IPL 2025: Rashid Khan to Replace Shubman Gill as Gujarat Titans Captain?

With their New Year's tweet implying a possible captaincy change ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2025) season, the Gujarat Titans (GT) have sparked intrigue. Regarding the captaincy change for the next IPL season, the Gujarat Titans, the 2022 IPL champions, gave a mysterious hint. Rashid Khan was seen gazing at a blank slate in GT's New Year's picture on the social media site "X," which had the tagline, “A clean slate. A new story.”

There are rumours that Rashid will take Shubman Gill's place as the team's captain as a result of this post.  Rashid was retained by GT for INR 18 crore ahead of the IPL 2025 auction, making him their highest-paid player. In contrast, Shubman Gill got paid Rs. 16.50 Cr.

Rashid Khan to take on a new role:

A clean slate. A new story. ✨#AavaDe pic.twitter.com/fNt319mJlP

— Gujarat Titans (@gujarat_titans) January 1, 2025

Rashid, a match-winner and one of the top T20 players in the world contributes a wealth of experience and leadership skills. In addition to having the honour of guiding GT twice, he has captained Afghanistan in international cricket. In the 2022 season, he made his IPL captaincy debut against CSK.

In Gujarat Titans podcast Rashid Khan said, "That was a special match as it was my first match as captain in IPL, and that too during Ramadan. I woke up at 3 am for Sehri. I got a message from Ashish Nehra, saying 'Khan sahab get ready. Hardik might not play as he is not well. There was excitement and pressure. It was a dream."

In order to strengthen their team, the Titans made audacious purchases at the IPL 2025 auction. Their batting lineup gained punch with the INR 15.75 crore acquisition of Jos Buttler, while the middle order was strengthened by the addition of young players like Nishant Sindhu and Kumar Kushagra. In terms of bowling, GT acquired all-rounder Washington Sundar along with elite pacers Mohammed Siraj and Kagiso Rabada.

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