will be interesting to see what kind of performance Ishant is able to perform under the captaincy of Shubman Gill. He is successful in winning the second title to Gujarat by fully using his experience or puts a spot in the captaincy of Shubman Gill.
