Gujarat Titans eyes will be on world champions, captain selection will be on hiatus, return after 1 year

New Delhi. The mini auction for IPL 2024 will be held on December 19. All the teams have made preparations for this. Teams from Lucknow and Rajasthan have reshuffled their players, while Gujarat Titans, who have reached the final twice in a row, are rumored to change their captain. Hardik Pandya is believed to be returning to Mumbai Indians. If this happens, Gujarat Titans will be looking for a captain in the mini auction. Gujarat will be eyeing 2023 world champion captain Pat Cummins, who is making a comeback after a year away.

In the World Cup 2023, Pat Cummins led his team brilliantly and led them to the finals. In the final match, Cummins & Company defeated Team India, which had won 10 matches in a row. The Australian captain is now busy preparing for the T20 World Cup, for which he has decided to return to IPL 2024. Cummins withdrew his name from IPL 2023 due to the ODI World Cup and the World Test Championship and focused entirely on the big tournament. As a result, his team became the owner of both the ICC trophies. But now many teams will be eyeing him in the mini auction.

Gujarat’s wallet can get hot

According to ESPN Cricinfo, Gujarat Titans’ purse may be heating up. If reports are to be believed, the Gujarat team will not take any player from Mumbai in exchange for Hardik Pandya, but Mumbai will have to pay Rs 15 crore to the Gujarat team. Due to which Gujarat will have a good amount in its purse and the team can give stiff competition to other franchises for Pat Cummins.

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Under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya, the Gujarat team won the title in its debut season. After this this team also made its mark in IPL 2023. Hardik and company reached the final and took on Chennai. In the end, the Gujarat team was one step away from the trophy for the second time.

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