GT IPL 2023 Players List: Jason Roy among six players released by Gujarat Titans; Matthew Wade retained

Hardik Pandya-led Gujarat Titans (GT) stunned the cricket fraternity by clinching the IPL 2022 trophy right in their maiden IPL season. Going into IPL 2023, the Gujarat-based team has only released 5 players and has traded Rahmanullah Gurbaz to Kolkata Knight Riders.

At IPL 2022, Gujarat Titans became the first team to qualify for the final and defeated Rajasthan Royals in front of a record crowd to lift the trophy.

Fans should note that RR have never been able to become the IPL champions after winning their maiden crown in 2008. The aforementioned statistics show that GT have a tough road ahead and will have to work harder to match the standards they have set for themselves.

The first difficult decision that the Gujarat Titans will have to make is to decide which players to let go of from the squad that helped them become the IPL 2022 champions. Surprisingly, the Titans traded out two overseas players from their team before the retention deadline.

IPL 2023 Retention LIVE: Champions from their debut season, Gujarat Titans were among the more active teams in the pre-retention deadline trading window released Lockie Ferguson and Rahmanullah Gurbaz. Opener Jason Roy was also released.

GT will be one of the less active teams in December's auctions, with a budget of INR 19.25 crore.

Gujarat Titans (GT) IPL 2023 Squad Breakdown

Batters - Shubman Gill (8 Cr), Abhinav Sadrangani (2.6 Cr), David Miller (3 Cr), Wriddhiman Saha (1.9 Cr), Matthew Wade (2.4 Cr)

Bowlers - Mohammad Shami (6.25 Cr), Noor Ahmad (30 lakh), R Sai Kishore (3 Cr), Yash Dayal (3.2 Cr), Alzarri Joseph (2.4 Cr)

All-rounders - Hardik Pandya (15 Cr), Rashid Khan (15 Cr), Jayant Yadav (1.7 Cr), Vijay Shankar (1.4 Cr), Darshan Nalkande (20 lakh), Pradeep Sangwan (20 lakh), B Sai Sudharshan (20 lakh)

IPL 2022 Position: 1st

Traded In –

Traded Out – Lockie Ferguson, Rahmanullah Gurbaz

Released – Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Lockie Ferguson, Dominic Drakes, Gurkeerat Singh, Jason Roy, Varun Aaron

Budget Remaining – INR 19.25 crore

Player Slots Remaining – 6

Overseas Slots Remaining – 4

Jason Roy, who pulled out of IPL 2022, has been released by Gujarat Titans. The right-handed batsman was bought at his base price of Rs 2 crore. Varun Aaron, who joined GT for Rs 50 lakh, has also been released along with Dominik Drakes and Gurkeerat Singh. GT had traded Lockie Ferguson and Rahmanullah Gurbaz to KKR before the IPL 2023 mini-auction.

Players released by Gujarat Titans: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (traded to KKR), Lockie Ferguson (Traded to KKR), Dominic Drakes, Gurkeerat Singh, Jason Roy, Varun Aaron