| Club: | Rising Pune Supergiants |
| Season: | 2017 Indian Premier League |
| Captain: | Steve Smith |
| Coach: | Stephen Fleming |
| Ground: | Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune (Capacity: 42,000)[1] |
| Comp1: | 2017 IPL |
| Comp1 Result: | Runners-Up |
| Prevseason: | 2016 |
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]
See 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:
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Salary | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | |||||||||
| 3 | Ajinkya Rahane | 5 June 1988 | Right-handed | 2016 | |||||
| 13 | Faf du Plessis | 13 July 1984 | Right-handed | 2016 | Overseas | ||||
| 22 | 16 February 1991 | Right-handed | 2017 | ||||||
| 45 | Manoj Tiwary | 14 November 1985 | Right-handed | 2017 | |||||
| 49 | Steve Smith | 2 June 1989 | Right-handed | 2016 | Captain/Overseas | ||||
| 52 | 2 March 1991 | Right-handed | 2017 | ||||||
| 100 | Usman Khawaja | 18 December 1986 | Left-handed | 2016 | Overseas | ||||
| All-rounders | |||||||||
| 5 | 8 July 1994 | Right-handed | 2016 | ||||||
| 18 | 20 April 1991 | Left-handed | 2016 | ||||||
| 25 | Mitchell Marsh | 20 October 1991 | Right-handed | 2016 | Overseas | ||||
| 29 | 22 October 1979 | Right-handed | 2016 | ||||||
| 54 | Daniel Christian | 4 May 1983 | Right-handed | 2017 | Overseas | ||||
| 55 | Ben Stokes | 4 June 1991 | Left-handed | 2017 | Overseas | ||||
| 555 | 5 October 1999 | Left-handed | 2017 | Replacement signing | |||||
| Wicket-keepers | |||||||||
| 7 | MS Dhoni | 7 July 1981 | Right-handed | 2016 | |||||
| 27 | 16 December 1995 | Right-handed | 2016 | ||||||
| 29 October 1993 | Right-handed | 2017 | |||||||
| Bowlers | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 August 1999 | Right-handed | 2017 | ||||||
| 9 | 7 August 1992 | Right-handed | 2016 | ||||||
| 10 | 16 October 1991 | Right-handed | 2017 | ||||||
| 11 | Ashok Dinda | 25 March 1984 | Right-handed | 2016 | |||||
| 63 | Adam Zampa | 31 March 1992 | Right-handed | 2016 | Overseas | ||||
| 69 | Lockie Ferguson | 13 June 1991 | Right-handed | 2017 | Overseas | ||||
| 77 | Jaydev Unadkat | 18 October 1991 | Right-handed | 2017 | |||||
| 99 | Ravichandran Ashwin | 17 September 1986 | Right-handed | 2016 | |||||
| 999 | Imran Tahir | 27 March 1979 | Right-handed | 2017 | Replacement signing | Overseas | |||
| 15 August 1989 | Right-handed | 2016 | |||||||
| 21 December 1991 | Left-handed | 2016 | |||||||
| 1 May 1993 | Left-handed | 2017 | |||||||
| No. | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Man of the Match | Scorecard | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Won by 7 wickets | Steve Smith 84*(54) | Scorecard | ||||
| 2 | Lost by 6 wickets | Scorecard | |||||
| 3 | Lost by 97 runs | Scorecard | |||||
| 4 | Lost by 7 wickets | Scorecard | |||||
| 5 | Won by 27 runs | Ben Stokes 3/18 (4 overs) | Scorecard | ||||
| 6 | Won by 6 wickets | MS Dhoni 61*(34) | Scorecard | ||||
| 7 | Won by 3 runs | Ben Stokes 2/21 (4 overs) | Scorecard | ||||
| 8 | Lost by 7 wickets | Scorecard | |||||
| 9 | Won by 61 runs | Lockie Ferguson 2/7 (4 overs) | Scorecard | ||||
| 10 | Won by 5 wickets | Ben Stokes 103*(63) | Scorecard | ||||
| 11 | Won by 4 wickets | Rahul Tripathi 93(52) | Scorecard | ||||
| 12 | Won by 12 runs | Jaydev Unadkat 5/30 (4 overs) | Scorecard | ||||
| 13 | Lost by 7 runs | Scorecard | |||||
| 14 | Won by 9 wickets | Jaydev Unadkat 2/12 (3 overs) | Scorecard | ||||
| League stage record of 9–5; second in points table; qualified for playoffs | |||||||
See main article: 2017 Indian Premier League final.
| Player | Runs | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Smith | 15 | 15 | 3 | 472 | 39.33 | 121.96 | 84* | 0 | 3 | 38 | 12 |
| Rahul Tripathi | 14 | 14 | 0 | 391 | 27.92 | 146.44 | 93 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 17 |
| Ajinkya Rahane | 16 | 16 | 1 | 382 | 25.46 | 118.26 | 60 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 9 |
| Manoj Tiwary | 15 | 13 | 3 | 324 | 32.40 | 137.28 | 60 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 11 |
| Ben Stokes | 12 | 11 | 1 | 316 | 31.60 | 142.98 | 103* | 1 | 1 | 22 | 15 |
| Player | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaydev Unadkat | 12 | 12 | 24 | 5/30 | 13.41 | 7.02 | 11.4 | 0 | 1 |
| Imran Tahir | 12 | 12 | 18 | 3/18 | 20.50 | 7.85 | 15.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Stokes | 12 | 12 | 12 | 3/18 | 26.33 | 7.18 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Christian | 13 | 13 | 11 | 2/10 | 27.09 | 7.45 | 21.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Shardul Thakur | 12 | 12 | 11 | 3/19 | 28.63 | 8.25 | 20.8 | 0 | 0 |