Rising Pune Supergiant
Pune based franchise cricket team of the Indian Premier League
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| October 2021 | RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group purchased the Lucknow Super Giants franchise, continuing their involvement in the IPL. |
| 2017 | RPS defeated Mumbai Indians in Qualifier 1 by 20 runs, with Washington Sundar taking 3-16 and securing a spot in the final. |
| 2017 | In their final IPL game, RPS narrowly lost the championship to Mumbai Indians by 1 run in a dramatic finish at Hyderabad. |
| 2017 | RPS qualified for the play-offs by finishing second with 18 points after winning their final game against Punjab by 9 wickets. |
| 2017 | Reached the IPL Final, losing to Mumbai Indians by 1 run in their final game in the IPL. |
| 2017 | Ben Stokes was bought for ₹14.5 Crore at the auction, becoming the most expensive overseas player in IPL history at the time. |
| 2017 | RPS won 7 out of their next 8 games, with top performances from Rahul Tripathi, Jaydev Unadkat, Ben Stokes, MS Dhoni, and Imran Tahir. |
| 2017 | The team changed their shirt sponsors, with Moto taking the front sponsor position while maintaining Spykar Jeans as the back sponsor. |
| March 26 2017 | Team name officially changed from Pune Supergiants to Rising Pune Supergiant. |
| March 26 2017 | The franchise changed their name from Rising Pune Supergiants to Rising Pune Supergiant, removing the 's'. |
| 2016 | Rising Pune Supergiant won their first game against the defending champions Mumbai Indians by 9 wickets, marking an excellent start to the season. |
| 2016 | Rising Pune Supergiant began playing in the Indian Premier League as a replacement team for Chennai Super Kings. |
| 2016 | Rising Pune Supergiant was established as an Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket team, with Seven as their kit manufacturer and Kent RO Systems as their front shirt sponsor. |
| April 15 2016 | Rising Pune Supergiant considered the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Vishakhapatnam as an alternate home ground due to drought-related controversies and a Bombay High Court order affecting IPL matches in Maharashtra. |
| January 18 2016 | Team name officially announced as Pune Supergiants by owner Sanjiv Goenka in Kolkata, with Raghu Iyer appointed as CEO. |
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