What is the Playing 11 of Gujarat Titans? Is Gujarat a Team of Youngsters?

Defending champions Gujarat Titans performed well in the IPL 2023 auction. The prediction of playing 11 of Gujarat Titans would be fun to anticipate. Although they only gave up some redundant players, the auction not only covered those but also provided good players who will change Gujarat Titans strongest roster in IPL 2023.

Head coach Ashish Nehra believes the Gujarat Titans have built a “strong all-round squad”, but the achievement of the new IPL squad will rely on how well the players will gel with each other.
The former Indian walker was at the big auction alongside World Cup winner Gary Kirsten, who will distribute as the team’s mentor and batting coach.

Predicted playing 11 for Gujarat Titans in IPL 2023:

GT Predicted Playing 11:  Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Shubman Gill, Kane Williamson, Hardik Pandya (c), David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Odean Smith, Rashid Khan, Alzarri Joseph, Mohammed Shami, R. Sai Kishore.

Openers: Wriddhiman Saha & Shubman Gill.

Middle-order: Kane Williamson, Hardik Pandya & David Miller

Lower-order: Rahul Tewatia & Odean Smith

Bowlers: Rashid Khan, Shivam Mavi, Mohammed Shami & R. Sai Kishore

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Is Gujarat Titans a Team of youngsters?

GT former titleholder is all set to play their inaugural match of IPL 2023 against CSK. It would not be wrong to say that Gujarat is a team full of youngsters. Looking at the combination of teams it is a perfect balance of young blood and experienced players. IPL is a platform where we all witness the future of cricket.

Players like Shubman Gill, Shivam Mavi, Abhinav Sadarangani, Sai Sudarshan, Yash Dayal, Noor Ahmad, and Odean Smith are definitely future players for their respective countries. The average age of these players is between 17 to 28 years.

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Player Name	Country	Age	Role
Shubman Gill	India	23 years	Batsman
Sai Sudarshan	India	21 years	Batsman
Abhinav Sadarangani	India	28 years	Batsman
David Miller	South Africa	33 years	Batsman
Matthew Wade (wk)	Australia	34 years	WK-Batsman
Wriddhiman Saha (wk)	India	38 years	WK-Batsman
Rashid Khan	Afghanistan	24 years	Bowler
Darshan Nalkande	India	24 years	Bowler
Yash Dayal	India	25 years	Bowler
Pradeep Sangwan	India	32 years	Bowler
Alzarri Joseph	West Indies	26 years	Bowler
R Sai Kishore	India	26 years	Bowler
Noor Ahmad	Afghanistan	17 years	Bowler
Mohammed Shami	India	32 years	Bowler
Hardik Pandya	India	29 years	All-rounder
Vijay Shankar	India	31 years	All-rounder
Jayant Yadav	India	32 years	All-rounder
Rahul Tewatia	India	29 years	All-rounder
Kane Williamson	New Zealand	32 years	Batters
Odean Smith	West Indies	26 years	All-rounder
KS Bharat	India	29 years	Wicketkeeper
Shivam Mavi	India	24 years	Bowler
Urvil Patel	India	24 years	Batter
Josh Little	Ireland	23 years	Bowler
Mohit Sharma	India	34 years	Bowler

Sai Sudarshan who was with GT in the previous season had made alot of runs in the Vijay Hazare trophy this year, he was also one of the top 3 run makers and in TNPL also he performed very well. Abhinav and Yash had performed very fine in the debut season of GT. Shivam Mavi is also looking very promising as he also made his international debut for India this year.

Looking back at the squad of Gujarat Titans anyone can easily say it is a team of youngsters who has their own pros which is something every franchise wants and they serve as a great advantage. The environment of the team is going to be light and fun also the energy among the young players is what team management wants.