Rising Pune Supergiants

Rising Pune Supergiants
रायझिंग पुणे सुपरजायंट्स
Captain: Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Coach: Stephen Fleming
City: Pune, Maharashtra, India
Colours:         
Owner: Sanjiv Goenka
Founded: 2015 (2015)
Home ground: Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune,
Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam (2016)
Official website: risingpunesupergiants.in
Rising Pune Supergiants in 2016

The Rising Pune Supergiants (RPS) are a franchise cricket team based in Pune, Maharashtra, India that plays in the Indian Premier League. The team along with Gujarat Lions will feature as two-season replacements for Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals, who are suspended for two seasons due to the involvement in illegal betting by their respective owners. The franchise is owned by Sanjiv Goenka-led New Rising.[1] The team name was announced on 18 January 2016 by Goenka at Kolkata and Raghu Iyer was appointed CEO.[2]

Home ground

The Rising Pune Supergiants' home ground is 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.[3] 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.[4]

Seasons

Year Indian Premier League
2016 TBD
2017 TBD

Kit and sponsors

The official merchandise is provided by SEVEN and the principal shirt sponsor is Kent RO Systems. Spykar, Gulf Oil, Gemini Oil, Finolex Pipes, LYF Smartphones, DBS Bank and Marriott International are 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 Shirt Sponsor
2016-17 Seven Kent RO Systems

Current 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[lower-alpha 1] South Africa (1984-07-13) 13 July 1984 Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2016 ₹47.5 million (US$710,000) Overseas
23 Saurabh Tiwary India (1989-12-30) 30 December 1989 Left-handed Right-arm off break 2016 Traded player
24 Kevin Pietersen[lower-alpha 2] England (1980-06-27) 27 June 1980 Right-handed Right-arm off break 2016 ₹35 million (US$520,000) Overseas
49 Steve Smith[lower-alpha 3] Australia (1989-06-02) 2 June 1989 Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2016 ₹40 million (US$590,000) Overseas
100 Usman Khawaja Australia (1986-12-18) 18 December 1986 Left-handed Right-arm medium 2016 ₹10 million (US$150,000) Overseas
George Bailey Australia (1982-09-07) 7 September 1982 Right-handed Right-arm medium 2016 ₹10 million (US$150,000) Overseas
All-rounders
5 Baba Aparajith India (1994-07-08) 8 July 1994 Right-handed Right-arm off break 2016 ₹1 million (US$15,000)
16 Thisara Perera Sri Lanka (1989-04-03) 3 April 1989 Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 ₹10 million (US$150,000) Overseas
18 Ankit Sharma India (1991-04-20) 20 April 1991 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2016 ₹1 million (US$15,000)
25 Mitchell Marsh[lower-alpha 4] Australia (1991-10-20) 20 October 1991 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 ₹48 million (US$710,000) Overseas
28 Irfan Pathan India (1984-10-27) 27 October 1984 Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2016 ₹10 million (US$150,000)
29 Rajat Bhatia India (1979-10-22) 22 October 1979 Right-handed Right-arm medium 2016 ₹6 million (US$89,000)
81 Albie Morkel South Africa (1981-06-10) 10 June 1981 Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 Traded player Overseas
Wicket-keepers
7 Mahendra Singh Dhoni India (1981-07-07) 7 July 1981 Right-handed Right-arm medium 2016 ₹125 million (US$1.9 million) Captain
54 Peter Handscomb Australia (1991-04-26) 26 April 1991 Right-handed 2016 ₹3 million (US$45,000) Overseas
Ankush Bains India (1995-12-16) 16 December 1995 Right-handed 2016 ₹1 million (US$15,000)
Bowlers
1 Ishant Sharma India (1988-09-02) 2 September 1988 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2016 ₹38 million (US$560,000)
9 R. P. Singh India (1985-12-06) 6 December 1985 Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium 2016 ₹3 million (US$45,000)
11 Ashok Dinda India (1984-03-25) 25 March 1984 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 ₹5 million (US$74,000)
26 Scott Boland Australia (1989-04-11) 11 April 1989 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2016 ₹5 million (US$74,000) Overseas
89 Murugan Ashwin India (1990-09-08) 8 September 1990 Right-handed Right-arm leg break googly 2016 ₹45 million (US$670,000)
99 Ravichandran Ashwin India (1986-09-17) 17 September 1986 Right-handed Right-arm off break 2016 ₹75 million (US$1.1 million)
Ishwar Pandey India (1989-08-15) 15 August 1989 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 ₹2 million (US$30,000)
Deepak Chahar India (1992-08-07) 7 August 1992 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 ₹1 million (US$15,000)
Jaskaran Singh India (1989-09-04) 4 September 1989 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 ₹1 million (US$15,000)
Adam Zampa Australia (1992-03-31) 31 March 1992 Right-handed Right-arm leg break googly 2016 ₹3 million (US$45,000) Overseas
  1. ↑ ruled out of the season with fractured finger
  2. ↑ ruled out of the season with calf strain
  3. ↑ ruled out of the season with a wrist injury
  4. ↑ ruled out of the season with side strain

Administration and support staff

Results summary

By season

Performance summary in Indian Premier League
Year Pld Won Loss NR Tied SR(%) Position Summary
2016 9 3 6 0 0 0

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
11 10 May 2016 Sunrisers Hyderabad Vishakapatnam
12 14 May 2016 Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata
13 17 May 2016 Delhi Daredevils TBA
14 21 May 2016 Kings XI Punjab TBA

References

  1. ↑ C, Aprameya (8 December 2015). "Pune and Rajkot announced as 2 new franchises in IPL". One India. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Sanjiv Goenka unveils IPL Pune team name, logo". The Hindu. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Bombay High Court questions hosting IPL matches in drought-hit state". Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "Rising Pune Supergiants prefer Visakhapatnam as alternate home venue". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 2016-04-29.

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