Pune Warriors India

Pune Warriors India is one of the two new teams that have been added to the list of teams that would take part in the current season of the IPL. This team was acquired with the highest bid of $370 million and is currently the highest paid team in the IPL.

In order to be effective against the other seasoned IPL teams, the Pune warriors India comprises of a strong team with plenty of talent. Though the team is new to the IPL, most of the players have played for various teams in the earlier editions of the IPL. Therefore, neither is the format new to them nor is the challenge!

The Sahara group and the Videocon group, both giants in their own field, battled to get the franchise for the Pune team. The Sahara group, however, won the bid and is now the owner of the Pune franchise. The Sahara group is well known for its support for various sports in India. The Sahara Indian Sports awards that are conferred bring together the different sports onto a single platform, increasing the popularity of the lesser known sports and acting as a motivating factor for many distinguished sports personalities.

Apart from the involvement exhibited by the Sahara group towards improving the levels of sports in India, the group has chosen the IPL to showcase the many cultural dances of India. The usual cheerleaders who cheer every boundary, six and the loss of a wicket have been replaced by interesting traditional Indian dance. This not only promotes these dances to the vast audience abroad but also serves to make the whole concept a lot more Indian. This is the first and the only team to adopt such a novel idea, which is sure to impress a large number of people.

Owners of Pune Warriors India: The Sahara Group

Colours of the Pune Warriors India: The team colour is black

Logo of the Pune warriors India: The logo has a warrior on a horse wielding a spear as if charging to attack his enemy. The Indian tricolour is visible beside, above which the name of the team is written.

The Pune Warriors India consists of Yuvraj Singh, Murali Karthik, M Karthik, Ashish Nehra, Wayne Parnell, Jerome Taylor, Kamran Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harpreet Singh, Rahul Sharma, Shrikanth Mundhe, Imtiyaz Ahamed, Alfonso Thomas, Ganesh Gaikwad, Sachin Rana, Shrikanth Wagh, Graeme Smith, Callum Ferguson, Manish Pandey, Dheeraj Jadav, Harshad Khadiwale, Abhishek Jhunjhunwala, Monish Mishra, Saurav Ganguly, James Faulkner, Mitchel Marsh, Nathan Mc Cullum, Jesse Ryder, Mithun Manhas, Eklavya Dwivedi, Robin Uthappa and Tim Paine

Yuvraj Singh helms the Pune Warriors India. His flamboyant style and his much awaited sixes keep the crowd as well as the team happy. A very talented cricketer, he is best remembered for the six 6 that he hit in an over with Stuart Broad as the bowler. He was the man of the tournament in the ICC cricket world cup 2011. Apart from being a great batsman, Yuvraj Singh is also well known for his prowess on the field. He is a very good fielder and rarely makes a mistake.

Murali Karthik is an exceptional Indian bowler who has been a part of the Indian cricket team during various championships. Though his place in the Indian cricket team has never been permanent, his bowling style and dexterity are well known and appreciated. He was previously a part of the Kolkata Knight Riders and proved to be a very effective bowler in many matches. He has currently joined the Pune Warriors of India and is expected to use his bowling weapons effectively against the rival teams.

Saurav Ganguly, the former captain of the India cricket team, caused quite a sensation in this season of the IPL as he was not picked up by any team during the auctions. This caused a lot of anger and unrest among his fans, which was subsequently quelled when he was selected by the Pune Warriors of India. Saurav Ganguly is one of the finest batsmen that India has ever seen and he is currently focussed on playing good cricket that would take his team forward.

Jesse Ryder is a skilled New Zealand cricketer who was frequently overlooked for national selections due to his errant attitude. However, his brilliant performance at various stages have earned him the status of a dependable all rounder. This initiated the Royal Challengers Bangalore to sign him during the previous editions of the IPL. He currently plays for the Pune Warriors India and will be a force to reckon with.

Robin Uthappa is another accomplished batsman who was with the Royal Challengers Bangalore during the previous editions of the IPL. His selection into the Pune Warriors India team is sure to keep the runs tally ticking.

The Pune Warriors India is a great team on paper, their prowess on the field should be watched intently.