Rising Pune Supergiants IPL 2016 Team Squad
Rising Pune Supergiants IPL 2016 Team Squad: Pune is one of the two new franchises included in the next two IPL seasons replacing Chennai and Rajasthan. Owned by Sanjiv Goenka’s New Rising company, the franchise will be known as Rising Pune Supergiants (RPS).
- Owner: Sanjiv Goenka
- Head Coach: Stephen Fleming
- Captain: MS Dhoni
- Bowling Coach: Eric Simons
Rising Pune Supergiants bought in a few marquee signings like Kevin Pieterson (3.5 crores), Ishant Sharma (3.8 crores), Mitchell Marsh (4.8 crores) and M Ashwin for (4.5 crores). Below is the entire Pune Supergiants squad and the players they bought in Auction window so far.
| NO# | PLAYERS | Salary |
| 1 |  MS Dhoni | Rs 12.5 crore |
| 2 | Ajinkya Rahane | Rs 9.5 crores |
| 3 | Ravichandran Ashwin | Rs 7.5 crores |
| 4 |  Steven Smith | Rs 5.5 crores |
| 5 |  Faf du Plessis | Rs 4 crores |
| 6 |  Kevin Pietersen | Rs. 3.5 crores |
| 7 | Albie Morkel | Traded |
| 8 | Ishant Sharma | Rs. 3.8 crores |
| 9 | Irfan Pathan | Rs. 1 crore |
| 10 | Mitchell Marsh | Rs 4.8 crores |
| 11 | RP Singh | Rs. 30 lakh |
| 12 | Ishan Kishan | 35 Lakhs |
| 13 | Ankit Sharma | 10 Lakh |
| 14 | Ishwar Pandey | Rs. 20 Lakhs |
| 15 | M Ashwin | Rs 4.5 Crores |
| 16 | Peter Handscomb | Rs 30 Lakhs |
| 17 |  Thisara Parera | Rs 1 Crore |
| 18 | Baba Aparajith | Rs. 10 Lakh |
| 19 | Ashok Dinda | Rs. 50 Lakh |
| 20 | Jaskaran Singh | Rs. 10 Lakh |
| 21 | Adam Zampa | Rs. 30 Lakh |
| 22 | Scott Boland | Rs. 50 Lakh |
| 23 | Deepak Chahar | Rs. 10 Lakh |
| 24 | Ankush Bains | Rs. 10 Lakh |
Pune and Rajkot are the two new franchises brought in for the next two seasons as Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals are suspended for next two IPL editions. Pune was bought by “New Rising” company which is lead by Sanjiv Goenka. The official team name for team Pune will be “Rising Pune Supergiants” with Dhoni confirmed as captain and Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium as the home ground.
Pune Budget for IPL Auction 2016: Just like all other teams Pune and Rajkot can spend between minimum Rs. 40 crores to max Rs. 66 Crores. Since Pune has already spend Rs. 39 crores in IPL draft in december their remaining budget is Rs. 27 crores for the IPL auction. With Rs. 27 crores they need to bring in another 12 to 15 new players during the IPL auction 2016 which will take place on 6th February 2016
