The new Ahmedabad-based IPL team will be called Gujarat Titans. The franchise revealed the name on Wednesday, ahead of the IPL auction on the weekend. Titans, among two new entrants to the IPL along with Lucknow Super Giants, was bought by CVC Capital Partners (Irelia Company Pte Ltd) last October. The franchise has three players on their roster ahead of the auction: Hardik Pandya (captain), Rashid Khan, and Shubman Gill.
Ahead of the 15th edition of the league, the league is set to be expanded to a 10-team tournament from one with eight teams as it currently is. Lucknow and Ahmedabad are the two franchises that will enter the competition next season. The Lucknow franchise was purchased by the RP-Sanjiv Goenka group for Rs 7090 crore while the private equity firm Irelia Company Pte Ltd (CVC Capital Partners) won the right to the team from Ahmedabad for Rs 5625 crore.
We want this group to achieve great things for Gujarat and its many passionate fans, which is why we have chosen the name Titans,” Siddharth Patel, a partner at CVC, said in a release on Wednesday. “As we approach the league’s mega auction, we are confident that we will be able to put together the right combination of players going into the new season. We want individuals that are not only highly skilled but who are inspired to be Titans of the game.
“We look forward to starting on our journey with the passion and support of the people of Gujarat, and hope to inspire and win over new fans from all over India and the world.”
According to a report by PTI, Nehra will be the head coach of the new franchise. Meanwhile former England opener Vikram Solanki is set to be named the ‘director of cricket’ and batting coach of the franchise. Meanwhile, India’s 2011 Cricket World Cup-winning coach Gary Kirsten is in line to take a mentorship role.
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