2017 Rising Pune Supergiant season

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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.[1] 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.[2][3]

Pre-season

  • Steve Smith replaced MS Dhoni as the team's captain before the start of the season.[4]
  • The franchise changed its name to Rising Pune Supergiant, removing the 's', on 26 March 2017.[5]

Player acquisition

Template:Main The player auction for the 2017 season was held on 20 February in Bangalore.[6] 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
3 Ajinkya Rahane Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm medium 2016 Template:INRConvert
13 Faf du Plessis Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2016 Template:INRConvert Overseas
22 Mayank Agarwal Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm off break 2017 Template:INRConvert
45 Manoj Tiwary Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm leg break googly 2017 Template:INRConvert
49 Steve Smith Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2016 Template:INRConvert Captain/Overseas
52 Rahul Tripathi Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm medium 2017 Template:INRConvert
100 Usman Khawaja Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Left-handed Right-arm medium 2016 Template:INRConvert Overseas
All-rounders
5 Baba Aparajith Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm off break 2016 Template:INRConvert
18 Ankit Sharma Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2016 Template:INRConvert
25 Mitchell Marsh Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 Template:INRConvert Overseas
29 Rajat Bhatia Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm medium 2016 Template:INRConvert
54 Daniel Christian Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2017 Template:INRConvert Overseas
55 Ben Stokes Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Left-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2017 Template:INRConvert Overseas
555 Washington Sundar Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Left-handed Right-arm off break 2017 Replacement signing
Wicket-keepers
7 MS Dhoni Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm medium 2016 Template:INRConvert
27 Ankush Bains Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed 2016 Template:INRConvert
Milind Tandon Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed 2017 Template:INRConvert
Bowlers
1 Rahul Chahar Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm leg break googly 2017 Template:INRConvert
9 Deepak Chahar Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 Template:INRConvert
10 Shardul Thakur Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2017 Template:INRConvert
11 Ashok Dinda Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 Template:INRConvert
63 Adam Zampa Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm leg break googly 2016 Template:INRConvert Overseas
69 Lockie Ferguson Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm fast 2017 Template:INRConvert Overseas
77 Jaydev Unadkat Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2017 Template:INRConvert
99 Ravichandran Ashwin Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm off break 2016 Template:INRConvert
999 Imran Tahir Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm leg break googly 2017 Replacement signing Overseas
Ishwar Pandey Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 Template:INRConvert
Jaskaran Singh Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2016 Template:INRConvert
Saurabh Kumar Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2017 Template:INRConvert

League stage

No. Date Opponent Venue Result Man of the Match Scorecard
1 Template:Dts Mumbai Indians Pune Won by 7 wickets Steve Smith 84*(54) Scorecard
2 Template:Dts Kings XI Punjab Indore Lost by 6 wickets Scorecard
3 Template:Dts Delhi Daredevils Pune Lost by 97 runs Scorecard
4 Template:Dts Gujarat Lions Rajkot Lost by 7 wickets Scorecard
5 Template:Dts Royal Challengers Bangalore Banaglore Won by 27 runs Ben Stokes 3/18 (4 overs) Scorecard
6 Template:Dts Sunrisers Hyderabad Pune Won by 6 wickets MS Dhoni 61*(34) Scorecard
7 Template:Dts Mumbai Indians Mumbai Won by 3 runs Ben Stokes 2/21 (4 overs) Scorecard
8 Template:Dts Kolkata Knight Riders Pune Lost by 7 wickets Scorecard
9 Template:Dts Royal Challengers Bangalore Pune Won by 61 runs Lockie Ferguson 2/7 (4 overs) Scorecard
10 Template:Dts Gujarat Lions Pune Won by 5 wickets Ben Stokes 103*(63) Scorecard
11 Template:Dts Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata Won by 4 wickets Rahul Tripathi 93(52) Scorecard
12 Template:Dts Sunrisers Hyderabad Hyderabad Won by 12 runs Jaydev Unadkat 5/30 (4 overs) Scorecard
13 Template:Dts Delhi Daredevils Delhi Lost by 7 runs Scorecard
14 Template:Dts 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

Qualifier 1

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Final

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Statistics

Most runs

Player Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Runs Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip
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[9]

Most wickets

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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[10]

References

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

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