Rising Pune Supergiants in 2017
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| Coach | Stephen Fleming | ||
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| Captain | Steve Smith | ||
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Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune (Capacity: 42,000) |
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| 2017 IPL | Runners-Up | ||
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The 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. It was one of the eight teams which were competing in the 2017 Indian Premier League. RPS was captained for the season by Steve Smith and coached by Stephen Fleming. The team lost the final to Mumbai Indians by 1 run, which was the team's last game in the IPL.
The players auction for the 2017 Indian Premier League was originally scheduled to be held in Bangalore on 4 February 2017, but was pushed forward by at least two weeks due to the BCCI–Lodha committee stand-off. On 3 February, the BCCI announced that the auction will be held on 20 February in Bangalore and that a total of 799 players have signed up for it. On 14 February, the IPL Desk released a list of 351 players.
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:
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