India, Nov. 24 -- The Gujarat Titans have chosen calm over chaos. While other franchises rip up blueprints after bad seasons, GT will be walking into the 2026 mini-auction with most of their dressing room intact and a clear belief that there is enough to give them a shot at the trophy in the upcoming edition.

They have retained 20 players, released just five, traded out Sherfane Rutherford, and now head to Abu Dhabi with an INR 12.9 cr purse and five open slots. The question now is brutally simple: is this continuity a competitive edge - or quiet complacency in a league that punishes standing still?

Gujarat's retention list reads like a spine: Shubman Gill (c), Rashid Khan, Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Pras...