The Gujarat Lions (often abbreviated as GL) are a temporary franchise cricket team based in the city of Rajkot, Gujarat that will play in the Indian Premier League in 2016 and 2017 seasons. The team will serve 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]
During the 2016 IPL players draft, 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 would play five of their home matches at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium Rajkot and two of their home matches at Green Park Stadium Kanpur in the Vivo IPL 2016.
Administration and support staff
Sponsors and Partners
| Year |
Kit Manufacturers |
Shirt Sponsor (Chest) |
Shirt Sponsor (Back) |
| 2016 |
TYKA |
Oxygen |
TVS Tyres |
| 2017 |
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Current 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 |
Nat |
Birth date |
Batting style |
Bowling style |
Signed year |
|
Notes |
| Batsmen |
| 3 |
Suresh Raina |
 |
(1986-11-27) 27 November 1986 (age 37) |
Left-handed |
Right-arm off break |
2016 |
₹125 million (US$1.9 million) |
Captain |
| 16 |
Aaron Finch |
 |
(1986-11-17) 17 November 1986 (age 37) |
Right-handed |
Slow left-arm orthodox |
2016 |
₹10 million (US$150,000) |
Overseas |
| 17 |
Akshdeep Nath |
|
(1993-05-10) 10 May 1993 (age 31) |
Right-handed |
Right-arm medium |
2016 |
₹1 million (US$15,000) |
|
| 42 |
Brendon McCullum |
 |
(1981-09-27) 27 September 1981 (age 42) |
Right-handed |
Right-arm medium |
2016 |
₹75 million (US$1.1 million) |
Overseas |
|
Paras Dogra |
|
(1986-11-19) 19 November 1986 (age 37) |
Right-handed |
Right-arm leg break |
2016 |
₹1 million (US$15,000) |
|
|
Umang Sharma |
|
(1989-10-20) 20 October 1989 (age 34) |
Right-handed |
Right-arm off break |
2016 |
₹1 million (US$15,000) |
|
|
Jaydev Shah |
|
(1983-05-04) 4 May 1983 (age 41) |
Left-handed |
Right-arm off break |
2016 |
₹2 million (US$30,000) |
|
| All-rounders |
| 8 |
Ravindra Jadeja |
|
(1988-12-06) 6 December 1988 (age 35) |
Left-handed |
Slow left-arm orthodox |
2016 |
₹95 million (US$1.4 million) |
|
| 44 |
James Faulkner |
|
(1990-04-29) 29 April 1990 (age 34) |
Right-handed |
Left-arm medium-fast |
2016 |
₹55 million (US$820,000) |
Overseas
|
| 47 |
Dwayne Bravo |
 |
(1983-10-07) 7 October 1983 (age 40) |
Right-handed |
Right-arm medium-fast |
2016 |
₹40 million (US$590,000) |
Overseas |
| 50 |
Dwayne Smith |
 |
(1983-04-12) 12 April 1983 (age 41) |
Right-handed |
Right-arm medium-fast |
2016 |
₹23 million (US$340,000) |
Overseas |
| Wicket-keepers |
| 1 |
Eklavya Dwivedi |
|
(1988-07-22) 22 July 1988 (age 36) |
Right-handed |
|
2016 |
₹10 million (US$150,000) |
|
| 19 |
Dinesh Karthik |
|
(1985-06-01) 1 June 1985 (age 39) |
Right-handed |
|
2016 |
₹23 million (US$340,000) |
|
| 23 |
Ishan Kishan |
|
(1998-07-18) 18 July 1998 (age 26) |
Left-handed |
|
2016 |
₹3.5 million (US$52,000) |
|
| Bowlers |
| 5 |
Praveen Kumar |
|
(1986-10-02) 2 October 1986 (age 37) |
Right-handed |
Right-arm medium-fast |
2016 |
₹35 million (US$520,000) |
|
| 6 |
Dale Steyn |
 |
(1983-06-27) 27 June 1983 (age 41) |
Right-handed |
Right-arm fast |
2016 |
₹23 million (US$340,000) |
Overseas |
| 9 |
Pradeep Sangwan |
|
(1990-11-05) 5 November 1990 (age 33) |
Right-handed |
Right-arm medium-fast |
2016 |
₹2 million (US$30,000) |
|
| 15 |
Pravin Tambe |
|
(1971-10-08) 8 October 1971 (age 52) |
Right-handed |
Right-arm leg break |
2016 |
₹2 million (US$30,000) |
|
| 27 |
Shadab Jakati |
|
(1980-11-27) 27 November 1980 (age 43) |
Left-handed |
Slow left-arm orthodox |
2016 |
₹2 million (US$30,000) |
|
| 33 |
Amit Mishra |
|
(1991-11-11) 11 November 1991 (age 32) |
Right-handed |
Right-arm medium-fast |
2016 |
₹1 million (US$15,000) |
|
| 36 |
Shivil Kaushik |
|
(1995-07-09) 9 July 1995 (age 29) |
Right-handed |
Slow left-arm chinaman |
2016 |
₹1 million (US$15,000) |
|
| 68 |
Andrew Tye |
|
(1986-12-12) 12 December 1986 (age 37) |
Right-handed |
Right-arm medium-fast |
2016 |
₹5 million (US$74,000) |
Overseas |
| 91 |
Dhawal Kulkarni |
|
(1988-12-10) 10 December 1988 (age 35) |
Right-handed |
Right-arm medium-fast |
2016 |
₹20 million (US$300,000) |
|
| 93 |
Sarabjit Ladda |
|
(1986-07-10) 10 July 1986 (age 38) |
Right-handed |
Right-arm leg break |
2016 |
₹1 million (US$15,000) |
|
2016 season
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