The last date of IPL retention is 31st October, but before that many such news are continuously coming out which are shocking. The news of stalwarts like current IPL champion captain Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant being out of their current teams has already made the situation exciting. Now a big claim is also being made about Gujarat Titans captain Shubhman Gill. Recently, there were reports of Gill, who was made the captain in the last season, leaving Gujarat and now it is being told that a big team was preparing to buy him but it could not happen. This team is Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Gil wanted to buy Gil

News18 report claims that the Bengaluru franchise had recently discussed the auction with Shubman Gill. It has been said in the report that the idea behind bringing Gill into the franchise was to prepare the team for the future. In such a situation, Bengaluru approached Gill but the discussion did not succeed and Bengaluru could not convince Gill to come to the auction. A big reason for this is Gill's decision to stay in Gujarat Titans. Gill has decided to remain with his current team, where he has been for the last 3 seasons.

Gill took a big decision

Gujarat had made Gill the captain in the last season itself and he wants to be a part of the future team with this franchise. Some reports have claimed that Gill gave priority to maintaining loyalty to the team, hence he thought it better to remain with Gujarat instead of entering the auction. Not only this, it is also being said in the reports that Gill has agreed to be second in the retention list, which means that he will not get the highest salary. Gill did this for Afghan superstar Rashid Khan, who will be made the first retention.

Kohli will become captain again!

As far as Bengaluru is concerned, the most shocking news has come regarding the captaincy of the team. Since the end of the last season, it was believed that Faf du Plessis would be released before the mega auction. In such a situation, the franchise needs a captain and after 3 years, the biggest face of the team, Virat Kohli is returning to this role. Kohli left the captaincy after the 2021 season. However, his 9-year long tenure also did not prove to be good and the team could not win even a single title. Despite this, Kohli is ready to become the captain again.