List of Gujarat Lions cricketers

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Suresh Raina captained the Gujarat Lions for all of its matches, except one Suresh Raina grace the 'Salaam Sachin' conclave.jpg
Suresh Raina captained the Gujarat Lions for all of its matches, except one

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]

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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

Batting Bowling Captains

Players

Gujarat Lions capped cricketers
General Batting [4] Bowling [5] Fielding [6] [7]
Name [8] Nationality [lower-greek 4] FirstLastMat NO Runs HS 100 50 Avg Overs Wkt BBI Ave Ca St
Shubham Agarwal Flag of India.svg  India 201720171------4.011/4242.001-
Tejas Baroka Flag of India.svg  India 1------3.30--0-
Dwayne Bravo WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 201615599220012.3756.0174/2229.056-
Eklavya Dwivedi Flag of India.svg  India 20164------0.0---2-
James Faulkner Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2017154131320018.7143.282/3453.126-
Aaron Finch Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 20162017263692740731.450.0---8-
Manpreet Gony Flag of India.svg  India 20171------2.00--0-
Ravindra Jadeja Flag of India.svg  India 20162017271234936*0026.8478.1132/1850.766-
Shadab Jakati Flag of India.svg  India 20168111*00-25.021/13115.004-
Dinesh Karthik  Flag of India.svg  India 20162017305696650530.260.0---193
Shivil Kaushik Flag of India.svg  India 201610100*000.0034.063/2049.500-
Ishan Kishan Flag of India.svg  India 2017160319610121.260.0---4-
Dhawal Kulkarni Flag of India.svg  India 201620172032810009.3367.5214/1425.573-
Praveen Kumar Flag of India.svg  India 20162017143215006.4068.0152/1936.802-
Sarabjit Ladda Flag of India.svg  India 20161------2.0---0-
Brendon McCullum  Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 20162017270673720324.920.0---8-
Akshdeep Nath Flag of India.svg  India 2016502012005.000.0---0-
Munaf Patel Flag of India.svg  India 20172000000.007.011/3557.000-
Irfan Pathan Flag of India.svg  India 201720171022002.002.00--0-
Suresh Raina  Flag of India.svg  India 20162017294841840633.6422.011/11184.00110
Jason Roy Flag of England.svg  England 20173159310029.500.0---1-
Nathu Singh Flag of India.svg  India 20172------4.011/715.000-
Pradeep Sangwan Flag of India.svg  India 20177121*001.0022.052/3846.001-
Dwayne Smith WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 20162017242563740525.5931.0104/830.1010-
Ankit Soni Flag of India.svg  India 20177177*003.5018.121/1672.001-
Dale Steyn Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 201620161111001.002.00--0-
Pravin Tambe Flag of India.svg  India 201620167177*00-16.052/1228.601-
Basil Thampi Flag of India.svg  India 201720171252813*00-44.4113/2938.542-
Andrew Tye Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 201720176153250026.5021.0125/1711.750-

Captains

Gujarat Lions captains
No.Name [9] FirstLastMatWonLostNRWin%
1 Suresh Raina  201620172913151046.55
2 Brendon McCullum  101000.00
Total3013161046.

See also

Notes

Footnotes

  1. To sort these tables by any statistic, click on the Sort both.gif icon in the column title.
  2. Games that did not have a result are included in calculating the win percentage.
  3. The win–loss percentage is calculated using the formula:
  4. 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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