Gujarat Lions in 2017

Gujarat Lions were a franchise cricket team based in Rajkot, Gujarat, India, which played in the Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2016 and 2017. They were one of eight teams which competed in the 2017 Indian Premier League. The team was captained by Suresh Raina and coached by Brad Hodge. The side finished seventh in the league and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Gujarat Lions
2017 Indian Premier League season
CoachBrad Hodge
CaptainSuresh Raina
IPLGroup Stage (7th)
← 2016

Standings
Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 Mumbai Indians (C) 14 10 4 0 20 0.784 Advanced to Qualifier 1
2 Rising Pune Supergiant (R) 14 9 5 0 18 0.176
3 Sunrisers Hyderabad (4) 14 8 5 1 17 0.599 Advanced to the Eliminator
4 Kolkata Knight Riders (3) 14 8 6 0 16 0.641
5 Kings XI Punjab 14 7 7 0 14 −0.009
6 Delhi Daredevils 14 6 8 0 12 −0.512
7 Gujarat Lions 14 4 10 0 8 −0.412
8 Royal Challengers Bangalore 14 3 10 1 7 −1.299
Source: ESPNcricinfo[1]
The four top ranked teams qualified for the playoffs

Match summary
Main article: 2017 Indian Premier League § Match summary

Auction

The player auction for the 2017 season was held 20 February in Bangalore.[2]

Squad
  • Players with international caps are listed in bold.
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Year signed Salary Notes
Batsmen
3Suresh Raina India (1986-11-27) 27 November 1986Left-handedRight-arm off break2016₹125 million (US$1.6 million)Captain
10Akshdeep Nath India (1993-05-10) 10 May 1993Right-handedRight-arm medium2017₹1 million (US$13,000)
16Aaron Finch Australia (1986-11-17) 17 November 1986Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2016₹10 million (US$130,000)Overseas
20Jason Roy England (1990-07-21) 21 July 1990Right-handedRight-arm medium2017₹10 million (US$130,000)Overseas
42Brendon McCullum New Zealand (1981-09-27) 27 September 1981Right-handedRight-arm medium2016₹75 million (US$940,000)Overseas, vice captain
Jaydev Shah India (1983-05-04) 4 May 1983Left-handedRight-arm off break2016₹2 million (US$25,000)
Chirag Suri United Arab Emirates (1995-02-18) 18 February 1995Right-handedRight-arm off break2017₹1 million (US$13,000)Overseas
Pratham Singh India (1992-08-21) 21 August 1992Left-handedRight-arm off break2017₹2 million (US$25,000)
All-rounders
8Ravindra Jadeja India (1988-12-06) 6 December 1988Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2016₹95 million (US$1.2 million)
14Shubham Agarwal India (1993-09-21) 21 September 1993Right-handedRight-arm leg break googly2017₹1 million (US$13,000)
44James Faulkner Australia (1990-04-29) 29 April 1990Right-handedLeft-arm medium-fast2016₹55 million (US$690,000)Overseas
47Dwayne Bravo Trinidad and Tobago (1983-10-07) 7 October 1983Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2016₹40 million (US$500,000)Overseas
50Dwayne Smith Barbados (1983-04-12) 12 April 1983Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2016₹23 million (US$290,000)Overseas
56Irfan Pathan India (1984-10-27) 27 October 1984Left-handedLeft-arm medium-fast2016Replacement signing
Wicket-keepers
19Dinesh Karthik India (1985-06-01) 1 June 1985Right-handed2016₹23 million (US$290,000)
23Ishan Kishan India (1998-07-18) 18 July 1998Left-handed2016₹3.5 million (US$44,000)
Bowlers
1Tejas Baroka India (1996-02-01) 1 February 1996Right-handedRight-arm leg break googly2017₹1 million (US$13,000)
5Ankit Soni India (1993-08-02) 2 August 1993Right-handedRight-arm leg break2017Replacement signing
7Nathu Singh India (1995-09-08) 8 September 1995Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium2017₹5 million (US$63,000)
9Manpreet Gony India (1984-01-04) 4 January 1984Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2017₹6 million (US$75,000)
13Munaf Patel India (1983-07-12) 12 July 1983Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2017₹3 million (US$38,000)
17Praveen Kumar India (1986-10-02) 2 October 1986Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2016₹35 million (US$440,000)
18Pradeep Sangwan India (1990-11-05) 5 November 1990Right-handedLeft-arm fast-medium2016₹2 million (US$25,000)
27Shadab Jakati India (1980-11-27) 27 November 1980Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2016₹2 million (US$25,000)
30Basil Thampi India (1993-09-11) 11 September 1993Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium2017₹8.5 million (US$110,000)
36Shivil Kaushik India (1995-07-09) 9 July 1995Right-handedSlow left-arm wrist-spin2016₹1 million (US$13,000)
68Andrew Tye Australia (1986-12-12) 12 December 1986Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium2016₹5 million (US$63,000)Overseas
91Dhawal Kulkarni India (1988-12-10) 10 December 1988Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2016₹20 million (US$250,000)
Shelley Shaurya India (1993-09-17) 17 September 1993Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2017₹1 million (US$13,000)

Fixtures
All times are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)
7 April
(H) Gujarat Lions
183/4 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
184/0 (14.5 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 10 wickets
  
 
Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot
Umpires: Nitin Menon (India) and C. K. Nandan (India)
Player of the match: Chris Lynn (Kolkata Knight Riders)
Suresh Raina 68* (51)
Kuldeep Yadav 2/25 (4 overs)
Chris Lynn 93* (41)
Praveen Kumar 0/13 (2 overs)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
  • This was the highest total successfully chased without losing a wicket in a T20 match.[3]
9 April
Gujarat Lions
135/7 (20 overs)
v
Sunrisers Hyderabad (H)
140/1 (15.3 overs)
Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 9 wickets
  
 
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad
Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh (India) and Nigel Llong (England)
Player of the match: Rashid Khan (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
Dwayne Smith 37 (27)
Rashid Khan 3/19 (4 overs)
David Warner 76* (45)
Praveen Kumar 1/16 (2 overs)
  • Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
  • Tejas Baroka (Gujarat Lions) made his T20 debut.
14 April
Rising Pune Supergiant
171/8 (20 overs)
v
Gujarat Lions (H)
172/3 (18 overs)
Gujarat Lions won by 7 wickets
  
 
Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot
Umpires: Nand Kishore (India) and Sundaram Ravi (India)
Player of the match: Andrew Tye (Gujarat Lions)
Steve Smith 43 (28)
Andrew Tye 5/17 (4 overs)
Brendon McCullum 49 (32)
Shardul Thakur 1/14 (3 overs)
16 April
Gujarat Lions
176/4 (20 overs)
v
Mumbai Indians (H)
177/4 (19.3 overs)
Mumbai Indians won by 6 wickets
  
 
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Nand Kishore (India) and Sundaram Ravi (India)
Player of the match: Nitish Rana (Mumbai Indians)
Nitish Rana 53 (36)
Andrew Tye 2/34 (4 overs)
  • Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
18 April
v
Gujarat Lions (H)
192/7 (20 overs)
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 21 runs
  
 
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot
Umpires: Sundaram Ravi (India) and Virender Sharma (India)
Player of the match: Chris Gayle (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
Chris Gayle 77 (38)
Basil Thampi 1/31 (4 overs)
Brendon McCullum 72 (44)
Yuzvendra Chahal 3/31 (4 overs)
  • Gujarat Lions won the toss and elected to field.
  • Chris Gayle (Royal Challengers Bangalore) became the first player to score 10,000 runs in T20s.[5]
23 April
Kings XI Punjab
188/7 (20 overs)
v
Gujarat Lions (H)
162/7 (20 overs)
Kings XI Punjab won by 26 runs
  
 
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (India) and Marais Erasmus (South Africa)
Player of the match: Hashim Amla (Kings XI Punjab)
Hashim Amla 65 (40)
Andrew Tye 2/35 (4 overs)
Dinesh Karthik 58* (43)
KC Cariappa 2/24 (4 overs)
  • Gujarat Lions won the toss and elected to field.
27 April
(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore
134 (20 overs)
v
Gujarat Lions
135/3 (13.5 overs)
Gujarat Lions won by 7 wickets
  
 
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (India) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (India)
Player of the match: Andrew Tye (Gujarat Lions)
Pawan Negi 32 (19)
Andrew Tye 3/12 (4 overs)
Aaron Finch 72 (34)
Samuel Badree 2/29 (3 overs)
  • Gujarat Lions won the toss and elected to field.
  • Ankit Soni (Gujarat Lions) made his T20 debut.
29 April
(H) Gujarat Lions
153/9
v
Match tied (Mumbai Indians won the Super Over)
  
 
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (India) and Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand)
Player of the match: Krunal Pandya (Mumbai Indians)
Ishan Kishan 48 (35)
Krunal Pandya 3/14 (4 overs)
Parthiv Patel 70 (44)
Basil Thampi 2/29 (4 overs)
  • Gujarat Lions won the toss and elected to bat
1 May
Gujarat Lions
161 (19.5 overs)
v
Rising Pune Supergiant (H)
167/5 (19.5 overs)
Rising Pune Supergiant won by 5 wickets
  
 
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
Umpires: Marais Erasmus (South Africa) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (India)
Player of the match: Ben Stokes (Rising Pune Supergiant)
Brendon McCullum 45 (27)
Imran Tahir 3/27 (4 overs)
Ben Stokes 103* (63)
Basil Thampi 2/35 (4 overs)
  • Rising Pune Supergiant won the toss and elected to field.
  • Ben Stokes (Rising Pune Supergiant) scored his first century in a T20.[6]
4 May
Gujarat Lions
208/7 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Daredevils (H)
214/3 (17.3 overs)
Delhi Daredevils won by 7 wickets
  
 
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Umpires: Marais Erasmus (South Africa) and Nitin Menon (India)
Player of the match: Rishabh Pant (Delhi Daredevils)
Suresh Raina 77 (43)
Kagiso Rabada 2/28 (4 overs)
Rishabh Pant 97 (43)
Ravindra Jadeja 1/28 (2 overs)
  • Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field.
7 May
(H) Kings XI Punjab
189/3 (20 overs)
v
Gujarat Lions
192/4 (19.4 overs)
Gujarat Lions won by 6 wickets
  
 
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali
Umpires: Nand Kishore (India) and Virender Sharma (India)
Player of the match: Dwayne Smith (Gujarat Lions)
Hashim Amla 104 (60)
Dhawal Kulkarni 1/24 (4 overs)
Dwayne Smith 74 (39)
Sandeep Sharma 2/29 (4 overs)
  • Gujarat Lions won the toss and elected to field.
10 May
(H) Gujarat Lions
195/5 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Daredevils
197/8 (19.4 overs)
Delhi Daredevils won by 2 wickets
  
 
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Green Park Stadium, Kanpur
Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (India) and Anil Chaudhary (India)
Player of the match: Shreyas Iyer (Delhi Daredevils)
Aaron Finch 69 (39)
Amit Mishra 1/27 (2 overs)
Shreyas Iyer 96 (57)
James Faulkner 2/39 (4 overs)
  • Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field.
13 May
(H) Gujarat Lions
154 (19.2 overs)
v
Sunrisers Hyderabad
158/2 (18.1 overs)
Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 8 wickets
  
 
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Green Park Stadium, Kanpur
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (India) and Nitin Menon (India)
Player of the match: Mohammed Siraj (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
Ishan Kishan 61 (40)
Mohammed Siraj 4/32 (4 overs)
David Warner 69 (52)*
Praveen Kumar 2/22 (4 overs)
  • Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.

Support staff changes

References
  1. "2017 IPL Points table". ESPN Sports Media. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  2. "IPL 2017 auction to be held on February 20". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  3. "Gambhir, Lynn blaze away in record chase". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  4. Muthu, Alagappan (15 April 2017). "Debutant Tye's five-for fashions Lions' first win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  5. "A giant in the T20 format". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  6. "Stokes century scripts stunning Pune win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  7. "Mohammad Kaif appointed assistant coach of Gujarat Lions". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
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