# 2016 Gujarat Lions season

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.

## Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | |
| 1 | Gujarat Lions (3) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | −0.374 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
| 2 | Royal Challengers Bangalore (RU) | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 0.932 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
| 3 | Sunrisers Hyderabad (C) | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 0.245 | Advanced to the Eliminator |
| 4 | Kolkata Knight Riders (4) | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 0.106 | Advanced to the Eliminator |
| 5 | Mumbai Indians | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | −0.146 | |
| 6 | Delhi Daredevils | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | −0.155 | |
| 7 | Rising Pune Supergiants | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0.015 | |
| 8 | Kings XI Punjab | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | −0.646 | |

## Squad

* 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)
Source:

## Match log

| No. | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Man of the Match | Scorecard link |
| 1 | 11 April 2016 | Kings XI Punjab | Mohali | Won by 5 wickets | Aaron Finch - 74 (47) | Scorecard |
| 2 | 14 April 2016 | Rising Pune Supergiant | Rajkot | Won by 7 wickets | Aaron Finch - 50 (36) | Scorecard |
| 3 | 16 April 2016 | Mumbai Indians | Mumbai | Won by 3 wickets | Aaron Finch - 67* (54) | Scorecard |
| 4 | 21 April 2016 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Rajkot | Lost by 10 wickets | | Scorecard |
| 5 | 24 April 2016 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Rajkot | Won by 6 wickets | | Scorecard |
| 6 | 27 April 2016 | Delhi Daredevils | Delhi | Won by 1 run | | Scorecard |
| 7 | 29 April 2016 | Rising Pune Supergiant | Pune | Won by 3 wickets | Dwayne Smith 63 (37) | Scorecard |
| 8 | 1 May 2016 | Kings XI Punjab | Rajkot | Lost by 23 runs | | Scorecard |
| 9 | 3 May 2016 | Delhi Daredevils | Rajkot | Lost by 8 wickets | | Scorecard |
| 10 | 6 May 2016 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Hyderabad | Lost by 5 wickets | | Scorecard |
| 11 | 8 May 2016 | Kolkata Knight Riders | Kolkata | Won by 5 wickets | Praveen Kumar 2/19 (4 Overs) | Scorecard |
| 12 | 14 May 2016 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Bangalore | Lost by 144 runs | | Scorecard |
| 13 | 19 May 2016 | Kolkata Knight Riders | Kanpur | Won by 6 wickets | Dwayne Smith 4/8 (4 Overs) | Scorecard |
| 14 | 21 May 2016 | Mumbai Indians | Kanpur | Won by 7 wickets | Suresh Raina 58(36) | Scorecard |

### Qualifier 1

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Man of the Match | Scorecard link |
| 24 May 2016 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Bangalore | Lost by 4 wickets | | Scorecard |

### Qualifier 2

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Man of the Match | Scorecard link |
| 27 May 2016 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Delhi | Lost by 4 wickets | | Scorecard |