The newly launched franchise Gujarat Lions have purchased West Indies’ batsman Dwayne Smith as their first player in Vivo IPL auction 2016. The Gujarat Lions team bought him for 230 lakhs INR. South African fast bowler was also purchased by GL owners for 2.3 Crore.
Dwayne Smith sold to @TheGujaratLions for INR 230 lacs #IPLauction
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) February 6, 2016
Suresh Raina is captaining the Gujarat Lions.
Players GL bought in Auction
| Player | Bid Price (INR) | Role |
| Praveen Kumar | 3.5 Crore | Bowler |
| Dale Steyn | 2.3 Crore | Bowler |
| Dinesh Karthik | 2.3 Crore | Wicket-keeper |
| Dwayne Smith | 2.3 Crore | Batsman |
| Dhawal Kulkarni | 2.0 Crore | Bowler |
| Ishan Kishan | 35 Lakh | Wicket-keeper |
| Paras Dogra | 10 Lakh | Batsman |
| Eklavya Dwivedi | 1 Crore | Wicket-keeper |
| Pradeep Sangwan | 20 Lakh | Bowler |
| Pravin Tambe | 20 Lakh | Bowler |
| Shivil Kaushik | 10 Lakh | Bowler |
| Sarabjit Ladda | 10 Lakh | Bowler |
| Aaron Finch | 1.0 Crore | Batsman |
| Andrew Tye | 50 Lakh | All-rounder |
| Jaydev Shah | 20 Lakh | All-rounder |
| Shadab Jakati | 20 Lakh | All-rounder |
| Amit Mishra | 10 Lakh | Bowler |
| Akshdeep Nath | 10 Lakh | All-rounder |
| Umang Sharma | 10 Lakh | Batsman |