IPL 2025: Why are Gujarat Titans wearing a lavender jersey against Lucknow Super Giants?

The Gujarat Titans (GT) are wearing a special lavender jersey in the IPL 2025 (Indian Premier League) match against the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) on Thursday, May 22, at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. It will be a part of their yearly tradition to pay tribute to the fighters of cancer and spread awareness on the same among the citizens of the globe.

After facing the Delhi Capitals (DC) on May 18 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, GT are now up against LSG at home tonight. It will mark their third instance of wearing the lavender jersey in the IPL. The official handle of GT took to X and confirmed the same. Earlier, they had tweeted about the strength and standing for a cause.

"Strength isn't just in the game, it's for standing in for a cause. Join us on 22nd May as our Titans don the lavender jersey to support the fight against cancer!" wrote GT's official handle on X as they invited the fans to celebrate the match between the two teams, which started in the IPL in 2022.

In a heartwarming gesture, GT posted a video of their players reminding that the initiative is about a greater purpose.

"For the greater purpose," GT posted a video with the caption on their social media.

Check out Gujarat Titans' latest post here:

Gujarat Titans@gujarat_titans

For the greater purpose. 💜🎗

04:26 PM · May 22, 2025

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Naji 𝕏@Naji_Gill_77

Shubman Gill during the toss. - He looks so handsome in this lavender jersey. 🤌🩷

07:23 PM · May 22, 2025

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History of GT's lavender jersey and their matches

While the Titans played their first season in 2022 and started with a bang by winning the title on their first instance, their initiative of wearing the lavender jersey started in the following season in 2023. The trend started when Hardik Pandya was GT's skipper in 2023 and faced SRH at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

In the IPL 2024, GT continued the trend by wearing the lavender jersey in the match against KKR, who eventually went on to become the champions. In 2025, they are set to pay tribute to the cancer survivors by wearing the jersey against LSG.

They are not the only team to wear a unique jersey in one of their matches for a special purpose. It was RCB who started the trend in 2011 when they wore a special Green jersey to raise concern about the environment. RR also wear a pink jersey while DC wore a lavender jersey in one of their matches in 2015.