Will Ashish Nehra continue as the head coach of Gujarat Titans or not? The suspense is over…
New Delhi: When the Gujarat Titans team played its first season in the Indian Premier League (IPL), they included themselves in the list of big teams in the league and won the trophy directly. After seeing this excellent performance of the team, the franchise decided to extend the tenure of its head coach Ashish Nehra for 3 years, which will end in the 2025 IPL season. However, even before that, there were reports that Ashish Nehra might leave this post because the last season was not at all as expected for the team.
Ashish Nehra will remain with Gujarat Titans:
In IPL 2024, the Gujarat Titans team played under the captaincy of Shubman Gill in which the team could not even reach the playoffs. After the first season, Nehra extended his contract to remain the head coach of Gujarat Titans for the next 3 years, after which now according to the report of Cricbuzz, he will complete his tenure with the franchise. Apart from Nehra, Director of Cricket Vikram Solanki will also continue his role. It has become clear that the Gujarat Titans team will not see much change in their coaching staff for the upcoming season, but despite this, they will have to find a replacement for Gary Kirsten as he left the team after the last season and now he is serving as the head coach of Pakistan’s limited overs team.
All eyes are on the IPL retention policy:
On one hand, while some changes are being seen in the coaching staff of all 10 franchises, everyone is now waiting for the retention policy to be issued by the BCCI before the mega-player auction. According to a report, the BCCI can allow the retention of a maximum of 5 players, apart from this, the option of Right to Match Card i.e. RTM can be abolished.