Gujarat Titans Schedule IPL 2025: One-time champion Gujarat Titans will be entering the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season under the leadership of newly-appointed India ODI vice-captain Shubman Gill, and aim to return to the playoff stage. After winning in their first season – and reaching two finals in two years – GT could manage only an eighth-place finish in 2024. Gujarat also kept Rashid Khan, B Sai Sudharsan, Rahul Tewatia and Shahrukh Khan in the retentions, and bought big names like Jos Buttler and Kagiso Rabada in the mega auction.

Here is Gujarat Titans’ IPL 2025 schedule in full:

March 25 – GT vs PBKS – Ahmedabad – 7:30 PM

March 29 – GT vs MI – Ahmedabad – 7:30 PM

April 2 – RCB vs GT – Bengaluru – 7:30 PM

April 6 – SRH vs GT – Hyderabad – 7:30 PM

April 9 – GT vs RR – Ahmedabad – 7:30 PM

April 12 – LSG vs GT – Lucknow – 3:30 PM

April 19 – GT vs DC – Ahmedabad – 3:30 PM

April 21 – KKR vs GT – Kolkata – 7:30 PM

April 28 – RR vs GT – Jaipur – 7:30 PM

May 2 – GT vs SRH – Ahmedabad – 7:30 PM

May 6 – MI vs GT – Mumbai – 7:30 PM

May 11 – DC vs GT – Delhi – 7:30 PM

May 14 – GT vs LSG – Ahmedabad – 7:30 PM

May 18 – GT vs CSK – Ahmedabad – 3:30 PM

GT IPL 2025 Squad: Rashid Khan, Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan, Kagiso Rabada (Rs. 10.75 crore), Jos Buttler (Rs. 15.75 crore). Mohammed Siraj (Rs. 12.25 crore), Prasidh Krishna (Rs. 9.50 crore), Nishant Sindhu (Rs. 30 lakh), Mahipal Lomror (Rs. 1.70 crore), Kumar Kushagra (Rs. 65 lakh), Anuj Rawat (Rs. 30 lakh), Manav Suthar (Rs. 30 lakh), Washington Sundar (Rs. 3.20 crore), Gerald Coetzee (Rs. 2.40 crore), Arshad Khan (Rs. 1.30 crore), Gurnoor Brar (Rs. 1.30 crore), Sherfane Rutherford (Rs. 2.60 crore), Sai Kishore (Rs. 2 crore), Ishant Sharma (Rs. 75 lakh), Jayant Yadav (Rs. 75 lakh), Glenn Phillips (Rs. 2 crore), Karim Janat (Rs. 75 lakh), Kulwant Khejroliya (Rs. 30 lakh).

The IPL 2025 auction will be held on November 24 and 25 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The IPL player registration officially closed on November 4, 2024, with an impressive total of 1,574 players (1,165 Indian and 409 overseas) signing up to be part of the mega IPL 2025 Player Auction. The list includes 320 capped players, 1,224 uncapped players, and 30 players from Associate Nations. The detailed player breakdown is as follows: Capped Indians (48 players), Capped Internationals (272 players), Uncapped Indians who were a part of previous IPL seasons (152 players), Uncapped Internationals who were a part of previous IPL seasons (3 players), Uncapped Indians (965 players), Uncapped Internationals (104 players).

With each franchise able to fill a maximum squad of 25 players, 204 slots will be up for grabs at the IPL 2025 Player Auction.

The country-wise breakdown of overseas players who have signed up are as follow – South Africa – 91, Australia – 76, England – 52, New Zealand – 39, West Indies 33, Afghanistan – 29, Sri Lanka – 29, Bangladesh – 13, Netherlands – 12, USA – 10, Ireland – 9, Zimbabwe – 8, Canada – 4, Scotland – 2, UAE – 1, Italy – 1.

IPL 2025 Auction is set to be a mega one with high profile India stars like Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer and Arshdeep Singh set to go under the hammer. The 10 franchises will collectively have around Rs 641.5 crore to spend for maximum 204 slots that are available. Out of those 204 slots, 70 are earmarked for overseas players. As of now, 46 players have been retained by the 10 franchises with cumulative expenditure of Rs 558.5 crore.

Each franchise was allocated Rs 120 crore to build its squad but after the retention process, which was announced on October 31, Punjab Kings have the biggest purse — Rs 110.5 crore.

The Punjab outfit retained just two uncapped players — Shashank Singh and Prabhsimran Singh for Rs 9.5 crore.

Rajasthan Royals, under Sanju Samson, have the smallest purse of Rs 41 crore after retaining six players.

(With PTI Inputs)

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