Could Rashid Khan Replace Shubman Gill as Gujarat Titans Captain for IPL 2025? New Year’s Tweet Fuels Speculation
Gujarat Titans may have just dropped a major hint about a possible captaincy change for IPL 2025. In their New Year’s post on social media platform X, the team shared an image of Rashid Khan staring at a blank slate, accompanied by the caption, “A clean slate. A new story.” This sparked rumors that the team might be considering replacing current skipper Shubman Gill with the Afghan spinner ahead of the new season.
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Rashid was the team’s highest retention ahead of the IPL 2025 auction, with Gujarat paying a whopping Rs 18 crore to keep him on board. Shubman Gill, on the other hand, was retained for Rs 16.50 crore. Fans quickly took to social media to speculate whether the tweet was a hint towards a captaincy change for the upcoming season.
Rashid Khan has been with the Gujarat Titans since 2022, while Shubman Gill was named captain in 2024 after Hardik Pandya’s departure to Mumbai Indians in a controversial move.
