Gujarat Titans made a big move to become champions in IPL 2026, chose the player who made Australia world champion as coach.

IPL 2026: After the end of the T20 World Cup, now all eyes are on IPL 2026. This mega tournament will start from March 28 and fans are eagerly waiting. Meanwhile, Gujarat Titans have taken a big decision. This franchise captained by Shubman Gill has announced its new batting coach. This is none other than former great Australian batsman Matthew Hayden.

Hayden becomes batting coach of Gujarat Titans

On March 10, 2026, Gujarat Titans announced the appointment of Matthew Hayden as the batting coach for IPL 2026. Hayden was previously associated with Chennai Super Kings, where he was MS Dhoni’s teammate. Now he will work with Shubhman Gill.

Team cricket director Vikram Solanki said that Hayden’s experience will give new heights to the team’s batting. His ability will be very useful in improving the young players. Let us tell you, Gujarat Titans became champion in 2022 and now can become a contender for the title again.

Hayden became champion with Dhoni

Matthew Hayden has played 132 matches for Chennai Super Kings in IPL. In 2009, he won the Orange Cap by scoring 572 runs. In 2010, under the captaincy of Dhoni, CSK won the IPL trophy for the first time, when Hayden was an important part of the team.

He scored a total of 1107 runs in IPL. Even in international cricket, Hayden played 273 matches for Australia and scored more than 15,000 runs. He has played an important role in many World Cup victories.

Hayden’s goal

Hayden said of his new role, "Good batting creates pressure. Excellent batting dominates the game. This is the level we want to set at Gujarat Titans." This statement shows that they want to make the team’s batting aggressive and effective.

IPL 2026 squad of Gujarat Titans

Shubman Gill (captain), Sai Sudarshan, Jos Buttler, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Tom Banton, Glenn Phillips, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan, Nishant Sindhu, Washington Sundar, Arshad Khan, Rashid Khan, Sai Kishore, Jayant Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Kagiso Rabada, Prasidh Krishna, Ishant Sharma, Gurnoor Singh Brar, Jason Holder, Luke Wood, Ashok Sharma, Prithvi Raj Yarra.