IPL 2023: For IPL 2023 (IPL 2023), all the teams are engaged in trading and retaining players. The teams must send their players’ list to the BCCI by 15 November. Earlier, Gujarat Titans retained Australian wicket-keeper batsman Matthew Wade. Wade appeared last season playing for Gujarat Titans. Gujarat Titans bought him in the 2022 mega auction for Rs 2.40 crore.
How Was Last Season
Playing for Gujarat, he played 10 matches last season, scoring 157 runs at an average of 15.70 and a strike rate of 113. However, the last season was awful for him. Before 2022, Wade played for Delhi Daredevils (Delhi Capitals) in 2011. That season he played only three matches, scoring 22 runs while batting.
At the same time, Gujarat Titans have given Lockie Ferguson and Rahmanullah Gurbaz to KKR through trading. Lockie Ferguson took 12 wickets in 13 matches the last season. Along with this, he also made the record for throwing the fastest ball in IPL 2022. Gujarat Titans included Lockie Ferguson in the team by paying a price of 10 crores in the Mega Auction 2022.
The 2021 T20 World Cup Diamonds Were Wed
Australia was the champion in the 2021 T20 World Cup. Matthew Wade had a significant contribution to this. He won the team by playing an unbeaten inning of 41 runs in 17 balls against Pakistan in the semi-finals. He hit 2 fours and 4 sixes in his innings. During this, his strike rate was 241.18. However, his bat remained silent in this T20 World Cup.
