PTI was the to start with to report on January 10 that Pandya is all established to captain the Ahmedabad franchise for the time and they have also finalised Rashid Khan, who usually would have gone for a “bomb” at the auctions.
Nonetheless, their third option Ishan Kishan did not function out and they zeroed in on Gill, who could also be noticed as a likely captaincy prospect.
“Ahmedabad has made a decision on its gamers and accordingly knowledgeable the BCCI about their draft picks. Hardik, Rashid and Shubman are the three selections,” a senior IPL official advised PTI on problems of anonymity.
“They preferred Ishan Kishan badly but it is understood that Ishan is much more intrigued in heading back to the auction and there is a large opportunity that MI could invest in him at a high quality cost.”