Former India player Aakash Chopra has selected the Gujarat Titans’ (GT) top three as their biggest strength before IPL 2025. He also added that Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan and Jos Buttler will give the stability and will likely bat the majority of overs during their innings as well. However, GT retained Shubman Gill (₹16.50 crore) and Sudharsan (₹8.50 crore) ahead of the IPL 2025 auction. They also bought Buttler for a whopping ₹15.75 crore at the mega auction as well.
In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra’, he said, “The top three are extremely reliable and consistent, and are the ones who will bat long. Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan and Jos Buttler – you won’t get a more stable top three than this. You might get an explosive one but this is a very stable top three. They spent a lot of money on Jos Buttler, saying they need him there, and he can be that game changer.”
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“If he likes the Ahmedabad pitch, just like Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan like it, considering the quality in the top three, those three will play 60 percent of the overs. If you check the entire season, in the total 280 overs they (GT) would bat, they might play 170-190 overs. They are that kind of top there, and I think that’s a huge strength for the Gujarat Titans,” Chopra again added.
However, Aakash Chopra also chose the strong seam-bowling options as the Gujarat Titans’ other positive this season as well.
“The second strength I see is that their fast bowling is good. They have plenty of fast-bowling options, and the ball moves for sure in the second innings on this pitch. They used to have Mohammed Shami. He left, so they have kept Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna,” he said. “They have kept Kagiso Rabada and Gerald Coetzee. Then they also have the options of Kulwant Khejroliya, Gurnoor Brar and Arshad Khan. I feel the captain is providing stability because he has been there for a little while. I think they are a very decent unit,” Aakash Chopra concluded.
