Follow UsUnlike last season, the Gujarat Titans have started the Indian Premier League 2025 pretty impressively with five wins out of seven games. One key reason behind their impressive start has been the contribution from their pace unit, which has scalped 33 wickets, averaging 24.6.
The pace trio of Mohammed Siraj, Ishant Sharma, and Prasidh Krishna has given Shubman Gill much-needed breakthroughs in their five wins this season. GT’s Director of Cricket, Vikram Solanki, revealed that Gill has been finding and developing his captaincy style.
"The connections that he's formed with his bowling group - we saw that last year, actually. He's grown into the role from one game to the next," Solanki said ahead of GT’s clash against KKR.
"He's sort of developing as a captain - developing his captaincy style - which is very good to see… He's got quite an experienced bowling attack to lean on as well, which is obviously very helpful. But he continues to go from strength to strength as far as his captaincy is concerned,” he added.
Siraj, too, has turned his form around in IPL 2025, with 11 wickets thus far, averaging 22.8 with the ball. Solanki touched upon Siraj’s connection with Ashish Nehra, which has aided the right-arm pacer’s good form.
"They obviously have a very good connection, but I don't want, for a second, to take away from all of the hard work that Siraj has done also," Solanki said. "Of course, he has all of the support of all of the coaches, and there is no doubt that Ashish has been a big influence. But we must also acknowledge the work that Siraj has done and respect that.
"It just seems as though we've got a guy that has something to prove. I'm sure he was disappointed, but he's channelled that disappointment in working hard, and, I suppose, having a real thought about what he wants to do. He's got a great coach in Ashish Nehra helping him as far as his performance is concerned. Long may that connection continue and long may Siraj continue to thrive."
GT next take on KKR on April 21 (Monday), as they aim to continue their run at the top of the IPL 2025 points table.