A day after being surprisingly released by Gujarat Titans, Urvil Patel displayed his high quality by smashing a 41-ball century in the continuing Vijay Hazare Trophy 2023 on Monday, November 27. Gujarat batters smashed an explosive hundred in opposition to Arunachal Pradesh to register his maiden century in home cricket.
The 25-year-old wicketkeeper batter was among the many eight gamers released by Gujarat Titans on the deadline day to submit an inventory of retained gamers. Urvil had joined the Titans throughout the IPL 2023 public sale for INR 20 lakh however didn’t get an opportunity to make a single look with Wriddhiman Saha, KS Bharat and Mathew Wade competing for the wicketkeeper function.
Both Urvil and KS Bharat had been released by the franchise with veterans Saha and Wade being retained. Urvil’s launch got here as a shock after his spectacular efficiency in the latest Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2023 the place he smashed 162 runs at a powerful strike charge of 167.01.
He carried that kind by smashing his maiden hundred in simply 41Â balls, a second-fastest in Vijay Hazare Trophy historical past. Urvil is prone to be shortlisted by a number of franchises going into the IPL 2024 participant public sale scheduled in Dubai on December 19.
Meanwhile, Gujarat initially retained captain Hardik Pandya however traded him to Mumbai Indians in an all-cash deal of INR 15 crore on Monday morning. The teen Shubman Gill is called a brand new captain to steer the crew in the 2024 season with the largest purse of INRÂ 38.15 crore.
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Gujarat Titans:
Players released: Alzarri Joseph, Odean Smith, Dasun Shanaka, Yash Dayal, KS Bharat, Shivam Mavi, Urvil Patel, Pradeep Sangwan
Players retained:Â Shubman Gill (C), David Miller, Matthew Wade (wk), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Kane Williamson, Abhinav Manohar, B Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, Vijay Shankar, Jayant Yadav, Rahul Tewatia, Mohammed Shami, Noor Ahmad, R Sai Kishore, Rashid Khan, Josh Little, Mohit Sharma
Players traded: Hardik Pandya (to MI)
Remaining Purse: INR 38.15 crore
