Gujarat Titans Sign Kusal Mendis As Buttler's Replacement For IPL 2025 Playoffs

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Last Updated:May 15, 2025, 20:50 IST

Gujarat Titans motion Kusal Mendis arsenic Jos Buttler acceptable to permission for nationalist duties.

Jos Buttler (L), Kusal Mendis (R) - (AFP Image)

With Jos Buttler acceptable to miss retired connected the playoff stages of the Indian Premier League 2025 (IPL 2025 ) play with the Gujarat Titans (GT) owed to nationalist duties, the franchise has announced their replacement for the Englishman.

The Titans person roped successful the Sri Lankan international, Kusal Mendis, to regenerate Buttler, who is acceptable to exit the squad connected May 26, 2025, which is aft their last league-stage fixture against the Chennai Super Kings.

Mendis comes successful for conscionable Rs 75 lakh. He has represented the nationalist squad successful each 3 formats. He has played 71 Tests for the nationalist team, hitting 4668 runs. He besides played 143 ODIs, wherever helium it 4429 runs and played 78 T20Is, hitting 1920 runs arsenic well. Across each 3 formats, helium has deed 69 fifties and scored 15 centuries arsenic well.

The replacement volition beryllium effectual from May 26, 2025. Mendis volition articulation GT for INR 75 Lakh.

Buttler volition not beryllium disposable for the playoff stages owed to England’s upcoming ODI bid against the West Indies, acceptable to statesman connected May 29 and extremity connected June 3, the time of the IPL final.

That being said, with Buttler’s acquisition successful the IPL, it is going to beryllium a large nonaccomplishment for the franchise arsenic helium has already scored 500 runs successful the 11 games played truthful far. Alongside Shubman Gill and Sai Sudarshan, the trio person taken up the run-scoring duties, which helped propulsion the franchise to the apical of the table.

It remains to beryllium seen if the franchise volition springiness Mendis a changeable astatine the fig 3 presumption oregon whether they volition spell with an Indian subordinate to regenerate him.

GT person 3 much fixtures near successful the league stages and has yet to seal a spot successful the playoff stages. Whilst they are apt to unafraid a top-four spot, they would privation to get arsenic galore points arsenic imaginable to guarantee a top-two spot instead, which gives them a changeable astatine a nonstop introduction to the finale.

Their remaining games successful the league stages are against Delhi Capitals (away), Lucknow Super Giants (home) and Chennai Super Kings (home).

Gujarat Titans Full Squad For IPL 2025: Shubman Gill (C), Jos Buttler (wk), Kumar Kushagra (wk), Anuj Rawat (wk), Sherfane Rutherford, Nishant Sindhu, Mahipal Lomror, Washington Sundar, Mohd Arshad Khan, R Sai Kishore, Jayant Yadav, Karim Janat, Sai Sudharsan, Dasun Shanaka, Shahrukh Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Manav Suthar, Gerald Coetzee, Gurnoor Singh Brar, Ishant Sharma, Kulwant Khejroliya, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan.

Kusal Mendis to regenerate Jos Buttler from May 26. 

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