Rising Pune Supergiant

Rising Pune Supergiant
रायझिंग पुणे सुपरजायंट
Personnel
Captain Steve Smith
Coach Stephen Fleming
Owner RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group
Team information
City Pune, Maharashtra, India
Colours RPS
Founded December 2015 (December 2015)
Dissolved May 2017 (May 2017)
Home ground Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
Secondary home ground(s) Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
Official website: risingpunesupergiant.in
Rising Pune Supergiant in 2017

The Rising Pune Supergiant (often abbreviated as RPS) was a franchise cricket team based in Pune, Maharashtra, that played in the Indian Premier League in 2016 and 2017. The team along with Gujarat Lions featured as two-season replacements for Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals, who were suspended due to their involvement in illegal betting by their respective owners.[1]

The Rising Pune Supergiant franchise is owned by RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group controlled by Sanjiv Goenka.[2] The team name was announced (as Rising Pune Supergiants) on 18 January 2016 by Goenka in Kolkata and Raghu Iyer was appointed CEO.[3] The owners changed the team name to Rising Pune Supergiant on 26 March 2017.[4] The team lost the 2017 IPL Final to Mumbai Indians by 1 run, which was the team's last game in the IPL.[5][6]

Home ground

The Rising Pune Supergiant's home ground was the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune. However, controversies arose over holding 2016 IPL games in Maharashtra due to water usage of the cricket stadiums during severe drought and the Bombay High Court ordered all matches in May to be shifted out of the state.[7] On 15 April 2016, it was reported that the Rising Pune Supergiants were considering the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Vishakhapatnam as an alternate home ground.[8]

Seasons

Year Indian Premier League
2016 Group stage (7/8)
2017 Runners-up

Kit and sponsors

The official merchandise was provided by SEVEN and the principal shirt sponsor was Jio,Kent RO Systems. Spykar, Gulf Oil, Gemini Oil, Finolex Pipes, LYF Smartphones, DBS Bank and Marriott International were the associated sponsors for 2016 season. They also signed tournament partners such as OLA, Kingfishers, Deakin University, New India Assurance, Gourmet Renaissance and Fan Garage.

Year Kit Manufacturers Sponsor (Chest) Sponsor (Back)
2016 SEVEN Kent RO Systems Spykar
2017 Motorola

IPL 2017 Squad

No. Name Nat Birth date Batting style Bowling style Signed year
Salary
 Notes
Batsmen
3 Ajinkya Rahane India (1988-06-05) 5 June 1988 Right-handed Right-arm medium 2016 ₹80 million (US$1.2 million)
13 Faf du Plessis South Africa (1984-07-13) 13 July 1984 Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2016 ₹47.5 million (US$740,000) Overseas
22 Mayank Agarwal India (1991-02-16) 16 February 1991 Right-handed 2017 ₹16 million (US$250,000)
45 Manoj Tiwary India (1985-11-14) 14 November 1985 Right-handed Right-arm leg break googly 2017 ₹5 million (US$78,000)
49 Steve SmithAustralia (1989-06-02) 2 June 1989 Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2016 ₹40 million (US$620,000) Captain/Overseas
52 Rahul Tripathi India (1991-03-02) 2 March 1991 Right-handed Right-arm medium 2017 ₹1 million (US$16,000)
100 Usman Khawaja Australia (1986-12-18) 18 December 1986 Left-handed Right-arm medium 2016 ₹10 million (US$160,000) Overseas
All-rounders
5 Baba Aparajith India (1994-07-08) 8 July 1994 Right-handed Right-arm off break 2016 ₹1 million (US$16,000)
18 Ankit Sharma India (1991-04-20) 20 April 1991 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2016 ₹1 million (US$16,000)
25 Mitchell Marsh Australia (1991-10-20) 20 October 1991 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 ₹48 million (US$750,000) Overseas
29 Rajat Bhatia India (1979-10-22) 22 October 1979 Right-handed Right-arm medium 2016 ₹6 million (US$94,000)
54 Daniel Christian Australia (1983-05-04) 4 May 1983 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2017 ₹10 million (US$160,000) Overseas
55 Ben Stokes England (1991-06-04) 4 June 1991 Left-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2017 ₹145 million (US$2.3 million) Overseas
555 Washington Sundar India (1999-10-05) 5 October 1999 Left-handed Right-arm off break 2017 Replacement signing
Wicket-keepers
7 MS Dhoni India (1981-07-07) 7 July 1981 Right-handed Right-arm medium 2016 ₹125 million (US$1.9 million)
27 Ankush Bains India (1995-12-16) 16 December 1995 Right-handed 2016 ₹1 million (US$16,000)
Milind Tandon India (1993-10-29) 29 October 1993 Right-handed 2017 ₹1 million (US$16,000)
Bowlers
1 Rahul Chahar India (1999-08-04) 4 August 1999 Right-handed Right-arm leg break googly 2017 ₹1 million (US$16,000)
9 Deepak Chahar India (1992-08-07) 7 August 1992 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 ₹1 million (US$16,000)
10 Shardul Thakur India (1991-10-16) 16 October 1991 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2017 ₹2 million (US$31,000)
11 Ashok Dinda India (1984-03-25) 25 March 1984 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 ₹5 million (US$78,000)
63 Adam Zampa Australia (1992-03-31) 31 March 1992 Right-handed Right-arm leg break googly 2016 ₹3 million (US$47,000) Overseas
69 Lockie Ferguson New Zealand (1991-06-13) 13 June 1991 Right-handed Right-arm fast 2017 ₹5 million (US$78,000) Overseas
77 Jaydev Unadkat India (1991-10-18) 18 October 1991 Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2017 ₹3 million (US$47,000)
99 Ravichandran Ashwin India (1986-09-17) 17 September 1986 Right-handed Right-arm off break 2016 ₹75 million (US$1.2 million)
999 Imran Tahir South Africa (1979-03-27) 27 March 1979 Right-handed Right-arm leg break googly 2017 Replacement signing Overseas
Ishwar Pandey India (1989-08-15) 15 August 1989 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 ₹2 million (US$31,000)
Jaskaran Singh India (1991-12-21) 21 December 1991 Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2016 ₹1 million (US$16,000)
Saurabh Kumar India (1993-05-01) 1 May 1993 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2017 ₹1 million (US$16,000)

    Administration and support staff

    Results summary

    By season

    2016 Season

    The Rising Pune Supergiant made an excellent start to the season, convincingly winning their first game against the defending champions, Mumbai Indians, by 9 wickets. However, they went on to lose their next four games - against the Gujarat Lions, Kings XI Punjab, Royal Challengers Bangalore and the Kolkata Knight Riders. The inclusion of Ashoke Dinda, in their 6th game of the season, provided a brief inspiration as the Supergiants beat the Sunrisers Hyderabad by 34 runs. They lost the next two games - against the Gujarat Lions and the Mumbai Indians - at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune. The Supergiants were also briefly bolstered by the arrival of Australian batsmen Usman Khawaja and George Bailey against the Delhi Daredevils at the Feroz Shah Kotla and went on to win the game by 7 wickets.[9] Pune's last game of the season was against Kings XI Punjab, with the loser finishing at the bottom of the points table. RPS was struggling to chase down a total of 172 despite a good start from the openers and they kept losing wickets at constant intervals. RPS needed 23 runs from the last over which was bowled by Axar Patel with captain MS Dhoni on the crease. After a wide, four, six and two dot balls, RPS were left requiring 12 runs from the last two balls. It seemed the game was over but Dhoni pulled off the incredible and hit two sixes off the last two balls. This win ensured RPS didn't finish at the bottom of the points table.[10] At the end of the 2016 IPL, the Supergiants won only 5 games out of 14, and won only 2 of their 7 home games - 4 at the MCA Stadium in Pune and 3 at their new home ground, the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Vishakhapatnam. They finished at seventh place in the IPL points table.[11]

    2017 Season

    After the auction, Pune axed MS Dhoni as captain and Steve Smith was appointed captain barely months before the start of the 2017 season.[12] The franchise then changed their name to Rising Pune Supergiant, removing the 's', on 26 March 2017.[4] Washington Sundar replaced Ravichandran Ashwin who was ruled out of the tournament with a sports hernia.[13] RPS bought Ben Stokes for ₹14.5 Crore at the auction, making him the most expensive overseas player in the history of the IPL.[14] Imran Tahir was roped in by RPS as a replacement for Mitchell Marsh, who was once again ruled out of the tournament due to a shoulder injury.[15] This decision proved to be extremely decisive, as Imran Tahir went on to take 18 wickets in 12 games for RPS before leaving for his national team, along with Faf du Plessis.

    RPS once again got off to a great start in IPL 2017 by beating the Mumbai Indians by 7 wickets in their first game. However, losses against Kings XI Punjab, Delhi Daredevils and Gujarat Lions followed and it seemed like Pune were repeating what took place last year. However, results picked up and RPS won 7 out of their next 8 games, all of them by close margins, with the top performers being Rahul Tripathi, Jaydev Unadkat, Ben Stokes and Imran Tahir. But a 6-day gap left them rusty and RPS lost to Delhi Daredevils by 7 runs, forcing them to win their last game vs Punjab to qualify. In their do-or-die game vs Punjab, RPS skittled them out for 73 and won comfortably by 9 wickets, thus finishing in second place with 18 points and qualifying for the play-offs.

    RPS faced the Mumbai Indians in Qualifier 1 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, with a win securing them a spot in the final. RPS batted first and posted a slightly below-par total of 162-4, with 41 runs coming from the last two overs, thanks to well-paced innings from Manoj Tiwary and Ajinkya Rahane and a late surge from MS Dhoni. Washington Sundar ripped apart the middle order of the Indians and finished with career best figures of 3-16 in 4 overs. Shardul Thakur and Jaydev Unadkat chipped in as Pune beat the Mumbai Indians comfortably by 20 runs.

    RPS faced the Mumbai Indians for the fourth time in the season, in the final at Hyderabad. This was Rising Pune Supergiant's last game in the IPL. RPS had a psychological edge over Mumbai, considering RPS had beaten them on all three meetings in the season. Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bat first. Jaydev Unadkat and Adam Zampa took key wickets as Mumbai crumbled to 79-7 but a late surge from Krunal Pandya meant that Mumbai finished with a slightly-below par score of 129-8. RPS looked comfortable after the powerplay but over-cautious batting cost them dearly. Ajinkya Rahane scored runs easily but captain Steve Smith struggled and things took a turn when Rahane got out for 44. MS Dhoni arrived but was quickly removed for 10 and Pune were left requiring 11 runs from the last over with Smith and Manoj Tiwary at the crease. Tiwary hit a four on the first ball off Mitchell Johnson's bowling and RPS looked to have the trophy in the bag. But Smith and Tiwary got out off consecutive deliveries which left RPS requiring 7 runs from 3 balls. A single from Washington Sundar and a double from Daniel Christian meant RPS required 4 runs from the last ball. Unfortunately, RPS could only complete two runs before Sundar was run out. Thus, Mumbai Indians won by 1 run to get their 3rd IPL title.

    Performance summary in Indian Premier League
    Year Pld Won Loss NR Tied SR(%) Position Summary
    2016 14 5 9 0 0 35.71% 7 Group stage
    2017 16 10 6 0 0 62.5% 2 Runners-Up

    Rising Pune Supergiants in 2016

    No. Date Opponent Venue Result Man of the Match Scorecard
    1 9 April 2016 Mumbai Indians Mumbai Won by 9 wickets India Ajinkya Rahane 66*(42) Scorecard
    2 14 April 2016 Gujarat Lions Rajkot Lost by 7 wickets Scorecard
    3 17 April 2016 Kings XI Punjab Mohali Lost by 6 wickets Scorecard
    4 22 April 2016 Royal Challengers Bangalore Pune Lost by 13 runs Scorecard
    5 24 April 2016 Kolkata Knight Riders Pune Lost by 2 wickets
    6 26 April 2016 Sunrisers Hyderabad Hyderabad Won by 34 runs (D/L) India Ashok Dinda 3/23 (4 overs) Scorecard
    7 29 April 2016 Gujarat Lions Pune Lost by 3 wickets Scorecard
    8 1 May 2016 Mumbai Indians Pune Lost by 8 wickets Scorecard
    9 5 May 2016 Delhi Daredevils Delhi Won by 7 wickets India Ajinkya Rahane 63* (48) Scorecard
    10 7 May 2016 Royal Challengers Bangalore Bangalore Lost by 7 wickets Scorecard
    11 10 May 2016 Sunrisers Hyderabad Visakhapatnam Lost by 4 runs Australia Adam Zampa 6/19 (4 overs)
    12 14 May 2016 Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata Lost by 8 wickets (D/L)
    13 17 May 2016 Delhi Daredevils Visakhapatnam Won by 19 Runs (D/L) India Ashok Dinda 3/20 (4 overs)
    14 21 May 2016 Kings XI Punjab Visakhapatnam Won by 4 Wickets India MS Dhoni 64*(32) Scorecard
    Overall record of 5-9
    Seventh in the points table
    Did not make it to the playoffs


    Rising Pune Supergiant in 2017- League Stage

    No. Date Opponent Venue Result Man of the Match Scorecard
    1 6 April 2017 Mumbai Indians Pune Won by 7 wickets Australia 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 England Ben Stokes 3/18 (4 overs) Scorecard
    6 22 April 2017 Sunrisers Hyderabad Pune Won by 6 wickets India MS Dhoni 61*(34) Scorecard
    7 24 April 2017 Mumbai Indians Mumbai Won by 3 runs England 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 New Zealand Lockie Ferguson 2/7 (4 overs) Scorecard
    10 1 May 2017 Gujarat Lions Pune Won by 5 wickets England Ben Stokes 103*(63) Scorecard
    11 3 May 2017 Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata Won by 4 wickets India Rahul Tripathi 93(52) Scorecard
    12 6 May 2017 Sunrisers Hyderabad Hyderabad Won by 12 runs India 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 India 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 2017 Play-Offs

    Play-Off Date Opponent Venue Result Man of the Match Scorecard
    Qualifier 1 16 May 2017 Mumbai Indians Mumbai Won by 20 runs India Washington Sundar 3/16 (4 overs) Scorecard
    Final 21 May 2017 Mumbai Indians Hyderabad Lost by 1 run Scorecard
    Qualifier 1
    16 May
    20:00 (D/N)
    Scorecard
    Rising Pune Supergiant
    162/4 (20 overs)
    v
    Mumbai Indians Home team
    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.

    Records

    Most Runs

    Player Mat Inns NO Runs Ave SR HS 100 50 4s 6s
    India Ajinkya Rahane 30 30 4 862 33.15 122.79 74 0 8 89 18
    Australia Steve Smith 23 22 4 742 41.22 131.79 101 1 3 65 20
    India MS Dhoni 30 27 9 574 31.88 124.78 64* 0 2 33 30
    India Rahul Tripathi 14 14 0 391 27.92 146.44 93 0 2 43 17
    India Manoj Tiwary 15 13 3 324 32.40 137.28 60 0 2 31 11

    Most Wickets

    Player Mat Inns Wkts BBI Avg Econ SR 4w 5w
    India Jaydev Unadkat 12 12 24 5/30 13.41 7.02 11.4 0 1
    Australia Adam Zampa 11 11 19 6/19 14.63 7.54 11.6 0 1
    South Africa Imran Tahir 12 12 18 3/18 20.50 7.85 15.6 0 0
    England Ben Stokes 12 12 12 3/18 26.33 7.18 22.0 0 0
    India Ashoke Dinda 12 12 12 3/20 29.16 8.64 20.2 0 0

    References

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    2. ↑ C, Aprameya (8 December 2015). "Pune and Rajkot announced as 2 new franchises in IPL". One India. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
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    6. ↑ Aditya Ramesh (7 May 2017). "RPS,GL contracts won't be extended". Times of India. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
    7. ↑ "Bombay High Court questions hosting IPL matches in drought-hit state". Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
    8. ↑ "Rising Pune Supergiants prefer Visakhapatnam as alternate home venue". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
    9. ↑ Nagraj Gollapudi (2 May 2016). "Supergiant sign Bailey, Khawaja". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
    10. ↑ Aditya Ramesh (17 May 2016). "Watch Dhoni smash Punjab into last place". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
    11. ↑ Aditya Ramesh (12 May 2016). "No rise for RPS". Indian Express. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
    12. ↑ "MS Dhoni axed as Rising Pune Supergiants skipper, Steve Smith to take over". hindustantimes.com. February 19, 2017.
    13. ↑ Aditya Ramesh (5 April 2017). "RPS sign teen Sundar in place of Ashwin". India Today. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
    14. ↑ Simon Minter (1 May 2017). ""Most-Expensive" Ben Stokes smashes hundred". Mirror UK. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
    15. ↑ Aditya Ramesh (28 March 2017). "RPS replace injured Marsh with Tahir". CricBuzz. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
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