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The Gujarat Lions are a franchise cricket team based in Rajkot, Gujarat, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They are one of the eight teams competing in the 2017 Indian Premier League. They are captained by Suresh Raina and coached by Brad Hodge. Gujarat Lions finished 7th in the IPL and did not qualify for the playoffs.
Standings
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Match summary
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Auction
The players auction for the 2017 Indian Premier League was originally scheduled to be held in Bangalore on 4 February 2017,[1] but was pushed forward by at least two weeks due to the BCCI–Lodha committee stand-off.[2] On 3 February, the BCCI announced that the auction will be held on 20 February in Bangalore and that a total of 799 players have signed up for it.[3] On 14 February, the IPL Desk released a list of 351 players.[4]
Squad
- Players with international caps are listed in bold.
- Template:Color box denotes a player who is currently unavailable for selection.
- Template:Color box denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season.
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Signed year | Salary | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||||||
| 3 | Suresh Raina | Template:Flagicon | 1986-11-27 (age 40) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2016 | Template:INRConvert | Captain |
| 10 | Akshdeep Nath | Template:Flagicon | 1993-5-10 (age 33) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2017 | Template:INRConvert | |
| 16 | Aaron Finch | Template:Flagicon | 1986-11-17 (age 40) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2016 | Template:INRConvert | Overseas |
| 20 | Jason Roy | Template:Flagicon | 1990-7-21 (age 36) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2017 | Template:INRConvert | Overseas |
| 42 | Brendon McCullum | Template:Flagicon | 1981-09-27 (age 45) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2016 | Template:INRConvert | Overseas, vice captain |
| Jaydev Shah | Template:Flagicon | 1983-5-4 (age 43) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2016 | Template:INRConvert | ||
| Chirag Suri | Template:Flagicon | 1995-2-18 (age 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2017 | Template:INRConvert | Overseas | |
| Pratham Singh | Template:Flagicon | 1992-8-21 (age 34) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2017 | Template:INRConvert | ||
| All-rounders | ||||||||
| 8 | Ravindra Jadeja | Template:Flagicon | 1988-12-6 (age 38) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2016 | Template:INRConvert | |
| 14 | Shubham Agarwal | Template:Flagicon | 1993-9-21 (age 33) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break googly | 2017 | Template:INRConvert | |
| 44 | James Faulkner | Template:Flagicon | 1990-4-29 (age 36) | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2016 | Template:INRConvert |
Overseas |
| 47 | Dwayne Bravo | Template:Flagicon | 1983-10-7 (age 43) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2016 | Template:INRConvert | Overseas |
| 50 | Dwayne Smith | Template:Flagicon | 1983-4-12 (age 43) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2016 | Template:INRConvert | Overseas |
| 56 | Irfan Pathan | Template:Flagicon | 1984-10-27 (age 42) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2016 | Replacement signing | |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||||
| 19 | Dinesh Karthik | Template:Flagicon | 1985-6-1 (age 41) | Right-handed | 2016 | Template:INRConvert | ||
| 23 | Ishan Kishan | Template:Flagicon | 1998-7-18 (age 28) | Left-handed | 2016 | Template:INRConvert | ||
| Bowlers | ||||||||
| 1 | Tejas Baroka | Template:Flagicon | 1996-2-1 (age 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break googly | 2017 | Template:INRConvert | |
| 5 | Ankit Soni | Template:Flagicon | 1993-8-2 (age 33) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2017 | Replacement signing | |
| 7 | Nathu Singh | Template:Flagicon | 1995-9-8 (age 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2017 | Template:INRConvert | |
| 9 | Manpreet Gony | Template:Flagicon | 1984-1-4 (age 42) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2017 | Template:INRConvert | |
| 13 | Munaf Patel | Template:Flagicon | 1983-7-12 (age 43) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2017 | Template:INRConvert | |
| 17 | Praveen Kumar | Template:Flagicon | 1986-10-2 (age 40) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2016 | Template:INRConvert | |
| 18 | Pradeep Sangwan | Template:Flagicon | 1990-11-5 (age 36) | Right-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | 2016 | Template:INRConvert | |
| 27 | Shadab Jakati | Template:Flagicon | 1980-11-27 (age 46) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2016 | Template:INRConvert | |
| 30 | Basil Thampi | Template:Flagicon | 1993-9-11 (age 33) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2017 | Template:INRConvert | |
| 36 | Shivil Kaushik | Template:Flagicon | 1995-7-9 (age 31) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm wrist-spin | 2016 | Template:INRConvert | |
| 68 | Andrew Tye | Template:Flagicon | 1986-12-12 (age 40) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2016 | Template:INRConvert | Overseas |
| 91 | Dhawal Kulkarni | Template:Flagicon | 1988-12-10 (age 38) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2016 | Template:INRConvert | |
| Shelley Shaurya | Template:Flagicon | 1993-9-17 (age 33) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2017 | Template:INRConvert | ||
Fixtures
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Support staff changes
- In February 2017, Mohammad Kaif was named assistant coach of Gujarat Lions.[5]
References
- ↑ IPL 2017 May Start From April 5, Auctions on February 4: Rajeev Shukla. NDTV.
- ↑ Rahane, Dhawan headline rejigged T20 event. ESPN Cricinfo.
- ↑ IPL 2017 auction to be held on February 20. Cricbuzz.
- ↑ VIVO IPL Player Auction 2017(14 February 2017).
- ↑ Mohammad Kaif appointed assistant coach of Gujarat Lions. ESPN Cricinfo.
External links
- Official website
- Gujarat Lions at IPL official site
- Gujarat Lions at CricBuzz