Gujarat Lions had a superb first season in IPL as they finished top of the group stages. Going into the 2017 season they have released 8 players mostly local indian players while they retain majority of their oversees players and some big indian names.
Rajkot has already spent Rs 51.65 crores in retaining 16 of their players from last year’s squad which leaves them with only Rs. 14.35 crores going into the important 4 February 2017 auction weekend. Below is the list of their entire squad before the auction and the players they retained and let go.
| Team | Gujarat Lions |
| Short Form (Abbreviation) | GL |
| City | Rajkot, Gujarat |
| Captain | Suresh Raina |
| Coach | Brad Hodge |
| Owners | l Keshav Bansal (Intex Technologies) |
| Home Ground | Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot |
| Capacity | 28,000 |
| Champions | 0 (1 Appearance) |
Rajkot team was named “Gujarat Lions” is one of the two new franchises brought in IPL due to Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals getting suspended.
GL 2017 Team Squad:
| NO# | PLAYERS | COST |
| 1 | Suresh Raina(Captain) | Rs 12.5 crore |
| 2 | Ravindra Jadeja | Rs 9.5 crores |
| 3 | Brendon McCullum | Rs 7.5 crores |
| 4 | James Faulkner | Rs 5.5 crores |
| 5 | Dwayne Bravo | Rs 4 crores |
| 6 | Dwayne Smith | Rs 2.3 crores |
| 7 | Dale Steyn | Rs 2.3 crores |
| 8 | Aaron Finch | Rs. 1 crore |
| 9 | Dhawal Kulkarni | Rs 2 crores |
| 10 | Praveen Kumar | Rs 3.5 crores |
| 11 | Andre Tye | Rs. 50 Lakh |
| 12 | Karun Nair | Rs. 4 crores |
| 13 | Paras Dogra | Rs. 10 lakh |
| 14 | Eklavya Dwivedi | Rs. 1 crores |
| 15 | Pradeep Sangwan | Rs. 20 Lakh |
| 16 | Pravin Tambe | Rs. 10 Lakh |
| 17 | Shivil Kaushik | Rs. 10 Lakh |
| 18 | Sarabjeet Ladda | Rs. 10 Lakh |
| 19 | Umang Sharma | Rs. 10 Lakh |
| 21 | Shabad Jakati | Rs. 20 Lakh |
| 22 | Akshdeep Nath | Rs. 10 Lakh |
| 23 | Jaydev Shah | Rs. 20 Lakh |
GL Retained Players List With Base Price 2K17:
Suresh Raina 125,000,000 Ravindra Jadeja 95,000,000 James Faulkner 75,000,000 Brendon McCullum 55,000,000
Dwayne Bravo 40,000,000 Aaron Finch 10,000,000 Dwayne Smith 23,000,000 Dinesh Karthik 23,000,000
Dhawal Kulkarni 20,000,000 Praveen Kumar 35,000,000 Andrew Tye 5,000,000 Ishan Kishan 3,500,000
Pradeep Sangwan 2,000,000 Shivil Kaushik 1,000,000 Shadab Jakati 2,000,000 Jaydev Shah 2,000,000
As Lions let go 7 local indian players and retained most of foreign players its so evident they will be hunting for some quality indian players in the Auction. With 14.35 crore available in Auction we can safely assume they will bid for some experience and promising youngsters from local indian domestic circuit.
GL 2017 Jersey-Buy Online:
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