IPL Auction 2025: 'Selfless' Shubman Gill sacrifices top retention spot for Rashid Khan

India National Cricket Team batter Shubman Gill has come up with a selfless act for his franchise Gujarat Titans (GT) ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 auction. As per the reports in RevSportz, it is learned that the youngster has asked the team management to keep him as the second retention.

The reports claimed that Shubman Gill has told Gujarat Titans to keep Rashid Khan as their first retention. This is because the batter wants to build a strong team for the next edition of the league, and hence, he sacrificed being the top retention, which could've given him more money.

Gill not agreeing to be the first retention comes as a big surprise, especially with him being the top name in Indian cricket. The right-hander is currently the vice-captain of the Indian team in the white-ball cricket and also is touted as the future of the India National Cricket Team.

Shubman Gill will be continuing to captain the Gujarat Titans

The reports also claimed that Shubman Gill will continue captaining the Gujarat Titans in the next edition of the league. The young batter joined the team in 2022 as one of the draft picks and since then has gone on to become the mainstay of the team in the Indian Premier League.

Shubman Gill was handed the captaincy of the Gujarat Titans last year. This came after Hardik Pandya was traded to Mumbai Indians. The all-rounder captained the team for two seasons and guided them to a title win in 2022 before taking them to the final in 2023.

Haven’t seen someone as selfless as Shubhman Gill especially at this point of time
- Future India white ball captain
- Top batter of Next gen
- Biggest brand in new Generation
- Top market value
- Commands respect of his teammates

Still choose to become retention number 2… pic.twitter.com/XqiYY9wWYq

— रोहित जुगलान Rohit Juglan (@rohitjuglan) October 29, 2024

Shubman Gill didn't have a great outing as the captain of the Gujarat Titans last year

Shubman Gill didn't have a great outing as the captain of the Gujarat Titans last year. The right-hander didn't have a great outing as the captain of the team, as under him, the team failed to qualify for the final of the tournament for the first time. They finished in the bottom half of the points table and also struggled to win the games in the league stage.

Shubman Gill has been the batting mainstay for the Gujarat Titans in the IPL. He is the leading run-getter for the team in the IPL as he has slammed 482 runs in IPL 2022, 890 runs in IPL 2023, and 426 runs in IPL 2024 and now would be hoping to add more to this in next season.

Rashid Khan will be getting over INR 18 crore

Rashid Khan being the first retention now means that the leg-spinner will be getting over INR 18 crore. But it's fair to say that with the kind of impact that he has made for the team, he deserves this kind of price tag as he is one of the leading spinners in world cricket.

Rashid Khan also joined Gujarat Titans in 2022 as one of the draft picks. Since then, he has been the backbone of the team in the bowling department. The leg-spinner has been consistently performing for the team and has taken 56 wickets for them in 45 matches with the best figures of 4/24.