Rising Pune Supergiants in 2016

Rising Pune Supergiants
2016 Indian Premier League season
Coach Stephen Fleming
Captain MS Dhoni
Ground(s) Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
(Capacity: 42,000)[1]
Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
IPL 7th
2017 →

The Rising Pune Supergiants (RPS) is a franchise cricket team based in Pune, Maharashtra, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They were one of the eight teams that competed in the 2016 Indian Premier League and were captained by Mahendra Singh Dhoni. This was their first season playing in the IPL.

Players auction

The player auction for the 2016 Indian Premier League was held in Bangalore on 6 February 2016.[2] Supergiants had chosen 5 players from a draft of players from the departing teams and bought 20 players in the auction.

Standings

Team
 Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
Gujarat Lions (3) 14 9 5 0 0 18 -0.374
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RU) 14 8 6 0 0 16 +0.932
Sunrisers Hyderabad (C) 14 8 6 0 0 16 +0.245
Kolkata Knight Riders (4) 14 8 6 0 0 16 +0.106
Mumbai Indians 14 7 7 0 0 14 -0.146
Delhi Daredevils 14 7 7 0 0 14 -0.155
Rising Pune Supergiants 14 5 9 0 0 10 +0.015
Kings XI Punjab 14 4 10 0 0 8 -0.646

Source: [3]

Squad

No. Name Nat Birth date Batting style Bowling style Signed year
Salary
 Notes
Batsmen
3 Ajinkya Rahane India 5 June 1988 Right-handed Right-arm medium 2016 ₹80 million (US$1.2 million)
10 George Bailey Australia 7 September 1982 Right-handed Right-arm medium 2016 ₹10 million (US$160,000) Overseas
13 Faf du Plessis South Africa 13 July 1984 Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2016 ₹47.5 million (US$740,000) Overseas
23 Saurabh Tiwary India 30 December 1989 Left-handed Right-arm off break 2016 Traded player
24 Kevin Pietersen England 27 June 1980 Right-handed Right-arm off break 2016 ₹35 million (US$550,000) Overseas
49 Steve SmithAustralia 2 June 1989 Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2016 ₹40 million (US$620,000) Overseas
100 Usman Khawaja Australia 18 December 1986 Left-handed Right-arm medium 2016 ₹10 million (US$160,000) Overseas
All-rounders
5 Baba Aparajith India 8 July 1994 Right-handed Right-arm off break 2016 ₹1 million (US$16,000)
16 Thisara Perera Sri Lanka 3 April 1989 Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 ₹10 million (US$160,000) Overseas
18 Ankit Sharma India 20 April 1991 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2016 ₹1 million (US$16,000)
25 Mitchell Marsh Australia 20 October 1991 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 ₹48 million (US$750,000) Overseas
28 Irfan Pathan India 27 October 1984 Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2016 ₹10 million (US$160,000)
29 Rajat Bhatia India 22 October 1979 Right-handed Right-arm medium 2016 ₹6 million (US$94,000)
81 Albie Morkel South Africa 10 June 1981 Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 Traded player Overseas
Wicket-keepers
7 Mahendra Singh Dhoni India 7 July 1981 Right-handed Right-arm medium 2016 ₹125 million (US$1.9 million) Captain
54 Peter Handscomb Australia 26 April 1991 Right-handed 2016 ₹3 million (US$47,000) Overseas
Ankush Bains India 16 December 1995 Right-handed 2016 ₹1 million (US$16,000)
Bowlers
1 Ishant Sharma India 2 September 1988 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2016 ₹38 million (US$590,000)
9 R. P. Singh India 6 December 1985 Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium 2016 ₹3 million (US$47,000)
11 Ashok Dinda India 25 March 1984 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 ₹5 million (US$78,000)
26 Scott Boland Australia 11 April 1989 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2016 ₹5 million (US$78,000) Overseas
45 Deepak Chahar India 7 August 1992 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 ₹1 million (US$16,000)
63 Adam Zampa Australia 31 March 1992 Right-handed Right-arm leg break googly 2016 ₹3 million (US$47,000) Overseas
89 Murugan Ashwin India 8 September 1990 Right-handed Right-arm leg break googly 2016 ₹45 million (US$700,000)
99 Ravichandran Ashwin India 17 September 1986 Right-handed Right-arm off break 2016 ₹75 million (US$1.2 million)
Ishwar Pandey India 15 August 1989 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 ₹2 million (US$31,000)
Jaskaran Singh India 4 September 1989 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 ₹1 million (US$16,000)

    Results

    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

    Failed to make Playoffs, ended 7/8

    References

    1. ↑ "MCA Stadium". IPLT20. 13 February 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
    2. ↑ "IPL 2016 from April 9 to May 29, players' auction on Feb 6". IBNLive. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
    3. ↑ "2016 IPL Points table". ESPN Sports Media. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
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