IPL Auction 2023: 3 Australian Players That Gujarat Titans Can Target

IPL Auction 2023: 3 Australian Players That Gujarat Titans Can Target. Against all expectations, Gujarat Titans went on to win IPL 2022. No one gave them a chance after the auction ended. However, the management was brilliant with its utilization of resources and tactics. The team had a few issues after the bright start but finished the tournament well.

Nevertheless, the opposition teams would now be warier of GT. The Hardik Pandya-led squad made a few changes and started by releasing some cricketers like pacer Varun Aaron and West Indies all-rounder Dominic Drakes before IPL 2023 mini-auctions.

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The side has let go of Jason Roy and Dominic Drakes, while Lockie Ferguson and Rahmanullah Gurbaz were traded to the Kolkata Knight Riders. Varun Aaron and Gurkeerat Singh Mann are the other players who were released.

Gujarat team opted to have almost the same team heading to the next edition. Rahmanullah Gurbaz, the dashing Afghan opener who didn’t get a single game last year has been traded to Kolkata Knight Riders for the upcoming edition. Likewise, pacer Lockie Ferguson is also headed to the KKR team.

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The Kiwi pacer played 13 games for Gujarat Titans last season picking 12 wickets at an ER of 8.96. So it is really surprising that he has been let by the franchise. The other recognizable player who was released was the out-of-favor England opener Jason Roy who opted out of the league last time around.

The reigning champions have traded Kiwi speedster Lockie Ferguson and Rahmanullah Gurbaz to KKR and have released Dominic Drakes, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Jason Roy, and Varun Aaron leaving the franchise with a purse value of INR 19.25 crore ahead of the IPL auction 2023 next month. They will further bolster their squad in the mini-auction in hopes of defending their title in the next edition of the tournament.

As many as 991 players, including 277 overseas stars, have registered for the IPL 2023 mini-auction, which will be held in Kochi on December 23. Australian players dominate the list of 991 registered players as 57 have signed up for the mini-auction from the country.

Sean Abbott, Riley Meredith, Jhye Richardson, Adam Zampa (INR 1.5 Crores), Nathan Coulter-Nile, Cameron Green, Travis Head, Chris Lynn (INR 2 Crores), Moises Henriques, Andrew Tye (INR 1 Crore) are some of the prominent Australian names to have registered themselves for IPL Auction 2023 and have put themselves in the highest base price bracket.

The likes of Wesley Agar, Cameron Bancroft, Cameron Boyce, Hilton Cartwright, Ben Cutting, Ben Dwarshuis, Peter Handscomb, Matthew Kuhnemann, Ben Mcdermott, Joel Paris, Joshua Phillipe, Daniel Sams, Gurinder Sandhu, D Arcy Short, Billy Stanlake, Ashton Turner, Chris Green, Joshua Brown, and Tanveer Sangha are some of the less prominent names registered for IPL Auction 2023.

A few foreign players decided not to play in the Indian Premier League 2023 to focus on National cricket. Australian Players Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Steve Smith, and Aaron Finch are on this list not registering themselves for IPL Auction 2023.

IPL Auction 2023: 3 Australian Players That Gujarat Titans Can Target

Ben McDermott

Australia’s BIG BASH Succesful opener Ben McDermott is in scintillating form. He scored a jaw-dropping 577 runs in the 11 edition of the BBL and was named the player of the tournament. The Hurricanes opener also became the first player in BBL to score two back-to-back hundreds. He also played a hand in Australia winning 4-1 in the T20I series against Sri Lanka.

The 27-year-old is an attacking player and can clear the ropes handsomely. He is also a power play enforcer. Gujarat Titans can look to target him in IPL Auction 2023.

Cameron Green

By releasing Lockie Ferguson and Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Gujarat Titans must have fallen short of a pacer and an opening batter in their squad and given, Cameron Green can open the batting for the team and can bowl consistently at 130-140 kmph, the Gujarat Titans will definitely go after him in the IPL auction 2023.

Daniel Sams

In the IPL 2022 auction, Mumbai Indians acquired Australian pacer Daniel Sams for INR 2.6 crores. Last season (IPL 2022), he participated in 11 games, taking 13 wickets at an average of 28.46 and an economy rate of 8.81. He scored 38 runs in 10 innings while at bat.

These results, however, weren’t excellent enough to support Daniel Sams’s talent and compel Mumbai to keep him on staff. The Australian pacer, though, has the capacity to swing the new ball when diving into the water.

He may be quite useful in death overs as well. The 30-year-old is capable of making powerful bat hits. Daniel Sams, who is a total package in and of himself, can be the ideal utility cricketer in the IPL in 2023 if acquired by Gujarat in the IPL auction 2023.

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