The head coach of Gujarat Titans Ashish Nehra revealed the reason why his team did not retain India’s star pacer, Mohammed Shami. During the IPL 2025 mega auction, Titans had a chance to use an RTM card for Shami but they did not,

Nehra revealed Shami was initially in their retention plans. But since the team had already retained a few key players, they had to rethink. The decision to not use their RTM card for Shami was affected by the management's opinion that ₹10 crore was a steep price for him.

According to Ashish Nehra, the side had plans to retain Mohammed Shami but were eventually out of the race due to high bids logged during the mega auction in Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah. The 34-year-old was eventually sold to SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) for INR 100mn ($1.

Ashish Nehra revealed why Mohammed Shami was released by the franchise. Shami was sold for Rs 10 crore to SunRisers Hyderabad.