By Darshana Jamindar
Today in a major change Ahmedabad franchise of the Indian Premier League officially announced its new name as Gujarat Titans. The franchise will be playing in IPL 2022, which will be its first ever season in the league, along with Lucknow Super Giants. The announcement has been met with lot of fanfare from cricket followers and the new team’s fan base. The franchise posted a tweet which had “Shubh Aarambh” written on it, which in English means “Good Start”.
Afghanistan spin wizard Rashid Khan, who was one of the draft picks of the franchise, reacted to this positive message with a post of his own. Rashid tweeted and also tagged team captain Hardik Pandya and opening batter Shubman Gil, who were the other two draft picks.
Gujarat Titans 2022 Players Name Owner Details: CVC Capitals is one of the winners of the 2 IPL new team auctions which was hosted by BCCI in Dubai October last year.
CVC Capitals won the bid war for a whopping 5625 crores crore (over 692 million USD). The CVC Capitals’ bid was 160% more than BCCI’s base price for the IPL team.
| Team | Owner | Price |
| Lucknow Super Giants | RPSG Group of Sanjiv Goenka | 7090 crore (over 932 million USD) |
| Gujarat Titans | CVC Capital | 5625 crores crore (over 692 million USD) |
