2017 Gujarat Lions season

Gujarat Lions
2017 Indian Premier League season
Coach	Brad Hodge
Captain	Suresh Raina
IPL	Group Stage (7th)
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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

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	Advanced to Qualifier 1
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	Advanced to the Eliminator
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

Template:2017 Indian Premier League Group stage

Auction

The players auction for the 2017 Indian Premier League was originally scheduled to be held in Bangalore on 4 February 2017,^[2] but was pushed forward by at least two weeks due to the BCCI–Lodha committee stand-off.^[3] 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.^[4] On 14 February, the IPL Desk released a list of 351 players.^[5]

Squad

Template:Gujarat Lions Roster

Fixtures

7 April (D/N)
Scorecard

(H) Gujarat Lions 183/4 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 184/0 (14.5 overs)
Suresh Raina 68* (51) Kuldeep Yadav 2/25 (4 overs)		Chris Lynn 93* (41) Praveen Kumar 0/13 (2 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)

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.^[6]

9 April (D/N)
Scorecard

Gujarat Lions 135/7 (20 overs)	v	Sunrisers Hyderabad (H) 140/1 (15.3 overs)
Dwayne Smith 37 (27) Rashid Khan 3/19 (4 overs)		David Warner 76* (45) Praveen Kumar 1/16 (2 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)

Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
Tejas Baroka (Gujarat Lions) made his T20 debut.

14 April (D/N)
Scorecard

Rising Pune Supergiant 171/8 (20 overs)	v	Gujarat Lions (H) 172/3 (18 overs)
Steve Smith 43 (28) Andrew Tye 5/17 (4 overs)		Brendon McCullum 49 (32) Shardul Thakur 1/14 (3 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)

Gujarat Lions won the toss and elected to field.
Andrew Tye (Gujarat Lions) took a hat-trick.^[7]

16 April
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

Gujarat Lions 176/4 (20 overs)	v	Mumbai Indians (H) 177/4 (19.3 overs)
Brendon McCullum 64 (44) Mitchell McClenaghan 2/24 (4 overs)		Nitish Rana 53 (36) Andrew Tye 2/34 (4 overs)

Mumbai Indians won by 6 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Nand Kishore (India) and Sundaram Ravi (India)
Player of the match: Nitish Rana (Mumbai Indians)

Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.

18 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

Royal Challengers Bangalore 213/2 (20 overs)	v	Gujarat Lions (H) 192/7 (20 overs)
Chris Gayle 77 (38) Basil Thampi 1/31 (4 overs)		Brendon McCullum 72 (44) Yuzvendra Chahal 3/31 (4 overs)

Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 21 runs
Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot
Umpires: Sundaram Ravi (India) and Virender Sharma (India)
Player of the match: Chris Gayle (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

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.^[8]

23 April
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

Kings XI Punjab 188/7 (20 overs)	v	Gujarat Lions (H) 162/7 (20 overs)
Hashim Amla 65 (40) Andrew Tye 2/35 (4 overs)		Dinesh Karthik 58* (43) KC Cariappa 2/24 (4 overs)

Kings XI Punjab won by 26 runs
Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (India) and Marais Erasmus (South Africa)
Player of the match: Hashim Amla (Kings XI Punjab)

Gujarat Lions won the toss and elected to field.

27 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore 134 (20 overs)	v	Gujarat Lions 135/3 (13.5 overs)
Pawan Negi 32 (19) Andrew Tye 3/12 (4 overs)		Aaron Finch 72 (34) Samuel Badree 2/29 (3 overs)

Gujarat Lions won by 7 wickets
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (India) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (India)
Player of the match: Andrew Tye (Gujarat Lions)

Gujarat Lions won the toss and elected to field.
Ankit Soni (Gujarat Lions) made his T20 debut.

29 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

(H) Gujarat Lions 153/9	v	Mumbai Indians 153
Ishan Kishan 48 (35) Krunal Pandya 3/14 (4 overs)		Parthiv Patel 70 (44) Basil Thampi 2/29 (4 overs)

Match tied (Mumbai Indians won the Super Over)
Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (India) and Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand)
Player of the match: Krunal Pandya (Mumbai Indians)

Gujarat Lions won the toss and elected to bat

1 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

Gujarat Lions 161 (19.5 overs)	v	Rising Pune Supergiant (H) 167/5 (19.5 overs)
Brendon McCullum 45 (27) Imran Tahir 3/27 (4 overs)		Ben Stokes 103* (63) Basil Thampi 2/35 (4 overs)

Rising Pune Supergiant won by 5 wickets
Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
Umpires: Marais Erasmus (South Africa) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (India)
Player of the match: Ben Stokes (Rising Pune Supergiant)

Rising Pune Supergiant won the toss and elected to field.
Ben Stokes (Rising Pune Supergiant) scored his first century in a T20.^[9]

4 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

Gujarat Lions 208/7 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Daredevils (H) 214/3 (17.3 overs)
Suresh Raina 77 (43) Kagiso Rabada 2/28 (4 overs)		Rishabh Pant 97 (43) Ravindra Jadeja 1/28 (2 overs)

Delhi Daredevils won by 7 wickets
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Umpires: Marais Erasmus (South Africa) and Nitin Menon (India)
Player of the match: Rishabh Pant (Delhi Daredevils)

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field.

7 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

(H) Kings XI Punjab 189/3 (20 overs)	v	Gujarat Lions 192/4 (19.4 overs)
Hashim Amla 104 (60) Dhawal Kulkarni 1/24 (4 overs)		Dwayne Smith 74 (39) Sandeep Sharma 2/29 (4 overs)

Gujarat Lions won by 6 wickets
Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali
Umpires: Nand Kishore (India) and Virender Sharma (India)
Player of the match: Dwayne Smith (Gujarat Lions)

Gujarat Lions won the toss and elected to field.

10 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

(H) Gujarat Lions 195/5 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Daredevils 197/8 (19.4 overs)
Aaron Finch 69 (39) Amit Mishra 1/27 (2 overs)		Shreyas Iyer 96 (57) James Faulkner 2/39 (4 overs)

Delhi Daredevils won by 2 wickets
Green Park Stadium, Kanpur
Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (India) and Anil Chaudhary (India)
Player of the match: Shreyas Iyer (Delhi Daredevils)

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field.

13 May
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

(H) Gujarat Lions 154 (19.2 overs)	v	Sunrisers Hyderabad 158/2 (18.1 overs)
Ishan Kishan 61 (40) Mohammed Siraj 4/32 (4 overs)		David Warner 69 (52)* Praveen Kumar 2/22 (4 overs)

Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 8 wickets
Green Park Stadium, Kanpur
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (India) and Nitin Menon (India)
Player of the match: Mohammed Siraj (Sunrisers Hyderabad)

Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.

Support staff changes

In February 2017, Mohammad Kaif was named assistant coach of Gujarat Lions.^[10]

References

^ "2017 IPL Points table". ESPN Sports Media. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
^ "IPL 2017 May Start From April 5, Auctions on February 4: Rajeev Shukla". NDTV. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
^ "Rahane, Dhawan headline rejigged T20 event". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
^ "IPL 2017 auction to be held on February 20". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
^ "VIVO IPL Player Auction 2017". 14 February 2017. Archived from the original on 21 February 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
^ "Gambhir, Lynn blaze away in record chase". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
^ Muthu, Alagappan (15 April 2017). "Debutant Tye's five-for fashions Lions' first win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
^ "A giant in the T20 format". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
^ "Stokes century scripts stunning Pune win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
^ "Mohammad Kaif appointed assistant coach of Gujarat Lions". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2017.

External links

[1] "2017 IPL Points table". ESPN Sports Media. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2017.

[2] "IPL 2017 May Start From April 5, Auctions on February 4: Rajeev Shukla". NDTV. Retrieved 25 December 2016.

[3] "Rahane, Dhawan headline rejigged T20 event". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2017.

[4] "IPL 2017 auction to be held on February 20". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 3 February 2017.

[5] "VIVO IPL Player Auction 2017". 14 February 2017. Archived from the original on 21 February 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2017.

[chase-6] "Gambhir, Lynn blaze away in record chase". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 April 2017.

[7] Muthu, Alagappan (15 April 2017). "Debutant Tye's five-for fashions Lions' first win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 April 2017.

[Gayle-8] "A giant in the T20 format". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 April 2017.

[Stokes-9] "Stokes century scripts stunning Pune win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 May 2017.

[10] "Mohammad Kaif appointed assistant coach of Gujarat Lions". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2017.

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