The IPL 2024 season is slowly moving towards its last stage. Three teams have qualified for the playoffs, while the match for the remaining one spot will be played between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore on May 18. Meanwhile, this season the Gujarat Titans team disappointed the fans with its poor performance. Gujarat Titans team could win only 5 out of 14 matches in their league stage this season, while they had to face crushing defeat in 7 matches. Their last two matches were canceled due to rain. Due to which his team had to end the season with 12 points, but amidst all this the question is, what happened this season with the finalist team of the last two seasons and the champion of the year 2022, Gujarat Titans, that this time they Couldn’t even qualify for the playoffs.
Did Hardik’s departure cause any loss to the team?
Gujarat Titans team made its entry in a big tournament like IPL for the first time in the year 2022. Where Hardik Pandya was given the captaincy of the team and under the leadership of Hardik, the team performed brilliantly. Where his team finished on top of the points table after the league stage. Apart from this, he also became the champion, after this his excellent performance continued in the next season i.e. in the year 2023 and he once again finished on top after the league stage. However, in the final match they had to face defeat in a close match against Chennai Super Kings. Within two years, Gujarat Titans did something amazing which many teams in the IPL could not do in the last 16 years. Everything was going well for Gujarat, but then suddenly, just before the auction for IPL 2024, the management of Gujarat Titans took a big decision and released Hardik Pandya.
After the release of Hardik Pandya, the biggest question before Gujarat Titans was who should be given the captaincy of the team. The team considered the name of Shubman Gill and made him the captain. After the departure of Hardik Pandya, they not only lost a captain, but apart from this they also lost an excellent all-rounder. He did not realize this and did not include such a player in the team who could play cricket like Hardik Pandya. This is where his team made the biggest mistake. Which he realized in the middle of the season. Hardik Pandya had performed brilliantly for his team Gujarat Titans as an all-rounder in both the 2022 and 2023 seasons. Hardik had scored 487 runs in 15 matches in the year 2022, while also taking 8 wickets. Apart from this, in the year 2023, Hardik scored 346 runs in 16 matches and took 3 wickets.
mistakes in close matches
Gujarat Titans took many wrong decisions in some close matches during IPL 2024. Due to which he had to lose those matches. Team captain Shubman Gill did not maintain patience in close games, while team head coach Ashish Nehra was also seen imposing his decisions on Shubman during those matches. Ashish Nehra used to do something like this with Hardik Pandya also, but Hardik Pandya never lost his patience as a captain. Hardik was looking quite calm this season even after so much trolling. This used to be a plus point for the GT. Which his team missed a lot this season. Apart from all this, GT’s fielding was also very weak this season. Team captain Gill underlined the fielding factor in the press conference after the SRH game. These were the main reasons behind the failure of Gujarat Titans this season.
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