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Mumbai Indians Co-Owner Nita Ambani with her son Akash Ambani (L) at the Indian Pre- Australia’s Mathew Wade will debut for Gujarat Titans in this season of
mier League (IPL) 2022 Auction, in Bengaluru (ANI) the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022

matches, three ODIs, and one T20I. “Everyone had their say about don’t do well in one series,” said the will nail it,” he added.
The last match will be played on April 5. Davey and he got player of the tour- wicketkeeper. Gujarat Titans unveil team logo
The Test-playing contingent and nament in the World Cup. Finchy is “They’re class players for a rea- in Metaverse
staff are due to depart for Pakistan a class player and I’ve heard people son and the best we’ve had in T20 Indian Premier League (IPL)
later this week while white ball play- questioning where he’s at. He averag- cricket ever, and I don’t expect any franchise Gujarat Titans on Sun-
ers and staff will join mid-tour for the es 40 and strikes at 140 for a reason. change at the top of the order to be day unveiled the team logo in the
One-Day Internationals and T20 In- He’s the captain of our team and the honest. So those two will be there in Metaverse.
ternational. questions are always going to come the World Cup. I’m confident in that The logo shows an apex echoing
Warner and Mitchell Marsh will when you get a little bit older and you and when the big game comes they the spirit for what they are called the
be playing for Delhi Capitals while ‘Titans’ - to move upward and beyond
Glenn Maxwell and Josh Hazlewood with the aim to achieve higher goals.
will represent Royal Challengers Ban- It symbolizes the aspirations of the
galore. team to achieve the ‘pinnacle’ of suc-
cess in the upcoming edition of the
HaVen’t sPoken to tHeM Indian Premier League. The logo was
launched by the team’s Head Coach -
about My roLe: wade Ashish Nehra, Captain - Hardik Pan-
Australian wicketkeeper batter dya, and batter - Shubman Gill, who
Matthew Wade on Sunday said that had the first-ever interaction in The
he is uncertain about his role in Gu- Titans Dugout in the Metaverse.
jarat Titans in the Indian Premier The much-anticipated team logo
League (IPL), 2022. takes inspiration from the shape of a
Wade was bought by Gujarat Ti- ‘Kite’ that soars up and high in the sky,
tans for Rs 2.4 crore after a bidding reflecting the team’s urge to scale new
war with Punjab Kings, during the horizons of endless possibilities. As
IPL 2022, mega auctions last week. “I kite-flying is an integral part of Guja-
haven’t spoken to them exactly about rat’s cultural heritage with festivities
what my role will be, but I would as- like the Uttarayan festival, the logo
sume anywhere from opening down reflects the rich cultural heritage and
to seven I’m pretty comfortable with. legacy of the state, the basis on which
It doesn’t worry me too much. If mid- the team’s foundation is built upon.
dle-order comes my way, then it’s an- The logo also features a ‘bolt of
other opportunity to get some game lightning’, symbolizing the sheer ener-
time in and play that role,” said Wade gy and the immense power to illumi-
as reported by ESPNcricinfo. nate even the darkest of the skies in
“I know what I can do at the top a split second, which in the context of
of the order. I’ve done it for a long the team, will stand for their determi-
period of time now as well. I’m just nation to turn adversity into triumph.
really, really happy that I got the op- Gujarat Titans has built a young
portunity. It’s been a long time since and energetic squad. The team logo
I have. I feel blessed in that I’ve been echoes the very belief they inculcate -
given the chance to go over there and ‘We stop at nothing’, a mantra that is
play IPL again,” he added. imbibed in the team’s spirit to always
The wicketkeeper further backed move forward with courage and de-
his skipper Aaron Finch and batter termination, starting with its debut in
David Warner and called them ‘classy Australia’s David Warner has been cleared to play in the league from April 6 the 15th edition of the Indian Premier
players’. League.

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