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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

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  • 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

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Main article: List of 2017 Indian Premier League personnel changes

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

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  • Players with international caps are listed in bold
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Year signed Salary Notes
Batsmen
3 Ajinkya Rahane  India (1988-06-05) 5 June 1988 (age 36) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2016 ₹80 million (US$960,000)
13 Faf du Plessis  South Africa (1984-07-13) 13 July 1984 (age 40) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2016 ₹47.5 million (US$570,000) Overseas
22 Mayank Agarwal  India (1991-02-16) 16 February 1991 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2017 ₹16 million (US$190,000)
45 Manoj Tiwary  India (1985-11-14) 14 November 1985 (age 38) Right-handed Right-arm leg break googly 2017 ₹5 million (US$60,000)
49 Steve Smith  Australia (1989-06-02) 2 June 1989 (age 35) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2016 ₹40 million (US$480,000) Captain/Overseas
52 Rahul Tripathi  India (1991-03-02) 2 March 1991 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2017 ₹1 million (US$12,000)
100 Usman Khawaja  Australia (1986-12-18) 18 December 1986 (age 37) Left-handed Right-arm medium 2016 ₹10 million (US$120,000) Overseas
All-rounders
5 Baba Aparajith  India (1994-07-08) 8 July 1994 (age 30) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2016 ₹1 million (US$12,000)
18 Ankit Sharma  India (1991-04-20) 20 April 1991 (age 33) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2016 ₹1 million (US$12,000)
25 Mitchell Marsh  Australia (1991-10-20) 20 October 1991 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 ₹48 million (US$580,000) Overseas
29 Rajat Bhatia  India (1979-10-22) 22 October 1979 (age 45) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2016 ₹6 million (US$72,000)
54 Daniel Christian  Australia (1983-05-04) 4 May 1983 (age 41) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2017 ₹10 million (US$120,000) Overseas
55 Ben Stokes  England (1991-06-04) 4 June 1991 (age 33) Left-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2017 ₹145 million (US$1.7 million) Overseas
555 Washington Sundar  India (1999-10-05) 5 October 1999 (age 25) Left-handed Right-arm off break 2017 Replacement signing
Wicket-keepers
7 MS Dhoni  India (1981-07-07) 7 July 1981 (age 43) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2016 ₹125 million (US$1.5 million)
27 Ankush Bains  India (1995-12-16) 16 December 1995 (age 28) Right-handed 2016 ₹1 million (US$12,000)
Milind Tandon  India (1993-10-29) 29 October 1993 (age 30) Right-handed 2017 ₹1 million (US$12,000)
Bowlers
1 Rahul Chahar  India (1999-08-04) 4 August 1999 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm leg break googly 2017 ₹1 million (US$12,000)
9 Deepak Chahar  India (1992-08-07) 7 August 1992 (age 32) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 ₹1 million (US$12,000)
10 Shardul Thakur  India (1991-10-16) 16 October 1991 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2017 ₹2 million (US$24,000)
11 Ashok Dinda  India (1984-03-25) 25 March 1984 (age 40) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 ₹5 million (US$60,000)
63 Adam Zampa  Australia (1992-03-31) 31 March 1992 (age 32) Right-handed Right-arm leg break googly 2016 ₹3 million (US$36,000) Overseas
69 Lockie Ferguson  New Zealand (1991-06-13) 13 June 1991 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm fast 2017 ₹5 million (US$60,000) Overseas
77 Jaydev Unadkat  India (1991-10-18) 18 October 1991 (age 33) Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2017 ₹3 million (US$36,000)
99 Ravichandran Ashwin  India (1986-09-17) 17 September 1986 (age 38) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2016 ₹75 million (US$900,000)
999 Imran Tahir  South Africa (1979-03-27) 27 March 1979 (age 45) Right-handed Right-arm leg break googly 2017 Replacement signing Overseas
Ishwar Pandey  India (1989-08-15) 15 August 1989 (age 35) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 ₹2 million (US$24,000)
Jaskaran Singh  India (1991-12-21) 21 December 1991 (age 32) Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2016 ₹1 million (US$12,000)
Saurabh Kumar  India (1993-05-01) 1 May 1993 (age 31) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2017 ₹1 million (US$12,000)

League stage

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No. Date Opponent Venue Result Man of the Match Scorecard
1 6 April 2017 Mumbai Indians Pune Won by 7 wickets Steve Smith 84*(54) Scorecard
2 8 April 2017 Kings XI Punjab Indore Lost by 6 wickets Scorecard
3 11 April 2017 Delhi Daredevils Pune Lost by 97 runs Scorecard
4 14 April 2017 Gujarat Lions Rajkot Lost by 7 wickets Scorecard
5 16 April 2017 Royal Challengers Bangalore Banaglore Won by 27 runs Ben Stokes 3/18 (4 overs) Scorecard
6 22 April 2017 Sunrisers Hyderabad Pune Won by 6 wickets MS Dhoni 61*(34) Scorecard
7 24 April 2017 Mumbai Indians Mumbai Won by 3 runs Ben Stokes 2/21 (4 overs) Scorecard
8 26 April 2017 Kolkata Knight Riders Pune Lost by 7 wickets Scorecard
9 29 April 2017 Royal Challengers Bangalore Pune Won by 61 runs Lockie Ferguson 2/7 (4 overs) Scorecard
10 1 May 2017 Gujarat Lions Pune Won by 5 wickets Ben Stokes 103*(63) Scorecard
11 3 May 2017 Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata Won by 4 wickets Rahul Tripathi 93(52) Scorecard
12 6 May 2017 Sunrisers Hyderabad Hyderabad Won by 12 runs Jaydev Unadkat 5/30 (4 overs) Scorecard
13 12 May 2017 Delhi Daredevils Delhi Lost by 7 runs Scorecard
14 14 May 2017 Kings XI Punjab Pune Won by 9 wickets Jaydev Unadkat 2/12 (3 overs) Scorecard
League stage record of 9–5; second in points table; qualified for playoffs

Play-offs

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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
Main article: 2017 Indian Premier League 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

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Most runs

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Player Mat Inns NO Runs Ave SR HS 100 50 4s 6s
Steve Smith 15 15 3 472 39.33 121.96 84* 0 3 38 12
Rahul Tripathi 14 14 0 391 27.92 146.44 93 0 2 43 17
Ajinkya Rahane 16 16 1 382 25.46 118.26 60 0 2 35 9
Manoj Tiwary 15 13 3 324 32.40 137.28 60 0 2 31 11
Ben Stokes 12 11 1 316 31.60 142.98 103* 1 1 22 15
  • Source: ESPNcricinfo[10]

Most wickets

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Player Mat Inns Wkts BBI Avg Econ SR 4w 5w
Jaydev Unadkat 12 12 24 5/30 13.41 7.02 11.4 0 1
Imran Tahir 12 12 18 3/18 20.50 7.85 15.6 0 0
Ben Stokes 12 12 12 3/18 26.33 7.18 22.0 0 0
Daniel Christian 13 13 11 2/10 27.09 7.45 21.8 0 0
Shardul Thakur 12 12 11 3/19 28.63 8.25 20.8 0 0
  • Source: ESPNcricinfo[11]

References

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  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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