IPL 2024: Nehra breaks silence on Pandya going to Mumbai and making Gill the captain
Indian Premier League 2024: Nehra said, "IPL is an aggressive game and it presents challenges for everyone, even for those who are the best captains. We have seen how Shubman Gill for three-four years is playing and how he has prepared himself. He is 24-25 years old. But he is a great player. We are there to support him.
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Gujarat Titans head coach Ashish Nehra said that the franchise believes in the leadership qualities of Shubman Gill, which is why the opening batsman will now be the captain of the team ahead of the IPL 2024 season. Shubman Gill was made the captain of GT after Hardik Pandya.
Nehra said, "IPL is an aggressive game and it presents challenges for everyone, even for those who are the best captains. We have seen how Shubman Gill has been playing for three-four years and how He has prepared himself. He is 24-25 years old. But he is a fantastic player. We are there to support him.
We believe in him, there is no doubt about that and that is why we have made him captain. I am not one of those people who always go by results. There are many other things also. Yes, everyone puts in effort and seeks results. But in a virtual press conference after the player auction in Dubai, Nehra said, "When it comes to captaincy, you have to look at different things. We are confident that Gill is the right person to captain Gujarat."
GT was also in a battle with Kolkata Knight Riders to acquire the services of Australian left-arm fast bowler Mitchell Starc. But KKR won the bid for Starc for Rs 24.75 crore, while Gujarat later got his countryman and fellow left-arm fast bowler Spencer Johnson.
There is nothing like getting a higher price in IPL. Everyone knows what Stark can do. He is a proven player. We needed a fast bowler and when you have money, every team has a different strategy. But good luck to KKR and us."
Others were satisfied with the bowler. We have to be satisfied with what we have, which is the same for the other nine teams. For a bowler like Starc, I don't think it is a surprise. One of GT's big buys was Tamil Nadu's big-hitting all-rounder Shahrukh Khan for Rs 7.4 crore. Nehra refuted claims that he was being looked at as Pandya's replacement in the team. Nehra said, "I don't think you can find a replacement for a player like Hardik Pandya so easily."
