2017 Rising Pune Supergiant season

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 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.

Pre-season

 * Steve Smith replaced MS Dhoni 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:


 * Ben Stokes
 * Jaydev Unadkat
 * Rahul Chahar
 * Saurabh Kumar
 * Milind Tandon
 * Daniel Christian
 * Rahul Tripathi
 * Manoj Tiwary
 * Lockie Ferguson

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:


 * Mayank Agarwal from Delhi Daredevils
 * Shardul Thakur from Kings XI Punjab

Squad

 * Players with international caps are listed in bold

Play-offs

 * Qualifier 1


 * Final

Most runs

 * Source: ESPNcricinfo

Most wickets

 * Source: ESPNcricinfo