'Lack A Quality Indian Middle-Order Player': Tom Moody On Where It Went Wrong For GT

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Last Updated:May 31, 2025, 14:11 IST

Tom Moody believes Gujarat Titans request a prime Indian middle-order batter to code a important spread aft their IPL 2025 Eliminator nonaccomplishment to Mumbai Indians.

Gujarat Titans lacked the middle-order firepower during Eliminator 1 of IPL 2025. (Image: Sportzpics)

Former Sunrisers Hyderabad caput manager Tom Moody believes that the Gujarat Titans (GT) request a prime Indian middle-order batter to code a important spread successful their lineup. This contented became evident aft their 20-run nonaccomplishment to the Mumbai Indians (MI) successful the IPL 2025 Eliminator.

GT’s awesome IPL 2025 run was driven by their top-three batsmen: skipper Shubman Gill, B Sai Sudharsan, and Jos Buttler. As a result, their mediate bid had constricted opportunities to bat during the league matches.

During the pursuit of 229 successful New Chandigarh, pursuing the dismissals of Washington Sundar and Sudharsan, GT’s middle-order batsmen—Sherfane Rutherford, Rahul Tewatia, and M Shahrukh Khan—struggled to support the required tally complaint against a formidable MI bowling attack. Consequently, the IPL 2022 champions were eliminated from the competition.

Tom Moody remarked, “I radical Rutherford with Tewatia. They person akin roles, though they are antithetic successful their style—one being much of a six-hitter. However betwixt them, they faced 26 balls contiguous and managed to deed lone 1 six. That, to me, explains everything."

He added, “They bat astatine the extremity of the innings wherever boundaries are crucial—either fours oregon sixes, not singles. This is what they bid for. That was their infinitesimal to deed astatine slightest 3 much sixes, which mightiness person made a difference."

Moody further explained, “Washington stepped up for that relation successful this match, but they deficiency a prime Indian top-order oregon middle-order subordinate to capable that gap. Finding specified a subordinate would importantly amended the team’s balance."

Varun Aaron, the erstwhile India accelerated bowler who was portion of the GT setup erstwhile they won the IPL 2022 rubric successful their debut season, noted the lack of a middle-order batsman who could replicate David Miller’s show from that season.

Aaron said, “Tewatia usually comes successful during the past 2 oregon 3 overs to play a important role. However, helium has ne'er been the subordinate to consistently physique an innings from earlier on. David Miller was that player—he would participate with six oregon 7 overs to spare, physique his innings, and decorativeness strongly."

He concluded, “In 2022, Miller was reliable, ensuring helium did not miss immoderate slot balls, which was a cardinal origin successful GT’s success. This year, Rutherford has not been capable to replicate that show consistently."

(with PTI Inputs)

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