2016 Gujarat Lions season
{{Short description|Indian Premier League cricket team season}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox cricket club season
| club = Gujarat Lions
| image =
| alt =
| season = 2016 Indian Premier League
| captain = Suresh Raina
| coach = Brad Hodge
| comp1 = IPL
| comp1 result = Playoffs (3rd)
| prevseason =
| nextseason = 2017
}}
Gujarat Lions were a franchise cricket team based in Rajkot, Gujarat, India, which played in the Indian Premier League (IPL) for two seasons between 2016 and 2017. They were one of the eight teams which competed in the 2016 Indian Premier League. The team was captained by Suresh Raina and coached by Brad Hodge.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}
Standings
{{2016 Indian Premier League Points table|team=GL}}
Squad
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- Suresh Raina (Captain)
- Brendon McCullum (Vice Captain, Overseas - New Zealand)
- Eklavya Dwivedi (Wicket Keeper)
- Dinesh Karthik (Wicket Keeper)
- Sarabjit Ladda
- Akshdeep Nath
- Amit Mishra
- Dwayne Bravo (Overseas - West Indies)
- Paras Dogra
- James Faulkner (Overseas - Australia)
- Aaron Finch (Overseas - Australia)
- Ishan Kishan
- Ravindra Jadeja
- Shadab Jakati
- Shivil Kaushik
- Dhawal Kulkarni
- Praveen Kumar
- Pradeep Sangwan
- Jaydev Shah
- Umang Sharma
- Dwayne Smith (Overseas - West Indies)
- Dale Steyn (Overseas - South Africa)
- Pravin Tambe
- Andrew Tye (Overseas - Australia)
}}
Match log
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| No.
!Date !Opponent !Venue !Result !Man of the Match !Scorecard link | ||||||
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| 1 | {{dts|1=2016|2=4|3=11|format=dmy}} | Kings XI Punjab | Mohali | Won by 5 wickets | Aaron Finch - 74 (47) | [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/980905.html Scorecard] |
| style="background:#c3fdb8;"
| 2 | {{dts|1=2016|2=4|3=14|format=dmy}} | Rising Pune Supergiant | Rajkot | Won by 7 wickets | Aaron Finch - 50 (36) | [http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2016/engine/match/980911.html Scorecard] |
| style="background:#c3fdb8;"
| 3 | {{dts|1=2016|2=4|3=16|format=dmy}} | Mumbai Indians | Mumbai | Won by 3 wickets | Aaron Finch - 67* (54) | [http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2016/engine/match/980917.html Scorecard] |
| style="background:#fcc;"
| 4 | {{dts|1=2016|2=4|3=21|format=dmy}} | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Rajkot | Lost by 10 wickets | [http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2016/engine/match/980929.html Scorecard] | |
| style="background:#c3fdb8;"
| 5 | {{dts|1=2016|2=4|3=24|format=dmy}} | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Rajkot | Won by 6 wickets | [http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2016/engine/match/980937.html Scorecard] | |
| style="background:#c3fdb8;"
| 6 | {{dts|1=2016|2=4|3=27|format=dmy}} | Delhi Daredevils | Delhi | Won by 1 run | [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/980945.html Scorecard] | |
| style="background:#c3fdb8;"
| 7 | {{dts|1=2016|2=4|3=29|format=dmy}} | Rising Pune Supergiant | Pune | Won by 3 wickets | Dwayne Smith 63 (37) | [http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2016/engine/match/980949.html Scorecard] |
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| 8 | {{dts|1=2016|2=5|3=1|format=dmy}} | Kings XI Punjab | Rajkot | Lost by 23 runs | [http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2016/engine/match/980955.html Scorecard] | |
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| 9 | {{dts|1=2016|2=5|3=3|format=dmy}} | Delhi Daredevils | Rajkot | Lost by 8 wickets | [http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2016/engine/match/980961.html Scorecard] | |
| style="background:#fcc;"
| 10 | {{dts|1=2016|2=5|3=6|format=dmy}} | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Hyderabad | Lost by 5 wickets | [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/ipl-2016-968923/sunrisers-hyderabad-vs-gujarat-lions-34th-match-980967/full-scorecard Scorecard] | |
| style="background:#c3fdb8;"
| 11 | {{dts|1=2016|2=5|3=8|format=dmy}} | Kolkata Knight Riders | Kolkata | Won by 5 wickets | Praveen Kumar 2/19 (4 Overs) | [http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2016/engine/match/980975.html Scorecard] |
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| 12 | {{dts|1=2016|2=5|3=14|format=dmy}} | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Bangalore | Lost by 144 runs | [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/980987.html Scorecard] | |
| style="background:#c3fdb8;"
| 13 | {{dts|1=2016|2=5|3=19|format=dmy}} | Kolkata Knight Riders | Kanpur | Won by 6 wickets | Dwayne Smith 4/8 (4 Overs) | [http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2016/engine/match/981001.html Scorecard] |
| style="background:#c3fdb8;"
| 14 | {{dts|1=2016|2=5|3=21|format=dmy}} | Mumbai Indians | Kanpur | Won by 7 wickets
| Suresh Raina 58(36) | [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/ipl-2016-968923/sunrisers-hyderabad-vs-gujarat-lions-34th-match-980967/full-scorecard Scorecard] |
=Qualifier 1=
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| Date
!Opponent !Venue !Result !Man of the Match !Scorecard link | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| {{dts|1=2016|2=5|3=24|format=dmy}} | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Bangalore | Lost by 4 wickets | [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/ipl-2016-968923/royal-challengers-bangalore-vs-gujarat-lions-qualifier-1-981013/full-scorecard Scorecard] |
=Qualifier 2=
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| Date
!Opponent !Venue !Result !Man of the Match !Scorecard link | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:#fcc;" | {{dts|1=2016|2=5|3=27|format=dmy}} | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Delhi | Lost by 4 wickets | [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/ipl-2016-968923/gujarat-lions-vs-sunrisers-hyderabad-qualifier-2-981017/full-scorecard Scorecard] |
References
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