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Rising Pune Supergiants RPS

Finalist
Home Ground
Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium
Est.
2016
City
Pune

Two-season replacement franchise (2016–2017)

Rising Pune Supergiants split their IPL captaincy into two eras between 2016 and 2017. Win rate, playoff runs, titles and every other captain who led inside them.

Captains of Rising Pune Supergiants

Rising Pune Supergiants turned to two captains across their IPL history, between 2016 and 2017. Steven Smith led the most matches, with MS Dhoni also captaining the side.

2 seasons · 2 captains · 2 spells · 1 other captain · 1 final

Each era is assigned to the season’s primary captain — whoever led most of that year’s matches. Other captains are named in each era below.

All Rising Pune Supergiants captains by matches led

Captains by matches led, with win rate
Captain
Matches
W–L
Win %
Steven Smith 15 10–5 66.7%
MS Dhoni 14 5–9 35.7%
Ajinkya Rahane 1 0–1 0.0%

at or above RPS's all-time 50.0% win rate below it marks that average in every bar

Led matches without ever being a season's primary captain. Win rate excludes abandoned and no-result matches; Super Over wins count.No bar is drawn below 5 matches.

RPS captaincy only — follow a name for that captain's full IPL record.

Champion Final Playoffs League
2 captaincy chapters

Season-by-season captaincy record for Rising Pune Supergiants

Every season, with the captain of each match. Open a season to see the order they led in.

Season-by-season captaincy, match by match
Match Opponent Captain Result Venue

21 May MI Smith Lost Away
16 May MI Smith Won Away
14 May Kings XI Punjab Smith Won Home
12 May Delhi Daredevils Smith Lost Away
06 May SRH Smith Won Away
03 May KKR Smith Won Away
01 May GL Smith Won Home
29 Apr RCB Smith Won Home
26 Apr KKR Smith Lost Home
24 Apr MI Smith Won Away
22 Apr SRH Smith Won Home
16 Apr RCB Smith Won Away
14 Apr GL Smith Lost Away
11 Apr Delhi Daredevils Rahane * Lost Home
08 Apr Kings XI Punjab Smith Lost Away
06 Apr MI Smith Won Home

A season with more than one captain — the era above is credited to whoever led most of it.

Away includes neutral venues.