IPL 2025 ka mazaa abhi shuru hi hua hai aur Gujarat Titans ne already sabka attention grab kar liya hai. Sunday, 6 April ko Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium mein GT ne Sunrisers Hyderabad ko 7 wickets se harakar ek strong statement diya. Bat aur ball dono departments mein unhone apni dominance dikhayi.
Match ke baad former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly ne GT ke head coach Ashish Nehra ki coaching approach ki dil khol ke tarif ki. Unka ek post X (formerly Twitter) par viral ho raha hai jahan unhone Nehra ke ‘game sense’ ko top-notch bola.
“Like the way Gujarat has gone about their job in the IPL since the first season. There is a lot of cricketing brain in their team setup and approach. Ashish Nehra has really shown his qualities as head coach, with tremendous game sense,”
– Sourav Ganguly on X
Yeh baat sirf is season ki nahi hai – GT ne pichle teen saalon mein do baar IPL final mein entry li hai. Isse clear hota hai ki Nehra ka coaching style consistently results de raha hai.
Waise Ashish Nehra aur Sourav Ganguly ka rishta bhi purana hai. Nehra jab young fast bowler the, tabhi Dada unke captain the. Dono ke beech ki chemistry kaafi interesting rahi hai. Nehra ne 2021 ke ek interview mein bhi bataya tha ki unhone Dada se leadership ka asli matlab seekha.
“The most important thing I would say I learnt from Sourav Dada was how to keep cool irrespective of the situation. I was one of those guys who used to get really upset with him at times and would show it too. He will not say anything on the ground that time but later in the evening he will call me and say ‘arre Ashu, what are you doing?’ Aaja mere kamre mein,”
– Ashish Nehra in CRED interview, 2021
“Sourav Ganguly truly believed that what happens on the cricket ground should stay in the cricket ground. He really knew how to run a team and was clear about what he needed from each player and in that bargain, if some player would be upset or angry with him, no problem. He would not take it to his heart,”
– Nehra added
Abhi tak ke IPL 2025 ke stats ki baat karein toh GT ne 4 mein se 3 matches jeete hain aur unka Net Run Rate +1.031 hai. Wo league table mein second position pe hain, jabki top spot pe hai Delhi Capitals, jinhe ab tak harana kisi team ke bas ki baat nahi lagi.
Agar GT is form ko maintain karta hai, toh Ashish Nehra ki team phir se final mein dikh sakti hai – aur Dada jaisa cricketing legend unki tareef kar raha ho, toh samajh jao kuch khaas toh zaroor hai.
