Gujarat Titans (GT) have possibly amassed their strongest ever opening unit ahead of IPL 2025. The franchise, led by skipper Shubman Gill, found a perfect opening partner for the captain in the form of Jos Buttler. With RR releasing the England keeper-batter, GT managed to acquire his services for Rs 15.75 crore in IPL 2025 auction. The duo of Gill and Buttler could very well go on to become a nightmare for the rest of the IPL teams, given their ability to fire at will.
Shubman Gill, Jos Buttler opening combo to terrorize other teams in IPL 2025?
Jos Buttler has aced his role as opener in the franchises that he has been associated with the past in IPL and boasts of seven hundreds to his name. Shubman Gill is no stranger to the opening role in Indian Premier League after having served as GT’s first-choice opener for over three seasons now. Together, the duo boast of over 6700 runs in 210 matches played, combined. Barring SRH and CSK, no other team has a terrorizing combination of openers like GT do.
| Player | Matches | Runs | Average | Strike Rate |
| Shubman Gill | 103 | 3216 | 37.84 | 135.70 |
| Jos Buttler | 107 | 3582 | 38.11 | 147.53 |
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Incidentally, Jos Buttler and Shubman Gill were the winners of the Orange Cap in 2022 and 2023 respectively. Despite having a low purse of Rs 41 crore, RR went for Buttler as much as they could. They quit the bidding at Rs 9.50 crore before the Punjab Kings (PBKS) scooped in. Ultimately, he went to GT for Rs 15.75 crore.
Jos Buttler IPL stats
| Year | Mat | Runs | Avg | SR | 100 | 50 |
| Career | 107 | 3582 | 38.11 | 147.53 | 7 | 19 |
| 2024 | 11 | 359 | 39.89 | 140.78 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 14 | 392 | 28 | 139.01 | 0 | 4 |
| 2022 | 17 | 863 | 57.53 | 149.05 | 4 | 4 |
| 2021 | 7 | 254 | 36.28 | 153.01 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 13 | 328 | 32.8 | 144.49 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 8 | 311 | 38.87 | 151.7 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 13 | 548 | 54.8 | 155.24 | 0 | 5 |
| 2017 | 10 | 272 | 27.2 | 153.67 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 14 | 255 | 23.18 | 138.58 | 0 | 0 |
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