The IPL 2022 mega auction has finished in Bengaluru and one of the new franchises in the mix is from Ahmedabad. Named Gujarat Titans, the team was allowed to pick three players before the player lists for the Auction was finalised.
The CVC owned team have picked Hardik Pandya, Shubman Gill and Afghanistan’s ace spinner Rashid Khan for their side.
At the auction, the team's first pick was Indian pacer Mohammad Shami, who was sold for a sum of Rs 6.25 crore.
Gujarat ended the auction with 23 players and a purse of Rs 15 lakh still with them.
Full Squad
Hardik Pandya (15 Cr)
Rashid Khan (15 Cr)
Shubman Gill (8 Cr)
Mohammad Shami (6.25 Cr)
Jason Roy (2 Cr)
Lockie Ferguson (10 Cr)
Abhinav Sadarangani (2.6 Cr)
Rahul Tewatia (9 Cr)
Noor Ahmad (0.3 Cr)
R Sai Kishore (3 Cr)
Dominic Drakes (1.10 Cr)
Jayant Yadav (1.70 Cr)
Vijay Shankar (1.40 Cr)
Darshan Nalkande (20 lakh)
Yash Dayal (3.2 crore)
Alzarri Joseph (2.4 crore)
Pradeep Sangwan (20 lakh)
David Miller (3 crore)
Wriddhiman Saha (1.9 crore)
Matthew Wade (2.4 crore)
Gurkeerat Singh (50 lakh)
Varun Aaron (50 lakh)
B. Sai Sudharsan (20 lakh)
Titans have also finalised their coaching staff comprising Ashish Nehra (head coach), Gary Kirsten (mentor and batting coach) and Vikram Solanki (director of cricket). The trio has worked together for Royal Challengers Bangalore previously.
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