The brave announcement on Jose Butler, missing in the IPL playoffs of Gujarat Titans: “We are not worried …”

Jose Butler’s absence in knockout stages may highlight the sequence of Gujarat Titans, but assistant coach Matthew Wade feels that it also presents an opportunity to create a “big impact” for others. Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill, and Buttler’s GT’s top-order trio has played an important role in its campaign, of which all have scored more than 500 runs this season. Although the GT will recall Butler’s services in the playoffs, the British set up on May 25 to return to national duty after his final league game against Chennai Super Kings.

During the pre-match press conference, Wade said, “It certainly doesn’t worry us, we know that they are in terrible form when they have got the opportunity and they will do a great job for us.”

“It would be good if most of the top three runs scoring. We are going to lose Jose after some more games, so there is another opportunity for someone to come in three and take that role.

“But I really believe that those people, when they get their opportunity, will have a big impact in sports as they need in the last six or eight weeks.” Wade, a former Australia T20 World Cup winning wicket-keeper-better, who has played 12 IPL matches for GT, said it is difficult to repeat the matches of the match in practice, the team is trying to give adequate preparation to the middle-order batsmen.

“The positive thing is the middle order – Sherfen (Rutherford) and Shah Rukh (Khan), such people, (Rahul) Tawatia – they have had a good impact in the game. When they have got a chance, they have not got a lot of time in the last few weeks.

GT, who sits at the top of the table, will face Lucknow Super Giants next time, a team that is already out of the playoff controversy.

He said, “I think sometimes when the teams are over, they become almost slightly more dangerous, they get a little free and have a chance to really firmly finish their tournament,” he said while referring to LSG.