Gujarat Titans (GT) named Afghanistan’s younger keeper-batter Rahmanullah Gurbaz as a substitute for Jason Roy within the upcoming IPL 2022 match, and it has now been revealed that one among their shortlisted decisions was Australia’s Ben McDermott.
ESPNCricinfo reported that Gurbaz, 20, is picked at his base value of INR 50 lakhs for one season. Will probably be the primary IPL stint for the 20-year-old. He’ll be part of the Afghanistan pair of Rashid Khan and Noor Ahmad at Titans. Whereas Rashid had been acquired by the franchise pre-auction, Noor, who not too long ago featured within the Underneath-19 World Cup, was purchased on the public sale.
Gujarat Titans might be making their Indian Premier League debut together with Lucknow Tremendous Giants, needed to seek for a substitute after Jason Roy pulled out of the IPL 2022 citing household causes and bio-bubble fatigue. He was purchased by Titans on the public sale for his base value of INR 2 crores within the public sale.
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Rahmanullah Gurbaz has been chosen as a backup for Australian wicketkeeper-batter Matthew Wade, who’s more likely to open alongside Shubman Gill. It was additionally reported that Gurbaz was a part of the shortlist of contenders Titans thought of as Roy’s substitute.
The listing additionally included Australian batter Ben McDermott, who not too long ago hit his maiden T20I half-century throughout the dwelling sequence in opposition to Sri Lanka after having completed because the main run-scorer within the 2021-22 BBL. Nevertheless, he was not chosen as his availability was a hurdle.
In the meantime, Gurbaz has already gained a great deal of expertise throughout numerous leagues. He has performed for Multan Sultans and Islamabad United within the Pakistan Tremendous League (PSL), Khulna Tigers in Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), and Kandy Tuskers in Lanka Premier League (LPL).
Reviews additionally said that Titans’ administration opted for one more keeper-batter conserving in thoughts the continuing Wriddhiman Saha-Boria Majumdar controversy and so they needed to make certain of backups being out there in case one thing occurs.
Gujarat Titans squad for IPL 2022 season:
Hardik Pandya (c), Rashid Khan, Shubman Gill, Mohammed Shami, Jason Roy, Lockie Ferguson, Abhinav Sadarangani, Rahul Tewatia, Noor Ahmed, Sai Kishore, Vijay Shankar, Jayant Yadav, Dominic Drakes, Darshan Nalkande, Yash Dayal, Alzarri Joseph, Pradeep Sangwan, David Miller, Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade, Varun Aaron, B Sai Sudharshan.
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