2022 Gujarat Titans season

The 2022 season was the first season in the Indian Premier League for the Gujarat Titans franchise. They were one of ten teams to compete in the 2022 Indian Premier League. The team was coached by Ashish Nehra and captained by Hardik Pandya.

Gujarat Titans

2022 season
Coach	Ashish Nehra
Captain	Hardik Pandya
Ground(s)	Narendra Modi Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
2022 Indian Premier League	Champions
Most runs	Hardik Pandya (487)
Most wickets	Mohammed Shami (20)
2023 →

Background

As a new franchise the team added three players ahead of the 2022 mega-auction.^[1]

Picked

Hardik Pandya, Rashid Khan, Shubman Gill

Acquired during the auction

Mohammed Shami, Jason Roy, Lockie Ferguson, Abhinav Sadarangani, Rahul Tewatia, Noor Ahmad, R Sai Kishore, Dominic Drakes, Jayant Yadav, Vijay Shankar, Darshan Nalkande, Yash Dayal, Alzarri Joseph, Pradeep Sangwan, David Miller, Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade, Gurkeerat Singh, Varun Aaron, B Sai Sudharshan

Squad

• Players with international caps are listed in bold.
• Squad strength: 23 (15 - Indian, 8 - overseas)

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Year signed	Salary	Notes
Captain
33	Hardik Pandya	India	(1993-10-11)11 October 1993 (aged 28)	Right-Handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2022	₹15 crore (US$1.8 million)
Batters
07	Shubman Gill	India	(1999-09-08)8 September 1999 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2022	₹8 crore (US$950,000)
10	David Miller	South Africa	(1989-06-10)10 June 1989 (aged 32)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2022	₹3 crore (US$350,000)	Overseas
17	Gurkeerat Singh	India	(1990-06-29)29 June 1990 (aged 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break	2022	₹50 lakh (US$59,000)
23	B Sai Sudharsan	India	(2001-10-15)15 October 2001 (aged 20)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2022	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
67	Jason Roy	England	(1990-07-21)21 July 1990 (aged 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2022	₹2 crore (US$240,000)	Overseas[2]
All-rounders
09	Rahul Tewatia	India	(1993-05-20)20 May 1993 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2022	₹9 crore (US$1.1 million)
18	Abhinav Sadarangani	India	(1994-09-16)16 September 1994 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2022	₹2.60 crore (US$310,000)
46	Vijay Shankar	India	(1991-01-26)26 January 1991 (aged 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2022	₹1.40 crore (US$170,000)
48	Dominic Drakes	West Indies	(1998-02-06)6 February 1998 (aged 24)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2022	₹1.10 crore (US$130,000)	Overseas
Wicket-keepers
6	Wriddhiman Saha	India	(1984-10-24)24 October 1984 (aged 37)	Right-handed	-	2022	₹1.90 crore (US$220,000)
13	Matthew Wade	Australia	(1987-12-26)26 December 1987 (aged 34)	Left-handed	-	2022	₹2.40 crore (US$280,000)	Overseas
16	Rahmanullah Gurbaz	Afghanistan	(2001-11-28)28 November 2001 (aged 20)	Right-handed	-	2022	₹50 lakh (US$59,000)	Overseas Replacement for Jason Roy[3]
Spin Bowlers
01	Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore	India	(1996-11-06)6 November 1996 (aged 25)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2022	₹3 crore (US$350,000)
15	Noor Ahmad	Afghanistan	(2005-01-03)3 January 2005 (aged 17)	Right-handed	Left-arm Unorthodox Spin	2022	₹30 lakh (US$35,000)	Overseas
19	Rashid Khan	Afghanistan	(1998-09-20)20 September 1998 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2022	₹15 crore (US$1.8 million)	Overseas and vice captain
22	Jayant Yadav	India	(1990-01-20)20 January 1990 (aged 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break	2022	₹1.70 crore (US$200,000)
Pace Bowlers
04	Darshan Nalkande	India	(1998-10-04)4 October 1998 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2022	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
8	Alzarri Joseph	West Indies	(1996-11-20)20 November 1996 (aged 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast medium	2022	₹2.40 crore (US$280,000)	Overseas
11	Mohammed Shami	India	(1990-09-03)3 September 1990 (aged 31)	Right-handed	Right arm fast	2022	₹6.25 crore (US$740,000)
12	Pradeep Sangwan	India	(1990-11-05)5 November 1990 (aged 31)	Right-handed	Left arm fast-medium	2022	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
69	Lockie Ferguson	New Zealand	(1991-06-13)13 June 1991 (aged 30)	Right-handed	Right arm fast	2022	₹10 crore (US$1.2 million)	Overseas
77	Varun Aaron	India	(1989-10-29)29 October 1989 (aged 32)	Right-handed	Right arm fast	2022	₹50 lakh (US$59,000)
133	Yash Dayal	India	(1997-12-13)13 December 1997 (aged 24)	Left-handed	Left arm fast	2022	₹3.20 crore (US$380,000)
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Administration and support staff

Position	Name
Director of cricket	Vikram Solanki
Head coach	Ashish Nehra
Batting coach and mentor	Gary Kirsten
Spin bowling coach and scout	Aashish Kapoor

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (chest) Shirt sponsor (back) Chest branding EM Sports Ather Energy BKT Capri Global Source :

T20 uniform

Points table

Pos	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	B	Gujarat Titans (C)	14	10	4	0	20	0.316	Advanced to Qualifier 1
2	A	Rajasthan Royals (R)	14	9	5	0	18	0.298
3	A	Lucknow Super Giants (4th)	14	9	5	0	18	0.251	Advanced to Eliminator
4	B	Royal Challengers Bangalore (3rd)	14	8	6	0	16	−0.253
5	A	Delhi Capitals	14	7	7	0	14	0.204
6	B	Punjab Kings	14	7	7	0	14	0.126
7	A	Kolkata Knight Riders	14	6	8	0	12	0.146
8	B	Sunrisers Hyderabad	14	6	8	0	12	−0.379
9	B	Chennai Super Kings	14	4	10	0	8	−0.203
10	A	Mumbai Indians	14	4	10	0	8	−0.506

Source: IPLT20.com
(C) Champions; (R) Runners-up

The four top-ranked teams qualified for the playoffs.

Group fixtures

Match 4 28 March 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Lucknow Super Giants 158/6 (20 overs)	v	Gujarat Titans 161/5 (19.4 overs)
Deepak Hooda 55 (41) Mohammed Shami 3/25 (4 overs)		Rahul Tewatia 40* (24) Dushmantha Chameera 2/22 (3 overs)

Gujarat Titans won by 5 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Pashchim Pathak (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Mohammed Shami (Gujarat Titans)

• Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 10 2 April 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Gujarat Titans 171/6 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Capitals 157/9 (20 overs)
Shubman Gill 84 (46) Mustafizur Rahman 3/23 (4 overs)		Rishabh Pant 43 (29) Lockie Ferguson 4/28 (4 overs)

Gujarat Titans won by 14 runs MCA International Stadium, Pune Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) Player of the match: Lockie Ferguson (Gujarat Titans)

• Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 16 8 April 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Punjab Kings 189/9 (20 overs)	v	Gujarat Titans 190/4 (20 overs)
Liam Livingstone 64 (27) Rashid Khan 3/22 (4 overs)		Shubman Gill 96 (59) Kagiso Rabada 2/35 (4 overs)

Gujarat Titans won by 6 wickets Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Shubman Gill (Gujarat Titans)

• Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 21 11 April 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Sunrisers Hyderabad 168/2 (19.1 overs)	v	Gujarat Titans 162/7 (20 overs)
Kane Williamson 57 (46) Hardik Pandya 1/27 (4 overs)		Hardik Pandya 50* (42) T. Natarajan 2/34 (4 overs)

Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 8 wickets DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai Umpires: Chirra Ravikanthreddy (Ind) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Kane Williamson (Sunrisers Hyderabad)

• Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 24 14 April 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Gujarat Titans 192/4 (20 overs)	v	Rajasthan Royals 155/9 (20 overs)
Hardik Pandya 87* (52) Riyan Parag 1/12 (1 over)		Jos Buttler 54 (24) Lockie Ferguson 3/23 (4 overs)

Gujarat Titans won by 37 runs DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Rohan Pandit (Ind) Player of the match: Hardik Pandya (Gujarat Titans)

• Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 29 17 April 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Chennai Super Kings 169/5 (20 overs)	v	Gujarat Titans 170/7 (19.5 overs)
Ruturaj Gaikwad 73 (48) Alzarri Joseph 2/34 (4 overs)		David Miller 94* (51) Dwayne Bravo 3/23 (4 overs)

Gujarat Titans won by 3 wickets MCA International Stadium, Pune Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) Player of the match: David Miller (Gujarat Titans)

• Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to field

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Match 35 23 April 2022 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Gujarat Titans 156/9 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 148/8 (20 overs)
Hardik Pandya 67 (49) Andre Russell 4/5 (1 over)		Andre Russell 48 (25) Mohammed Shami 2/20 (4 overs)

Gujarat Titans won by 8 runs DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) Player of the match: Rashid Khan (Gujarat Titans)

• Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to bat.

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Match 40 27 April 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Sunrisers Hyderabad 195/6 (20 overs)	v	Gujarat Titans 199/5 (20 overs)
Abhishek Sharma 65 (42) Mohammed Shami 3/39 (4 overs)		Wriddhiman Saha 68 (38) Umran Malik 5/25 (4 overs)

Gujarat Titans won by 5 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Navdeep Singh (Ind) Player of the match: Umran Malik (Sunrisers Hyderabad)

• Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to field.
• Umran Malik (Sunrisers Hyderabad) took his first five-wicket haul.^[4]

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Match 43 30 April 2022 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Royal Challengers Bangalore 170/6 (20 overs)	v	Gujarat Titans 174/4 (19.3 overs)
Virat Kohli 58 (53) Pradeep Sangwan 2/19 (4 overs)		Rahul Tewatia 43* (25) Shahbaz Ahmed 2/26 (3 overs)

Gujarat Titans won by 6 wickets Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Saiyed Khalid (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Rahul Tewatia (Gujarat Titans)

• Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat.

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Match 48 3 May 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Gujarat Titans 143/8 (20 overs)	v	Punjab Kings 145/2 (16 overs)
Sai Sudharsan 65* (50) Kagiso Rabada 4/33 (4 overs)		Shikhar Dhawan 62* (53) Lockie Ferguson 1/29 (3 overs)

Punjab Kings won by 8 wickets DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai Umpires: Rohan Pandit (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Kagiso Rabada (Punjab Kings)

• Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to bat.

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Match 51 6 May 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Mumbai Indians 177/6 (20 overs)	v	Gujarat Titans 172/5 (20 overs)
Ishan Kishan 45 (29) Rashid Khan 2/24 (4 overs)		Wriddhiman Saha 55 (40) Murugan Ashwin 2/29 (4 overs)

Mumbai Indians won by 5 runs Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Sadashiv Iyer (Ind) and Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) Player of the match: Tim David (Mumbai Indians)

• Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 57 10 May 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Gujarat Titans 144/4 (20 overs)	v	Lucknow Super Giants 82 (13.5 overs)
Shubman Gill 63* (49) Avesh Khan 2/26 (4 overs)		Deepak Hooda 27 (26) Rashid Khan 4/24 (3.5 overs)

Gujarat Titans won by 62 runs MCA International Stadium, Pune Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Michael Gough (Eng) Player of the match: Shubman Gill (Gujarat Titans)

• Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to bat.
• Gujarat Titans qualified for the playoffs as a result of this match.^[5]

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Match 62 15 May 2022 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Chennai Super Kings 133/5 (20 overs)	v	Gujarat Titans 137/3 (19.1 overs)
Ruturaj Gaikwad 53 (49) Mohammed Shami 2/19 (4 overs)		Wriddhiman Saha 67* (57) Matheesha Pathirana 2/24 (3.1 overs)

Gujarat Titans won by 7 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Rohan Pandit (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Wriddhiman Saha (Gujarat Titans)

• Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.

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Match 67 19 May 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Gujarat Titans 168/5 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore 170/2 (18.4 overs)
Hardik Pandya 62* (47) Josh Hazlewood 2/39 (4 overs)		Virat Kohli 73 (54) Rashid Khan 2/32 (4 overs)

Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 8 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Sadashiv Iyer (Ind) Player of the match: Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

• Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to bat.
• Punjab Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad were eliminated as a result of this match.^[6]

Playoffs

Preliminary

Qualifier 1

24 May 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Rajasthan Royals 188/6 (20 overs)	v	Gujarat Titans 191/3 (19.3 overs)
Jos Buttler 89 (56) Hardik Pandya 1/14 (2 overs)		David Miller 68* (38) Trent Boult 1/38 (4 overs)

Gujarat Titans won by 7 wickets Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: David Miller (Gujarat Titans)

• Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to field.

Final

Main article: 2022 Indian Premier League final

29 May 2022 20:00 (N) Scorecard

Gujarat Titans 133/3 (18.1 overs)	v	Rajasthan Royals 130/9 (20 overs)
Shubman Gill 45* (43) Trent Boult 1/14 (4 overs)		Jos Buttler 39 (35) Hardik Pandya 3/17 (4 overs)

Gujarat Titans won by 7 wickets Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match: Hardik Pandya (Gujarat Titans)

• Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.