Gujarat Lions was an establishment cricket crew situated in the city of Rajkot, that addressed the Indian state Gujarat in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The group played in the IPL for two season somewhere in the range of 2016 and 2017 as one of the substitutes for Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals, who were both suspended for two seasons because of unlawful wagering by their separate proprietors. The establishment was possessed by Intex Technologies.
History
2016
Principal article: Gujarat Lions in 2016
The group played five of their home matches at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot and two of their home matches at Green Park Stadium, Kanpur in the IPL 2016. In IPL 2016, the group won 9 matches, and beat the focuses table.
2017
Primary article: Gujarat Lions in 2017
In 2017, the group won four matches out of fourteen, and didn't fit the bill for the end of the season games.
The group didn't get an augmentation to play in additional times of the competition, and has been old starting around 2017. In 2022, another Gujarati group, the Gujarat Titans, entered the IPL.
Group personality
The group logo highlighted a lion. The group melody is designated "Game mari che" (The Game is our own, in Gujarati)
Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium
Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, otherwise called the Khandheri Cricket Stadium, is a cricket arena in Rajkot, India. It is Gujarat's most memorable sunlight based fueled arena.
In 2013, the principal global match occurred in this arena. The host (India) played ODI against England. In same year, it facilitated its most memorable T20I among India and Australia which India won by six wickets. In 2016, this arena facilitated its most memorable Test, India versus England. Albeit, the test finished in a draw.
History
Perspective on Khandheri Cricket Stadium
At first, the arena was being utilized for Ranji Trophy matches, when the onlooker stands were all the while being built. With the stands finished, the ground can hold 28,000 individuals. The arena is a piece of a bigger games complex that will incorporate settings for different games like badminton, b-ball, and volleyball. It will have Saurashtra Cricket Association coordinates alongside Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground.
It is a best in class cricket arena. The media confine here is comparable plan to the one at Lord's Cricket Ground, London. To work with onlooker development, there are a few paths between seat segments and the many passageways/exits for the three stands. There is likewise a roomy section going around the arena, between the stands and the external divider, to empower simple development.
A 30-section of land part of rural land close to the Jamnagar expressway was obtained around 2004. Development started in 2006 and the complete expense, including land, is supposed to associate with Rs 75 crore (around $14 million). The SCA moved its workplaces from the confined seventh floor of a business working in the city to the arena which has been facilitating top notch matches since late 2008.
The complex has two battlegrounds: the really one inside the arena, with a 90-yard outfield, and a more modest one outside, with a 70-yard outfield. The last option is utilized for outside nets, and furthermore for region level matches. The changing areas are huge and fixed with enormous, rich, padded seats.
There are in excess of 60 friendliness boxes dabbing the West Stand and the Pavilion Stand yet the SCA has ruled against selling them for all time to corporates and will just recruit them out for global matches. There are even intends to have a foundation later on.
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The arena was in the cricket news when its Saurashtra run machines Cheteshwar Pujara and Ravindra Jadeja make their most recent twofold or triple-hundred.
It likewise facilitated its most memorable T20 International match on 10 October 2013 among India and Australia during the Australia Tour of India Oct-Nov 2013. The match previously saw Aaron Finch make 89 and afterward the arrival of Yuvraj Singh to worldwide cricket in which he scored an unbeaten 77 as India pursued down 201 runs.
In November 2015, the arena was chosen as one of the six new Test settings alongside Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, JSCA International Stadium Complex, Holkar Stadium, Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium and Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in India.[2] The arena was the home ground of the Gujarat Lions in IPL 2016. It facilitated five matches in the season.
On 9 November 2016, the arena facilitated its most memorable Test match, which was played among England and India.
