Gujarat Lions Team 2016,

The new team from Gujarat in IPL is famous for all the right reasons as it picked up SURESH RAINA, the impeccable all rounder who can turn any game on its head. The precious left hander batsman has the capability to launch into big shots and smother the opposition bowling. Rajkot Lions would be a challenge in the bowling department Headed by James Faulkner. He is equipped with the capability to bowl perfect Yorkers and the slower ones to stifle the batsmen at the end of the innings.

RAJKOT LIONS is a force to reckon with due to the inclusion of all rounder. The surprise package of the team is SHIVIL KAUSHIK, the rookie left arm spinner who can torment the batsmen due to his unusual action. He can be introduced in the middle of the over to create havoc and brighten the chances of the team to win the match. Inclusion of players such as MCCULLUM in the squad is a shot in the arm of the middle order because on his day, the batsman is a match winner.

The spin bowling department will have more teeth with the arrival of RAVINDRA JADEJA. If the pitch is suitable for spin bowling, no batsman can handle the moving ball from the all rounder. In addition, he is a valuable lower order batsman who can easily alter the scoring rate with his swashbuckling knocks. The stint with Chennai Kings has proved that SIR JADEJA is no mug with the bat and can tear the bowling apart irrespective of its quality.

Gujarat Lions Team Squad IPL 2016

1. Suresh Raina
2. Ravindra Jadeja
3. Dale Steyn
4. Dwayne Bravo
5. Brendon McCullum
6. Shadab Jakati
7. Pradeep Sangwan
8. Sarabjit Ladda
9. Praveen kumar
10. Dinesh Karthik
11. Dhawal Kulkarni
12. Dwayne Smith
13. Eklavya Dwivedi
14. James Faulkner
15. Pravin Tambe
16. Aaron Finch
17. Jaydev Shah
18. Paras Dogra
19. Andrew Tye
20. Amit Mishra
21. Akshdeep Nath
22. Ishan Kishan
23. Shivil Kaushik
24. Umang Sharma

Openers in the form of Finch and DWAYNE SMITH can provide solid start to the innings however the only weak link might be DINESH KARTIK, the wicket keeper. He is not in a good form in recent times and might have to be at the bench.