IPL 2016, RCB vs GL Playing 11: Today's Probable XI for Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Lions

Gujarat Lions will be looking to win despite skipper Suresh Raina’s absence

Here's the team which may play for Gujarat Lions:

Batting

The Gujarat Lions batting line-up has fired as a unit so far in their debut season. Nearly all their batsmen have been among the runs with skipper Suresh Raina being the highest run-getter with 286 runs. Aaron Finch has been in superb form and scored 276 runs at an average of 55.20 in 7 innings with 4 half-centuries.

The opening pair of Brendon McCullum and Dwayne Smith has also fired and they have provided some blistering starts to the Lions. Wicket-keeper batsman Dinesh Karthik has bolstered the middle order with some solid performances and has scored 3 fifties in the 2016 IPL. Only all-rounders Ravindra Jadeja and Dwayne Bravo have not contributed much with the bat for Gujarat.

All-rounders

Bravo and Jadeja may have performed very decently with the ball but they have not lived up to the all-rounder tag as they haven't done enough with the bat. While Ravindra Jadeja has scored 116 runs at an average of 16.57, Dwayne Bravo only has 70 runs from 10 innings. The other known all-rounder in their squad, James Faulkner, has not been able to deliver and has been out of the playing XI for the past few matches.

Bowling

The GL bowling attack has put on a good show in the team's debut season and has been a driving force behind their success. Bravo has been their leading wicket-taker with 12 wickets thus far followed by seamer Dhawal Kulkarni who has claimed 10 wickets at an economy rate of just 7.

Praveen Kumar, too, came into his own in Gujarat's previous match against KKR as he recorded figures of 2 for 19 and received the Player of the Match award for his efforts. The spinners have been doing a decent job with Jadeja picking up 6 wickets and youngster Shivil Kaushik claiming 4.

Probable Playing XI

Dwayne Smith, Brendon McCullum, Aaron Finch (c), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Ishan Kishan, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Praveen Kumar, Dhawal Kulkarni, Shivil Kaushik, Pravin Tambe.