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Rising Pune Supergiant

This article is about RPSG Group's Pune based team. For RPSG's Lucknow based team, see Lucknow Super Giants.

Rising Pune Supergiant
Personnel
OwnerSanjiv Goenka (RPSG Group)
Team information
CityPune, Maharashtra, India
Founded2012 (2012)
Dissolved2017 (2017)
Home groundMaharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
Secondary home ground(s)Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy International Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam

IPL kit

Rising Pune Supergiant (often abbreviated as RPS) was a franchise cricket team based in Pune, Maharashtra, that played in the Indian Premier League in 2016 and as a finalist in 2017.[1][2] It was the second team representing Pune after Pune Warriors India. The team, along with Gujarat Lions, featured as two-season replacements for Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals, who were suspended due to their involvement in illegal betting by their respective owners.[3]

The Rising Pune Supergiant franchise was owned by RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group controlled by Sanjiv Goenka.[4] The team name was announced (as Pune Supergiants) on 18 January 2016 by Goenka in Kolkata and Raghu Iyer was appointed CEO.[5] The owners changed the team name to Rising Pune Supergiant on 26 March 2017.[6] The team lost the 2017 IPL Final to Mumbai Indians by 1 run, which was the team's last game in the IPL.[7][8]

However, the same owner bought another franchise Lucknow Super Giants in October 2021. It is now among the 10 teams of the league and take part in it.[9]

  1. ^ "Indian Premier League 2016 Squads". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Indian Premier League 2017 Squads". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  3. ^ "IPL to have two new teams from Pune and Rajkot". The Times of India. 8 December 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  4. ^ C, Aprameya (8 December 2015). "Pune and Rajkot announced as 2 new franchises in IPL". One India. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  5. ^ "Sanjiv Goenka unveils IPL Pune team name, logo". The Hindu. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  6. ^ "IPL 2017: Changes continue! After captain, Pune change their team name". indianexpress.com. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  7. ^ Krishnaswamy, Karthik (21 May 2017). "Mumbai Indians clinch third IPL title in last-ball finish". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  8. ^ Ramesh, Aditya (7 May 2017). "RPS, GL contracts won't be extended". Times of India. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  9. ^ "IPL: Sanjiv Goenka Returns With Rs 7,000 Cr Lucknow Team. A Look at New Owner, Future Plans". Retrieved 12 April 2024.

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