IPL 2017: Interesting Stats About Rising Pune Supergiant (RPS)
Mar 29, 2017 at 4:21 PM
After a disappointing performance in their debut IPL season, Rising Pune Supergiant (RPS) is now desperate to change their fate in IPL 2017. Before the beginning of their second IPL journey, RPS has made a lot of changes to their squad. With the new captain, the squad is looking very impressive before the beginning of the IPL 2017.
Now we will look at the previous IPL stats of RPS.
A) Team Stats:
Highest total: 195/3 (20 overs) against Gujarat Lions at Pune on 29th April 2016
Lowest total (in the full 20-over match): 133/8 (20 overs) against Sunrisers Hyderabad at Visakhapatnam on 10th may 2016
Largest victories (by runs): by 34 runs against Sunrisers Hyderabad at Hyderabad (Deccan) on 26th April 2016
Largest victories (by wickets): by 9 wickets against Mumbai Indians at Mumbai on 9th April 2016
Result summaries for RPS against each team:
Opponents | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied (W/L) | No Result |
Delhi Daredevils | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gujarat Lions | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Kings XI Punjab | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Kolkata Knight Riders | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Mumbai Indians | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Royal Challengers Bangalore | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Sunrisers Hyderabad | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Previous years’ performances:
Season | Final position in the points table | Final tournament standings (after playoffs) |
2016 | 7th | 7th |
B) Individual Stats (Batting):
Highest individual score in an innings: 101 by Steven Smith against Gujarat Lions at Pune on 29th April 2016.
Most runs scored in an IPL season: 480 by Ajinkya Rahane in 2016.
Most runs scored in career: 480 by Ajinkya Rahane (2016 – present).
Orange cap holder: None.
Most no. of sixes in an innings: 5 each by Steven Smith (against Gujarat Lions at Pune on 29th April 2016) and MS Dhoni (against Kings XI Punjab at Visakhapatnam on 21st May 2016).
Most no. of sixes in career: 14 by MS Dhoni (2016 – present).
Maximum Sixes Award: None
C) Individual Stats (Bowling):
Best bowling figures in an innings: 4-0-19-6 by Adam Zampa against Sunrisers Hyderabad at Visakhapatnam on 10th May 2016
Most wickets in an IPL season: 12 wickets by Adam Zampa in 2016
Most wickets in career: 12 wickets by Adam Zampa (2016 – continue)
Purple Cap: None
D) Individual Stats (Other):
Most matches played: 14 each by Ravichandran Ashwin (2016 – continue), MS Dhoni (2016 – continue) and Ajinkya Rahane (2016 – continue)
Most matches played as a captain: 14 by MS Dhoni (2016)
Player of the Series: None
RPS Squad for 2017:
MS Dhoni, Ajinkya Rahane, R Ashwin, Steven Smith, Faf du Plessis, Imran Tahir, Ashok Dinda, Ankush Bains, Rajat Bhatia, Ankit Sharma, Ishwar Pandey, Adam Zampa, Jaskaran Singh, Baba Aparajith, Deepak Chahar, Usman Khawaja, Mayank Agarwal, Ben Stokes, Jaydev Unadkat, Rahul Chahar, Saurabh Kumar, Dan Christian, Milind Tandon, R Tripathi, Manoj Tiwary, Lockie Ferguson, Mitchell Marsh (unavailable for this season), Shardul Thakur.