{"id":3694,"date":"2026-03-25T19:07:45","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T19:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/2026\/03\/25\/ipl-2026-gujarat-titans-pick-left-arm-pacer-to-replace-injured-prithviraj-yarra-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T19:07:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T19:07:45","slug":"ipl-2026-gujarat-titans-pick-left-arm-pacer-to-replace-injured-prithviraj-yarra-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/?p=3694","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2026: Gujarat Titans pick left-arm pacer to replace injured Prithviraj Yarra | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"MwN2O\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"T22zO\">\n<section class=\"D3Wk1  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  VtlfQ \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"D3Wk1\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"zPaFh\">\n<div class=\"wJnIp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-129808740,imgsize-169828,width-400,resizemode-4\/ahmedabad-gujarat-titans39-kulwant-khejroliya-celebrates-the-wicket-of-rajasthan.jpg\" alt=\"IPL 2026: Gujarat Titans pick left-arm pacer to replace injured Prithviraj Yarra\" title=\"Gujarat Titans' Kulwant Khejroliya (PTI Photo\/Arun Sharma)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cj2hz img_cptn\"><span title=\"Gujarat Titans' Kulwant Khejroliya (PTI Photo\/Arun Sharma)\">Gujarat Titans&#8217; Kulwant Khejroliya (PTI Photo\/Arun Sharma)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Gujarat Titans have made a key change ahead of IPL 2026, bringing in left-arm pacer <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/kulwant-khejroliya\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Kulwant Khejroliya<\/a> as a replacement for the injured Prithviraj Yarra. As the new season approaches, the team is focusing on stability and building on its strong past performances.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>On Tuesday, captain <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/shubman-gill\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Shubman Gill<\/a> stressed the importance of staying composed and trusting the team. &#8220;I think I&#8217;m just being myself, and the calmness comes from a sense of belief and security that I have within my group and in my own game,&#8221; Gill said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"lOvcW vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"k7lcu\">\n<div class=\"efT4r\">\n<p><i class=\"XVSwc\"\/> <span>Watch<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <!-- -->Gujarat Titans confident ahead of IPL 2026: &#8216;We\u2019re here to win, not participate&#8217;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>He explained how staying calm helps decision-making, adding, &#8220;Staying calm in any situation gives you an eagle-eye view, you&#8217;re able to look beyond the moment, see the bigger picture, and have a much clearer, long-term vision.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>Gujarat Titans, who have been consistent performers since joining the IPL, are aiming to continue that success under Gill\u2019s leadership.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>The team management has largely stuck with its core group, making only minor changes. Director of Cricket <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/vikram-solanki\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Vikram Solanki<\/a> said, &#8220;As far as this season is concerned and putting a squad together, we had a really good year last year. We just fell at the final hurdle. We made very small changes at the auction, it just needed a little bit of adjustment.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>He added, &#8220;There were five players who came in, and Matthew Hayden has joined us as well. The work is essentially shared among all of us, and we all try to work very hard. We are mindful of supporting these players as best as we can.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>Gujarat Titans will start their IPL 2026 campaign against Punjab Kings on March 31, followed by their first home game against <!-- -->Rajasthan Royals<!-- --> on April 4, entering the season with confidence and a clear plan.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/top-stories\/ipl-2026-gujarat-titans-pick-left-arm-pacer-to-replace-injured-prithviraj-yarra\/articleshow\/129808668.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gujarat Titans&#8217; Kulwant Khejroliya (PTI Photo\/Arun Sharma) NEW DELHI: Gujarat Titans have made a key change ahead of IPL 2026, bringing in left-arm pacer Kulwant Khejroliya as a replacement for the injured Prithviraj Yarra. As the new season approaches, the team is focusing on stability and building on its strong past performances.On Tuesday, captain Shubman&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3695,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}