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On Sunday, March 9, newly formed Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise, Gujarat Titans (GT) appointed former Australia wicketkeeper-batter Matthew Wade as their assistant coach. The decision from the 2022 IPL winners came just days ahead of the IPL 2025, which will commence from Saturday, March 22 in Kolkata with the defending champions, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) taking on Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB).
Wade, who played two seasons with the Titans in 2022 and 2024, will once again don the Gujarat Titans’ blue kit as he begins his tenure as their assistance coach. In the two seasons, Wade scored 159 runs from 12 matches. In 2024, Wade announced retirement from international cricket and did not register for the auction.
Matthew Wade rejoins GT as Assistant Coach ahead of IPL 2025
Taking to X (formerly called Twitter), the Titans wrote, "Champion. Fighter. Now our Assistant Coach! Welcome back to the GT Dugout, Matthew Wade!” With this, Wade will be joining batting coach Parthiv Patel, head coach Ashish Nehra and assistant coaches Aashish Kapoor and Narendra Negi in GT.
Further speaking of the former Aussie keeper, Wade overall played 15 matches in the cash-rich league, where he scored 183 runs. Apart from his stint with GT, he was part of Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) in 2011.
Gujarat Titans’ IPL 2025 squad
Rashid Khan, Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan, Jos Buttler, Mohammad Siraj, Kagiso Rabada, Prasidh Krishna, Mahipal Lomror, Nishant Sindhu, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Manav Suthar, Washington Sundar, Sherfane Rutherford, Gerald Coetzee, R Sai Kishore, Gurnoor Singh Brar, Md Arshad Khan, Jayant Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Manav Suthar, Glenn Phillips, Karim Janat, Kulwant Khejroliya.
