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Rising Pune Supergiant in 2017

Rising Pune Supergiant in 2017

Indian Premier League cricket team season

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]

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Pre-season

  • Steve Smith replaced MS Dhoni as the team's captain before the start of the season.[5]
  • The franchise changed its name to Rising Pune Supergiant, removing the 's', on 26 March 2017.[6]

Player acquisition

Main article: List of 2017 Indian Premier League personnel changes

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

  • Players with international caps are listed in bold
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League stage

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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
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

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  • Source: ESPNcricinfo[10]

Most wickets

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  • Source: ESPNcricinfo[11]

References

  1. [1]
    "MCA Stadium". IPLT20. 13 February 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  2. [2]
    C, Aprameya (8 December 2015). "Pune and Rajkot announced as 2 new franchises in IPL". One India. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  3. [3]
    Karthik Krishnaswamy (21 May 2017). "Mumbai Indians clinch third IPL title in last-ball finish". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  4. [4]
    Aditya Ramesh (7 May 2017). "RPS,GL contracts won't be extended". Times of India. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  5. [5]
    "MS Dhoni axed as Rising Pune Supergiants skipper, Steve Smith to take over". hindustantimes.com. 19 February 2017.
  6. [6]
    "IPL 2017: Changes continue! After captain, Pune change their team name". indianexpress.com. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  7. [7]
    "IPL 2017 auction to be held on February 20". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  8. [8]
    "Supergiants acquire Mayank Agarwal from Daredevils".
  9. [9]
    Aditya Ramesh (6 March 2017). "RPS acquire Shardul Thakur from Kings XI". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  10. [10]
    "Rising Pune Supergiant / Records / Twenty20 Matches / Most Runs". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  11. [11]
    "Rising Pune Supergiant / Records / Twenty20 Matches / Most Wickets". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
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