List of Gujarat Lions cricketers

Last updated December 12, 2023

The Gujarat Lions (often abbreviated as GL) was a franchise cricket team based in Rajkot, Gujarat, that competed in the Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2016 and 2017. The team was owned by Intex Technologies, who won the bid in 2016, after two teams were suspended following a spot-fixing scandal.^[1]

In total, 29 players have played for GL. Dinesh Karthik made the most appearances, appearing in all thirty matches played by the team. Suresh Raina has scored the most runs for GL, with 841 runs.^[2] No player has scored a century for GL, with the highest individual score being 84, scored by Raina. Dhawal Kulkarni has taken the most wickets for GL, with 21 wickets to his name.^[3] The best bowling figures belong to Andrew Tye, with 5/17.

The team has been captained by Raina for all of its matches except one, during which Brendon McCullum was the captain. Dinesh Karthik has been the only wicket keeper for GL, with 19 catches and 3 stumpings. Raina has taken the most catches as a fielder, with 11 catches.

The first list includes all players who have played in at least one match for GL and is initially listed alphabetically by their last name. The second list comprises all those players who have captained the team in at least one match, arranged in the order of the first match as captain. Many players have also represented other teams of the IPL, but only the records of their games for GL are given.^{[lower-greek 1]}

Key

General

† – Captain
‡ – Wicket-keeper
First – Year of debut for GL
Last – Year of last match for GL
Mat – Number of matches played

Fielding

Ca – Catches taken
St – Stumpings effected

Batting

Inn – Number of innings batted
NO – Number of innings not out
Runs – Runs scored in career
HS – Highest score
100 – Centuries scored
50 – Half-centuries scored
Avg – Runs scored per dismissal
* – Batsman remained not out

Bowling

Overs – Overs bowled in career
Wkt – Wickets taken in career
BBI – Best bowling in an innings
Ave – Average runs per wicket

Captains

Won – Number of games won
Lost – Number of games lost
NR – Number of games with no result
Win% – Percentage of games won to those captained^{[lower-greek 2]}^{[lower-greek 3]}

Players

Gujarat Lions capped cricketers
General					Batting ^[4]						Bowling ^[5]				Fielding ^[6]^[7]
Name^[8]	Nationality^{[lower-greek 4]}	First	Last	Mat	NO	Runs	HS	100	50	Avg	Overs	Wkt	BBI	Ave	Ca	St
Shubham Agarwal	India	2017	2017	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.0	1	1/42	42.00	1	-
Tejas Baroka	India			1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.3	0	-	-	0	-
Dwayne Bravo	West Indies	2016		15	5	99	22	0	0	12.37	56.0	17	4/22	29.05	6	-
Eklavya Dwivedi	India	2016		4	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	2	-
James Faulkner	Australia		2017	15	4	131	32	0	0	18.71	43.2	8	2/34	53.12	6	-
Aaron Finch	Australia	2016	2017	26	3	692	74	0	7	31.45	0.0	-	-	-	8	-
Manpreet Gony	India		2017	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0	0	-	-	0	-
Ravindra Jadeja	India	2016	2017	27	12	349	36*	0	0	26.84	78.1	13	2/18	50.76	6	-
Shadab Jakati	India	2016		8	1	1	1*	0	0	-	25.0	2	1/13	115.00	4	-
Dinesh Karthik ‡	India	2016	2017	30	5	696	65	0	5	30.26	0.0	-	-	-	19	3
Shivil Kaushik	India	2016		10	1	0	0*	0	0	0.00	34.0	6	3/20	49.50	0	-
Ishan Kishan	India		2017	16	0	319	61	0	1	21.26	0.0	-	-	-	4	-
Dhawal Kulkarni	India	2016	2017	20	3	28	10	0	0	9.33	67.5	21	4/14	25.57	3	-
Praveen Kumar	India	2016	2017	1	4	32	15	0	0	6.40	68.0	15	2/19	36.80	2	-
Sarabjit Ladda	India	2016		1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0	-	-	-	0	-
Brendon McCullum †	New Zealand	2016	2017	27	0	673	72	0	3	24.92	0.0	-	-	-	8	-
Akshdeep Nath	India	2016		5	0	20	12	0	0	5.00	0.0	-	-	-	0	-
Munaf Patel	India		2017	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	7.0	1	1/35	57.00	0	-
Irfan Pathan	India	2017	2017	1	0	2	2	0	0	2.00	2.0	0	-	-	0	-
Suresh Raina †	India	2016	2017	29	4	841	84	0	6	33.64	22.0	1	1/11	184.00	11	0
Jason Roy	England		2017	3	1	59	31	0	0	29.50	0.0	-	-	-	1	-
Nathu Singh	India		2017	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.0	1	1/7	15.00	0	-
Pradeep Sangwan	India		2017	7	1	2	1*	0	0	1.00	22.0	5	2/38	46.00	1	-
Dwayne Smith	West Indies	2016	2017	24	2	563	74	0	5	25.59	31.0	10	4/8	30.10	10	-
Ankit Soni	India		2017	7	1	7	7*	0	0	3.50	18.1	2	1/16	72.00	1	-
Dale Steyn	South Africa	2016	2016	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.00	2.0	0	-	-	0	-
Pravin Tambe	India	2016	2016	7	1	7	7*	0	0	-	16.0	5	2/12	28.60	1	-
Basil Thampi	India	2017	2017	12	5	28	13*	0	0	-	44.4	11	3/29	38.54	2	-
Andrew Tye	Australia	2017	2017	6	1	53	25	0	0	26.50	21.0	12	5/17	11.75	0	-

Captains

Gujarat Lions captains
No.	Name^[9]	First	Last	Mat	Won	Lost		Win%
1	Suresh Raina †	2016	2017	29	13	15	1	46.55
2	Brendon McCullum †			1	0	1	0	0.00
Total				30	13	16	1	46.

Notes

Footnotes

↑ To sort these tables by any statistic, click on the icon in the column title.
↑ Games that did not have a result are included in calculating the win percentage.
↑ The win–loss percentage is calculated using the formula: ${\frac {Wins+{\frac {1}{2}}Ties}{Games}}$
↑ The information in the nationality column is according to ESPNcricinfo. This information may not necessarily reflect the player's birthplace or citizenship.

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References

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[4] To sort these tables by any statistic, click on the icon in the column title.

[win%-5] Games that did not have a result are included in calculating the win percentage.

[wincalc-6] The win–loss percentage is calculated using the formula: ${\frac {Wins+{\frac {1}{2}}Ties}{Games}}$

[nationality-12] The information in the nationality column is according to ESPNcricinfo. This information may not necessarily reflect the player's birthplace or citizenship.

[1] Lokapally, Vijay (8 December 2015). "Pune, Rajkot join the IPL bandwagon". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X . Retrieved 8 June 2021.

[2] "Records / Gujarat Lions / Twenty20 Matches / Most Runs". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 8 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.

[3] "Records / Gujarat Lions / Twenty20 Matches / Most Wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 8 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.

[7] "Records / Indian Premier League - Gujarat Lions / Highest Averages". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 8 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.

[8] "Records / Indian Premier League - Gujarat Lions / Best Averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 June 2021.

[9] "Records / Indian Premier League - Gujarat Lions / Most Catches". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 June 2021.

[10] "Records / Indian Premier League - Gujarat Lions / Most Stumpings". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 June 2021.

[11] "Records / Gujarat Lions / Twenty20 Matches / Most Matches". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 June 2021.

[13] "Records / Indian Premier League - Gujarat Lions / Most Matches as Captain". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 June 2021.

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