Kolkata, April 20 -- Gujarat Titans director of cricket Vikram Solanki has been left impressed with Shubman Gill's captaincy and pace spearhead Mohammed Siraj's work rate in the ongoing 18th edition of the Indian Premier League.

Gujarat Titans lifted the IPL trophy in their maiden season in 2022 under the leadership of Hardik Pandya. They followed it up by reaching the final in 2023 and then went through a transition phase after Gill took over the leadership role from Pandya, who returned to his previous home, Mumbai Indians.

Under Gill's debut captaincy stint, GT finished eighth in the last edition with just five wins in 14 games. But this time around, GT has claimed as many wins with seven games into the season. While Solanki believes...