The Gujarat Titans turned the primary staff to qualify for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 playoffs, successful 10 of the 14 matches they performed within the league stage. Though the franchise put in a constant present of high quality, all isn’t effectively with the GT squad, at the very least for former India cricketer Virender Sehwag. In a chat forward of the Qualifier 2, Sehwag expressed his disappointment at GT batter Dasun Shanaka who had come into the staff as a alternative for injured Kane Williamson.

In the three matches that Shanaka performed, he solely scored 26 runs, with the most effective being 17. Sehwag, refusing to mince his phrases, stated that the Sri Lankan did not even give 1 % of what was anticipated from him.

“I’m not frightened in regards to the bowling an excessive amount of. But I’m frightened about Dasun Shanaka, GT can play Odean Smith and Alzarri Joseph for him. Shanaka has been disappointing. We had big hopes from him and he hasn’t lived up to even 1 percent to those expectations. GT should play Manhor instead of Shanaka, as he is a batter who can smash sixes,” stated Sehwag on Cricbuzz.

The Titans are to face Mumbai Indians within the Qualifier 2 after they misplaced the Qualifier 1 in opposition to Chennai Super Kings. Though Hardik Pandya‘s males did not stay as much as the expectations within the match, the skipper wasn’t too disillusioned.

After the sport, Hardik had stated: “I think we were quite spot-on (with the ball), but we made basic errors and that costed us the game. The kind of bowlers we had, I felt we conceded 15 extra runs. A lot of things we did right. We bowled a couple of soft balls in between. We were executing our plans and then in between we gave some runs. I don’t think we need to look much into it. We have to play two days later, we have to play one more game to make sure we reach the final. Just focus on the things that we’ve done really well this season.”