The defending champions, Gujarat Titans were terrific with their all-round efforts to go all the way in their debut season last year. Although they had most of their bases covered, the franchise needed a reliable scorer in the middle order, preferably an overseas player.

Apart from picking experienced Kane Williamson, the team picked experienced pacers like Joshua Little and Shivam Mavi. Their Playing XI certainly looks exciting, with experienced players in the shortest format of the game.

GT IPL 2023 Complete squad: Hardik Pandya (c), Shubman Gill, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Sai Sudharsan, Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade, Rashid Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Vijay Shankar, Mohammed Shami, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Pradeep Sangwan, Darshan Nalkande, Jayant Yadav, R Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmad, Kane Williamson, Odean Smith, KS Bharat, Shivam Mavi, Urvil Patel, Joshua Little, Mohit Sharma

Here’s how Titans XI shapes up after the mini-auction.