Rising Pune Supergiant in 2017

The 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 the eight teams which were competing in the 2017 Indian Premier League. RPS was captained for the season by Steve Smith and coached by Stephen Fleming. The team lost the final to Mumbai Indians by 1 run, which was the team's last game in the IPL.[3][4]

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

Pre-Season
  • The RPS management axed MS Dhoni as captain and Steve Smith was appointed captain barely months before the start of the 2017 season.[5]
  • The franchise then changed their name to Rising Pune Supergiant, removing the 's', on 26 March 2017.[6]


Auction
Main article: List of 2017 Indian Premier League personnel changes

The players auction for the 2017 Indian Premier League was originally scheduled to be held in Bangalore on 4 February 2017,[7] but was pushed forward by at least two weeks due to the BCCI–Lodha committee stand-off.[8] On 3 February, the BCCI announced that the auction will be held on 20 February in Bangalore and that a total of 799 players have signed up for it.[9] On 14 February, the IPL Desk released a list of 351 players.[10]

Rising Pune Supergiant bought the following players at the auction:

Nat Player Base price
(in ₹ lakhs)		 Winning bid
(in ₹ lakhs)
Ben Stokes2001450
Jaydev Unadkat3030
Rahul Chahar1010
Saurabh Kumar1010
Milind Tandon1010
Daniel Christian100100
Rahul Tripathi1010
Manoj Tiwary5050
Lockie Ferguson5050

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:

S.No Nat Player From
1Mayank Agarwal[11]Delhi Daredevils
2Shardul Thakur[12]Kings XI Punjab

Squad
  • Players with international caps are listed in bold
No. Name Nat Birth date Batting style Bowling style Signed year
Salary
 Notes
Batsmen
3Ajinkya Rahane (1988-06-05) 5 June 1988Right-handedRight-arm medium2016₹80 million (US$1.1 million)

Vice Captain

13Faf du Plessis (1984-07-13) 13 July 1984Right-handedRight-arm leg break2016₹47.5 million (US$670,000)Overseas
22Mayank Agarwal (1991-02-16) 16 February 1991Right-handed2017₹16 million (US$220,000)
45Manoj Tiwary (1985-11-14) 14 November 1985Right-handedRight-arm leg break googly2017₹5 million (US$70,000)
49Steve Smith (1989-06-02) 2 June 1989Right-handedRight-arm leg break2016₹40 million (US$560,000)Captain/Overseas
52Rahul Tripathi (1991-03-02) 2 March 1991Right-handedRight-arm medium2017₹1 million (US$14,000)
100Usman Khawaja (1986-12-18) 18 December 1986Left-handedRight-arm medium2016₹10 million (US$140,000)Overseas
All-rounders
5Baba Aparajith (1994-07-08) 8 July 1994Right-handedRight-arm off break2016₹1 million (US$14,000)
18Ankit Sharma (1991-04-20) 20 April 1991Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2016₹1 million (US$14,000)
25Mitchell Marsh (1991-10-20) 20 October 1991Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2016₹48 million (US$670,000)Overseas
Withdrawn Player
29Rajat Bhatia (1979-10-22) 22 October 1979Right-handedRight-arm medium2016₹6 million (US$84,000)
54Daniel Christian (1983-05-04) 4 May 1983Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2017₹10 million (US$140,000)Overseas
55Ben Stokes (1991-06-04) 4 June 1991Left-handedRight-arm fast-medium2017₹145 million (US$2.0 million)Overseas
555Washington Sundar (1999-10-05) 5 October 1999Left-handedRight-arm off break2017Replacement signing
Wicket-keepers
7MS Dhoni (1981-07-07) 7 July 1981Right-handedRight-arm medium2016₹125 million (US$1.8 million)

Former Captain

27Ankush Bains (1995-12-16) 16 December 1995Right-handed2016₹1 million (US$14,000)
Milind Tandon (1993-10-29) 29 October 1993Right-handed2017₹1 million (US$14,000)
Bowlers
1Rahul Chahar (1999-08-04) 4 August 1999Right-handedRight-arm leg break googly2017₹1 million (US$14,000)
9Deepak Chahar (1992-08-07) 7 August 1992Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2016₹1 million (US$14,000)
10Shardul Thakur (1991-10-16) 16 October 1991Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2017₹2 million (US$28,000)
11Ashok Dinda (1984-03-25) 25 March 1984Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2016₹5 million (US$70,000)
63Adam Zampa (1992-03-31) 31 March 1992Right-handedRight-arm leg break googly2016₹3 million (US$42,000)Overseas
69Lockie Ferguson (1991-06-13) 13 June 1991Right-handedRight-arm fast2017₹5 million (US$70,000)Overseas
77Jaydev Unadkat (1991-10-18) 18 October 1991Right-handedLeft-arm medium-fast2017₹3 million (US$42,000)
99Ravichandran Ashwin (1986-09-17) 17 September 1986Right-handedRight-arm off break2016₹75 million (US$1.1 million)
Withdrawn Player
999Imran Tahir (1979-03-27) 27 March 1979Right-handedRight-arm leg break googly2017Replacement signingOverseas
Ishwar Pandey (1989-08-15) 15 August 1989Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2016₹2 million (US$28,000)
Jaskaran Singh (1991-12-21) 21 December 1991Left-handedLeft-arm medium-fast2016₹1 million (US$14,000)
Saurabh Kumar (1993-05-01) 1 May 1993Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2017₹1 million (US$14,000)


    Rising Pune Supergiant in League Stage
    No. Date Opponent Venue Result Man of the Match Scorecard
    16 April 2017Mumbai IndiansPuneWon by 7 wickets Steve 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 runs Ben Stokes 3/18 (4 overs)Scorecard
    622 April 2017Sunrisers HyderabadPuneWon by 6 wickets MS Dhoni 61*(34)Scorecard
    724 April 2017Mumbai IndiansMumbaiWon by 3 runs Ben Stokes 2/21 (4 overs)Scorecard
    826 April 2017Kolkata Knight RidersPuneLost by 7 wicketsScorecard
    929 April 2017Royal Challengers BangalorePuneWon by 61 runs Lockie Ferguson 2/7 (4 overs)Scorecard
    101 May 2017Gujarat LionsPuneWon by 5 wickets Ben Stokes 103*(63)Scorecard
    113 May 2017Kolkata Knight RidersKolkataWon by 4 wickets Rahul Tripathi 93(52)Scorecard
    126 May 2017Sunrisers HyderabadHyderabadWon by 12 runs Jaydev Unadkat 5/30 (4 overs)Scorecard
    1312 May 2017Delhi DaredevilsDelhiLost by 7 runsScorecard
    1414 May 2017Kings XI PunjabPuneWon by 9 wickets Jaydev Unadkat 2/12 (3 overs)Scorecard
    League Stage record of 9-5
    Second in the points table
    Made it to the playoffs


    Rising Pune Supergiant in Play-Offs
    Play-Off Date Opponent Venue Result Man of the Match Scorecard
    Qualifier 116 May 2017Mumbai IndiansMumbaiWon by 20 runs Washington Sundar 3/16 (4 overs)Scorecard
    Final21 May 2017Mumbai IndiansHyderabadLost by 1 runScorecard
    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

    Most Runs
    PlayerMatInnsNORunsAveSRHS100504s6s
    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: Cricinfo[13]

    Most Wickets
    PlayerMatInnsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
    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: Cricinfo[14]

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