Rising Pune Supergiant 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 as a finalist in 2017. It was the second team representing Pune after Pune Warriors ...

(RPS) was a franchise cricket team based in

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, India, which played in the

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(IPL) in 2016 and 2017. It was one of eight teams which competed in the

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. The team was captained for the season by

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and coached by

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. They lost the

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by 1 run in what was to be the team's last match.

Pre-season

replaced

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as the team's captain before the start of the season. * The franchise changed its name to ''Rising Pune Supergiant'', removing the 's', on 26 March 2017.

Player acquisition

The player auction for the 2017 season was held on 20 February in Bangalore. Rising Pune Supergiant bought the following players at the auction: *

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* Saurabh Kumar * Milind Tandon *

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* Manoj Tiwary *

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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: *

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Squad

* Players with international caps are listed in bold

League stage

Play-offs

;Qualifier 1 ---- ;Final

Statistics

Most Runs

* Source: Cricinfo

Most Wickets

* Source: Cricinfo

References

External links

Official Website
{{Rising Pune Supergiants Rising Pune Supergiants seasons 2017 Indian Premier League