Rising Pune Supergiants
2017 Indian Premier League season
CoachStephen Fleming
CaptainSteve Smith
Ground(s)Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
(Capacity: 42,000)[1]
2017 IPLRunners-Up
← 2016

Rising Pune Supergiant (RPS) was a franchise cricket team based in Pune, Maharashtra, India, which played in the Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2016 and 2017.[2] It was one of eight teams which competed in the 2017 Indian Premier League. The team was captained for the season by Steve Smith and coached by Stephen Fleming. They lost the final to Mumbai Indians by 1 run in what was to be the team's last match.[3][4]

Pre-season

  • Steve Smith replaced MS Dhoni as the team's captain before the start of the season.[5]
  • The franchise changed its name to Rising Pune Supergiant, removing the 's', on 26 March 2017.[6]

Player acquisition

The player auction for the 2017 season was held on 20 February in Bangalore.[7] Rising Pune Supergiant bought the following players at the auction:

The first trading window was open in December 2016 while the second trading window was open from 13 to 20 January 2017. The following transfers were made by Rising Pune Supergiant during the trading windows:

Squad

  • Players with international caps are listed in bold
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Year signed Salary Notes
Batsmen
3Ajinkya Rahane India5 June 1988Right-handedRight-arm medium2016₹80 million (US$1.0 million)
13Faf du Plessis South Africa13 July 1984Right-handedRight-arm leg break2016₹47.5 million (US$590,000)Overseas
22Mayank Agarwal India16 February 1991Right-handedRight-arm off break2017₹16 million (US$200,000)
45Manoj Tiwary India14 November 1985Right-handedRight-arm leg break googly2017₹5 million (US$63,000)
49Steve Smith Australia2 June 1989Right-handedRight-arm leg break2016₹40 million (US$500,000)Captain/Overseas
52Rahul Tripathi India2 March 1991Right-handedRight-arm medium2017₹1 million (US$13,000)
100Usman Khawaja Australia18 December 1986Left-handedRight-arm medium2016₹10 million (US$130,000)Overseas
All-rounders
5Baba Aparajith India8 July 1994Right-handedRight-arm off break2016₹1 million (US$13,000)
18Ankit Sharma India20 April 1991Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2016₹1 million (US$13,000)
25Mitchell Marsh Australia20 October 1991Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2016₹48 million (US$600,000)Overseas
29Rajat Bhatia India22 October 1979Right-handedRight-arm medium2016₹6 million (US$75,000)
54Daniel Christian Australia4 May 1983Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2017₹10 million (US$130,000)Overseas
55Ben Stokes England4 June 1991Left-handedRight-arm fast-medium2017₹145 million (US$1.8 million)Overseas
555Washington Sundar India5 October 1999Left-handedRight-arm off break2017Replacement signing
Wicket-keepers
7MS Dhoni India7 July 1981Right-handedRight-arm medium2016₹125 million (US$1.6 million)
27Ankush Bains India16 December 1995Right-handed2016₹1 million (US$13,000)
Milind Tandon India29 October 1993Right-handed2017₹1 million (US$13,000)
Bowlers
1Rahul Chahar India4 August 1999Right-handedRight-arm leg break googly2017₹1 million (US$13,000)
9Deepak Chahar India7 August 1992Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2016₹1 million (US$13,000)
10Shardul Thakur India16 October 1991Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2017₹2 million (US$25,000)
11Ashok Dinda India25 March 1984Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2016₹5 million (US$63,000)
63Adam Zampa Australia31 March 1992Right-handedRight-arm leg break googly2016₹3 million (US$38,000)Overseas
69Lockie Ferguson New Zealand13 June 1991Right-handedRight-arm fast2017₹5 million (US$63,000)Overseas
77Jaydev Unadkat India18 October 1991Right-handedLeft-arm medium-fast2017₹3 million (US$38,000)
99Ravichandran Ashwin India17 September 1986Right-handedRight-arm off break2016₹75 million (US$940,000)
999Imran Tahir South Africa27 March 1979Right-handedRight-arm leg break googly2017Replacement signingOverseas
Ishwar Pandey India15 August 1989Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2016₹2 million (US$25,000)
Jaskaran Singh India21 December 1991Left-handedLeft-arm medium-fast2016₹1 million (US$13,000)
Saurabh Kumar India1 May 1993Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2017₹1 million (US$13,000)

League stage

No. Date Opponent Venue Result Man of the Match Scorecard
16 April 2017Mumbai IndiansPuneWon by 7 wicketsSteve Smith 84*(54)Scorecard
28 April 2017Kings XI PunjabIndoreLost by 6 wicketsScorecard
311 April 2017Delhi DaredevilsPuneLost by 97 runsScorecard
414 April 2017Gujarat LionsRajkotLost by 7 wicketsScorecard
516 April 2017Royal Challengers BangaloreBanagloreWon by 27 runsBen Stokes 3/18 (4 overs)Scorecard
622 April 2017Sunrisers HyderabadPuneWon by 6 wicketsMS Dhoni 61*(34)Scorecard
724 April 2017Mumbai IndiansMumbaiWon by 3 runsBen Stokes 2/21 (4 overs)Scorecard
826 April 2017Kolkata Knight RidersPuneLost by 7 wicketsScorecard
929 April 2017Royal Challengers BangalorePuneWon by 61 runsLockie Ferguson 2/7 (4 overs)Scorecard
101 May 2017Gujarat LionsPuneWon by 5 wicketsBen Stokes 103*(63)Scorecard
113 May 2017Kolkata Knight RidersKolkataWon by 4 wicketsRahul Tripathi 93(52)Scorecard
126 May 2017Sunrisers HyderabadHyderabadWon by 12 runsJaydev Unadkat 5/30 (4 overs)Scorecard
1312 May 2017Delhi DaredevilsDelhiLost by 7 runsScorecard
1414 May 2017Kings XI PunjabPuneWon by 9 wicketsJaydev Unadkat 2/12 (3 overs)Scorecard
League stage record of 9–5; second in points table; qualified for playoffs

Play-offs

Qualifier 1
16 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Rising Pune Supergiant
162/4 (20 overs)
v
Mumbai Indians (H)
142/9 (20 overs)
Manoj Tiwary 58 (48)
Lasith Malinga 1/14 (3 overs)
Parthiv Patel 52 (40)
Washington Sundar 3/16 (4 overs)
Rising Pune Supergiant won by 20 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Sundaram Ravi (India) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (India)
Player of the match: Washington Sundar (Rising Pune Supergiant)
  • Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
  • 3/16 (4 overs) were the best figures of Washington Sundar (Rising Pune Supergiant).
  • This victory meant RPS directly qualified for the final.
Final
21 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Rising Pune Supergiant
128/6 (20 overs)
v
Mumbai Indians
129/8 (20 overs)
Krunal Pandya 47 (38)
Jaydev Unadkat 2/19 (4 overs)
Steve Smith 51 (50)
Mitchell Johnson 3/26 (4 overs)
Mumbai Indians won by 1 run
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad
Umpires: Nigel Llong (England) and Sundaram Ravi (India)
Player of the match: Krunal Pandya (Mumbai Indians)
  • Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Mumbai Indians became the first team to win a third IPL title.
  • This was Rising Pune Supergiant's last IPL game and was the first IPL final to be decided by 1 run.

Statistics

Most Runs

Player Mat Inns NO Runs Ave SR HS 100 50 4s 6s
Steve Smith 1515347239.33121.9684*033812
Rahul Tripathi 1414039127.92146.4493024317
Ajinkya Rahane 1616138225.46118.266002359
Manoj Tiwary 1513332432.40137.2860023111
Ben Stokes 1211131631.60142.98103*112215
  • Source: ESPNcricinfo[10]

Most Wickets

Player Mat Inns Wkts BBI Avg Econ SR 4w 5w
Jaydev Unadkat 1212245/3013.417.0211.401
Imran Tahir 1212183/1820.507.8515.600
Ben Stokes 1212123/1826.337.1822.000
Daniel Christian 1313112/1027.097.4521.800
Shardul Thakur 1212113/1928.638.2520.800
  • Source: ESPNcricinfo[11]

References

  1. ↑ "MCA Stadium". IPLT20. 13 February 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  2. ↑ C, Aprameya (8 December 2015). "Pune and Rajkot announced as 2 new franchises in IPL". One India. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  3. ↑ Karthik Krishnaswamy (21 May 2017). "Mumbai Indians clinch third IPL title in last-ball finish". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  4. ↑ Aditya Ramesh (7 May 2017). "RPS,GL contracts won't be extended". Times of India. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  5. ↑ "MS Dhoni axed as Rising Pune Supergiants skipper, Steve Smith to take over". hindustantimes.com. 19 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "IPL 2017: Changes continue! After captain, Pune change their team name". indianexpress.com. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  7. ↑ "IPL 2017 auction to be held on February 20". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  8. ↑ "Supergiants acquire Mayank Agarwal from Daredevils".
  9. ↑ Aditya Ramesh (6 March 2017). "RPS acquire Shardul Thakur from Kings XI". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  10. ↑ "Rising Pune Supergiant / Records / Twenty20 Matches / Most Runs". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  11. ↑ "Rising Pune Supergiant / Records / Twenty20 Matches / Most Wickets". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
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