Rising Pune Supergiant in 2017

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Rising Pune Supergiants
2017 Indian Premier League season
Coach Stephen Fleming
Captain Steve Smith
Ground(s) Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
(Capacity: 42,000) [1]
2017 IPLRunners-Up

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]

Contents

Pre-season

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

No.NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleYear signedSalaryNotes
Batsmen
3 Ajinkya Rahane Flag of India.svg  India 5 June 1988 (age 35)Right-handedRight-arm medium 201680 million (US$1.0 million)
13 Faf du Plessis Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 13 July 1984 (age 39)Right-handedRight-arm leg break 201647.5 million (US$590,000)Overseas
22 Mayank Agarwal Flag of India.svg  India 16 February 1991 (age 33)Right-handedRight-arm off break 201716 million (US$200,000)
45 Manoj Tiwary Flag of India.svg  India 14 November 1985 (age 38)Right-handedRight-arm leg break googly 20175 million (US$63,000)
49 Steve Smith Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2 June 1989 (age 34)Right-handedRight-arm leg break 201640 million (US$500,000)Captain/Overseas
52 Rahul Tripathi Flag of India.svg  India 2 March 1991 (age 33)Right-handedRight-arm medium 20171 million (US$13,000)
100 Usman Khawaja Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 18 December 1986 (age 37)Left-handedRight-arm medium 201610 million (US$130,000)Overseas
All-rounders
5 Baba Aparajith Flag of India.svg  India 8 July 1994 (age 29)Right-handedRight-arm off break 20161 million (US$13,000)
18 Ankit Sharma Flag of India.svg  India 20 April 1991 (age 32)Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 20161 million (US$13,000)
25 Mitchell Marsh Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 20 October 1991 (age 32)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast 201648 million (US$600,000)Overseas
29 Rajat Bhatia Flag of India.svg  India 22 October 1979 (age 44)Right-handedRight-arm medium 20166 million (US$75,000)
54 Daniel Christian Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 4 May 1983 (age 40)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast 201710 million (US$130,000)Overseas
55 Ben Stokes Flag of England.svg  England 4 June 1991 (age 32)Left-handedRight-arm fast-medium 2017145 million (US$1.8 million)Overseas
555 Washington Sundar Flag of India.svg  India 5 October 1999 (age 24)Left-handedRight-arm off break 2017Replacement signing
Wicket-keepers
7 MS Dhoni Flag of India.svg  India 7 July 1981 (age 42)Right-handedRight-arm medium 2016125 million (US$1.6 million)
27 Ankush Bains Flag of India.svg  India 16 December 1995 (age 28)Right-handed20161 million (US$13,000)
Milind Tandon Flag of India.svg  India 29 October 1993 (age 30)Right-handed20171 million (US$13,000)
Bowlers
1 Rahul Chahar Flag of India.svg  India 4 August 1999 (age 24)Right-handedRight-arm leg break googly 20171 million (US$13,000)
9 Deepak Chahar Flag of India.svg  India 7 August 1992 (age 31)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast 20161 million (US$13,000)
10 Shardul Thakur Flag of India.svg  India 16 October 1991 (age 32)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast 20172 million (US$25,000)
11 Ashok Dinda Flag of India.svg  India 25 March 1984 (age 39)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast 20165 million (US$63,000)
63 Adam Zampa Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 31 March 1992 (age 31)Right-handedRight-arm leg break googly 20163 million (US$38,000)Overseas
69 Lockie Ferguson Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 13 June 1991 (age 32)Right-handedRight-arm fast 20175 million (US$63,000)Overseas
77 Jaydev Unadkat Flag of India.svg  India 18 October 1991 (age 32)Right-handedLeft-arm medium-fast 20173 million (US$38,000)
99 Ravichandran Ashwin Flag of India.svg  India 17 September 1986 (age 37)Right-handedRight-arm off break 201675 million (US$940,000)
999 Imran Tahir Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 27 March 1979 (age 44)Right-handedRight-arm leg break googly 2017Replacement signingOverseas
Ishwar Pandey Flag of India.svg  India 15 August 1989 (age 34)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast 20162 million (US$25,000)
Jaskaran Singh Flag of India.svg  India 21 December 1991 (age 32)Left-handedLeft-arm medium-fast 20161 million (US$13,000)
Saurabh Kumar Flag of India.svg  India 1 May 1993 (age 30)Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 20171 million (US$13,000)

League stage

No.DateOpponentVenueResultMan of the MatchScorecard
16 April 2017 Mumbai Indians Pune Won by 7 wickets Steve Smith 84*(54) Scorecard
28 April 2017 Kings XI Punjab Indore Lost by 6 wickets Scorecard
311 April 2017 Delhi Daredevils Pune Lost by 97 runs Scorecard
414 April 2017 Gujarat Lions Rajkot Lost by 7 wickets Scorecard
516 April 2017 Royal Challengers Bangalore Banaglore Won by 27 runs Ben Stokes 3/18 (4 overs) Scorecard
622 April 2017 Sunrisers Hyderabad Pune Won by 6 wickets MS Dhoni 61*(34) Scorecard
724 April 2017 Mumbai Indians Mumbai Won by 3 runs Ben Stokes 2/21 (4 overs) Scorecard
826 April 2017 Kolkata Knight Riders Pune Lost by 7 wickets Scorecard
929 April 2017 Royal Challengers Bangalore Pune Won by 61 runs Lockie Ferguson 2/7 (4 overs) Scorecard
101 May 2017 Gujarat Lions Pune Won by 5 wickets Ben Stokes 103*(63) Scorecard
113 May 2017 Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata Won by 4 wickets Rahul Tripathi 93(52) Scorecard
126 May 2017 Sunrisers Hyderabad Hyderabad Won by 12 runs Jaydev Unadkat 5/30 (4 overs) Scorecard
1312 May 2017 Delhi Daredevils Delhi Lost by 7 runs Scorecard
1414 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

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

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

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