Rising Pune Supergiants in 2016

Rising Pune Supergiants
2016 Indian Premier League season
Coach Stephen Fleming
Captain MS Dhoni
Ground(s) Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
(Capacity: 42,000)[1]
Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
IPL 7th

The Rising Pune Supergiants (RPS) is a franchise cricket team based in Pune, Maharashtra, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They were one of the eight teams that will compete in the 2016 Indian Premier League. They will be captained by Mahendra Singh Dhoni.It is introduce in 2016.

Players auction

The players auction for the 2016 Indian Premier League held in Bangalore on 6 February 2016. All eight franchises had participated in the auction.[2] Supergiants has choose 5 players from the players draft and bought and 20 players in the auction.

Standings

Team
Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
Gujarat Lions (3) 14 9 5 0 0 18 -0.374
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RU) 14 8 6 0 0 16 +0.932
Sunrisers Hyderabad (C) 14 8 6 0 0 16 +0.245
Kolkata Knight Riders (4) 14 8 6 0 0 16 +0.106
Mumbai Indians 14 7 7 0 0 14 -0.146
Delhi Daredevils 14 7 7 0 0 14 -0.155
Rising Pune Supergiants 14 5 9 0 0 10 +0.015
Kings XI Punjab 14 4 10 0 0 8 -0.646

Source: [3]

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)
10 George Bailey Australia (1982-09-07) 7 September 1982 Right-handed Right-arm medium 2016 10 million (US$150,000) Overseas
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
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
45 Deepak Chahar India (1992-08-07) 7 August 1992 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 1 million (US$15,000)
63 Adam Zampa Australia (1992-03-31) 31 March 1992 Right-handed Right-arm leg break googly 2016 3 million (US$45,000) 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)
Jaskaran Singh India (1989-09-04) 4 September 1989 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 1 million (US$15,000)
  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

Fixtures

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 Lost by 7 wickets Scorecard
11 10 May 2016 Sunrisers Hyderabad Vishakapatnam Lost by 4 runs Australia Adam Zampa 6/19 (4 overs)
12 14 May 2016 Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata Lost by 8 wickets (D/L)
13 17 May 2016 Delhi Daredevils Vishakapatnam Won by 19 Runs (D/L) India Ashok Dinda 3/20 (4 overs)
14 21 May 2016 Kings XI Punjab Vishakapatnam Won by 4 Wickets India MS Dhoni 64*(32) Scorecard
Overall record of 5-9

Failed to make Playoffs, ended 7/8

References

  1. "MCA Stadium". IPLT20. 13 February 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  2. "IPL 2016 from April 9 to May 29, players' auction on Feb 6". IBNLive. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  3. "2016 IPL Points table". ESPN Sports Media. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
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