The 2023 season was the 2nd season for the Indian Premier League franchise Gujarat Titans. They were one of ten teams to compete in the 2023 Indian Premier League. The side have won the IPL title once before.
| 2023 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Coach | Ashish Nehra | ||
| Captain | Hardik Pandya | ||
| Ground(s) | Narendra Modi Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad | ||
| 2023 Indian Premier League | Runners-up | ||
| Most runs | Shubman Gill (890) | ||
| Most wickets | Mohammed Shami (28) | ||
| |||
Background
editTeam anthem
editThe team anthem used to be 'Aava De'. In the first 2022 IPL season, the song was sung by Aditya Gadhvi.
Home ground
editThe team's home ground is Narendra Modi Stadium, which is situated in Motera, Gujarat.[1]
Seasons
edit| Year | League table standing | Final standing |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1st out of 10 | Champions |
| 2023 | 1st out of 10 | Runners-up |
Squad
edit- Players with international caps are listed in bold
- Ages given as of 31 March 2023, the first match of the season
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Signed year | Salary | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batters | ||||||||
| 9 | Rahul Tewatia |  India |
20 May 1993 (aged 29) | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2022 | ₹9 crore (US$1.1 million) | |
| 7 | Shubman Gill | India |
8 September 1999 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2022 | ₹8 crore (US$960,000) | |
| 10 | David Miller |  South Africa |
10 June 1989 (aged 33) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2022 | ₹3 crore (US$360,000) | Overseas |
| 18 | Abhinav Manohar | India |
16 September 1994 (aged 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2022 | ₹2.6 crore (US$310,000) | |
| 23 | Sai Sudharsan | India |
15 October 2001 (aged 21) | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2022 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| Kane Williamson |  New Zealand |
8 August 1990 (aged 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2023 | ₹2 crore (US$240,000) | Overseas | |
| Urvil Patel | India |
17 October 1998 (aged 24) | Right-handed | – | 2023 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | ||
| Dasun Shanaka |  Sri Lanka |
9 September 1991 (aged 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2023 | – | Overseas Replacement for Kane Williamson | |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||||
| 6 | Wriddhiman Saha | India |
24 October 1984 (aged 38) | Right-handed | – | 2022 | ₹1.9 crore (US$230,000) | |
| 13 | Matthew Wade |  Australia |
26 December 1987 (aged 35) | Left-handed | – | 2022 | ₹2.4 crore (US$290,000) | Overseas |
| 14 | K. S. Bharat | India |
3 October 1993 (aged 29) | Right-handed | – | 2023 | ₹1.2 crore (US$140,000) | |
| All-rounders | ||||||||
| 59 | Vijay Shankar | India |
26 January 1991 (aged 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2022 | ₹1.4 crore (US$170,000) | |
| 33 | Hardik Pandya | India |
11 October 1993 (aged 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | ₹15 crore (US$1.8 million) | Captain |
| Spin bowlers | ||||||||
| 19 | Rashid Khan |  Afghanistan |
20 September 1998 (aged 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2022 | ₹15 crore (US$1.8 million) | Overseas, |
| 1 | Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore | India |
6 November 1996 (aged 26) | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox | 2022 | ₹3 crore (US$360,000) | |
| 22 | Jayant Yadav | India |
20 January 1990 (aged 33) | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | 2022 | ₹1.7 crore (US$200,000) | |
| 15 | Noor Ahmad | Afghanistan |
3 January 2005 (aged 18) | Right-handed | Left-arm unorthodox | 2022 | ₹30 lakh (US$36,000) | Overseas |
| Pace bowlers | ||||||||
| 11 | Mohammed Shami | India |
3 September 1990 (aged 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2022 | ₹6.25 crore (US$750,000) | |
| 133 | Yash Dayal | India |
13 December 1997 (aged 25) | Left-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | 2022 | ₹3.20 crore (US$380,000) | |
| 8 | Alzarri Joseph |  West Indies |
20 November 1996 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium | 2022 | ₹2.4 crore (US$290,000) | Overseas |
| 12 | Pradeep Sangwan | India |
5 November 1990 (aged 32) | Right-handed | Left-arm medium | 2022 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| 04 | Darshan Nalkande | India |
4 October 1998 (aged 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2022 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| Shivam Mavi | India |
26 November 1998 (aged 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2023 | ₹6 crore (US$720,000) | ||
| 82 | Josh Little |  Ireland |
1 November 1999 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2023 | ₹4.4 crore (US$530,000) | Overseas |
| 27 | Mohit Sharma | India |
18 September 1988 (aged 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2023 | ₹50 lakh (US$60,000) | |
| Odean Smith | West Indies |
1 November 1996 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2023 | ₹50 lakh (US$60,000) | Overseas | |
- Source: Gujarat Titans[2]
Administration and support staff
edit| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| COO | Arvinder Singh |
| Team manager | Satyajit Parab |
| Director of cricket | Vikram Solanki |
| Head coach | Ashish Nehra |
| Assistant coach | Mithun Manhas |
| Assistant coach | Narender Negi |
| Batting coach and mentor | Gary Kirsten |
| Spin bowling coach and scout | Aashish Kapoor |
| Head physiotherapist | Rohit Sawalkar |
- Source: Gujarat Titans[2]
Points table
edit| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B | Gujarat Titans (R) | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0.809 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
| 2 | B | Chennai Super Kings (C) | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 0.652 | |
| 3 | A | Lucknow Super Giants (4th) | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 0.284 | Advanced to Eliminator |
| 4 | A | Mumbai Indians (3rd) | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | −0.044 | |
| 5 | A | Rajasthan Royals | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0.148 | |
| 6 | B | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0.135 | |
| 7 | A | Kolkata Knight Riders | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | −0.239 | |
| 8 | B | Punjab Kings | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | −0.304 | |
| 9 | A | Delhi Capitals | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 10 | −0.808 | |
| 10 | B | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | −0.590 |
Source: Indian Premier League[3]
The four top-ranked teams will qualify for the Playoffs.
Advance to Qualifier 1
Advance to Eliminator
League stage
editThe schedule for the group stages was published on 17 February 2023.[4]
Matches
editChennai Super Kings
178/7 (20 overs) |
v
|
Gujarat Titans (H)
182/5 (19.2 overs) |
- Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to field.
- Impact Player Subs: Tushar Deshpande for Ambati Rayudu (Chennai Super Kings) and Sai Sudharsan for Kane Williamson (Gujarat Titans).
Delhi Capitals (H)
162/8 (20 overs) |
v
|
Gujarat Titans
163/4 (18.1 overs) |
- Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to field.
- Impact player Subs: Khaleel Ahmed for Sarfaraz Khan (Delhi Capitals) and Vijay Shankar for Josh Little (Gujarat Titans).
Gujarat Titans (H)
204/4 (20 overs) |
v
|
Kolkata Knight Riders
207/7 (20 overs) |
- Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to bat.
- Impact player subs: Josh Little for Sai Sudharshan (Gujarat Titans) and Venkatesh Iyer for Suyash Sharma (Kolkata Knight Riders)
Punjab Kings (H)
153/8 (20 overs) |
v
|
Gujarat Titans
154/4 (19.5 overs) |
- Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to field.
Gujarat Titans (H)
177/7 (20 overs) |
v
|
Rajasthan Royals
179/7 (19.2 overs) |
- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
Gujarat Titans
135/6 (20 overs) |
v
|
Lucknow Super Giants (H)
128/7 (20 overs) |
- Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to bat.
- Impact Player subs: Prerak Mankad for Amit Mishra (Lucknow Super Giants) and Jayant Yadav for Shubman Gill (Gujarat Titans)
Gujarat Titans (H)
207/6 (20 overs) |
v
|
Mumbai Indians
152/9 (20 overs) |
- Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
- Impact Player subs: Josh Little for Shubman Gill (Gujarat Titans) and Tilak Varma for Kumar Kartikeya (Mumbai Indians)
Kolkata Knight Riders (H)
179/7 (20 overs) |
v
|
Gujarat Titans
180/3 (17.5 overs) |
- Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to field.
- Impact Player subs: Suyash Sharma for Venkatesh Iyer (Kolkata Knight Riders) and Shubman Gill for Mohit Sharma (Gujarat Titans)
Delhi Capitals
130/8 (20 overs) |
v
|
Gujarat Titans (H)
125/6 (20 overs) |
- Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to bat.
- Impact Player subs: Khaleel Ahmed for Priyam Garg (Delhi Capitals) and Shubman Gill for Mohit Sharma (Gujarat Titans)
Rajasthan Royals (H)
118 (17.5 overs) |
v
|
Gujarat Titans
119/1 (13.5 overs) |
- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
- Impact Player subs: Riyan Parag for Yashasvi Jaiswal (Rajasthan Royals) and Shubman Gill for Mohit Sharma (Gujarat Titans)
Gujarat Titans (H)
227/2 (20 overs) |
v
|
Lucknow Super Giants
171/7 (20 overs) |
- Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to field.
Mumbai Indians (H)
218/5 (20 overs) |
v
|
Gujarat Titans
191/8 (20 overs) |
- Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to field.
- Impact Player subs: Akash Madhwal for Vishnu Vinod (Mumbai Indians) and Shubman Gill for Mohit Sharma (Gujarat Titans)
Gujarat Titans (H)
188/9 (20 overs) |
v
|
Sunrisers Hyderabad
154/9 (20 overs) |
- Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
- Impact Player Subs: Shubman Gill for Yash Dayal (Gujarat Titans) and Anmolpreet Singh for T. Natarajan (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
Playoffs
editThe full schedule for the playoffs was announced on 21 April 2023.[5]
| Qualifier 1 / Eliminator | Qualifier 2 | Final | |||||||||||
| 23 May 2023 - Chennai | 29 May 2023 - Ahmedabad | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Gujarat Titans | 157 (20 overs) | Q1W | Chennai Super Kings | 171/5 (15 overs) | ||||||||
| 2 | Chennai Super Kings | 172/7 (20 overs) | 26 May 2023 - Ahmedabad | Q2W | Gujarat Titans | 214/4 (20 overs) | |||||||
| Q1L | Gujarat Titans | 233/3 (20 overs) | |||||||||||
| 24 May 2023 - Chennai | EW | Mumbai Indians | 171 (18.2 overs) | ||||||||||
| 3 | Lucknow Super Giants | 101 (16.3 overs) | |||||||||||
| 4 | Mumbai Indians | 182/8 (20 overs) | |||||||||||
Qualifier 1
editChennai Super Kings
172/7 (20 overs) |
v
|
Gujarat Titans
157 (20 overs) |
- Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to field.
- Chennai Super Kings qualified for the final for the 10th time in IPL history.[6]
Eliminator
editMumbai Indians
182/8 (20 overs) |
v
|
Lucknow Super Giants
101 (16.3 overs) |
- Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat.
Qualifier 2
editGujarat Titans
233/3 (20 overs) |
v
|
Mumbai Indians
171 (18.2 overs) |
- Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
- Shubman Gill (Gujarat Titans) made the highest individual score of 129 runs from 60 balls in IPL Playoffs.
- Gujarat Titans's total was the highest score in IPL Playoffs.
Final
editGujarat Titans
214/4 (20 overs) |
v
|
Chennai Super Kings
171/5 (15 overs) |
- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was originally scheduled to be held on 28 May 2023, but it was shifted to 29 May 2023 and ended on 30th May 2023 at 01:35 IST due to rain. Thus, becoming the longest ever IPL final.[7][8]
- Chennai Super Kings were set a revised target of 171 runs from 15 overs due to rain.
- By winning in the final, Chennai Super Kings equaled Mumbai Indians for winning the most IPL trophies (5).[9]
Road to final
edit| Team | Group matches | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Q1/E | Q2 | F | |
| Gujarat Titans | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 20 | L | W | L |
| Win | Loss | No result |
- Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.
- Note: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (playoffs) to see the match summary.
References
edit- ^ "Gujarat Titans to host its inaugural event at World's Largest Cricket Stadium in Ahmedabad on March 13". Times Now. 11 March 2022.
- ^ a b GT Players, Gujarat Titans.
- ^ "2023 Indian Premier League Points table". Indian Premier League. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ^ "BCCI Announces Schedule For TATA IPL 2023". IPLT20.com. Indian Premier League. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ^ "BCCI announces schedule and venue details for TATA IPL 2023 Playoffs and Final". iplt20.com. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ^ "CSK squeeze the Titans to enter their tenth IPL final". ESPNcricinfo. 23 May 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ "CSK vs GT IPL 2023 final moved to reserve day; title winner to be decided on Monday". SportStar. Archived from the original on 29 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
- ^ "'Longest Ever IPL Final' Fans React As Rain 'Stretches' CSK vs GT IPL 2023 Final to 'Three Days'". LatestLY. 30 May 2023. Archived from the original on 29 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
- ^ "Stats - Dhoni equals Rohit, CSK level with Mumbai Indians". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 30 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
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