The History and Inspirations Behind The Gujarat Titans

The History and Inspirations Behind The Gujarat Titans: The Gujarat Titans joined the I League in 2021 as one of two new franchises that started the competition with eight teams. The company is called Irelia Company Pte Ltd. (CVC Capital Partners) successfully bid for the first ever dhimmi franchise in Ahmedabad on October 25, 2021.

The six bidders in the league race were outbid for the 2 new teams by Irelia Company Pte Ltd. with a bid worth INR 5,625 crore and RPSG Group with INR 10,500 crore.

Home Ground: Gujarat Titans will primarily play their home matches at the Narendra Modi Stadium, which is located in Ahmedabad. The stadium has a maximum seating capacity of 1.32 million; it’s the world’s largest stadium.

The Gujarat Titans signed three players in the draft before the IPL 2022 Mega Auction and later added 20 players at the IPL 2022 Mega Auction. They signed Hardik Pandya, Shubman Gill, and Rashid Khan along with taking their squad from 23 to 23.

Some of the notable cricketers in the list are 

Shubman Gill

Noor Ahmad

Alzarri Joseph

Pradeep Sangwan

David Miller

Matthew Wade

Gurkeerat Singh

B Sai Sudharshan

Jason Roy

Wriddhiman Saha

Abhinav Manohar

Vijay Shankar 

Hardik Pandya

Rahul Tewatia

Mohammed Shami

Lockie Ferguson

Yash Dayal.

The Gujarat Titans still have not revealed the official logo and jersey colors.

The Gujarat Titans have not revealed the kits yet, but recently roped in Indian electric vehicle company Ather Energy as their principal sponsor. As of February 17, 2022, they have over 204,000 followers on Instagram; 70.6k followers on Twitter; and 43k likes on Facebook.

CVC Capitals for $65,626,000. The owner is the Irelia Company Pte Ltd. (CVC Capital Partners). CVC Capital Partners is a British private equity and investment advisory firm that was founded back in 1981- which has networks in various countries worldwide.

There was controversy in the IPL over whether there was a conflict of interest when the company CVC acquired the Ahmedabad franchise. But because of legal counsel, the board had given clearance to both potential owners. They currently have four names in the team management..