2017 Gujarat Lions season

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
Coach	Brad Hodge
Captain	Suresh Raina
IPL	Group Stage (7th)
← 2016

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	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
3	Suresh Raina	India	(1986-11-27)27 November 1986 (aged 30)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2016	₹12.5 crore (US$1.92 million)	Captain
10	Akshdeep Nath	India	(1993-05-10)10 May 1993 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2017	₹10 lakh (US$15,000)
16	Aaron Finch	Australia	(1986-11-17)17 November 1986 (aged 30)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2016	₹1 crore (US$150,000)	Overseas
20	Jason Roy	England	(1990-07-21)21 July 1990 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2017	₹1 crore (US$150,000)	Overseas
42	Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	(1981-09-27)27 September 1981 (aged 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2016	₹7.5 crore (US$1.15 million)	Overseas, vice captain
	Jaydev Shah	India	(1983-05-04)4 May 1983 (aged 33)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2016	₹20 lakh (US$31,000)
	Chirag Suri	United Arab Emirates	(1995-02-18)18 February 1995 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2017	₹10 lakh (US$15,000)	Overseas
	Pratham Singh	India	(1992-08-21)21 August 1992 (aged 24)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2017	₹20 lakh (US$31,000)
All-rounders
8	Ravindra Jadeja	India	(1988-12-06)6 December 1988 (aged 28)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2016	₹9.5 crore (US$1.46 million)
14	Shubham Agarwal	India	(1993-09-21)21 September 1993 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break googly	2017	₹10 lakh (US$15,000)
44	James Faulkner	Australia	(1990-04-29)29 April 1990 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2016	₹5.5 crore (US$840,000)	Overseas
47	Dwayne Bravo	Trinidad and Tobago	(1983-10-07)7 October 1983 (aged 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2016	₹4 crore (US$610,000)	Overseas
50	Dwayne Smith	Barbados	(1983-04-12)12 April 1983 (aged 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2016	₹2.3 crore (US$350,000)	Overseas
56	Irfan Pathan	India	(1984-10-27)27 October 1984 (aged 32)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2016	Replacement signing
Wicket-keepers
19	Dinesh Karthik	India	(1985-06-01)1 June 1985 (aged 31)	Right-handed		2016	₹2.3 crore (US$350,000)
23	Ishan Kishan	India	(1998-07-18)18 July 1998 (aged 18)	Left-handed		2016	₹35 lakh (US$54,000)
Bowlers
1	Tejas Baroka	India	(1996-02-01)1 February 1996 (aged 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break googly	2017	₹10 lakh (US$15,000)
5	Ankit Soni	India	(1993-08-02)2 August 1993 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2017	Replacement signing
7	Nathu Singh	India	(1995-09-08)8 September 1995 (aged 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2017	₹50 lakh (US$77,000)
9	Manpreet Gony	India	(1984-01-04)4 January 1984 (aged 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2017	₹60 lakh (US$92,000)
13	Munaf Patel	India	(1983-07-12)12 July 1983 (aged 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2017	₹30 lakh (US$46,000)
17	Praveen Kumar	India	(1986-10-02)2 October 1986 (aged 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2016	₹3.5 crore (US$540,000)
18	Pradeep Sangwan	India	(1990-11-05)5 November 1990 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2016	₹20 lakh (US$31,000)
27	Shadab Jakati	India	(1980-11-27)27 November 1980 (aged 36)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2016	₹20 lakh (US$31,000)
30	Basil Thampi	India	(1993-09-11)11 September 1993 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2017	₹85 lakh (US$130,000)
36	Shivil Kaushik	India	(1995-07-09)9 July 1995 (aged 21)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm wrist-spin	2016	₹10 lakh (US$15,000)
68	Andrew Tye	Australia	(1986-12-12)12 December 1986 (aged 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2016	₹50 lakh (US$77,000)	Overseas
91	Dhawal Kulkarni	India	(1988-12-10)10 December 1988 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2016	₹2 crore (US$310,000)
	Shelley Shaurya	India	(1993-09-17)17 September 1993 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2017	₹10 lakh (US$15,000)

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
(D/N) Scorecard				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
(D/N) Scorecard				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
(D/N) Scorecard				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)
Gujarat Lions won the toss and elected to field. Andrew Tye (Gujarat Lions) took a hat-trick.[4]

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)
	Brendon McCullum 64 (44) Mitchell McClenaghan 2/24 (4 overs)		Nitish Rana 53 (36) Andrew Tye 2/34 (4 overs)
Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.

18 April	Royal Challengers Bangalore 213/2 (20 overs)	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	Mumbai Indians 153	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

• In February 2017, Mohammad Kaif was named assistant coach of Gujarat Lions.^[7]