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Tuesday, February 2, 2016

2016 IPL Season 9 - Rajkot Franchise Named Gujarat Lions Tuesday February 02,2016

 
The Rajkot franchise has been named the Gujarat Lions after an online poll. The new IPL side will be led by Suresh Raina.

Gujarat Lions along with Rising Pune Supergiants will play the next two editions of the Indian Super League after the Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals were banned for two years following the IPL betting scandal.

Ravindra Jadeja,James Faulkner, Brendon McCullum and Dwayne Bravo were the other four players selected by Rajkot in the first ever IPL draft held in November 2015


Former Australian batsman Brad Hodge has been named coach of the Gujarat Lions



The Rajkot-based franchise is owned by mobile manufacturing company Intex.

Intex owner Keshav Bansal had the second-lowest bid during the team auction at Rs -10 crore, as a result of which they didn't have the right to pick the first player at the players draft held on December 15 last year. The opportunity was given to Pune franchise (Rising Pune Giants), who expectedly picked MS Dhoni, who is also their skipper for the next two seasons.

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