Gujarat Lions
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
The official merchandise is provided by TYKA and the principal shirt sponsor is Oxigen Wallet, TVS Tyers, Astral Pipes, Intex, Gujarat Tourism are the sponsors for 2016 season.
| 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 |
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 |
| 16 | Aaron Finch |  | (1986-11-17) 17 November 1986 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2016 | ₹10 million (US$150,000) | Overseas |
| 17 | Akshdeep Nath | | (1993-05-10) 10 May 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2016 | ₹1 million (US$15,000) | |
| 42 | Brendon McCullum |  | (1981-09-27) 27 September 1981 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2016 | ₹75 million (US$1.1 million) | Overseas |
| | Paras Dogra | | (1986-11-19) 19 November 1986 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2016 | ₹1 million (US$15,000) | |
| | Umang Sharma | | (1989-10-20) 20 October 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2016 | ₹1 million (US$15,000) | |
| | Jaydev Shah | | (1983-05-04) 4 May 1983 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2016 | ₹2 million (US$30,000) | |
| All-rounders |
| 8 | Ravindra Jadeja | | (1988-12-06) 6 December 1988 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2016 | ₹95 million (US$1.4 million) | |
| 44 | James Faulkner | | (1990-04-29) 29 April 1990 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2016 | ₹55 million (US$820,000) |
Overseas |
| 47 | Dwayne Bravo |  | (1983-10-07) 7 October 1983 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2016 | ₹40 million (US$590,000) | Overseas |
| 50 | Dwayne Smith |  | (1983-04-12) 12 April 1983 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2016 | ₹23 million (US$340,000) | Overseas |
| Wicket-keepers |
| 1 | Eklavya Dwivedi | | (1988-07-22) 22 July 1988 | Right-handed | | 2016 | ₹10 million (US$150,000) | |
| 19 | Dinesh Karthik | | (1985-06-01) 1 June 1985 | Right-handed | | 2016 | ₹23 million (US$340,000) | |
| 23 | Ishan Kishan | | (1998-07-18) 18 July 1998 | Left-handed | | 2016 | ₹3.5 million (US$52,000) | |
| Bowlers |
| 5 | Praveen Kumar | | (1986-10-02) 2 October 1986 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2016 | ₹35 million (US$520,000) | |
| 6 | Dale Steyn |  | (1983-06-27) 27 June 1983 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2016 | ₹23 million (US$340,000) | Overseas |
| 9 | Pradeep Sangwan | | (1990-11-05) 5 November 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2016 | ₹2 million (US$30,000) | |
| 15 | Pravin Tambe | | (1971-10-08) 8 October 1971 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2016 | ₹2 million (US$30,000) | |
| 27 | Shadab Jakati | | (1980-11-27) 27 November 1980 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2016 | ₹2 million (US$30,000) | |
| 33 | Amit Mishra | | (1991-11-11) 11 November 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2016 | ₹1 million (US$15,000) | |
| 36 | Shivil Kaushik | | (1995-07-09) 9 July 1995 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm chinaman | 2016 | ₹1 million (US$15,000) | |
| 68 | Andrew Tye | | (1986-12-12) 12 December 1986 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2016 | ₹5 million (US$74,000) | Overseas |
| 91 | Dhawal Kulkarni | | (1988-12-10) 10 December 1988 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2016 | ₹20 million (US$300,000) | |
| 93 | Sarabjit Ladda | | (1986-07-10) 10 July 1986 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2016 | ₹1 million (US$15,000) | |
2016 season
Rising Pune Supergiants 2016 IPL Fixtures
