Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s coverage of the second opening ceremony of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2017 at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot.
Gujarat Lions had an impressive IPL 2016 and will look to carry on in same stead in their opening tie versus Kolkata Knight Riders on Friday.
GL are now well ahead in the race of making it to the playoffs as they are placed at the second position in the points table with 16 precious points to their name.
Suresh Raina has won the toss and elected to bowl first. Get the live updates, most hilarious tweets and lot more on match No.51 of IPL 2016 Gujarat Lions and Kolkata Knight Riders here.
Catch the live action of the 51st game of IPL 2016 between Gujarat Lions and Kolkata Knight Riders here.
Praveen Kumar drew the first blood when he got the better of Gautam Gambhir and broke KKR's spine.
KKR were asked to bat first and they got off to a rocky start as they lost three wickets in quick succession with the new ball.
Suresh Raina has won the toss and elected to bowl first. Catch the live updates and best tweets from the cyberspace.
Catch the live action of the 38th game of IPL 2016 between Kolkata Knight Riders and Gujarat Lions here.
GL have had a few issues in the past games. The return from injury for Aaron Finch has been a boost, but he has been played at no.4 due to the form of Dwayne Smith and Brendon McCullum