2023 Gujarat Titans season

Gujarat Titans

2023 season
Coach	Ashish Nehra
Captain	Hardik Pandya
Ground(s)	Narendra Modi Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
2023 Indian Premier League	Runners-up
Most runs	Shubman Gill (890)
Most wickets	Mohammed Shami (28)
← 2022 2024 →

The 2023 season was the 2nd season for the Indian Premier League franchise Gujarat Titans. They were one of ten teams to compete in the 2023 Indian Premier League. The side have won the IPL title once before.

Background

Team anthem

The team anthem used to be 'Aava De'. In the first 2022 IPL season, the song was sung by Aditya Gadhvi.

Home ground

The team's home ground is Narendra Modi Stadium, which is situated in Motera, Gujarat. ^[1]

Seasons

Year	League table standing	Final standing
2022	1st out of 10	Champions
2023	1st out of 10	Runners-up

Squad

• Players with international caps are listed in bold
• Ages given as of 31 March 2023, the first match of the season

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Signed year	Salary	Notes
Batters
9	Rahul Tewatia	India	(1993-05-20)20 May 1993 (aged 29)	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	2022	₹9 crore (US$1.0 million)
7	Shubman Gill	India	(1999-09-08)8 September 1999 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2022	₹8 crore (US$920,000)
10	David Miller	South Africa	(1989-06-10)10 June 1989 (aged 33)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2022	₹3 crore (US$350,000)	Overseas
18	Abhinav Manohar	India	(1994-09-16)16 September 1994 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2022	₹2.6 crore (US$300,000)
23	Sai Sudharsan	India	(2001-10-15)15 October 2001 (aged 21)	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	2022	₹20 lakh (US$23,000)
	Kane Williamson	New Zealand	(1990-08-08)8 August 1990 (aged 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2023	₹2 crore (US$230,000)	Overseas
	Urvil Patel	India	(1998-10-17)17 October 1998 (aged 24)	Right-handed	–	2023	₹20 lakh (US$23,000)
	Dasun Shanaka	Sri Lanka	(1991-09-09)9 September 1991 (aged 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2023	–	Overseas Replacement for Kane Williamson
Wicket-keepers
6	Wriddhiman Saha	India	(1984-10-24)24 October 1984 (aged 38)	Right-handed	–	2022	₹1.9 crore (US$220,000)
13	Matthew Wade	Australia	(1987-12-26)26 December 1987 (aged 35)	Left-handed	–	2022	₹2.4 crore (US$280,000)	Overseas
14	K. S. Bharat	India	(1993-10-03)3 October 1993 (aged 29)	Right-handed	–	2023	₹1.2 crore (US$140,000)
All-rounders
59	Vijay Shankar	India	(1991-01-26)26 January 1991 (aged 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2022	₹1.4 crore (US$160,000)
33	Hardik Pandya	India	(1993-10-11)11 October 1993 (aged 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2022	₹15 crore (US$1.7 million)	Captain
Spin bowlers
19	Rashid Khan	Afghanistan	(1998-09-20)20 September 1998 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2022	₹15 crore (US$1.7 million)	Overseas,
1	Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore	India	(1996-11-06)6 November 1996 (aged 26)	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox	2022	₹3 crore (US$350,000)
22	Jayant Yadav	India	(1990-01-20)20 January 1990 (aged 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break	2022	₹1.7 crore (US$200,000)
15	Noor Ahmad	Afghanistan	(2005-01-03)3 January 2005 (aged 18)	Right-handed	Left-arm unorthodox	2022	₹30 lakh (US$35,000)	Overseas
Pace bowlers
11	Mohammed Shami	India	(1990-09-03)3 September 1990 (aged 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2022	₹6.25 crore (US$720,000)
133	Yash Dayal	India	(1997-12-13)13 December 1997 (aged 25)	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2022	₹3.20 crore (US$370,000)
8	Alzarri Joseph	West Indies	(1996-11-20)20 November 1996 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast medium	2022	₹2.4 crore (US$280,000)	Overseas
12	Pradeep Sangwan	India	(1990-11-05)5 November 1990 (aged 32)	Right-handed	Left-arm medium	2022	₹20 lakh (US$23,000)
04	Darshan Nalkande	India	(1998-10-04)4 October 1998 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2022	₹20 lakh (US$23,000)
	Shivam Mavi	India	(1998-11-26)26 November 1998 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2023	₹6 crore (US$690,000)
82	Josh Little	Ireland	(1999-11-01)1 November 1999 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2023	₹4.4 crore (US$510,000)	Overseas
27	Mohit Sharma	India	(1988-09-18)18 September 1988 (aged 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2023	₹50 lakh (US$58,000)
	Odean Smith	West Indies	(1996-11-01)1 November 1996 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2023	₹50 lakh (US$58,000)	Overseas

• Source: Gujarat Titans ^[2]

Administration and support staff

Position	Name
COO	Arvinder Singh
Team manager	Satyajit Parab
Director of cricket	Vikram Solanki
Head coach	Ashish Nehra
Assistant coach	Mithun Manhas
Assistant coach	Narender Negi
Batting coach and mentor	Gary Kirsten
Spin bowling coach and scout	Aashish Kapoor
Head physiotherapist	Rohit Sawalkar

• Source: Gujarat Titans ^[2]

Points table

Pos	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	B	Gujarat Titans (R)	14	10	4	0	20	0.809	Advanced to Qualifier 1
2	B	Chennai Super Kings (C)	14	8	5	1	17	0.652
3	A	Lucknow Super Giants (4th)	14	8	5	1	17	0.284	Advanced to Eliminator
4	A	Mumbai Indians (3rd)	14	8	6	0	16	−0.044
5	A	Rajasthan Royals	14	7	7	0	14	0.148
6	B	Royal Challengers Bangalore	14	7	7	0	14	0.135
7	A	Kolkata Knight Riders	14	6	8	0	12	−0.239
8	B	Punjab Kings	14	6	8	0	12	−0.304
9	A	Delhi Capitals	14	5	9	0	10	−0.808
10	B	Sunrisers Hyderabad	14	4	10	0	8	−0.590

Source: Indian Premier League ^[3]

The four top-ranked teams will qualify for the Playoffs.
  Advance to Qualifier 1
  Advance to Eliminator

League stage

All times are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30).

The schedule for the group stages was published on 17 February 2023. ^[4]

Matches

Match 1 31 March 2023 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Chennai Super Kings 178/7 (20 overs)	v	Gujarat Titans (H) 182/5 (19.2 overs)
Ruturaj Gaikwad 92 (50) Rashid Khan 2/26 (4 overs)		Shubman Gill 63 (36) Rajvardhan Hangargekar 3/36 (4 overs)

Gujarat Titans won by 5 wickets Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: Saiyed Khalid (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match: Rashid Khan (Gujarat Titans)

• Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to field.
• Impact Player Subs: Tushar Deshpande for Ambati Rayudu (Chennai Super Kings) and Sai Sudharsan for Kane Williamson (Gujarat Titans).

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Match 7 4 April 2023 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Delhi Capitals (H) 162/8 (20 overs)	v	Gujarat Titans 163/4 (18.1 overs)
David Warner 37 (32) Rashid Khan 3/31 (4 overs)		Sai Sudharsan 62* (48) Anrich Nortje 2/39 (4 overs)

Gujarat Titans won by 6 wickets Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Sadashiv Iyer (Ind) and Nand Kishore (Ind) Player of the match: Sai Sudharsan (Gujarat Titans)

• Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to field.
• Impact player Subs: Khaleel Ahmed for Sarfaraz Khan (Delhi Capitals) and Vijay Shankar for Josh Little (Gujarat Titans).

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Match 13 9 April 2023 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Gujarat Titans (H) 204/4 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 207/7 (20 overs)
Vijay Shankar 63* (24) Sunil Narine 3/33 (4 overs)		Rinku Singh 48* (21) Rashid Khan 3/37 (4 overs)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 3 wickets Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Tapan Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Rinku Singh (Kolkata Knight Riders)

• Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to bat.
• Impact player subs: Josh Little for Sai Sudharshan (Gujarat Titans) and Venkatesh Iyer for Suyash Sharma (Kolkata Knight Riders)

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Match 18 13 April 2023 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Punjab Kings (H) 153/8 (20 overs)	v	Gujarat Titans 154/4 (19.5 overs)
Matt Short 36 (24) Mohit Sharma 2/18 (4 overs)		Shubman Gill 67 (49) Harpreet Brar 1/20 (4 overs)

Gujarat Titans won by 6 wickets Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium, Mohali Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Akshay Totre (Ind) Player of the match: Mohit Sharma (Gujarat Titans)

• Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 23 16 April 2023 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Gujarat Titans (H) 177/7 (20 overs)	v	Rajasthan Royals 179/7 (19.2 overs)
David Miller 46 (30) Sandeep Sharma 2/25 (4 overs)		Sanju Samson 60 (32) Mohammed Shami 3/25 (4 overs)

Rajasthan Royals won by 3 wickets Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ) Player of the match: Shimron Hetmyer (Rajasthan Royals)

• Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 30 22 April 2023 15:30 (N) Scorecard

Gujarat Titans 135/6 (20 overs)	v	Lucknow Super Giants (H) 128/7 (20 overs)
Hardik Pandya 66 (50) Krunal Pandya 2/16 (4 overs)		KL Rahul 68 (61) Mohit Sharma 2/17 (3 overs)

Gujarat Titans won by 7 runs BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow Umpires: Akshay Totre (Ind) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Mohit Sharma (Gujarat Titans)

• Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to bat.
• Impact Player subs: Prerak Mankad for Amit Mishra (Lucknow Super Giants) and Jayant Yadav for Shubman Gill (Gujarat Titans)

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Match 35 25 April 2023 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Gujarat Titans (H) 207/6 (20 overs)	v	Mumbai Indians 152/9 (20 overs)
Shubman Gill 56 (34) Piyush Chawla 2/34 (4 overs)		Nehal Wadhera 40 (21) Noor Ahmed 3/37 (4 overs)

Gujarat Titans won by 55 runs Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Nand Kishore (Ind) Player of the match: Abhinav Manohar (Gujarat Titans)

• Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
• Impact Player subs: Josh Little for Shubman Gill (Gujarat Titans) and Tilak Varma for Kumar Kartikeya (Mumbai Indians)

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Match 39 29 April 2023 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Kolkata Knight Riders (H) 179/7 (20 overs)	v	Gujarat Titans 180/3 (17.5 overs)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz 81 (39) Mohammed Shami 3/33 (4 overs)		Vijay Shankar 51* (24) Sunil Narine 1/24 (3 overs)

Gujarat Titans won by 7 wickets Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Nikhil Patwardhan (Ind) Player of the match: Josh Little (Gujarat Titans)

• Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to field.
• Impact Player subs: Suyash Sharma for Venkatesh Iyer (Kolkata Knight Riders) and Shubman Gill for Mohit Sharma (Gujarat Titans)

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Match 44 2 May 2023 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Delhi Capitals 130/8 (20 overs)	v	Gujarat Titans (H) 125/6 (20 overs)
Aman Hakim Khan 51 (44) Mohammed Shami 4/11 (4 overs)		Hardik Pandya 59* (53) Ishant Sharma 2/23 (4 overs)

Delhi Capitals won by 5 runs Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: Michael Gough (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind) Player of the match: Mohammed Shami (Gujarat Titans

• Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to bat.
• Impact Player subs: Khaleel Ahmed for Priyam Garg (Delhi Capitals) and Shubman Gill for Mohit Sharma (Gujarat Titans)

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Match 48 5 May 2023 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Rajasthan Royals (H) 118 (17.5 overs)	v	Gujarat Titans 119/1 (13.5 overs)
Sanju Samson 30 (20) Rashid Khan 3/14 (4 overs)		Wriddhiman Saha 41* (34) Yuzvendra Chahal 1/22 (3.5)

Gujarat Titans won by 9 wickets Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: Saiyed Khalid (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Rashid Khan (Gujarat Titans)

• Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
• Impact Player subs: Riyan Parag for Yashasvi Jaiswal (Rajasthan Royals) and Shubman Gill for Mohit Sharma (Gujarat Titans)

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Match 51 7 May 2023 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Gujarat Titans (H) 227/2 (20 overs)	v	Lucknow Super Giants 171/7 (20 overs)
Shubman Gill 94* (51) Avesh Khan 1/34 (4 overs)		Quinton de Kock 70 (41) Mohit Sharma 4/29 (4 overs)

Gujarat Titans won by 56 runs Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Nand Kishore (Ind) Player of the match: Shubman Gill (Gujarat Titans)

• Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 57 12 May 2023 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Mumbai Indians (H) 218/5 (20 overs)	v	Gujarat Titans 191/8 (20 overs)
Suryakumar Yadav 103* (49) Rashid Khan 4/30 (4 overs)		Rashid Khan 79* (32) Akash Madhwal 3/31 (4 overs)

Mumbai Indians won by 27 runs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Tapan Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Suryakumar Yadav (Mumbai Indians)

• Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to field.
• Impact Player subs: Akash Madhwal for Vishnu Vinod (Mumbai Indians) and Shubman Gill for Mohit Sharma (Gujarat Titans)

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Match 62 15 May 2023 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Gujarat Titans (H) 188/9 (20 overs)	v	Sunrisers Hyderabad 154/9 (20 overs)
Shubman Gill 101 (58) Bhuvneshwar Kumar 5/30 (4 overs)		Heinrich Klaasen 64 (44) Mohammed Shami 4/21 (4 overs)

Gujarat Titans won by 34 runs Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) Player of the match: Shubman Gill (Gujarat Titans)

• Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
• Impact Player Subs: Shubman Gill for Yash Dayal (Gujarat Titans) and Anmolpreet Singh for T. Natarajan (Sunrisers Hyderabad)

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Match 70 21 May 2023 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Royal Challengers Bangalore (H)	v	Gujarat Titans

M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind)

Playoffs

The full schedule for the playoffs was announced on 21 April 2023. ^[5]

Qualifier 1 / Eliminator

Qualifier 2

Final

23 May 2023 - Chennai

29 May 2023 - Ahmedabad

1

Gujarat Titans

157 (20 overs)

Q1W

Chennai Super Kings

171/5 (15 overs)

2

Chennai Super Kings

172/7 (20 overs)

26 May 2023 - Ahmedabad

Q2W

Gujarat Titans

214/4 (20 overs)

Q1L

Gujarat Titans

233/3 (20 overs)

24 May 2023 - Chennai

EW

Mumbai Indians

171 (18.2 overs)

3

Lucknow Super Giants

101 (16.3 overs)

4

Mumbai Indians

182/8 (20 overs)

Qualifier 1

23 May 2023 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Chennai Super Kings 172/7 (20 overs)	v	Gujarat Titans 157 (20 overs)
Ruturaj Gaikwad 60 (44) Mohammed Shami 2/28 (4 overs)		Shubman Gill 42 (38) Ravindra Jadeja 2/18 (4 overs)

Chennai Super Kings won by 15 runs M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ) Player of the match: Ruturaj Gaikwad (Chennai Super Kings)

• Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to field.
• Chennai Super Kings qualified for the final for the 10th time in IPL history. ^[6]

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Eliminator

24 May 2023 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Mumbai Indians 182/8 (20 overs)	v	Lucknow Super Giants 101 (16.3 overs)
Cameron Green 41 (23) Naveen-ul-Haq 4/38 (4 overs)		Marcus Stoinis 40 (27) Akash Madhwal 5/5 (3.3 overs)

Mumbai Indians won by 81 runs M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Akash Madhwal (Mumbai Indians)

• Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat.

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Qualifier 2

26 May 2023 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Gujarat Titans 233/3 (20 overs)	v	Mumbai Indians 171 (18.2 overs)
Shubman Gill 129 (60) Piyush Chawla 1/45 (3 overs)		Suryakumar Yadav 61 (38) Mohit Sharma 5/10 (2.2 overs)

Gujarat Titans won by 62 runs Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Shubman Gill (Gujarat Titans)

• Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
• Shubman Gill (Gujarat Titans) made the highest individual score of 129 runs from 60 balls in IPL Playoffs.
• Gujarat Titans's total was the highest score in IPL Playoffs.

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Final

Main article: 2023 Indian Premier League final

29-30 May 2023 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Gujarat Titans 214/4 (20 overs)	v	Chennai Super Kings 171/5 (15 overs)
Sai Sudharsan 96 (47) Matheesha Pathirana 2/44 (4 overs)		Devon Conway 47 (25) Mohit Sharma 3/36 (3 overs)

Chennai Super Kings won by 5 wickets (DLS method) Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Devon Conway (Chennai Super Kings)

• Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was originally scheduled to be held on 28 May 2023, but it was shifted to 29 May 2023 and ended on 30th May 2023 at 01:35 IST due to rain. Thus, becoming the longest ever IPL final. ^{[7] [8]}
• Chennai Super Kings were set a revised target of 171 runs from 15 overs due to rain.
• By winning in the final, Chennai Super Kings equaled Mumbai Indians for winning the most IPL trophies (5). ^[9]

Road to final

League progression

Team	Group matches														Playoffs
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Q1/E	Q2	F
Gujarat Titans	2	4	4	6	6	8	10	12	12	14	16	16	18	20	L	W	L

Win

Loss

No result

• Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.
• Note: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (playoffs) to see the match summary.

References

1. "Gujarat Titans to host its inaugural event at World's Largest Cricket Stadium in Ahmedabad on March 13". Times Now. 11 March 2022.
2. GT Players, Gujarat Titans.
3. "2023 Indian Premier League Points table". Indian Premier League . Retrieved 15 March 2024.
4. "BCCI Announces Schedule For TATA IPL 2023". IPLT20.com. Indian Premier League. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
5. "BCCI announces schedule and venue details for TATA IPL 2023 Playoffs and Final". iplt20.com. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
6. "CSK squeeze the Titans to enter their tenth IPL final". ESPNcricinfo. 23 May 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
7. "CSK vs GT IPL 2023 final moved to reserve day; title winner to be decided on Monday". SportStar. Archived from the original on 29 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
8. "'Longest Ever IPL Final' Fans React As Rain 'Stretches' CSK vs GT IPL 2023 Final to 'Three Days'". LatestLY. 30 May 2023. Archived from the original on 29 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
9. "Stats - Dhoni equals Rohit, CSK level with Mumbai Indians". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 30 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.

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External links

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