Gujarat Lions
The Gujarat Lions (often abbreviated as GL) was a franchise cricket team based in the city of Rajkot, Gujarat, that played in the Indian Premier League for 2 years, the 2016 and 2017 season. The team entered the IPL as one of the replacements for Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals, who were both suspended for two seasons due to alleged illegal betting by their respective owners.[2] The franchise is owned by Intex Technologies.[2]
History
During the 2016 IPL players draft, the Rajkot franchise picked Indian cricketers Suresh Raina and Ravindra Jadeja, along with Brendon McCullum, James Faulkner and Dwayne Bravo.[3] In an event held in New Delhi, the Rajkot-based team was named as Gujarat Lions and Suresh Raina was announced as their captain.
The team played five of their home matches at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot and two of their home matches at Green Park Stadium, Kanpur in the IPL 2016.
Administration and support staff
A total of 13 sponsors signed up to partner Gujarat Lions.[4]
The official merchandise is provided by TYKA and the principal shirt sponsor is Oxigen Wallet, TVS Tyres, Astral Pipes, Intex, Gujarat Tourism are the sponsors for 2016 season.
Jio joined for 2017 season.
For 2016 and 2017 season, Sanghi Cements partnered as the associate sponsors. [5]
2017 Squad
- Players with international caps are listed in bold.
- * denotes a player who is currently unavailable for selection.
- * denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season.
| No. |
Name |
Nation |
Birth date |
Batting style |
Bowling style |
Signed year |
Salary |
Notes |
| Batsmen |
| 3 | Suresh Raina |  | (1986-11-27) 27 November 1986 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2016 | ₹125 million (US$1.9 million) | Captain |
| 10 | Akshdeep Nath | | (1993-05-10) 10 May 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2017 | ₹1 million (US$16,000) | |
| 16 | Aaron Finch |  | (1986-11-17) 17 November 1986 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2016 | ₹10 million (US$160,000) | Overseas |
| 20 | Jason Roy |  | (1990-07-21) 21 July 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2017 | ₹10 million (US$160,000) | Overseas |
| 42 | Brendon McCullum |  | (1981-09-27) 27 September 1981 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2016 | ₹75 million (US$1.2 million) | Overseas |
| | Jaydev Shah | | (1983-05-04) 4 May 1983 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2016 | ₹2 million (US$31,000) | |
| | Chirag Suri |  | (1995-02-18) 18 February 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2017 | ₹1 million (US$16,000) | Overseas |
| | Pratham Singh | | (1992-08-21) 21 August 1992 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2017 | ₹2 million (US$31,000) | |
| All-rounders |
| 8 | Ravindra Jadeja | | (1988-12-06) 6 December 1988 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2016 | ₹95 million (US$1.5 million) | |
| 14 | Shubham Agarwal | | (1993-09-21) 21 September 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break googly | 2017 | ₹1 million (US$16,000) | |
| 44 | James Faulkner | | (1990-04-29) 29 April 1990 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2016 | ₹55 million (US$860,000) |
Overseas |
| 47 | Dwayne Bravo |  | (1983-10-07) 7 October 1983 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2016 | ₹40 million (US$620,000) | Overseas |
| 50 | Dwayne Smith |  | (1983-04-12) 12 April 1983 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2016 | ₹23 million (US$360,000) | Overseas |
| 56 | Irfan Pathan | | (1984-10-27) 27 October 1984 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2016 | Replacement signing | |
| Wicket-keepers |
| 19 | Dinesh Karthik | | (1985-06-01) 1 June 1985 | Right-handed | | 2016 | ₹23 million (US$360,000) | |
| 23 | Ishan Kishan | | (1998-07-18) 18 July 1998 | Left-handed | | 2016 | ₹3.5 million (US$55,000) | |
| Bowlers |
| 1 | Tejas Baroka | | (1996-02-01) 1 February 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break googly | 2017 | ₹1 million (US$16,000) | |
| 5 | Ankit Soni | | (1993-08-02) 2 August 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2017 | Replacement signing | |
| 7 | Nathu Singh | | (1995-09-08) 8 September 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2017 | ₹5 million (US$78,000) | |
| 9 | Manpreet Gony | | (1984-01-04) 4 January 1984 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2017 | ₹6 million (US$94,000) | |
| 13 | Munaf Patel | | (1983-07-12) 12 July 1983 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2017 | ₹3 million (US$47,000) | |
| 17 | Praveen Kumar | | (1986-10-02) 2 October 1986 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2016 | ₹35 million (US$550,000) | |
| 18 | Pradeep Sangwan | | (1990-11-05) 5 November 1990 | Right-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | 2016 | ₹2 million (US$31,000) | |
| 27 | Shadab Jakati | | (1980-11-27) 27 November 1980 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2016 | ₹2 million (US$31,000) | |
| 30 | Basil Thampi | | (1993-09-11) 11 September 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2017 | ₹8.5 million (US$130,000) | |
| 36 | Shivil Kaushik | | (1995-07-09) 9 July 1995 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm chinaman | 2016 | ₹1 million (US$16,000) | |
| 68 | Andrew Tye | | (1986-12-12) 12 December 1986 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2016 | ₹5 million (US$78,000) | Overseas |
| 91 | Dhawal Kulkarni | | (1988-12-10) 10 December 1988 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2016 | ₹20 million (US$310,000) | |
| | Shelley Shaurya | | (1993-09-17) 17 September 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2017 | ₹1 million (US$16,000) | |
2016 season
Rising Pune Supergiants 2016 IPL Fixtures
