Top run scorers · all-time
| 1 | Suresh Raina | 841 |
| 2 | KD Karthik | 696 |
| 3 | AJ Finch | 692 |
| 4 | Brendon McCullum | 673 |
| 5 | Dwayne Smith | 563 |
IPL 2017 only:
| 1 | Suresh Raina | 442 |
| 2 | KD Karthik | 361 |
| 3 | Brendon McCullum | 319 |
Top wicket takers · all-time
| 1 | DS Kulkarni | 21 |
| 2 | Dwayne Bravo | 17 |
| 3 | P Kumar | 15 |
| 4 | Ravindra Jadeja | 13 |
| 5 | AJ Tye | 12 |
IPL 2017 only:
| 1 | AJ Tye | 12 |
| 2 | Basil Thampi | 11 |
| 3 | JP Faulkner | 6 |
Home venue
Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot
Home in 2016 and 2017 · some home games were played at Green Park, Kanpur
Stats & records
All records IPL only, from the site's ball-by-ball archive.
One of the two stand-in franchises created for the 2016 and 2017 seasons while Chennai and Rajasthan served their suspensions. Suresh Raina captained a side built from the two suspended squads' cores, and the Lions were the story of 2016: top of the league in their debut season, losing both qualifiers to fall one step short of the final. A 7th-place finish followed in 2017, and the franchise dissolved when CSK and RR returned, exactly as planned.
Milestones
Squad index · bird's-eye
| Player | Mat | Runs | Wkts | Seasons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KD Karthik | 30 | 696 | 0 | 2 |
| Suresh Raina | 29 | 841 | 1 | 2 |
| Brendon McCullum | 27 | 673 | 0 | 2 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 27 | 349 | 13 | 2 |
| AJ Finch | 26 | 692 | 0 | 2 |
| Dwayne Smith | 24 | 563 | 10 | 2 |
| P Kumar | 22 | 32 | 15 | 2 |
| DS Kulkarni | 20 | 28 | 21 | 2 |
| Ishan Kishan | 16 | 319 | 0 | 2 |
| Dwayne Bravo | 15 | 99 | 17 | 1 |
All 29 players who have represented GL (matches in brackets): KD Karthik (30) · Suresh Raina (29) · Brendon McCullum (27) · Ravindra Jadeja (27) · AJ Finch (26) · Dwayne Smith (24) · P Kumar (22) · DS Kulkarni (20) · Ishan Kishan (16) · Dwayne Bravo (15) · JP Faulkner (15) · Basil Thampi (12) · S Kaushik (10) · SB Jakati (8) · PJ Sangwan (7) · PV Tambe (7) · Ankit Soni (7) · AJ Tye (6) · AD Nath (5) · ER Dwivedi (4) · JJ Roy (3) · MM Patel (2) · NB Singh (2) · Dale Steyn (1) · S Ladda (1) · IK Pathan (1) · MS Gony (1) · SS Agarwal (1) · Tejas Baroka (1). Use the explorer for any player's full numbers.
Season by season · league standing
| Season | Pos | P | W | L | Pts | NRR | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 18 | -0.374 | Playoffs |
| 2017 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 8 | -0.412 | League stage |
League positions and points from the verified all-seasons archive: IPL points table 2008-2026.
Latest results
Every row opens that match's full scorecard. The franchise no longer plays in the IPL.
Squad & player stats explorer
Batting & fielding
Bowling
Head to head · batter vs bowler
IPL only, and only matches played for Gujarat Lions. Every figure is computed from the ball-by-ball archive: 330 player-match records and 442 batter-bowler pairings of six balls or more.
All matches · 30 played
IPL 2017 is shown in full by default, match by match. Switch the season filter to All seasons for the complete archive. Only GL matches live on this page.