Gujarat Lions

Gujarat Lions
Personnel
Captain Suresh Raina[1]
Coach Brad Hodge[2]
Owner Keshav Bansal (Intex Technologies)[3]
Team information
City Rajkot, Gujarat, India
Colours GL
Founded December 2015 (December 2015)
Dissolved May 2017
Home ground Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot[1]
(Capacity: 28,000)
Secondary home ground(s) Green Park Stadium, Kanpur[4]
(Capacity:32,000)

T20I kit

Gujarat Lions in 2017

The Gujarat Lions (often abbreviated as GL) was a franchise cricket team based in the city of Rajkot, Gujarat, that represented Indian state Gujarat in the Indian Premier League. The team 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.[5] The franchise was owned by Intex Technologies.[5][6][7][8]

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.[9] 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. In IPL 2017, the team won 9 matches.[10]

Administration and support staff

Sponsors and partners

A total of 13 sponsors signed up to partner Gujarat Lions.[11]

The official merchandise is provided by TYKA and the principal shirt sponsor is Oxigen Wallet,[12] TVS Tyres,[13] Astral Pipe,[14] Intex, Gujarat Tourism[15] are the sponsors for 2016 season.[16] Kansai Nerolac Paints[17] and Sanghi Industries were associate sponsor.[18] Jio joined for 2017 season.

Year Kit Manufacturers Sponsor (Front) Sponsor (Back) Sponsor (Chest)
2016 TYKA Oxigen Wallet TVS Tyres Lawman Pg3
2017 SG Shudh Plus Valvoline

Players

The team was captained by Suresh Raina, who is also the leading run-scorer in the history of the cash-rich league. It has a host of T20 stars in Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, James Faulkner and Brendon McCullum. In 2017, they bought Manpreet Gony, Basil Thampi, Nathu Singh, Tejas Baroka, Shelley Shaurya, Shubham Agarwal, Pratham Singh, Jason Roy, Munaf Patel, Chirag Suri and Akshdeep Nath.[19][20]

Suresh Raina, captain of Gujarat Lions since 2015
Indian players Overseas players

2016 season

No. Date Opponent Venue Result Man of the Match Scorecard link
111 April 2016Kings XI PunjabMohaliWon by 5 wicketsAustralia Aaron Finch – 74 (47)Scorecard
214 April 2016Rising Pune SupergiantRajkotWon by 7 wicketsAustralia Aaron Finch – 50 (36)Scorecard
316 April 2016Mumbai IndiansMumbaiWon by 3 wicketsAustralia Aaron Finch – 67* (54)Scorecard
421 April 2016Sunrisers HyderabadRajkotLost by 10 wicketsScorecard
524 April 2016Royal Challengers BangaloreRajkotWon by 6 wicketsScorecard
627 April 2016Delhi DaredevilsDelhiWon by 1 runScorecard
729 April 2016Rising Pune SupergiantPuneWon by 3 wicketsBarbados Dwayne Smith 63 (37)Scorecard
81 May 2016Kings XI PunjabRajkotLost by 23 runsScorecard
93 May 2016Delhi DaredevilsRajkotLost by 8 wicketsScorecard
106 May 2016Sunrisers HyderabadHyderabadLost by 5 wickets
118 May 2016Kolkata Knight RidersKolkataWon by 5 wicketsIndia Praveen Kumar 2/19 (4 Overs)Scorecard
1214 May 2016Royal Challengers BangaloreBangaloreLost by 144 RunsScorecard
1319 May 2016Kolkata Knight RidersKanpurWon by 6 WicketsBarbados Dwayne Smith 4/8 (4 Overs)Scorecard
1421 May 2016Mumbai IndiansKanpurWon by 6 WicketsIndia Suresh Raina 58(36)Scorecard
Play-offs
1524 May 2016Royal Challengers Bangalore (Qualifier 1)BangaloreLost by 4 wicketsScorecard
1627 May 2016Sunrisers Hyderabad (Qualifier 2)DelhiLost by 4 wicketsScorecard
Overall record of 9 – 7

Failed to make Finals, ended 3/8

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
3Suresh RainaIndia (1986-11-27) 27 November 1986Left-handedRight-arm off break2016₹125 million (US$1.7 million)Captain
10Akshdeep NathIndia (1993-05-10) 10 May 1993Right-handedRight-arm medium2017₹1 million (US$14,000)
16Aaron FinchAustralia (1986-11-17) 17 November 1986Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2016₹10 million (US$140,000)Overseas
20Jason RoyEngland (1990-07-21) 21 July 1990Right-handedRight-arm medium2017₹10 million (US$140,000)Overseas
42Brendon McCullumNew Zealand (1981-09-27) 27 September 1981Right-handedRight-arm medium2016₹75 million (US$1.0 million)Overseas
Jaydev ShahIndia (1983-05-04) 4 May 1983Left-handedRight-arm off break2016₹2 million (US$28,000)
Chirag SuriUnited Arab Emirates (1995-02-18) 18 February 1995Right-handedRight-arm off break2017₹1 million (US$14,000)Overseas
Pratham SinghIndia (1992-08-21) 21 August 1992Left-handedRight-arm off break2017₹2 million (US$28,000)
All-rounders
8Ravindra JadejaIndia (1988-12-06) 6 December 1988Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2016₹95 million (US$1.3 million)
14Shubham AgarwalIndia (1993-09-21) 21 September 1993Right-handedRight-arm leg break googly2017₹1 million (US$14,000)
44James FaulknerAustralia (1990-04-29) 29 April 1990Right-handedLeft-arm medium-fast2016₹55 million (US$770,000)

Overseas

47Dwayne BravoTrinidad and Tobago (1983-10-07) 7 October 1983Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2016₹40 million (US$560,000)Overseas
50Dwayne SmithBarbados (1983-04-12) 12 April 1983Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2016₹23 million (US$320,000)Overseas
56Irfan PathanIndia (1984-10-27) 27 October 1984Left-handedLeft-arm medium-fast2016Replacement signing
Wicket-keepers
19Dinesh KarthikIndia (1985-06-01) 1 June 1985Right-handed2016₹23 million (US$320,000)
23Ishan KishanIndia (1998-07-18) 18 July 1998Left-handed2016₹3.5 million (US$49,000)
Bowlers
1Tejas BarokaIndia (1996-02-01) 1 February 1996Right-handedRight-arm leg break googly2017₹1 million (US$14,000)
5Ankit SoniIndia (1993-08-02) 2 August 1993Right-handedRight-arm leg break2017Replacement signing
7Nathu SinghIndia (1995-09-08) 8 September 1995Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium2017₹5 million (US$70,000)
9Manpreet GonyIndia (1984-01-04) 4 January 1984Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2017₹6 million (US$84,000)
13Munaf PatelIndia (1983-07-12) 12 July 1983Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2017₹3 million (US$42,000)
17Praveen KumarIndia (1986-10-02) 2 October 1986Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2016₹35 million (US$490,000)
18Pradeep SangwanIndia (1990-11-05) 5 November 1990Right-handedLeft-arm fast-medium2016₹2 million (US$28,000)
27Shadab JakatiIndia (1980-11-27) 27 November 1980Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2016₹2 million (US$28,000)
30Basil ThampiIndia (1993-09-11) 11 September 1993Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium2017₹8.5 million (US$120,000)
36Shivil KaushikIndia (1995-07-09) 9 July 1995Right-handedSlow left-arm chinaman2016₹1 million (US$14,000)
68Andrew TyeAustralia (1986-12-12) 12 December 1986Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium2016₹5 million (US$70,000)Overseas
91Dhawal KulkarniIndia (1988-12-10) 10 December 1988Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2016₹20 million (US$280,000)
Shelley ShauryaIndia (1993-09-17) 17 September 1993Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2017₹1 million (US$14,000)

    2017 season

    Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium at Rajkot, the home ground of Gujarat Lions
    Visitor team →DD GL KXIP KKR MI RPS RCB SRH
    Home team ↓
    Delhi DaredevilsDelhi
    7 wickets    		Delhi
    51 runs    		Kolkata
    4 wickets    		Mumbai
    146 runs    		Delhi
    7 runs    		Bangalore
    10 runs    		Delhi
    6 wickets
    Gujarat LionsDelhi
    2 wickets    		Punjab
    26 runs    		Kolkata
    10 wickets    		Mumbai
    Super Over    		Gujarat
    7 wickets    		Bangalore
    21 runs    		Hyderabad
    8 wickets
    Kings XI PunjabPunjab
    10 wickets    		Gujarat
    6 wickets    		Punjab
    14 runs    		Mumbai
    8 wickets    		Punjab
    6 wickets    		Punjab
    8 wickets    		Hyderabad
    26 runs
    Kolkata Knight RidersKolkata
    7 wickets    		Gujarat
    4 wickets    		Kolkata
    8 wickets    		Mumbai
    9 runs    		Pune
    4 wickets    		Kolkata
    82 runs    		Kolkata
    17 runs
    Mumbai IndiansMumbai
    14 runs    		Mumbai
    6 wickets    		Punjab
    7 runs    		Mumbai
    4 wickets    		Pune
    3 runs    		Mumbai
    5 wickets    		Mumbai
    4 wickets
    Rising Pune SupergiantDelhi
    97 runs    		Pune
    5 wickets    		Pune
    9 wickets    		Kolkata
    7 wickets    		Pune
    7 wickets    		Pune
    61 runs    		Pune
    6 wickets
    Royal Challengers BangaloreBangalore
    15 runs    		Gujarat
    7 wickets    		Punjab
    19 runs    		Kolkata
    6 wickets    		Mumbai
    4 wickets    		Pune
    27 runs    		Match
    abandoned
    Sunrisers HyderabadHyderabad
    15 runs    		Hyderabad
    9 wickets    		Hyderabad
    5 runs    		Hyderabad
    48 runs    		Hyderabad
    7 wickets    		Pune
    12 runs    		Hyderabad
    35 runs
    Home team wonVisitor team won
    • Note: Results listed are according to the home (horizontal) and visitor (vertical) teams.
    • Note: Click on a result to see a summary of the match.

    [21]

    Awards and achievements

    References

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    4. ↑ "Flawed teams look for consolation win". ESPNcricinfo. May 9, 2017.
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    7. ↑ Venkatesh, Shruti (June 22, 2017). "Intex's Bansal keen to acquire IPL franchise". Forbes India.
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    13. ↑ Sharma, Ravi Teja (April 5, 2016). "TVS Tyres signs up as principal sponsor of IPL team Gujarat Lions". The Economic Times.
    14. ↑ Vora, Rutam (April 9, 2016). "IPL: Astral Poly Technik ties up with Gujarat Lions". The Hindu Business Line.
    15. ↑ "Govt signs agreement with 'Gujarat Lions' to become leading arm sponsor of franchise". The Times of India. April 5, 2016.
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    17. ↑ Sharma, Ravi Teja (April 12, 2016). "Kansai Nerolac signs up with Gujarat Lions as associate sponsor for IPL 9". The Economic Times.
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    20. ↑ "IPL 2017 list of players retained and released by Gujarat Lions". The Times of India. February 17, 2017.
    21. ↑ "Gujarat Lions look for winning start against KKR". The Hindu. April 6, 2017.
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