New Delhi: In a major film-like plot twist, the five-time champions Mumbai Indians acquired the services of their long-lost son Hardik Pandya, from Gujrat Titans for the IPL 2024 season.
The news of the trade took everyone by surprise as Gujrat Titans, initially named Hardik Pandya in their list of retained players, but was later traded to Mumbai, on the same day.
📢 Announced!
𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗸 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘆𝗮 ➡️ 𝗠𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗮𝗶 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀
𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 ➡️ 𝗥𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲#IPL pic.twitter.com/oyuAtP7Q27
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) November 27, 2023
However, the official announcement was made by the IPL management through their X (Formerly known as Twitter), on Monday morning.
The trade of Hardik Pandya left the 2022 champions, without a captain, and soon enough through their X (Formerly known as Twitter), Gujrat Titans announced their star Indian batsman, Shubman Gill as their new captain for the upcoming season.
𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐒𝐇𝐔𝐁-𝐀𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐁𝐇 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞! 🤩#AavaDe pic.twitter.com/eImJ4N0Jl3
— Gujarat Titans (@gujarat_titans) November 28, 2023
The notable name in contention was New Zealand skipper, Kane Williamson, but the Gujrat Titans’ management decided to go with an Indian option as their captain.
Shubman Gill responds
The newly appointed Gujrat Titans captain, who is currently on rest after a hectic two months with the national team, responded to the added responsibilities, through his X (Formerly known as Twitter), by sharing a picture of him with the caption, “I am proud to assume the Captaincy of Gujarat Titans and I cannot thank the franchise enough for their trust in me to lead such a fine team. Let’s make it memorable! To all the fans… #AavaDe!”
I am proud to assume the Captaincy of Gujarat Titans and I cannot thank the franchise enough for their trust in me to lead such a fine team. Let’s make it memorable!
To all the fans… #AavaDe! 💪 pic.twitter.com/LNELWqwURD
— Shubman Gill (@ShubmanGill) November 27, 2023
Shubman Gill records for Gujrat Titans
The star Indian opener has some impressive stats while playing for the 2022 IPL Champions, as he notched up 1373 runs while representing them in 33 matches, with the help of 3 centuries and 8 half-centuries.
Overall, Shubman has scored 2790 runs in 91 matches in IPL, with an impressive average of 37.70 in it.
What a knock Shubman Gill 🙇♂️
Gujarat Titans scores 233
🤩 Shubhman Gill scores 129 in 60 balls
👉 Rest of GT scores 104 in 60 ballsI am hoping to see 234 for #MumbaiIndians #MIvsGT #gill #GTvsMI #ipl2023
— Nigel D’Souza (@Nigel__DSouza) May 26, 2023
Shubman’s 129 runs innings against Mumbai Indians in the Qualifier 2 of the IPL 2023, is the highest score by any batsman in an IPL playoff match.
