For the first eight games of the ongoing IPL season, Gujarat Titans lacked a cutting edge. It didn’t put up big totals and barely intimidated opponents as it oscillated between the sublime and the ordinary, winning four games and losing four.

But that was until Jason Holder arrived like a Swiss Army knife in the four-wicket victory over Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Thursday (April 30, 2026) — well-rounded, adaptable and the ideal combination of form and function.