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New Delhi, April 28: Left-handed wicketkeeper-batter Anuj Rawat is yet to get game time in IPL 2026, but the Gujarat Titans wicketkeeper-batter insists he is ‘100 percent ready’ whenever he’s called to play an IPL game for the 2022 champions and credited the franchise’s rigorous training culture for keeping him sharp.
With GT sitting on eight points and fifth place in the second half of the season, Rawat said the mood inside the camp is anything but subdued. “As you can see, we have eight points and we are almost halfway through the season. So, I think the atmosphere of the team and the way we are going with two points recently, I can see a lot of positivity,” Rawat told IANS in an exclusive conversation on Tuesday.
The call for Rawat being retained by GT support staff led by head coach Ashish Nehra brought immediate reassurance and the happiness of being in the same side for the IPL instead of the possibility of making a fresh start elsewhere.
“There was no specific message like that, but there was a conversation that we will retain you. As soon as our sir’s call and message came, he said that we are retaining you ahead of the auction. So, this was the only conversation.
“Definitely, I was very happy because you will represent that franchise again with which you have already been with for a season. So, I think that thing helps a lot because if you go to a new franchise, then you have to come back to a new setup.
“Everything in it – the coaching staff is different, the environment is different. If you are being retained for the same franchise, then there are a lot of things that are in your favour,” he elaborated. (IANS)
